did people die?
Yes
Hurricane Florence
Rip currents and rough seas in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, caused 13 rescues; one victim died at a hospital and two others had impact injuries. One man drowned on September 11, at Florida's Playalinda Beach, while trying to rescue a 10-year-old boy caught in a rip current. One child drowned in Green Swamp near Sumter, South Carolina, after water released from the Second Mill Pond flowed into the river.

Two people in North Carolina died while trying to evacuate
when is hurrican michael predicted to make landfall October 10, 2018 what is a hurricane? Tropical cyclone can you please name the hurricanes from 2018? Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael, and Hurricane Leslie when did the first one hit land? September 2018 where? the Carolinas what category was it? Category 4 major hurricane what was the monetary damage? $24.23 billion what was the monetary damage? $24.23 billion what was the physical damage? Uprooted trees and power lines, widespread flooding along a long stretch of the North Carolina coast
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Hurricane Florence [SEP] Deaths
Rescuers saved the mother, but her one-year-old baby drowned. An 18-wheeler aquaplaned off Interstate 85 near Kings Mountain and crashed into a tree; the vehicle tore in half, killing the driver. Two other accidents each killed one person: an old man died of oxygen loss related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during a power outage, and a person collapsed and died in Sampson County while helping an evacuee. One person drowned in the swelling Cape Fear River near Cedar Creek after refusing evacuation orders. On September 20, a man in Brunswick County died after being crushed by a tree he was clearing.