CNN: At Least 8 Killed As Florence Hammers Carolinas

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CABRERA: "Our breaking news. We are just learning of two new storm related deaths, all due to tropical storm Florence, bringing the death toll to 8. Local officials saying the new deaths were due to flash flooding and swift water on roadways. Even though the storm’s label has been downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, its damage and threat to do much Morris no less intense. It is now the second day of rescues from high water, which are happening now. At least 400 people have been saved, and more than 960,000, almost a million people in north and South Carolina are without power. Almost two feet of rain has fallen in some areas, with forecasts closer to 3 feet looming. After more than a million were put under mandatory evacuation, there are more areas now facing the same orders to get out."