Robeson: Evacuations continue, part of I-95 closed
LUMBERTON — Evacuations, both mandatory and voluntary, were being conducted throughout Robeson County on Sunday as the Lumber River and area drainage canals began to overflow into neighborhoods and across roadways.The conditions were a result of Hurricane Florence, now a tropical depression, which has been battering the Cape Fear region with wind and torrential rain since Friday. The National Weather Service in Raleigh said Florence had dumped 16 to 18 inches of rain on Robeson […]
