Florence is unleashing its wrath on the Carolina coastline, rushing water ashore and causing major flooding.
The storm has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but that doesn’t make the situation on the ground any less dangerous.
LATEST FORECAST | Florence: Rescues underway as rain wrecks havoc on Carolinas | Downgraded to tropical storm
Some people, like Amy and Ben Johnson, took to social media to show the damage to their home.
Their garage is almost completely underwater.
A storm chaser in North Carolina captured video of strong winds taking down the roof of a gas station in Topsail, North Carolina.
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Take a look at this video - and watch what happens at the end:
In New Bern, North Carolina, the city's beloved bear statues are apparently roaming around the storm waters -- even though the statue was bolted down.
One of the bears drifted into the middle of South Front Street downtown.
Another hard-hit town, Wilmington, North Carolina, endured hurricane-force winds that ripped up a tree in one neighborhood.
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