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Another cluster of storms was dumping rain on the region
Thursday, a day after a 24-year-old woman and 55-year-old man
were found dead when flooding on a section of highway receded,
according to police in the town of Spring Hope.
Some communities had been under flash flood warnings and
advisories Wednesday while as much as 5 inches (127 millimeters)
of rain fell in parts of the Raleigh and Durham areas.
The woman and man, both from the small town of Louisburg, had
been trapped in a vehicle that was pushed into a ditch filled
with about 6 feet (1.8 meters) of fast-moving floodwater, police
said. The woman was climbing out of the roof when she fell into
the water and an officer jumped in to save her, police said.
The strong current swept away the woman, the man and the
officer, who escaped unharmed as the two people disappeared.
Authorities searched but the two died.
The storm's pathway over central North Carolina follows Tropical
Storm Chantal's flooding in parts of the region last month.
Public assistance damage estimates are already more than $42
million, according to Gov. Josh Stein’s office. Stein also
issued a state disaster declaration Tuesday for eight counties
because of Chantal damage, meaning residents can seek out state
financial aid.
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