Florence in Tweets
September 17, 2018
Local beach and dune erosion (before and after) in Kill Devil Hills, NC from #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/AP17T3UPFj
— Nick Cohn (@ntcohn) September 16, 2018
Hereβs the updated time series for Wilmington, NC accumulated precipitation. Data has a 1-2 day lag here.
Over 80β so far, has surpassed previous record. #NCwx pic.twitter.com/juzSdAmrv7
— Jared Rennie (@jjrennie) September 17, 2018
As of this morning, 12 cities in North Carolina have broken the previous state record for rainfall during a hurricane due to #Florence.
The new record, 35.93" near Elizabethtown, has broken the old record by almost a foot. pic.twitter.com/niO1Eqdlkh
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) September 17, 2018
Running out of ways to express how unprecedented rainfall from #Florence has been for Mid-Atlantic region.
On Tuesday (5 days after started raining), 3 separate rivers in 3 different states will all be near/at record flood levels. (SC,NC,VA) pic.twitter.com/9QALBYh8ds
— Bill Karins (@BillKarins) September 17, 2018
#Florence
-π states impacted
-Death toll: ππ
-New Bern, NC: ππ roads unpassable
-ππ NC towns with ππ+ inches of rain
-ππ inches of rain fell on Swansboro, NC
-π,πππ+ flights canceled
-Currently without power: πππ,πππ
-$ππ-πππ in economic damage possible https://t.co/iry2O67AVd— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) September 17, 2018
There have been more than 500 reports of price gouging in North Carolina after Florence https://t.co/mT4hJ3cB69 pic.twitter.com/mwgTnq6Mq8
— CNN (@CNN) September 17, 2018
Florence Flood Threat:
β’Wilmington, NC cut off by flood waters
β’Seven rivers in NC could reach major flooding levels
β’NC towns 250 miles inland face flooding threat
β’NC officials monitoring 3,300 hog-waste lagoons
β Breaches could risk contaminating drinking-water supply pic.twitter.com/myiGh91tTP— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) September 17, 2018
βW/ a storm like this, you have communities faced not only w/ the devastation that a storm like this will leave behind, but the environmental injustices that may have already been existing…β – @nakisaglover, @HipHopCaucus Climate Justice Fellow via @mic https://t.co/ILqlZIkfHb
— Hip Hop Caucus (@HipHopCaucus) September 17, 2018
WATCH: A herd of deer attempt to cross a flooded road in Jacksonville, NC, during Hurricane Florence. https://t.co/l2ICMjbwqz pic.twitter.com/fh9IwQV2UP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 17, 2018
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