Hundreds rescued in New Bern as waters rose
New Bern officials sent out an ominous tweet sometime around 2 a.m. Friday. It came as rivers swelled, tides crested and the rain wouldn’t stop. And that’s when people found themselves trapped in their homes as the water rose.”WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU,” tweeted the city. ‘You may need to move up to the second story, or to your attic, but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU.”Tom Ballance said his wife went to Atlanta and he stayed behind in their New Bern home with their three dogs […]
