Florence drenched North Carolina with yet more rain and officials warned residents that "the worst is yet to come." he "risk to life is rising" from Storm Florence, North Carolina's governor, Roy Cooper, has warned. In a briefing for the media, he said people should stay off the roads as the threat from floods continued to spread. Despite weakening since hitting the coast on Friday, Storm Florence has been dumping "epic" rain as it moves through North and South Carolina. At least 15 people have died in storm-related incidents, 10 in North Carolina and five in South Carolina. The slow-moving storm is heading west but is due to turn north towards Ohio. Authorities in the North Carolina city of Fayetteville ordered residents living near two rivers to evacuate. "If you are refusing to leave during this mandatory evacuation, you need to do things like notify your legal next of kin because the loss of life is very, very possible," Mayor Mitch Colvin said.
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