Iran Press/ America: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency as western North Carolina saw intense flooding, with nearly 100 people rescued after Fred drenched the state as a tropical depression earlier in the week.
According to US media, Cooper planned to survey flood damage later Thursday afternoon. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis toured the area earlier in the day.
The storm that blew through the area Tuesday made roads impassible, washed out bridges and swamped homes and businesses.
Monday and Tuesday marked the heaviest two-day rainfall in more than 50 years in Buncombe County, which includes Asheville, and neighboring Haywood County endured the worst of the storm, Cooper said in a news conference Wednesday.
