A once-in-1,000-year rainfall event from an unnamed storm floods forces rescues in North Carolina

Floodwater surged into homes, stranded vehicles and forced water rescues in coastal North Carolina on Monday after a tropical storm-like system dumped historic amounts of rain in a matter of hours.
“It’s probably the worst flooding that any of us have seen in Carolina Beach,” Town Manager Bruce Oakley told welansa tv of the tourist town not far from Wilmington. “We’ve had to rescue people from cars, also some from houses and businesses.”