Hurricane Florence Prompts Mandatory Evacuations in Fayetteville, NC Area

A sailboat is shoved up against a house and a collapsed garage on Sept. 15, 2018, after heavy wind and rain from Florence, now a tropical storm, blew through New Bern, N.C. AP Photo/Steve Helber

Hurricane Florence has prompted a mandatory evacuation order for anyone living within one mile of two rivers, the Cape Fear River and the Little River, in the Fayetteville, North Carolina area on Sept. 15.

Florence, which remained a hurricane for around half a day after making landfall on Sept. 14, but is now a tropical storm, has deluged the Carolinas with rainfall, storm surges, and high winds.