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Why Many Craven County, N.C., Residents Chose To Ride Out Hurricane Florence

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Last September, flooding trapped many residents of Craven County, North Carolina. Despite spot-on forecasting and a mandatory evacuation order, new data shows 55 percent of residents remained. This kind of location data may help emergency responders in future storms. NPR's Rebecca Ellis (@Rjaellis) reports.

This segment aired on May 8, 2019.

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