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The images were taken by aircraft equipped with cameras taking "high definition aerial photos" and collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The photos are essential to assess the damage and arrange the necessary assistance.
The latest post-hurricane photos of Florence were taken on Tuesday; NOAA told CNN that the photos before Florence had been taken in 2014.
On one image, the southernmost parts of Topsail Beach's main artery, Anderson Boulevard, are still covered with stagnant water. Ocean Boulevard, one of the side streets, is completely covered with sand.
The flow of the storm surge is etched into the sand that he threw to the ground. Some docks behind Carolina Boulevard are stripped of their woods, only their pylons remain.
Houses on the other side of the island had their shingles broken by the strong winds.
Prior to Hurricane Florence, Surf Condos' black asphalt parking area clasped the eight buildings of the complex. Now, the aerial images show it covered with sand.
The beach in front of the condo buildings seems to have been cut in half, eroded by the storm.
Just up the street from the condos, almost 1.3 miles from North Shore's road is covered with sand from the surge.
More than one kilometer from Shore Drive, the nearest road to the beach, is almost entirely covered with sand. Even portions of Topsail Drive, more inland, are covered.
Among the checkered roofs, their shingles torn from the wind are the above-ground emerald green pools. The water from their counterparts in the soil corresponds to the same hue of dirty stagnant water on the roads.
The debris of this expanse of houses covers the ground, to the sound side of the island.
The beaches disappear along the islands of the barrier
Before the storm, the National Meteorological Service warned that the wave would result in "extreme erosion of the beaches with a significant loss of dunes".
Along the barrier islands, the sandy beach is much thinner. But the most important changes seem to occur along the inlets that line the state's barrier islands.
The northern tip of New River Inlet is radically different after Hurricane Florence.
The northern tip of New Topsail Inlet, in the extreme south of Topsail Island, is also much smaller than in 2014.
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