100 people rescued as floodwaters inundated North Carolina in US

In US, 100 of people were rescued by boat and helicopter as floodwaters inundated North Carolina towns in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Officials warned that life-threatening flooding from swollen rivers will continue for days. The White House said, the flooding prompted President Barack Obama to declare a state of emergency in North Carolina, making federal funding available to affected individuals in 10 counties hit by the storm.

0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, the number of fatalities rose to at least 23 in the United States, with nearly half in North Carolina. Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007, was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday. The hurricane killed around 1,000 people in Haiti. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that some Haitian towns and villages had just about been wiped off the map.