At least twenty-two people were killed over the weekend as Hurricane Matthew pummeled the southeastern coast of the U.S.
The once Category Four hurricane was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone, but was still powerful enough to cause several deaths and severe flooding in some areas.
One of the twenty-two confirmed deaths happened Saturday on I-64 in Chesapeake, Virginia, when a motorist rear ended a semi that was stopped for a downed tree. The motorist was killed in the crash.
The hurricane caused massive flooding in North Carolina, resulting in hundreds of water rescues. Fayetteville police posted this image of an apparently abandoned semi bogged down by floodwaters on Twitter.
Research Dr near the airport as of 147pm pic.twitter.com/Uv9iVNlxBd
— Fayetteville Police (@FayettevillePD) October 9, 2016
A Good Samaritan finds himself in need of rescuing after attempting to help a trucker stranded by flood waters.
A man holds onto a yield sign after trying to swim out to help a stranded truck driver in Hope Mills. #AfterMatthew pic.twitter.com/nnS7PVoeRi
— Andrew Craft (@aacraft) October 9, 2016
This truck driver was rescued by FEMA teams after reportedly coming around a curve, trying to press through flood waters, and then becoming stuck.
Emergency personnel take a truck driver to an ambulance after rescuing him from his tractor-trailer on NC 301 in Hope Mills. #AfterMatthew pic.twitter.com/KSIMOM4wQw
— Andrew Craft (@aacraft) October 9, 2016
Floodwater caused severe damage to North Carolina infrastructure.
Damage to one road in #Simpson, NC, shot by a @wnct9 photojournalist. We spoke with the driver of the car, who just crashed this a.m. pic.twitter.com/4MUWHthHD2
— Lauren Sagl (@LaurenSagl) October 9, 2016
Sources:
The Weather Channel
The Fayetteville Observer