The death toll from Hurricane Florence has reached 23, including three children, according to reports.
US correspondent Carol Ramos told RadioLIVE hundreds of people are still trapped by flood waters, while roads and power supplies are still cut-off.
The centre of the Tropical Depression has now left the US states of North and South Carolina, but the chaos that the storm unleashed is nowhere near finished.
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More than 641,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in North and South Carolina and surrounding states, down from a peak of nearly a million, Reuters reported.
South Carolina's governor urged anyone in a flood-prone area to evacuate.
"Those rivers in North Carolina that have received heavy rainfall are coming our way," Governor Henry McMaster told a news conference.
"They have not even begun (to crest). But they will."
Torrential rain has pushed rivers over their banks, and water levels are still rising in some places.
The city of Wilmington has been completely cut off, and officials are making plans to deliver supplies to the city.
Flash floods, landslide warnings and "prolonged significant river flooding" throughout the region will continue for the next few days, the National Weather Service said.
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