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| Hurricane Matthew’s Toll Rises; Flooding Strands 1,500 in North Carolina | Hurricane Matthew’s Toll Rises; Flooding Strands 1,500 in North Carolina |
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| ■ Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina said on Monday that an urgent rescue effort was underway in Lumberton, where a levee breach in the wake of Hurricane Matthew forced people to their rooftops. | |
| ■ The storm’s death toll in the United States has climbed to about two dozen, and with some residents still missing, that number could rise. Officials said it could be days before they were sure of the figures. | |
| ■ The toll in Haiti, which took a direct hit, has been hard to measure. As many as 1,000 people have died, according to a Reuters report based on information from civil protection and local officials. Along with hundreds of lives, the storm wiped out much of the progress that an isolated city, Jérémie, had been making. Read more from Azam Ahmed » | ■ The toll in Haiti, which took a direct hit, has been hard to measure. As many as 1,000 people have died, according to a Reuters report based on information from civil protection and local officials. Along with hundreds of lives, the storm wiped out much of the progress that an isolated city, Jérémie, had been making. Read more from Azam Ahmed » |
| Mr. McCrory, addressing reporters in Raleigh on Monday, said a levee breach before dawn had endangered about 1,500 residents in Lumberton. | |
| “Floodwaters are rising very quickly,” said Mr. McCrory, who added that water was knee-deep in many places. “We do have people on the roofs as we speak, and we have a lot of helicopters and boats that have been deployed that are, at this point in time, rescuing them.” | “Floodwaters are rising very quickly,” said Mr. McCrory, who added that water was knee-deep in many places. “We do have people on the roofs as we speak, and we have a lot of helicopters and boats that have been deployed that are, at this point in time, rescuing them.” |
| Mr. McCrory also reported 10 fatalities in North Carolina, raising the hurricane’s death toll in the United States to at least 21. Since the storm struck the state, at least 1,400 people have been rescued. — ALAN BLINDER | |
| A federal judge on Monday extended Florida’s voter registration deadline by one day, delivering a quick legal victory to Democrats who argued that the storm had upended plans to draw more people into the political process in one of the nation’s most closely contested states. | A federal judge on Monday extended Florida’s voter registration deadline by one day, delivering a quick legal victory to Democrats who argued that the storm had upended plans to draw more people into the political process in one of the nation’s most closely contested states. |
| In a harshly worded ruling, Judge Mark E. Walker of the Federal District Court in Tallahassee said residents would be allowed to join the voter rolls until 5 p.m. Wednesday. | In a harshly worded ruling, Judge Mark E. Walker of the Federal District Court in Tallahassee said residents would be allowed to join the voter rolls until 5 p.m. Wednesday. |
| “This case pits the fundamental right to vote against administrative convenience,” Judge Walker wrote. “Of course, the State of Florida has the ability to set its own deadlines and has an interest in maintaining those deadlines. But it would be nonsensical to prioritize those deadlines over the right to vote, especially given the circumstances here.” | “This case pits the fundamental right to vote against administrative convenience,” Judge Walker wrote. “Of course, the State of Florida has the ability to set its own deadlines and has an interest in maintaining those deadlines. But it would be nonsensical to prioritize those deadlines over the right to vote, especially given the circumstances here.” |
| Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican and one of the named defendants in the lawsuit, has resisted calls from Democrats that he extend the voter registration period, which was scheduled to end on Tuesday. His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. — ALAN BLINDER | Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican and one of the named defendants in the lawsuit, has resisted calls from Democrats that he extend the voter registration period, which was scheduled to end on Tuesday. His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. — ALAN BLINDER |
| Several rivers in eastern North Carolina broke out of their banks on Monday, after weekend rainfalls of up to 16 inches in places, the National Weather Service reported. Some rivers reached record heights, while on others, waters are expected to keep rising for days in places, as the floods move downstream. | |
| The Cape Fear River south of Fayetteville crested on Monday at more than 26 feet above flood stage; farther downstream, near Chinquapin, the river was forecast to rise into Wednesday. | |
| To the northeast, the Neuse River reached more than eight feet above flood stage near Goldsboro on Monday, and it was projected to rise another two feet, peaking on Tuesday near its record. Downstream, near Kinston, the Neuse rose more than seven feet above flood stage, and was expected to climb five feet more, not cresting until Saturday. | |
| The Lumber River at Lumberton rose four feet higher than it had ever been measured before. The Little River at Manchester broke its previous record by three feet. | |
| Several South Carolina rivers also reached moderate or major flood stage, the Weather Service reported, but conditions there were not as severe. — RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA | |
| Storm surge and battering waves can devastate coastal beaches and the dunes behind them. So when Hurricane Matthew raked the coasts of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, it carved away some beaches — though it left others relatively untouched. | |
| Brevard County, Fla., home to Cocoa Beach, the Kennedy Space Center and other famous tourist attractions, lost about one million cubic yards of sand from its 72 miles of beaches, said Virginia Barker, the county’s natural resources management director. | |
| While the number is large, the damage was less than that caused by Hurricane Sandy or the storms that passed through in 2004 and 2005. Matthew “was more of a glancing blow,” she said. It helped that the storm hit at a very low spot in the tide cycle, she said, and that the storm moved quickly. Also, she said, it was especially fortunate that “our beaches were in really good shape before the storm,” with beach and dune replenishment programs in place since 2000. “We talk about them being ‘sacrificial sands,’ ” she said, a kind of environmental crumple zone to blunt storm damage. | |
| Farther north, many shorelines were reshaped by the storm; after a helicopter tour, Governor Scott told reporters in Jacksonville that he had seen “an unbelievable amount of beach erosion,” but that the state was “blessed” that the hurricane stayed offshore. | |
| Environmental officials in states farther north said their coastal evaluations were still underway. Mary-Kathryn Craft, a spokeswoman for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, said that early reports indicated “erosion is rather extensive throughout the coast,” and that many state beaches “were already experiencing significant sand deficits and chronic erosion.” | Environmental officials in states farther north said their coastal evaluations were still underway. Mary-Kathryn Craft, a spokeswoman for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, said that early reports indicated “erosion is rather extensive throughout the coast,” and that many state beaches “were already experiencing significant sand deficits and chronic erosion.” |
| The state had been working on replenishment projects. Since the storm, the agency has also collaborated with local governments and citizens to post reports through its MyCoast app, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has posted aerial photographs. — JOHN SCHWARTZ | |
| The American Red Cross has published a list of safety tips for homeowners returning to property damaged in hurricanes. | The American Red Cross has published a list of safety tips for homeowners returning to property damaged in hurricanes. |
| Once cleanup begins, taking photographs of damaged or destroyed property before it is discarded provides a record for use in making insurance claims, says Ann Carrns, who writes the Your Money Adviser consumer finance column for The Times. | Once cleanup begins, taking photographs of damaged or destroyed property before it is discarded provides a record for use in making insurance claims, says Ann Carrns, who writes the Your Money Adviser consumer finance column for The Times. |
| In Haiti, the Bahamas and Florida, the storm left behind stories of disaster and of disaster narrowly averted. Here are some of them » | In Haiti, the Bahamas and Florida, the storm left behind stories of disaster and of disaster narrowly averted. Here are some of them » |
| On Monday, the storm broke up and headed northeast into the North Atlantic as a diffuse low-pressure system, passing the northeastern United States, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. After dropping some rain on the Northeast, it pushed out to sea with gale-force winds and heavy seas, but it continued to weaken. |