WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) – The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local):
6:20 a.m.
A train has derailed in North Carolina, but it’s not clear whether it was storm-related.
Homes along the New River are flooded as a result of high tides and rain from hurricane Florence which moved through the area in Jacksonville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
WBTV reports that the CSX train derailed Sunday evening in Anson County, east of the state’s largest city of Charlotte.
The station says the derailment led to at least one road closure.
The report cites CSX officials as saying that the derailment involved several cars on a train headed to Hamlet, North Carolina.
Officials have reported flooding caused by Tropical Storm Florence in Union County, located between Charlotte and Anson County.
They did not say whether there were any injuries or what the train was carrying.
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1 a.m.
With Wilmington cut off from the rest of North Carolina by still-rising floodwaters from Florence, officials plan to airlift food and water to a city of nearly 120,000 people as rescuers elsewhere pull inland residents from homes threatened by swollen rivers.
The spreading disaster claimed additional lives Sunday, with at least 17 people confirmed dead, and the nation’s top emergency official said other states were in the path this week.
Brock Long of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says not only to expect more impacts in North Carolina, but also “you are about to see a lot of damage going through West Virginia, all the way up to Ohio as the system exits out.”
In Wilmington, the state’s eighth-largest city, residents waited for hours outside stores and restaurants on Sunday for basic necessities like water. Police guarded the door of one store, and only 10 people were allowed inside at a time.
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Homes and a marina are flooded as a result of high tides and rain from hurricane Florence which moved through the area in Jacksonville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Residents step out of a high water vehicle after being evacuated by the police when their neighborhood began to flood as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Chris Lishka works to remove a tree from his roof after Hurricane Florence hit Emerald Isle N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
A member of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team wades through a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A tattered American flag after Hurricane Florence in Jacksonville N.C.,Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Don Tantanella paddles the boat through shallow water as he patrols a neighborhood inundated with water in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence . (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
An employee of Duke Energy handles downed power lines after a huge tree fell on Spainhour Road as a result of steady rainfall from the effects of Tropical Storm Florence, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 in Morganton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class David Kelley guides a car out of a flooded neighborhood in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence . (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
A man points out where people need assistance to members of the U.S. Coast Guard in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 following flooding from Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Depression Florence moving west across the United States on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (NOAA via AP)
A man moves his horses from rising water in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, following flooding from Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A man paddles through the neighborhood as Hurricane Florence leaves a trail of flooded roads, broken trees and downed power lines across Leland, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
Candice Willis, right, and her daughter Naiya, 11, walk to a bus after being evacuated from their flooded neighborhood as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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