North Carolina Keeps Watch on Bloated Rivers After Matthew

Homeowners, students and businesses in one of eastern North Carolina's population centers kept a nervous watch Wednesday on the river that flows along downtown, as Hurricane Matthew's deadly after-effects lingered days after the storm passed. Authorities ordered evacuations for about one-tenth of Greenville's 90,000 people. The Tar River was expected crest Wednesday and officials warned it would overwhelm every bridge in the county, splitting it in half...

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