But outside of the historic district, on higher ground, but here, people are describing this as devastating, catastrophic, historic even, even worse than what they saw back in July of 2016.
Ever since the expansion of agriculture in the area, the susceptibility to our illnesses combined with historic hunting of gorillas was disastrous for the population.
Because in addition to sustained hurricane winds and storm surges, Florence could bring as much as 40 inches of rain to these areas and that could cause catastrophic flooding to the Carolinas that could last into next week.