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The body of 1-year-old boy who was swept away in the floodwaters ofHurricane Florencewas recovered Monday morning.
A spokesman for the Union County Sheriff’s Office says the mother, Dazia Lee, of Charlotte, North Carolina, drove around a barricade that was blocking off a flooded road in the small town of Marshville (about an hour outside of Charlotte) on Sunday.
The spokesman says the waters pushed the car into a tree and Lee managed to free herself and her son, Kaiden Lee Welch, but lost her grip on his car seat.
The 1-year-old was swept away in the rushing waters of Richardson Creek. His mother was rescued and taken to the hospital.
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Paramedics on scene also had to be rescued when their ambulance got caught in the floodwaters.
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“The flood danger from this storm is more immediate todaythan when it made landfall just over 24 hours ago,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said on Saturday. “More people now face imminent threat than when the storm was offshore. I cannot overstate it: Flood waters are rising. If you aren’t watching for them, you are risking your life.
source: people.com
