The tropical depression brought 30 people missing

After tropical depression Fred brought flash floods to the area, more than 30 residents of a small town in North Carolina are currently missing.

At a news conference on Wednesday, the director of emergency services in Haywood County, North Carolina, announced that after the flash flood, there are currently “more than 30 people unaccounted for” in the county.

“Search and rescue work is ongoing in Logan Lake and Crusoe,” Travis Donaldson, the director of emergency services in Haywood County, said at a news conference.

Donaldson pointed out that emergency services are currently conducting welfare checks on 30 people whose whereabouts are unaccounted for.

The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office said they had received reports of “high water levels” starting on Tuesday afternoon, prompting officials to help residents evacuate the area.

“As the water level began to rise, much faster than I saw in our county, we soon began to have to rescue people from their homes and provide additional assistance to our residents and our fire department, “Heywood County Sheriff Greg Christopher said at a press conference. “With the help of water rescue units throughout North Carolina, we have been searching for abandoned vehicles, houses and buildings for survivors, and we will continue to search to make sure we find or at least find every member of the community.”

The situation in Haywood County emerged shortly after Tropical Depression Fred crossed North Carolina. Tropical depression Fred brought heavy rainfall to North Carolina and surrounding states, prompting the National Weather Service to issue several flash flood warnings.

According to WRAL News in North Carolina, flash floods from Pigeon River in Heywood County hit the cities of Canton, Clyde, and Waterville Lake on Tuesday night.

In a tweet on Tuesday night, the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office wrote: “Due to impending flooding, residents living in Canton, Clyde, Crabtree and other areas of the Lower Pigeon River should immediately seek higher Ground. Unless this is a life-threatening emergency.”

A large number of pictures and videos of the flooding in Haywood County were posted on social media.

“The 11th Task Force began water rescue operations in North Carolina,” the New Hanover County Fire and Rescue Department wrote on Twitter.

Fox Carolina News released a video Twitter Shows a resident driving through Haywood County with severe flooding nearby.

The tweet said: “A viewer shared this video of flooding along Sikti Road in Haywood County. After today’s strong storm, the area around the county is experiencing flooding.”

Cody Alcon Fox Carolina shared several photos of the “severe” floods seen in Canton, North Carolina.

Before the flash floods on Tuesday, the Haywood County Commission issued a state of emergency.

“It is predicted that heavy rainfall will occur after the tropical storm, and the accumulation of its severity may lead to widespread landslides, floods, power outages, infrastructure damage and unsafe road conditions; and this situation is expected to exist in Haywood County,” the county said in a statement.

Weekly newspaper Heywood County Emergency Services Department was contacted for further comments, but no response was received in time.