In Pictures: Hurricane Florence wreaks havoc in northern and southern Carolina

Electricity in about 509,000 homes and businesses has been affected in North and South Carolina and surrounding states.

Emergency personnel take a family to safety after Little River overflowed its banks and flooded part of the apartment complex on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Spring Lake, N.C. North Carolina Government Roy Cooper warned that the flooding set off by rain from Florence is far from over and will get worse in places. ( Photo | AP) 

A man tries to get his dog out of a flooded neighborhood in Lumberton, North Carolina, Monday, September 17, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. ( Photo | AP)

A lady leaves a flooded home with her dog in a neighborhood inundated by water in Lumberton, North Carolina, Sunday, September 16, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.( Photo | AP)

A backhoe moves through the streets inundated with floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in Trenton, North Carolina. Small business owners whose companies were hit by Hurricane Florence are embarking on what will be for many an uncertain path, recovering and getting their businesses up and running again. ( Photo | AP)

President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One for a trip to tour areas impacted by Hurricane Florence. ( Photo | AP)

Flood waters from hurricane Florence inundate the town of Engelhard, North Carolina. ( Photo | AP)

Augustin Dieudomme looks out at the flooded entrance to his apartment complex near the Cape Fear River as it continues to rise in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Fayetteville, North Carolina.( Photo | AP)

Mary and Phil Pongonis look at the damaged roadway from Hurricane Florence in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina. ( Photo | AP)