Officers stand near where two people drowned in a Horry County Sheriff's transport van overturned by floodwaters in South Carolina. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
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Jay McAbee, a bus driver with the Greenville, S.C., school district, waits by his bus in Charleston, S.C., in October of 2016, for word of when to start evacuating the city's residents in advance of Hurricane Matthew. Simply having enough buses to carry pets as well as people can be key to convincing residents they need to leave ahead of a big storm, emergency responders say. Mic Smith/AP hide caption
Safely Evacuating The Elderly In Any Emergency Takes Planning And Practice
An industrial farm affected by flooding from Hurricane Florence in Duplin County, N.C. Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals hide caption
Jerry Gray with his dog, Zoe, whom he also calls Sweetie and Hard Head. Zoe was the only pet his deceased wife, Hilda, would allow in their house. After losing his wife — and now his house — Gray says Zoe means everything to him. "If I lost her, forget it," he says. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
The ASPCA has a number of tips for how to keep pets safe during a storm. On the top of the list: Don't leave them behind. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption
Aerial views of flooding and submerged homes in Lumberton, N.C., on Thursday. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption
Augustin Dieudomme looks toward the flooded entrance of his apartment complex near the Cape Fear River in Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday, as the river continues to rise in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. David Goldman/AP hide caption
Preparing for a natural disaster becomes even more complicated when you're expecting. Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump visits residents of Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Maria last October. The president has been criticized for questioning the death toll from that storm while the U.S. mainland prepared for Hurricane Florence last week. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A church is surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence on Monday, in Conway, S.C. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption
A flooded farm stands next to the Lumber River on Monday in this aerial photograph taken after Hurricane Florence hit Lumberton, N.C. Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Florence Engulfs Hog Farms And Chicken Houses, Thrashing North Carolina Agriculture
A house is surrounded by flood water in Lumberton, N.C., on Monday. Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Gabriella Ortiz talks on the phone while walking in her neighborhood in Castle Hayne, N.C., on Saturday. Surge and rain water from Florence continue to flood Northside Mobile Home Park. Fallen limbs and debris have cut off power and access. Phyllis B. Dooney for NPR hide caption
Candace and Lawanda Jones are taking shelter at Conway High School in Conway, S.C. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 4 search a flooded neighborhood for people who may have been trapped by the rising floodwaters during now-tropical storm Florence in North Carolina. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
A satellite image shows Hurricane Florence on the eastern coast of the United States on Friday. NOAA/AP hide caption
Evacuees sit outside the temporary shelter at Trask Middle School before Hurricane Florence arrives in Wilmington, N.C., on Thursday. Phyllis B. Dooney for NPR hide caption
President Trump holds a briefing on Hurricane Florence in the Oval Office on Tuesday with FEMA Administrator Brock Long and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Debris from a nearby rooftop shows the force of Tropical Storm Florence's wind gusts in Wilmington, N.C., on Friday. Phyllis B. Dooney for NPR hide caption
Tropical Storm Florence, 'An Uninvited Brute,' Brings Floods, And At Least 5 Deaths
President Trump, who visited Puerto Rico with first lady Melania Trump in October 2017, denies 3,000 people died as a result of last year's hurricanes and falsely claims Democrats inflated it to make him look bad. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Jacob Harrelson and his wife, Beth, install protective plywood on a local business in anticipation of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, N.C., on Wednesday. Phyllis B. Dooney for NPR hide caption
The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze departs Naval Station Norfolk ahead of Hurricane Florence, in Norfolk, Va., on Monday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Wolpert/U.S. Navy via AP hide caption
Navy Ships Head To Sea As Hurricane Florence Threatens Virginia Military Bases
Hurricane Florence will bring tropical storm conditions to North Carolina and South Carolina on Thursday and hurricane conditions on Friday. This satellite image was captured around 1:45 p.m. ET Wednesday. NOAA/STAR hide caption
Are Hurricanes Getting Worse?
Manure lagoons on hog farms like this one in eastern North Carolina flooded after Hurricane Floyd swept through in 1999, creating environmental and health concerns for nearby rivers. Farmers are worried that the scenario will repeat after Hurricane Florence hits this week. John Althouse/AFP/Getty Images hide caption