Video footage has shown a female security guard at a North Carolina grocery store single-handedly running a tight ship as scores of residents line up to buy basic necessities after floodwaters left the coastal city cut off from the rest of the state.
A clip obtained by DailyMail.com shows Cheika Corso, 38, who has worked at Harris Teeter supermarket in Porters Neck for four years, keeping customers in line outside of the store on Monday.
'We have no ice, no dry ice. Limited batteries: no C's or D's. No propane, no charcoal, we're limited on perishables and no cigarettes! Any questions on that part?' she says to the crowd.
'Second thing is, they are taking all cards and cash. Third thing is, they have on the hot bar, so there might be something up there.
Corso then instructs customers to stay in their place or risk losing their spot on the line.
Footage obtained by DailyMail.com shows security guard Chieka Corso single-handedly keeping scores customers in line as they wait to get into Harris Teeter supermarket in Wilmington, North Carolina
Corso, 38, has worked as a security guard at the store for four years and her shtick has made it so that no cops have been called there, unlike other stores and restaurants in the area
People wait in line to buy food and supplies at one of the few places open in Wilmington North Carolina after Hurricane Florence traveled through the area Sunday
'If you get out of line and you're the only person in that line, you get out, you get to the back. Ain't no more getting back in your spot. That's not gonna happen. OK? So I advise y'all to have another person with you if you need to walk away,' she says.
'No Western Union, no phone cards! They take internet and we don't got it!'
So far, police officers have not been called to the supermarket thanks to Corso's impressive management style.
Cops, however, have been seen guarding the doors at other stores and restaurants in the city in an effort to control the high volume of customers and to prevent looting.
'People have been well-behaved and tell me they appreciate us staying open,' Corso told DailyMai.com.
'They're very worried about their cigarettes, but we already ran out.'
Thousands have been cut off by rising floodwaters as storm Florence batters North Carolina, bringing the death toll to 17.
Officials plan to airlift food and water to thousands holed up in the coastal city of Wilmington, which has been totally cut off from the rest of the state.
So far more than 400 people have been rescued from the area, which has no power and has been described as an island.
Residents have been waiting for hours outside stores and restaurants for basic necessities like water. Police are guarding the doors, only letting in 10 people at a time to avoid rushes and overcrowding.
Residents have been waiting for hours outside stores and restaurants in North Carolina for basic necessities like water. Police are guarding the doors, only letting in 10 people at a time
Thousands have been cut off by rising floodwaters as storm Florence battered North Carolina, bringing the death toll to 17. Pictured: Emerald Isle in NC
Chris Craig and Zach Boucher sit on a bench in the flooded waters edge following Hurricane, now tropical storm Florence September in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina
Officials have warned evacuated residents to stay away amid fears of further flash flooding over the next two days. Pictured: Flooding in South Carolina
A tree rests atop a home on Queens Road West in Charlotte, NC on Sunday as heavy rains and wind continued to batter the US
Marcus Dipaola helps five-year-old Ember Kelly off a rescue boat carrying her sisters and mother from rising flood waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, in Leland, North Carolina
Officials have warned evacuated residents to stay away amid fears of further flash flooding over the next two days.
Wilmington has a population of 120,000 but it is not clear how many chose not to leave before the storm hit.
'Do not come here,' New Hanover County Commission Chairman Woody White said.
'Our roads are flooded, there is no access into Wilmington...We want you home, but you can't come yet.'
Hurricane Florence, downgraded to a tropical depression, claimed more lives on Sunday, with at least 17 people confirmed dead.
Florence is expected to weaken on Monday before re-intensifying as it transitions to an extratropical cyclone Tuesday and Wednesday, the US National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
The tropical depression continues to produce widespread heavy rains over parts of North Carolina and north-eastern South Carolina into western Virginia and flash flooding will continue over portions of the western mid-Atlantic region, it said.
Florence is located about 145 miles (230 km) west-northwest of Greensboro, North Carolina packing maximum sustained winds of 30 miles per hour.
