1. How much rainfall did the affected areas of North Carolina get as a result of Florence?

2. Why is North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper asking people who evacuated prior to the storm not to return home yet?

3. What warning did Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo give after two roads into Wilmington were opened?

4. In addition to flooded roads, what other obstacles are in the way of people hoping to travel on the unflooded roads?

5. How many rivers were at flood-stage when this article was written? How many roads were closed? How much power had been restored?

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