Storm Florence claimed more 30 lives already

Storm Florence killed 32 people, 25 of them in North Carolina.

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On the evening of September 16, the body of a one-year-old child was discovered in Union County. His mother and her baby escaped from the car after the car was washed away by the flood, but then she could not hold on to the child - and he was washed away, he writes. ABC11.

In Gaston County, an 3-month-old baby was killed by a tree falling on his family’s home, the child’s parents were also in the building, but were not injured.

In South Carolina, officials are investigating the death of a man who died when he entered the still water resulting from flooding.

The husband and wife died due to a fire in a house in Fayetteville, they are also considered dead as a result of Florence.

Two deaths were reported in Duplin County 14 September. The county sheriff's office did not specify how the pair died; However, law enforcement officers said that the death of these two people is associated with sudden flooding and water on the roads.

In addition, two people died on Harkers on Friday morning, but later it turned out that the two deaths were not related to the storm.

In Wilmington, an 41-year-old woman and her 7-month-old child died because of a tree falling on their house. The father of the child was also injured and was taken to hospital.

Lenoir County officials said Friday morning that an 68-year-old man was electrocuted when he tried to plug a generator in the rain. His body was discovered by family members.

On Friday morning in Kinston, an 77-year-old man was found dead in his home in Middle Street. Presumably, the man was carried away by the flow of water and wind, when he went out to check the status of the hunting dogs.

In the district of Wayne, the 81-year-old man died due to falling and hitting his head, packing for evacuation.

In addition, a woman in Hampstead died of a heart attack on Friday morning, because the emergency room was late for a call because of a tree-lined road.

Coastline Shows Rescue Team US Coastline Airliners #Florence's rising floodwaters. https://t.co/LGy5yBmlpZ pic.twitter.com/ZgkTShfD8v

- ABC News (@ABC) September 18, 2018

In South Carolina, an 61-year-old woman died in a car accident, due to difficult weather conditions, she lost control and crashed into a tree.

On Sunday, two more deaths were reported in South Carolina related to generator use - 63-year-old Mark Carter King and 61-year-old Debra Collins Rion died due to carbon monoxide.

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