Florence in Tweets

Local beach and dune erosion (before and after) in Kill Devil Hills, NC from #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/AP17T3UPFj

— Nick Cohn (@ntcohn) September 16, 2018

Here’s the updated time series for Wilmington, NC accumulated precipitation. Data has a 1-2 day lag here.

Over 80” so far, has surpassed previous record. #NCwx pic.twitter.com/juzSdAmrv7

— Jared Rennie (@jjrennie) September 17, 2018

As of this morning, 12 cities in North Carolina have broken the previous state record for rainfall during a hurricane due to #Florence.

The new record, 35.93" near Elizabethtown, has broken the old record by almost a foot. pic.twitter.com/niO1Eqdlkh

— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) September 17, 2018

Running out of ways to express how unprecedented rainfall from #Florence has been for Mid-Atlantic region.

On Tuesday (5 days after started raining), 3 separate rivers in 3 different states will all be near/at record flood levels. (SC,NC,VA) pic.twitter.com/9QALBYh8ds

— Bill Karins (@BillKarins) September 17, 2018

#Florence
-𝟔 states impacted
-Death toll: 𝟏𝟕
-New Bern, NC: 𝟑𝟎 roads unpassable
-𝟐𝟎 NC towns with 𝟐𝟎+ inches of rain
-𝟑𝟒 inches of rain fell on Swansboro, NC
-𝟑,𝟔𝟎𝟎+ flights canceled
-Currently without power: 𝟓𝟎𝟗,𝟎𝟎𝟎
-$𝟑𝟎-𝟔𝟎𝐁 in economic damage possible https://t.co/iry2O67AVd

— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) September 17, 2018

There have been more than 500 reports of price gouging in North Carolina after Florence https://t.co/mT4hJ3cB69 pic.twitter.com/mwgTnq6Mq8

— CNN (@CNN) September 17, 2018

Florence Flood Threat:
•Wilmington, NC cut off by flood waters
•Seven rivers in NC could reach major flooding levels
•NC towns 250 miles inland face flooding threat
•NC officials monitoring 3,300 hog-waste lagoons
→ Breaches could risk contaminating drinking-water supply pic.twitter.com/myiGh91tTP

— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) September 17, 2018

“W/ a storm like this, you have communities faced not only w/ the devastation that a storm like this will leave behind, but the environmental injustices that may have already been existing…” – @nakisaglover, @HipHopCaucus Climate Justice Fellow via @mic https://t.co/ILqlZIkfHb

— Hip Hop Caucus (@HipHopCaucus) September 17, 2018