Florence-weary South Carolina could get more record flooding - Statesboro Herald

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Florence-weary South Carolina could get more record flooding

Potential environmental problems also loom

Part of the Starlite Motel is washed away in the aftermath of flooding from Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, N.C., Wednesday. - photo by Associated Press

Part of the Starlite Motel is washed away in the aftermath of flooding from Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, N.C., Wednesday. - photo by Associated Press

WILMINGTON, N.C. — As rivers swollen to record levels started to recede Thursday in North Carolina, officials tried to head off potential environmental disasters and prepared for more record flooding downstream in South Carolina.

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