Photos: Rising rivers, evacuations in Carolinas in wake of Florence

North Carolina flooding
Farm equipment is surrounded by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence near Trenton, N.C., on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018.
Steve Helber | AP

As the death toll from Florence grew and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina braced for catastrophic, widespread river flooding that could be the next stage of a mounting disaster.