Thousands stranded in North Carolina because of Hurricane Matthew
Barack Obama declared a state of emergency the state North Carolina yesterday after the devastating passage of Hurricane Matthew weekend, the White House announced.
The move will give public funds to people 10 departments affected by the hurricane, added the statement.
The waters of the rivers gushed in cities yesterday after the passage of the hurricane, and hundreds had to perisothoun with boats and helicopters went as the water level. According to authorities, the river floods may continue for days.
The hurricane killed 1,000 people in Haiti and the Secretary General of United Nations Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that some villages and some towns in the country had "disappeared from the map".
In the US, the dead amounted to at least 23, 11 of which were in North Carolina.
After 39 cm of rain from Matthew weekend, the sky was clear yesterday, but the flooded rivers and inadequate dams have created major problems.
"The storm is not over in North Carolina," he told reporters in Fayetteville the governor Pat Mc crore. "It will be long and difficult path" to recovery, he added. He also said he expects the death toll to rise.
About 2,000 residents were trapped in houses and terraces of the Lambert, beside the glowing river, he suddenly flooded the city Monday morning, said Mak crore, adding that the bailouts would continue all day.
The National meteo Company warned that the river will flood Neuss Friday, with "catastrophic" results, prompting authorities to issue an evacuation order of homes and businesses along the length of the river.
Many communities on the coast and the interior remain draped from storm water or flooded river. The Mac crore said he met an old woman in a shelter yesterday lost everything in the floods. "At this time sitting in a school cafeteria and crying and contemplating how to live ... Your heart breaks," he said.
In neighboring South Carolina, the governor Nikki Haley warned that the rivers of the state have already reached the limit of their level. "What has not showered today can be flooded tomorrow," he said at a press conference. He added that at least there were three deaths in the state due to the hurricane, between them and a driver swept away by the waters in his car.
Authorities warned residents to watch the power lines that had fallen, and mentioned the case of a 89chronou man in Florida who died from electrocution.
About 1.1 million people remained without electricity in the states of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas (North and South), and Virginia.
Yesterday a federal judge gave permission to the Democratic Party of Florida to postpone by 24 hours the last voter registration day, until tomorrow because of the storm. The Republican governor Rick Scott had refused the request of Democrats.
Meanwhile, extraordinary communique issued for possible hurricane in Bermuda, Tropical Storm Nicole, which is expected to reach the island of the Atlantic towards the end of the week, according to the US hurricane center.
Barack Obama declared a state of emergency the state North Carolina yesterday after the devastating passage of Hurricane Matthew weekend, the White House announced.
The move will give public funds to people 10 departments affected by the hurricane, added the statement.
The waters of the rivers gushed in cities yesterday after the passage of the hurricane, and hundreds had to perisothoun with boats and helicopters went as the water level. According to authorities, the river floods may continue for days.
The hurricane killed 1,000 people in Haiti and the Secretary General of United Nations Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that some villages and some towns in the country had "disappeared from the map".
In the US, the dead amounted to at least 23, 11 of which were in North Carolina.
After 39 cm of rain from Matthew weekend, the sky was clear yesterday, but the flooded rivers and inadequate dams have created major problems.
"The storm is not over in North Carolina," he told reporters in Fayetteville the governor Pat Mc crore. "It will be long and difficult path" to recovery, he added. He also said he expects the death toll to rise.
About 2,000 residents were trapped in houses and terraces of the Lambert, beside the glowing river, he suddenly flooded the city Monday morning, said Mak crore, adding that the bailouts would continue all day.
The National meteo Company warned that the river will flood Neuss Friday, with "catastrophic" results, prompting authorities to issue an evacuation order of homes and businesses along the length of the river.
Many communities on the coast and the interior remain draped from storm water or flooded river. The Mac crore said he met an old woman in a shelter yesterday lost everything in the floods. "At this time sitting in a school cafeteria and crying and contemplating how to live ... Your heart breaks," he said.
In neighboring South Carolina, the governor Nikki Haley warned that the rivers of the state have already reached the limit of their level. "What has not showered today can be flooded tomorrow," he said at a press conference. He added that at least there were three deaths in the state due to the hurricane, between them and a driver swept away by the waters in his car.
Authorities warned residents to watch the power lines that had fallen, and mentioned the case of a 89chronou man in Florida who died from electrocution.
About 1.1 million people remained without electricity in the states of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas (North and South), and Virginia.
Yesterday a federal judge gave permission to the Democratic Party of Florida to postpone by 24 hours the last voter registration day, until tomorrow because of the storm. The Republican governor Rick Scott had refused the request of Democrats.
Meanwhile, extraordinary communique issued for possible hurricane in Bermuda, Tropical Storm Nicole, which is expected to reach the island of the Atlantic towards the end of the week, according to the US hurricane center.
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