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The flood waters of Hurricane Florence are in a fairly difficult situation in North Carolina.
As hurricane floods begin to collapse one week after the storm, first responders found Saturday hundreds of dead fish on a stretch of Interstate 40 that had been hit hard by the floods.
"Well, we can add the" Highway Fish Wash "to the long list of interesting things that firefighters can experience!" Penderlea's fire department said in a Facebook post.
The fish were discovered along a stretch of highway located near Wallace, about 40 miles northwest of Wilmington, where the storm touched down.
"Hurricane Florence caused massive flooding in our area and allowed fish to travel far from their natural habitat, stranding on the highway when the waters receded," said the fire department.
Dead fish can be seen along Interstate 40 in North Carolina, where the waters of Hurricane Florence have receded.
(Penderlea Fire Department)
An employee of the North Carolina Department of Transportation also posted photos showing the fish littered along the shoulder of the highway.
On Saturday, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said nine of the state's river gauges are at a major flood stage and four more are at a moderate stage.
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Emergency management officials said residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed will begin moving into hotel rooms next week. A FEMA coordinator told The Associated Press that as of Saturday, about 69,000 people in North Carolina have signed up for help.
The storm has killed at least 43 people since the region was hit by prolonged heavy rains.
The Sutton Lake floods swept away part of the US 421 mill in New Hanover County, just south of the Pender County boundary in Wilmington, NB, on Friday, September 21, 2018.
(Matt Born / The Star-News via AP)
"Hurricane Florence has deeply hurt our state, wounds that will not diminish as the waters recede," he added.
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In Wilmington, which had been cut off by the floods, the authorities said they had identified three safe roads to the city. They encouraged people to avoid traveling to areas where the risk of flooding persists.
A sign commemorating the rebuilding of the town of Nichols, flooded two years earlier by Hurricane Matthew, is in the waters after Hurricane Florence in Nichols, S.C., Friday, September 21, 2018.
(AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
North Carolina Emergency Management Director Michael Sprayberry said Saturday that eastern counties continue to experience major flooding, including areas along the Black, Lumber, Neuse and Cape Fear rivers. The Cape Fear River is expected to peak Sunday and remain at the flood stage early next week.
In neighboring South Carolina, new evacuations were ordered while the town of Nichols was completely flooded. Mayor Lawson Batter told AP that the storm was "worse than Matthew", which destroyed nearly 90% of the city's 261 homes in 2016.
"It's just a mess," he said. "We will do everything in our power to come back … but we need help from the federal government and the state."
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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