Swollen rivers near record levels as Florence looms

The spreading disaster claimed additional lives Sunday, with at least 17 people confirmed dead, and the nation's top emergency official said other states were in the path this week. Officials plan to airlift food and water to Wilmington, the North Carolina city of nearly 120,000 people as rescuers elsewhere pull inland residents from homes threatened by swollen rivers.

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