Updated at 3:55 a.m. ET on Monday
Tropical Depression Florence is continuing to bring relentless, torrential rain to much of the South. Florence has already set a record for rainfall in the state of North Carolina, and thousands have evacuated to shelters in North and South Carolina to ride out the storm.
More than 500,000 remain without electricity in North Carolina.
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