Hundreds of people were stranded and fortunately was rescued as Hurricane Matthew left high floodwaters in North Carolina towns on Monday.
According to the government officials of North Carolina, those stranded were rescude using boat and helicopter.
Despite of this, government officials have warned that life-threatening flooding from swollen rivers would continue for days.
On Sunday, Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm since 2007, was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. It killed around 1,000 people in Haiti.
In the United States, the number of fatalities increased to at least 23, with nearly half of the total figure was in North Carolina.
On Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, due to the Hurricane’s destruction, some Haitian towns and villages had just about been “wiped off the map.”
On the same day, the skies of North Carolina were clear after the state experienced as much as 18 inches or 39 cms of rain from Matthew over the weekend.
“This storm is not over in North Carolina,” Governor Pat McCrory told reporters in Fayetteville. “It’s going to be a long, tough journey.”
According to the officials, eleven people have died in the state. With rivers rising, McCrory said he expected deaths to rise.
The flooding prompted US President Barack Obama to declare a state of emergency in North Carolina on Monday.
In a statement, the White House said, the said move made federal funding available to affected residents in 10 states hit by the storm.
McCrory said, some 2,000 residents were stuck in their houses and on rooftops in Lumberton after the city flooded suddenly on Monday morning.
He added that many of the homes and businesses in Lumberton were flooded with several feet of water on Monday afternoon and residents were seen paddling about the town in small skiffs.
The National Weather Service said the Neuse River would crest on Friday night and forecast “disastrous flooding.”
Major flooding was expected this week in central and eastern towns along the Lumber, Cape Fear, Neuse and Tar rivers.
On Monday afternoon, emergency officials in Lenoir County issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents and businesses along the Neuse River.