In Pictures: Aftermath of Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence left at least 12 people dead and around one million without power over the last few days as it ripped through the East Coast of the United States.

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Sep 18, 2018, 11:21 AM

A flooded neighbourhood stands next to the Lumber River in this aerial photograph taken after Hurricane Florence hit Lumberton, North Carolina, on Sept 17, 2018. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Homes are seen surrounded by floodwaters in Lumberton, North Carolina, after Hurricane Florence hit the US, on Sept 17, 2018. PHOTO: THE WASHINGTON POST

A resident transporting his family and pets as the Northeast Cape Fear River breaks its banks after Hurricane Florence hit the US, on Sept 17, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

A resident taking down boards that were covering windows in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Carolina Beach, on Sept 17, 2018. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Aid workers unloading supplies for Wilmington Hospital after landing at a shopping centre parking lot, on Sept 17, 2018, in Wilmington, North Carolina. PHOTO: AFP

A resident carries items from a house as flood waters from the Little River seeps into the premises, on Sept 17, 2018, in Spring Lake, North Carolina. PHOTO: AFP

A senior citizen carrying an elderly woman as water from the Little River seeps into her home, on Sept 17, 2018, in Spring Lake, North Carolina. PHOTO: AFP

People wait in line for food inside an American Red Cross evacuation shelter in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Sept 17, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

A US Coast Guard serviceman lowers himself to evacuate residents affected by Hurricane Florence in Rocky Point, North Carolina, on Sept 16, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

A gas station damaged by Hurricane Florence near Topsail, North Carolina, on Sept 16, 2018.
PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Panicked dogs that were left caged by an owner who fled rising flood waters getting rescued by an aid worker in Leland, North Carolina, on Sept 16, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents clearing debris from their homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, on Sept 16, 2018, in New Bern, North Carolina. PHOTO: REUTERS

A boat sitting in the backyard of a home in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, on Sept 16, 2018, in New Bern, North Carolina. PHOTO: REUTERS

A toddler crying as he is carried to an airboat during a rescue operation in Leland, North Carolina, on Sept 16, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents standing in their homes as flood waters rise in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Latta, South Carolina, on Sept 16, 2018. PHOTO: NYTIMES

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