Dallas Perdue leaves a Lowe's Foods store in Wilmington, N.C., after storm Florence traveled through the area Sunday
The Waffle House outside of downtown Wilmington, NC was open on Sunday as thousands became stranded from the rest of the state
An abandoned car's hazard lights continue to flash as it sits submerged in a rising flood waters during pre-dawn hours after Hurricane Florence struck in Wilmington, North Carolina
A view of a gas station with its roof blown off as Hurricane Florence comes ashore in Wilmington, North Carolina
On Monday, the South Carolina Department of Corrections posted pictures of prisoners preparing sandbags to defend their facilities from flooding
Bryan Stirling, director of the department, chose not to evacuate the inmates from several prisons, with a spokesman saying: 'In the past, it’s been safer to leave them there.' Pictured: Sandbanks outside a South Carolina prison
'Not only are you going to see more impact across North Carolina... but we're also anticipating you are about to see a lot of damage going through West Virginia, all the way up to Ohio as the system exits out,' Brock Long of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Sunday on Fox News.
About 70 miles away from Wilmington, residents near the Lumber River stepped from their homes directly into boats floating in their front yards.
River forecasts showed the scene could be repeated in towns as far as 250 miles inland as waters rise for days.
Radar showed parts of the sprawling storm over six states, with North and South Carolina in the bull's-eye.
On Monday, the South Carolina Department of Corrections posted pictures of prisoners preparing sandbags to defend their facilities from flooding.
Bryan Stirling, director of the department, chose not to evacuate the inmates from several prisons, with a spokesman saying: 'In the past, it’s been safer to leave them there.'
Cars try to navigate a flooded road leading to Interstate 40 in Castle Hayne, NC, after damage from Hurricane Florence cut off access to Wilmington
Meanwhile, half way around the world, Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left dozens dead.
More than 2.4 million people were evacuated from China's southern Guangdong province ahead of the massive typhoon, the strongest to hit the region in nearly two decades.
In North Carolina, fears of what could be the worst flooding in the state's history led officials to order tens of thousands to evacuate, though it wasn't clear how many had fled or even could.
President Donald Trump said federal emergency workers, first responders and law enforcement officials were 'working really hard.' As the storm 'begins to finally recede, they will kick into an even higher gear. Very Professional!' he declared in a tweet.
The storm's death toll climbed to 17 when authorities said a 3-month-old child was killed when a tree fell on a mobile home in North Carolina. Three people died in weather-related traffic accidents, officials said.
Victor Merlos was overjoyed to find a store open for business in Wilmington since he had about 20 relatives staying at his apartment, which still had power. He spent more than $500 on cereal, eggs, soft drinks and other necessities, plus beer.
'I have everything I need for my whole family,' said Merlos. Nearby, a Waffle House restaurant limited breakfast customers to one biscuit and one drink, all take-out, with the price of $2 per item.
Kenneth Campbell had donned waterproof waders intending to check out his home in Lumberton , but he didn't bother when he saw the Coast Guard and murky waters in his neighborhood.
'I'm not going to waste my time. I already know,' he said.
As rivers swelled, state regulators and environmental groups were monitoring the threat from gigantic hog and poultry farms located in low-lying, flood-prone areas.
Victor Merlos loads supplies he bought at a Harris Teeter grocery store, one of the few places open in Wilmington, N.C., after storm Florence traveled through the area Sunday
The floodwaters of McAlpine Creek along Randolph Road in Charlotte, N.C., are seen on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018
A man walks along the street with his dog as people return to their houses after the passing of Hurricane Florence in New Bern, North Carolina, US September 16, 2018
Motorists drive through floodwaters in Hampstead, N.C. Sunday as Tropical Storm Florence continued to pelt the area with rain and wind
A boat sits in a backyard after the passing of Hurricane Florence in New Bern, North Carolina on Sunday
The industrial-scale farms contain vast pits of animal feces and urine that can pose a significant pollution threat if they are breached or inundated by floodwaters. In past hurricanes, flooding at dozens of farms also left hundreds of thousands of dead hogs, chickens and other decomposing livestock bobbing in floodwaters.
