CHARLOTTE, NC – Florence, which was once a hurricane and is now a tropical depression, is accused of at least 20 deaths in the Carolinas. Fourteen were in North Carolina. Officials in these states are still worried about what will happen because it is still raining and the rivers are swelling. Many people who have died in recent days have been washed away by rainwater. Three small children were killed, two from falling trees.

Here is an overview of the victims of Florence:

OUT OF HER MOTHER GRASP

A one – year – old boy was swept away by floods on Sunday as the car his mother drove fell on the water. Dazia Lee told officials that she had driven around a barricade on a North Carolina road in Union County.

The water of a nearby creek was high quickly and the current was fast. The water pushed her car off the road and left her stuck in a group of trees, authorities said.

Lee managed to get Kaiden Lee-Welch out of the car, but the water made her lose her grip, she told Fox 46 WJZY.

"I held my hand, trying to hold him back, trying to pull him up," she told the TV channel. "I could not hold and he let go."

She described him as "the nicest boy".

The body of little Kaiden was found Monday.

A family member who was outside the house on Monday said the mother was in the town of Monroe to return her son's body to Charlotte. He said Lee was fine, but he also shed a tear after a visitor spoke to him.

IN THE ARMS OF HER MOTHER

Kade Gill, three months old, born on Father's Day, was in her mother's arms. They were sitting on the couch when a tree hit the roof of the family's mobile home, killing the child.

"The tree had separated us," said Father Olen Gill, who spoke to the Gaston Gazette when he returned to the destroyed home with his wife after leaving the hospital. "I'm in the kitchen and she's in the living room on the couch."

The tragedy occurred Sunday in Dallas, North Carolina, about 240 miles (386 kilometers) west of Hurricane Florence, at Wrightsville Beach.

Mother Tammy Gill said that she called her son "Little Man" and that he was born premature.

"He was a fighter at first, he came five weeks earlier, survived the 10 days of the NICU," she said.

Her daughter Autumn Gill told The Charlotte Observer that her parents, who had been together for 22 years, thought their family was complete after five children.

"They did not think she could have another one," said Autumn Gill. "Surprise! We have a baby Kade."

Later, they told him that they had only heard a gust of wind before one of those tall pines broke against their house. Olen Gill, standing in the kitchen, was unharmed but could not reach his wife and baby. Tammy Gill, who had told her daughter that she had just settled on the couch to feed Kade, could not move.

The mother and child were trapped by the tree, a neighbor told the newspaper. Rescuers had to cut off the tree to free Tammy Gill. They tried to revive his child, but doctors at a nearby hospital declared him dead.

THE SAVERS PRAYED FOR MOTHER AND SON

Leasha Murphy-Johnson and her 8-month-old son were the first reported deaths during the storm.

Murphy-Johnson, her husband Zac and their son were in bed Friday morning when a massive tree fell in their home in Wilmington, North Carolina. Authorities said they killed mother and baby and trapped Zac Johnson. Rescuers worked for hours with airbags, saws, heavy loads and other specialized equipment to release him.

Zac Johnson has been taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries and will survive, according to Port City News.

Neighbor Adam Sparks told the Associated Press that before the storm, he had noticed that the family was refueling.

"It went from zero to 100 very quickly," he said. "Really all you could do is stay indoors and hope for the best."

At first, he thought the firefighters were there to help restore electricity, but when he saw the police and paramedics arriving, he knew it was something much more tragic.

Sparks said his neighbors "were a regular American family, like everyone else."

When the rescuers realized that they could not do anything to save the mother and the son, they knelt in a prayer circle in the alley.

FLASH FLOOD SUPPLIED DEATH

Rhonda R. Hartley, 30, died early Sunday after driving a van in stagnant waters near Gilbert, South Carolina, losing control and hitting a tree, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

Jeffrey B. Youngren, 42, of Elgin, South Carolina, also died Sunday when a pickup hit a stacking bridge in Kershaw County, said coroner David West, who added that the weather

Michael Dalton Prince, 23, died Sunday after the truck he was on lost control of a two-lane flooded road in Georgetown County, South Carolina, said coroner Kenny Johnson. The driver and another passenger escaped after the truck landed upside down in a flooded ditch.

Officials warn people not to drive on blocked roads and pay attention to stagnant water. What seems to be a small puddle of water can escalate in seconds.

"Our hearts are going to the families of those who died in this storm," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said Monday. "Hurricane Florence will continue to drive violently in our state for days, be extremely careful and stay alert."