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As a result, authorities are warning residents to stay out of the coastal waters to avoid contamination that can cause a series of infections, including earaches, hepatitis, rashes, and respiratory problems, North Carolina said. Coastal Federation.
"The public continues to swim in the ocean despite the warnings," said Todd Miller, executive director of the federation. "We think it's vital that people know that the state has not yet tested any water to determine whether they are safe for human contact."
In North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper said the floods have increased the mosquito population, which can lead to diseases such as encephalitis, West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis. He has ordered $ 4 million to help fund mosquito control in the affected counties.
Aside from pests, floods remain a concern.
In Georgetown County, South Carolina, thousands of locals were urged to evacuate before the historic floods in an area where multiple swollen rivers converge.
The county, which swept the fierce winds of Hurricane Florence, sits at the mouths of the Waccamaw, Great Pee Dee and Sampit Rivers.
The Waccamaw River has died on Wednesday and will begin a slow autumn on Thursday. The Grand Pee Dee and the larger Waccamaw River had inflated to record levels upstream and in some areas the water was downstream at historical levels.
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