Some stream gauges used to monitor river levels failed when they became submerged, but others showed water levels rising steadily, with forecasts calling for rivers to at or near record levels. The Defense Department said about 13,500 military personnel were assigned to help relief efforts.
Authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of up to 7,500 people living within a mile of a stretch of the Cape Fear River and the Little River, about 100 miles from the North Carolina coast. The evacuation zone included part of the city of Fayetteville, population 200,000.
Near the flooded-out town of New Bern , where about 455 people had to be rescued from the swirling flood waters, water completely surrounded churches, businesses and homes. In the neighboring town of Trenton, downtown streets were turned to creeks full of brown water.
The rain was unrelenting in Cheraw, a town of about 6,000 people in northeastern South Carolina. Streets were flooded and Police Chief Keith Thomas warned people not to drive, but the local food and gas store had customers.
'As you can tell, they're not listening to me,' he said.
On Sunday the death toll from the hurricane-turned-tropical depression climbed to 15 when a 23-year-old man drowned after a pickup truck flipped into a drainage ditch along a flooded road in South Carolina.
Earlier, authorities said two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning after using a generator in their South Carolina home during the storm.
Before and after photos show the floodwater level before on September 14 and after Hurricane Florence in New Bern, North Carolina, on September 16, 2018
Within two days floodwater consumed the base of a home in New Bern, North Carolina. Pictured Friday and then Sunday
Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team wade through a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Sunday
A member of the US Coast Guard walks down Mill Creek Road checking houses after tropical depression Florence hit Newport North Carolina Saturday
A man wades across a bridge flooded by Hurricane Florence in Pollocksville, North Carolina, Sunday
A home is seen in floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in Marion, South Carolina Sunday
Members of the Nebraska Task Force 1 urban search and rescue team help load an elderly resident onto a bus as they evacuate an assisted living facility to a church as a precaution against potential flooding Saturday
A home is damaged after a large tree fell on it Sunday in Wilmington, North Carolina. So far, 15 deaths have been reported
A sailboat is shoved up against a house and a collapsed garage Saturday, September 15 after heavy wind and rain from Florence
The North Carolina fatalities also include three who died 'due to flash flooding and swift water on roadways,' the Duplin County Sheriff's Office reported.
Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said 63-year-old Mark Carter King and 61-year-old Debra Collins Rion were killed by breathing in carbon monoxide.
Their bodies were found in a Loris home Saturday afternoon, but they likely died the day before as the heavy rains and winds from former hurricane-turned-Tropical Depression Florence were moving onshore.
Governor Roy Cooper says the storm has 'never been more dangerous' than it is now for areas extending from Fayetteville and Lumberton, across the Sandhills, to the central part of North Carolina and into the mountains.
About 740,000 homes and businesses remained without power in the Carolinas, and utilities said some could be out for weeks.
Sunday's heavy rains have made major roads, including parts of the I-95, impassable.
Roads were quickly submerged on Sunday morning and blocked off by police cars and fire trucks. Some drivers in raised trucks slowly navigated the flooding while others made U-turns and looked for other routes. Smaller country roads were washed over with water as streams and rivers nearby burst their banks, leaving drivers at risk of being trapped.
Rainstorms continued around Florence, Fair Bluff and Lumberton, with residents living near the banks of Lumber and Pee Dee River ordered to evacuate. Tornado warnings were issued from the coastline moving inland.
The roads were fairly busy as drivers attempted to return home to assess damage on areas where areas where evacuation orders were lifted.
Radar showed parts of the sprawling storm over six states, but North and South Carolina were in the bull's-eye.
The head of Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, said officials were still focused on finding and rescuing people.
'We'll get through this. It'll be ugly but we'll get through it,' he told Chuck Todd on NBC's Meet The Press.
Long said: 'Well, unfortunately, the event is still unfolding for the next 48 hours.'
