Hurricane Matthew death toll rises to at least 22 across Southeast

Hurricane Matthew has left at least 11 dead in North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory said Monday, pushing the death toll across the Southeast to at least 22 even as the weakening storm still carried dangers of flooding, The Washington Post reported.

Five people also remained missing in Johnson and Cumberland counties, while thousands across North Carolina still lacked power after the storm struck Sunday with downpours and high winds in its slow march up the Atlantic coast, McCrory told reporters.

McCrory warned that flooding remained an acute threat to people across central and eastern North Carolina.

“The people who live near rivers, streams and levees need to be extremely careful,” he warned, stressing that this would extend through much of the week.

Source: MENA