Sgt. Nick Muhar, a rescue team member from the North Carolina National Guard, evacuates a young child as rising floodwaters from Hurricane Florence threatens his home in New Bern, N.C., on Friday.
A fallen tree crashed through the home where a woman and her baby were killed in Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence made landfall Friday.
In this image from video, residents carry cats they rescued by boat from floodwaters in Jacksonville, N.C., on Friday.
Flooding caused by Hurricane Florence covers blocks of Front Street in downtown New Bern, N.C., on Friday.
This photo provided by Angie Propst shows a boat wedged in trees during Hurricane Florence in Oriental, N.C, one of nine incorporated municipalities in Pamlico County, on Friday.
Flood waters surround a house as Hurricane Florence hits Swansboro N.C., on Friday.
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Florence on the eastern coast of the United States on Friday.
Teddie Davis goes to check on one of the town's signature bears that was toppled by Hurricane Florence in downtown New Bern, N.C., on Friday. Another one of the bears ended up in the middle of the street in the background.
A tree uprooted by strong winds lies along a street in Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence made landfall Friday.
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