Parts of southeastern North Carolina have been deluged by another historic flood.
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The flash flooding closed dozens of roads in Brunswick County, including U.S. Highway 17, which is the main coastal route. Floodwaters swamped the highway at several points for most of the day, trapping some drivers on high ground that became an island.Emergency workers brought food and water to people as they waited for the waters to recede, Brunswick County emergency officials said. No deaths were reported but dozens of roads in the county were damaged and many washed out.
Several blocks of the coastal town were flooded to the bottom of car doors for hours Monday as the system, known as Potential Tropical Cyclone No. 8, never organized enough to become the eighth named tropical storm of the season, Helene.Hurricane Diana in 1984 brought more than 18 inches of rain to the area and forecasters noted that it was the first time a tropical event had dropped a foot of rain to the area.
An unnamed storm in the wake of Hurricane Matthew in 2010 dropped about 11 inches of rain on Brunswick County and a 2015 deluge as Hurricane Joaquin moved well offshore dropped 20 inches of rain.
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