Hundreds of small boat rescues after Florence

Coast Guard personnel rescue an elderly woman and her husband along with their pets after their home was flooded by Hurricane Florence, in Brunswick County, N.C., on Sept. 16. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Trevor Lilburn.

Small boat rescue teams continue to evacuate hundreds from flooding in North Carolina, as rivers rise with the aftereffect of Hurricane Florence rainfall rushing toward the sea.

As of Tuesday morning more than 3,000 Coast Guard personnel were responding, along with other military units, urban rescue task forces operating under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and state and volunteer forces.

Coast Guard helicopter crews operating out of Elizabeth City, N.C., and Savannah, Ga., and small...

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