The small town of Lumberton was besieged by floodwaters on Monday amid the ongoing devastation of Hurricane Florence.
The town was left a virtual island after 2 feet of rain in 48 hours.
The River Lumber, which runs through downtown, spilled over into the streets after cresting at 25 feet – more than a foot higher than during Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
The death toll from Florence, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, had reached 24 in North Carolina and seven in South Carolina.
Geneva Chestnut, 47, daughter Candy McNeill, 26, and her children, Damadia, 10, Daveah, 3, and Ithan, 4, said they felt blessed that the water had not risen above their front step after major flooding during Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, North Carolina
Damadia, 10, helps her brother, Ithan, 4, get his stance on their front steps
Lee Haywood, 72, and Ruby Haywood, 73, on their porch swing as they waited for the flooding to subside following Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, North Carolina
Floodwaters are seen near the laundry room outback at the Haywood residence
In Lumberton, most of the town was inaccessible from flooding. Trucks and SUVs were risking rising flowing waters to rescue people
The town, founded soon after the American Revolutionary War, is still recovering in parts from Hurricane Matthew, which devastated the area in 2016
A makeshift levee of 5,000 sandbags was created on Friday by National Guard and city employees, with local people pitching in to help. By Sunday, that levee had been breached
The National Guard assists in rescuing locals during intense flooding in Lumberton
The extent of the flooding is evident outside the home of Evia Locklear, 76, in Lumberton
On the west side of Lumberton, homeowners who had chosen to remain anxiously watched the murky water
Evia Locklear, 76, told DailyMail.com: ‘I’m fine. I’m not leaving my puppies. I’ve got light and everything so why would I leave? So long as it doesn’t come in the house'
Locklear, seen right with daughter-in-law Amanda Hill, 33, said: ‘I swept the water out of the house during Hurricane Matthew, I don’t think it will be as bad as that’
The grandmother, who had six people staying at her home, was concerned that one more rainfall would bring the water over the steps and into her single-story house
She said that she was running low on pet food for her two cats and four dogs - Ginger, Lady, Cujo and Lucy. One of the dogs is seen above
A young boy stands on a wooden bench outside Locklear's home in Lumberton on Monday
Locals are rescued during intense flooding. It is unclear how many people defied evacuation orders
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.
In Lumberton, most of the town was inaccessible from flooding. Trucks and SUVs were risking rising flowing waters to rescue people.
The town, founded soon after the American Revolutionary War, is still recovering in parts from Matthew.
With 1,500 roads closed across North Carolina, fire and rescue crews were waiting to go into many areas to assist with structural damage after Florence dumped up to 36 inches of rain on the state since Thursday
The Coast Guard had 26 helicopters and 11 aircraft looking for people in trouble and rescuing people, Coast Guard Rear Admiral Meredith Austin told reporters on Monday
'For many parts of North Carolina, the danger is still immediate,' North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper told a news conference Monday. 'Flood waters are rising as rivers crest and they will for days'
Ashley Bethea, 17, is seen outside her family home in Lumberton on Monday
As the remnants of Florence moved into the U.S. Northeast, and the sun appeared in some areas for the first time in days, residents of the Carolinas confronted its after-effects, including power outages, impassable roads, and sewage spilling into flooded areas
Cooper said 2,600 people were rescued in North Carolina, along with 300 animals, and that the rescues were continuing. About 14,000 people are in shelters, officials said
A makeshift levee of 5,000 sandbags was created on Friday by National Guard and city employees, with local people pitching in to help.
By Sunday, that levee had been breached.
On the west side of Lumberton, homeowners who had chosen to remain anxiously watched the murky water.
Evia Locklear, 76, told DailyMail.com: ‘I’m fine. I’m not leaving my puppies. I’ve got light and everything so why would I leave? So long as it doesn’t come in the house.
‘I swept the water out of the house during Hurricane Matthew, I don’t think it will be as bad as that.’
The grandmother, who had six people staying at her home, was concerned that one more rainfall would bring the water over the steps and into her single-story house.
She said that she was running low on pet food for her two cats and four dogs - Ginger, Lady, Cujo and Lucy.
Her daughter-in-law, Amanda Hill, 33, also lives at the home with her husband, Robbie, 38, and daughter Libertie, 14.
Amanda said: ‘Last night the water was coming in waves, it got really bad. Before that it was dry.
‘I’ve got medicine that I need to pick up at the pharmacy and they are saying the closest one is Walgreens in Conway, South Carolina.
‘If I had known it would get this bad, I would have left.’
She added: ‘If the water comes in the house, Miss Evia will leave if she can find somewhere to go that would take her pets. I don’t blame her, I wouldn’t leave my dogs either.’
Johnny Locklear, 58, who also lives at the home, said: ‘In a way, I wish we had left but it is what it is. We are survivors.’
Down the street, Geneva Chestnut, 47, daughter Candy McNeill, 26, and her children, Damadia, 10, Daveah, three and Ithan, four, said they felt lucky that the water had stopped below their porch.
Flooding is seen near mile marker 387 on Interstate 40 in Duplin County, North Carolina on Monday
‘We’re blessed. We still have power and the house is not flooded. We just have a lot of water in front yard,’ Candy said.