Two people in a canoe paddle through a street that was flooded by Hurricane Florence Saturday north of New Bern, North Carolina
A Corvette sits damaged after a large tree fell on it Sunday in Wilmington, North Carolina
Maggie Belgie of The Cajun Navy carries a child evacuating a flooding trailer community during Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, North Carolina Saturday
A downed tree uprooted by Hurricane Florence lies next to homes in New Bern, North Carolina Saturday
Robert Dolman walks past a Cadillac that has been crushed by a tree Sunday in North Carolina
The next stage of the disaster comes with widespread river flooding, pictured a Coast Guard member Saturday
US Marine Corp aid in evacuating the local populace in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Saturday
Officials on Sunday warned rivers were swelling toward record levels, forecasters now warn, and thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate for fear that the next few days could bring the most destructive round of flooding in North Carolina history.
Stream gauges across the region showed water levels rising steadily, with forecasts calling for rivers to crest Sunday and Monday at or near record levels: The Little River, the Cape Fear, the Lumber, the Neuse, the Waccamaw and the Pee Dee were all projected to burst their banks, possibly flooding nearby communities.
Authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of up to 7,500 people living within a mile of a stretch of the Cape Fear River and the Little River, about 100 miles from the North Carolina coast. The evacuation zone included part of the city of Fayetteville, population 200,000
On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump issued a disaster declaration for parts of the state that will make the rebuilding process easier for residents in some counties.
Trump, who plans a visit to the region next week, tweeted his 'deepest sympathies and warmth' to the families and friends of those who had lost their lives.
Saturday afternoon, the White House released a photo of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence receiving a phone briefing on disaster response efforts.
John Rose owns a furniture business with stores less than a mile from the river. Rain-soaked furniture workers helped him quickly empty more than 1,000 mattresses from a warehouse in a low-lying strip mall.
'It's the first time we've ever had to move anything like this,' Rose said. 'If the river rises to the level they say it's going to, then this warehouse is going to be under water.'
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence received an emergency preparedness update call on Hurricane Florence in the Treaty Room of the White House on Saturday
The next stage of the disaster comes with widespread river flooding - which could make history in North Carolina
An updated map from Sunday morning shows Florence's status
Certain areas of North Carolina are experiencing record-breaking major flooding
A Sunday morning map shows the three to five inches of rain in parts of North and South Carolina
A woman leaves a flooded home with her dog in a neighborhood inundated by water in Lumberton on Sunday
A partially submerged car is pictured on a flooded street after Hurricane Florence struck Piney Green, North Carolina Sunday
Albie Lewis, right, a FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer, talks with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper aboard a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft after surveying the damage done by Hurricane Florence on Sunday
On U.S. Route 401 nearby, rain rose in ditches and around unharvested tobacco crops along the road. Ponds had begun to overflow, and creeks passing under the highway churned with muddy, brown water.
Farther along the Cape Fear River, grass and trees lining the banks were partly submerged, still well below a highway bridge crossing it.
'It's hard to believe it's going to get that high,' says Elizabeth Machado, who came to the bridge to check on the river.
Fayetteville's city officials, meanwhile, got help from the Nebraska Task Force One search and rescue team to evacuate 140 residents of an assisted-living facility in Fayetteville to a safer location at a church.
Already, more than two feet of rain has fallen in places, and forecasters are saying there could be an additional 1½ feet before Sunday is out.
'I cannot overstate it: Floodwaters are rising, and if you aren't watching for them, you are risking your life,' Gov. Roy Cooper said.
A pickup truck drives on a flooded road past a farm house that is surrounded by flooded fields from tropical storm Florence in Hyde County, North Carolina, Saturday
Resident Joseph Eudi looks at flood debris and storm damage from Hurricane Florence at a home on East Front Street in New Bern, North Carolina, Saturday
Rescue personnel help a flood victim and her animals to dry land from heavy rains from Florence in North Carolina
Officials were warning residents not only to stay off the roads but also to avoid using GPS systems.
'As conditions change, GPS navigation systems are not keeping up with the road closures and are directing people onto roads that are confirmed closed and/or flooded,' the state Transportation Department said on Twitter.
Florence weakened to a tropical depression early Sunday and was crawling west at 8 mph. At 5am, the storm was centered about 20 miles southwest of Columbia, South Carolina. Its winds were down to 35 mph.
