The death toll from Hurricane Florence has risen to 25 in North Carolina, 6 in South Carolina and one in Virginia, including two bodies recovered Monday morning in Union County, NC.
The dead include people who drowned, electrocuted, died crushed by trees, “blown by the wind” or poisoned with carbon monoxide, media and government agencies have reported.
The death toll rose Monday morning when the body of a man was found in waters off Union County, North Carolina. The body was found next to a car that had been submerged during the storm. The vehicle was found off Landsford Road in the Marshville area.
In a death unrelated to Union County, the body of Kaiden Lee-Welch, just one year old, was recovered Monday after being washed away by raging waters from Richardson Creek.
In Dallas, North Carolina, 3-month-old Kade Gill died Sunday after a tree fell into a family’s caravan and struck the boy and his mother while they were sitting on a couch, Charlotte Observer reported. His mother, Tammy Gill, was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
The first infant death from the storm was a 7-month-old baby on Friday morning in Wilmington, also from a tree that fell on a home. The 41-year-old mother died after being hit by the same tree.
The hurricane continues to dump heavy rain on the southeastern coast of the United States.