Geneva said: ‘Compared to everyone else in the news and what we’ve seen, we decided to stay because we couldn’t get out, we would have to rent a boat.
The grandma said she had markers to watch for on the house and when the water reached those, the family would leave. ‘I am not putting my grandbabies at risk,’ she said.
Candy added: ‘I’d rather be home than somewhere uncomfortable. I heard in the shelters that people are calling DSS because the kids are running around and playing, but what else are they going to do?
‘It will take about a week for the water to go down. If the water comes up to the first step, we are out of here. Then it’s too high.’
Their neighbors Lee, 72, and Ruby Haywood, 73, were watching the water from their porch swing.
Flooding is seen near River Road bridge on Interstate 40. The death toll from Florence, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, had reached 24 in North Carolina and seven in South Carolina
The couple, who moved from Virginia to North Carolina in 2009, said that Florence was worse than Hurricane Matthew.
Mr Haywood said: ‘The water is higher than Matthew. We woke and the water was everywhere. If the water gets higher we will leave.’
Mrs Haywood said that their laundry room and garage were flooded and that she would have to replace her washer and dryer. Her husband said that the water heater had burst.
‘The water really started coming up Saturday,’ she said.
‘The rescue boats passed by and we talked to them, they asked if we need a ride or anything. But we are fine for now.’
Florence is expected to weaken today before re-intensifying as it transitions to an extratropical cyclone Tuesday and Wednesday, the US National Hurricane Center said.
Farm buildings are inundated with floodwater from Hurricane Florence near Trenton, North Carolina on Sunday
Rescue teams were trying to reach hundreds of people on Monday and racing against rising rivers and floods that could last for days after Florence dumped record rain on the Carolinas.
Thousands of rescues have taken place in the two states and over 650 people were taken to safety in and around Wilmington, North Carolina, said Barbi Baker, a spokeswoman for New Hanover County.
The city, which took a direct hit when Florence plowed into the state as a hurricane on Friday, has been largely cut off since then due to storm surges and flooding from the Cape Fear River.
As the remnants of Florence moved into the U.S. Northeast, and the sun appeared in some areas for the first time in days, residents of the Carolinas confronted its after-effects, including power outages, impassable roads, and sewage spilling into flooded areas.
Rex Gehring, 62, was unsure what he would do with the house he bought outside Fayetteville, another town on the Cape Fear River, after Hurricane Matthew in 2016 forced its previous owner into foreclosure.
'We’re in a floodplain but a hundred-year one,' he said as floodwaters lapped at the house’s front steps.
'I guess that means every two years now.'
With 1,500 roads closed across North Carolina, fire and rescue crews were waiting to go into many areas to assist with structural damage after Florence dumped up to 36 inches of rain on the state since Thursday.
Flooded roads have also prevented some North Carolina farmers from accessing their fields and livestock to assess damage, said Andrea Ashby, spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
William Larymore, right, of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and Salvatore Cirencione, of the State Law Enforcement Division, help resident Franklin Bessemer, who lives on the river, onto the pier on the Waccamaw River in Conway, South Carolina on Monday
'For many parts of North Carolina, the danger is still immediate,' North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper told a news conference Monday.
'Flood waters are rising as rivers crest and they will for days.'
Cooper said 2,600 people were rescued in North Carolina, along with 300 animals, and that the rescues were continuing.
About 14,000 people are in shelters, officials said.
The dead included a 1-year-old boy swept away from his mother as they tried to escape their car amid floodwaters.
The woman had driven around barricades to reach a closed road, the sheriff’s office in Union County, near North Carolina’s border with South Carolina, said on Facebook.
'Don’t drive around barricades. We’re seeing this happen now and the result is not good,' Cooper said.
Members of the New York City Urban Search and Rescue task force relax after performing rescues during the morning near New Bern, North Carolina on Monday
Over 450,000 homes and businesses in North and South Carolina were still without power on Monday evening, down from a peak of nearly 1 million outages.
Major rivers are expected to remain flooded for the next two to three weeks as rainwater drains into already engorged rivers across the state, said Steve Goldstein of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
North Carolina had deployed around 2,000 boats and 36 helicopters to help people stranded in floods, Michael Sprayberry, the state’s director of emergency management, told ABC’s This Week program on Sunday.
The Coast Guard had 26 helicopters and 11 aircraft looking for people in trouble and rescuing people, Coast Guard Rear Admiral Meredith Austin told reporters on Monday.
Water is released from the dam at Hope Mills Lake into the Cape Fear River on Sunday in Hope Mills, North Carolina
Property damage from the storm is expected to total at least $17billion to $22billion, but that forecast could be conservative depending on further flooding, risk management firm Moody’s Analytics said.
A power outage at a wastewater treatment plant in Wilmington resulted in partially treated sewage water being released into the Cape Fear River, said Reggie Cheatham, director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Emergency Management.
Sewage releases in the Neuse River also were reported, as well as overflowing manholes.
Overflows also were reported at several hog 'lagoons' - used to store waste from pig farms.
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The town was left a virtual island after 2 feet of rain in 48 hours.
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