In Goldsboro, North Carolina, home of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, roads that frequently flood were already closed Saturday by rushing water.
Dozens of electric repair trucks massed to respond to damage expected to hit central North Carolina as rainwater collected into rivers headed to the coast. Hundreds of thousands of outages have been reported.
A creek that feeds into the Neuse was rushing over a road near Phil Eubanks' home Saturday. Another creek backed up into their basement Friday, but based on past experience Eubanks and his wife think the worst is over for them.
'I didn't sleep last night. It was creeping up those steps' from the basement, said his jittery wife, Ellen. 'It came up. It went down today. I think we're OK.'
Coast Guard FN Tyler Elliott, from Louisville, Kentucky, helps rescue one of ten beagles from a flooded home in Columbus North Carolina Sunday
Members of the Coast Guard help a stranded motorist in the flood waters caused by Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, North Carolina, Sunday
Roger Hedgepeth is assisted along with his dog Bodie by members of the U.S. Coast Guard Sunday
Hedgepeth wears a life jacket and holds his dog Bodie while being moved to higher ground Sunday
A Dillon County rescue crew boat works in a flooded area near a stuck car in Latta, South Carolina, on Sunday
A man is pictured walking through a flooded street after Florence struck Piney Green, North Carolina
On Saturday evening, Duke Energy said heavy rains caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station outside Wilmington, North Carolina. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said about 2,000 cubic yards (1,530 cubic meters) of ash were displaced at the Sutton Plant and that contaminated storm water likely flowed into the plant's cooling pond.
Sutton was mothballed in 2013 and the company has been excavating ash to remove to safer lined landfills. The ash left behind when coal is burned contains toxic heavy metals, including lead and arsenic.
In New Bern, along the coast, homes were completely surrounded by water, and rescuers used inflatable boats to reach people Saturday.
Kevin Knox and his family were rescued by boat from their flooded brick home with the help of Army Sgt. Johan Mackie, whose team used a phone app to locate people in distress.
'Amazing. They did awesome,' said Knox, who was stranded with seven others.
New Bern spokeswoman Colleen Roberts said 455 people were safely rescued in the town of 30,000 residents. She called damage to thousands of buildings 'heart-wrenching.'
Ernestine Crumpler, 80, is helped by members of the Nebraska Task Force 1 urban search and rescue team as they evacuate an assisted living facility to a church as a precaution against potential flooding the city could see
Resident Alice Tolson steps over storm debris that washed up from the Neuse River at her home on East Front Street in New Bern
Residents of an assisted living facility sit on a bus as they are evacuated Saturday in North Carolina
A 40-foot yacht lies in the yard of a storm-damaged home on East Front Street in New Bern, North Carolina Saturday
The boat washed up with storm surge and debris from Hurricane Florence
Spirits were high, though, at the Trent Park Elementary School in New Bern, where 44-year-old Cathy Yolanda Wright took shelter after being rescued from her flooded home Saturday. Wright, who sings in the choir at Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist, led residents at the shelter in an energetic singalong.
People clapped and shouted, 'Amen!' and 'Thank you, Lord.'
Across the Trent River from New Bern, Jerry and Jan Andrews returned home after evacuating to find carp flopping in their backyard near the porch stairs.
Coast Guard helicopters took off across the street to rescue stranded people from rooftops and swamped cars.
The Marines rescued about 20 civilians from floodwaters near Camp Lejeune, using Humvees and amphibious assault vehicles, the base reported.
The dead included a mother and baby killed by a falling tree in Wilmington, North Carolina. South Carolina recorded its first death from the storm, with officials saying a 61-year-old woman was killed when her car hit a tree that fell across a highway.
Three died in one inland county, Duplin, because of water on roads and flash floods, authorities said. A husband and wife died in a storm-linked house fire, officials said, and an 81-year-old man died after falling while packing to evacuate.
Trenton, North Carolina, is pictured Sunday inundated with floodwaters from Florence
A closed sign hangs from the front door of the Blue Flour bakery on Main St. in Columbia, S.C. as the remnants of Hurricane Florence slowly move across the East Coast
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