Fears of major flooding in Fayetteville as Florence moves north
Rain-swollen rivers won't stop rising in North Carolina.
Several of them teetered at record levels Tuesday as officials warned of relentless flooding and hazards in areas already swamped by historic rainfall produced by former Hurricane Florence.
The storm heaped misery as a Category 1 on Friday before it was downgraded. Now its remnants are lingering along the East Coast days later, spawning deadly tornadoes in Virginia and threatening downpours across the Northeast.
In Fayetteville, about 100 miles from the North Carolina coast, the Cape Fear River was anticipated to crest by early Wednesday, reaching nearly 62 feet — about 4 feet higher than during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and close to double its flood-stage level.
The Cape Fear River is expected to remain at flood stage through the weekend, deluging Fayetteville, a city of 204,000 near the home of the Army base Fort Bragg.
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