US death toll from Matthew climbs to 20; 1,500 stranded in NC city

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

US death toll from Matthew climbs to 20; 1,500 stranded in NC city

By Max Blau, Doug Criss and Holly Yan, CNN
Updated 1331 GMT (2131 HKT) October 10, 2016

(CNN) - (Breaking news update at 9:27 a.m. ET)

Ten people have died from the storm in North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory said Monday. That brings the US death toll from Matthew to 20.

McCrory said one of the most recent deaths was in Johnson County, where a car drove into flooded waters and was swept away.

He said five people remain missing.

Meanwhile, 1,500 people are still stranded by floodwaters in Lumberton, North Carolina, McCrory said.

"We have people on roofs as we speak," he said.

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[mnhtnbb]

1. I hope Cooper puts out an ad reminding people that Gov. McBigot just diverted $500,000 disaster

relief funds to pay for defending the bigoted bathroom bill, HB 2 because the AG (Cooper) has refused
to defend it as unconstitutional.

Money needed for a REAL disaster has been spent on private attorneys defending bigotry.

http://www.newnownext.com/north-carolina-disaster-relief-fund-house-bill-2/08/2016/

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. That should be a post of its own...

too important to be missed....

[KewlKat]

3. Why haven't they been rescued? Where's the guard/reserve? Can't anyone help these people?

I still remember images of those trapped on roof top during Katrina aftermath.....have we learned nothing?

GET THEM SOME HELP NOW!

[B2G]

4. The river is still rising

Which means more areas are flooding and existing floodwaters are rising. It's a fluid situation (no pun intended). There was also a levee failure last night in Lumberton.

They are rescuing them as quickly as possible. All flights are restricted in the area so the rescue copters can operate.