{"id":16176,"date":"2018-09-18T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T14:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=16176"},"modified":"2018-09-18T09:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T14:13:09","slug":"first-responders-rescue-150-residents-stranded-by-hurricane-florences-storm-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=16176","title":{"rendered":"First Responders rescue 150 residents stranded by Hurricane Florence’s storm surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Fox 5<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0Authorities in the coastal city of New Bern were working with federal responders to rescue at least 150 residents who reported themselves stranded in Hurricane Florence\u2019s storm surge.<\/p>\n

Colleen Roberts, public information officer for the city of about 30,000 residents,\u00a0told Fox News\u00a0that 200 people had been rescued so far as the Category 1 storm\u00a0battered the area with strong winds and a life-threatening surge.<\/p>\n

FEMA teams were employing boats in the rescues and were determining which cases were the most severe. Roberts said many of the residents live near the Neuse and Trent rivers.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Flooding and a strong storm surge prompted more than 90 calls to the emergency operation center in Craven County, N.C., for residents trapped in vehicles and homes, spokeswoman Amber Parker said.Response teams had already \u201cbrought in busloads\u201d of rescued people from areas including Fairfield Harbor, New Bern, Adams Creek and Township 7, she said.\n

Four shelters were currently open, Roberts said, adding that dispatchers received a call for 17 people stranded all on one street.<\/p>\n

The storm was about 35 miles east of Wilmington, N.C., and about 50 miles southwest of Morehead City, N.C., the National Hurricane Center\u2019s 2 a.m. EDT Friday advisory said.<\/p>\n

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