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US death toll from Matthew climbs to 20; 1,500 stranded in NC

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    (CNN)[Breaking news update at 9:27 a.m. ET] Ten people have died from the storm in North …

    US death toll from Matthew climbs to 20; 1,500 stranded in NC city

    By Holly Yan and Max Blau , CNN
    Updated 1:49 PM ET, Mon October 10, 2016
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    • A Florida man returns to his house to find it filled with beach sand
    • 469,000 customers are now without power in South Carolina, the governor says
    (CNN)Matthew's wrath is finally over, but its devastation keeps growing.
    The storm's US death toll climbed to 20 on Monday after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory reported 10 deaths in his state. Another five people remain missing in North Carolina, McCrory said.
    Man rescued from flood waters

    Man rescued from flood waters 00:56
    Meanwhile, rescuers are scrambling to save 1,500 people stranded by flooding in the eastern North Carolina city of Lumberton.
    "We have people on roofs (there) as we speak," McCrory said. The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered flight restrictions over the area so helicopters can rescue them.
    But those aren't the only problems Matthew left behind.
    How Hurricane Matthew shattered records

    Massive power outages

    About 500,000 structures in North Carolina don't have power Monday.
    "That's probably well over 1 million people without power," McCrory said. "That's 10% of our population in North Carolina -- all in a very small area. At least 10%."
    Matthew's damage exceeded expectations, Duke Energy said. The power company said it now has to rebuild parts of the electrical system. It said some of the hardest-hit areas "might be without power all week."
    More than 469,000 South Carolina customers didn't have power Monday, Gov. Nikki Haley said. She said 8,000 linemen were working to get electricity restored.
    And Florida, the first state thrashed by Matthew, still had 169,000 customers without power Monday, Gov. Rick Scott's office said.

    20 deaths in the US

    The 10 deaths in North Carolina included some victims who drowned after driving onto flooded roads.
    A trre crushed a trailer in Hilton Head, South Carolina, over the weekend.
    A trre crushed a trailer in Hilton Head, South Carolina, over the weekend.
    "I cannot stress more: If you see a road that's flooded, do not take your car through that road," Gov. McCrory said. "If you see a barrier, do not go around that barrier."
    5 images of Matthew's destruction in North Carolina
    Matthew also claimed the lives of four people in Florida, three in South Carolina and three in Georgia.
    In South Carolina, 66-year-old David L. Outlaw drowned when his wheelchair got pinned down in standing water at a nursing facility's courtyard, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said.
    The US deaths came after Matthew devastated parts of the Caribbean, killing more than 300 people in Haiti, said Paul Altidor, Haitian ambassador to the United States.
    Hurricane Matthew's destruction
    Photos: Hurricane Matthew's path of destruction
    Two days after the storm, authorities and aid workers in Haiti still lacked a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
    A supermarket shelf is nearly cleared out in Titusville, Florida, on Wednesday, October 5.
    Bumper-to-bumper traffic lines Interstate 26 in Columbia, South Carolina, as people drive west on October 5.
    Workers start removing umbrellas and the colorful rocking chairs that line the Cocoa Beach Pier in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 5.
    People carry a coffin and try to cross the La Digue river on October 5 after a bridge collapsed in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
    People cross the La Digue river on October 5.
    Evacuees return to their homes in the Carbonera community of Guantanamo, Cuba, on October 5.
    People embrace at their damaged home in Baracoa, Cuba. The hurricane rolled across the sparsely populated tip of Cuba, destroying dozens of homes in the country's easternmost city and leaving hundreds of others damaged.
    A woman cries amid the rubble of her home in Baracoa.
    Bus drivers in North Charleston, South Carolina, wait for word to start evacuations.
    The high winds of Hurricane Matthew roar over Baracoa on Tuesday, October 4.
    Beth Johnson fills up her car at a gas station in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, on October 4.
    The mother of two girls who died in the storm is comforted near her home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 4. The girls were killed when a landslide caused by flooding breached the walls of their house.
    A worker clears a sewer on a flooded street in Santo Domingo.
    Anita Baranyi feeds her baby while keeping an eye on the generator she intends to purchase from a home-improvement store in Oakland Park, Florida, on October 4.
    People wade through the flooded streets of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on October 4. Hurricane Matthew is the strongest storm to hit Haiti since 1964 and the first hurricane to make landfall in the country since the devastating earthquake in 2010.
    People observe the flooding of a river near Port-au-Prince on October 4.
    Children swim in a flooded neighborhood of Santo Domingo on October 4.
    A truck used as public transportation drives through flooded streets in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
    Hurricane winds blow against palm trees in Port-au-Prince.
    A food vendor lays out goods for sale during a light rain in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
    Haitian civil protection workers arrive to evacuate the Tabarre region of Haiti on October 3.
    Officials urge residents to evacuate their homes in the Grise River area of Tabarre on October 3.
    Clouds loom over the hills of the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince on October 3.
    Families seek shelter from Hurricane Matthew at a university facility in Guantanamo, Cuba.
    People near Kingston, Jamaica, take a photo in front of the rough surf produced by Hurricane Matthew on October 3.
    A backhoe removes garbage to clear a canal in Port-au-Prince on October 3.
    Nice Simon, the mayor of Tabarre, Haiti, holds a baby as she helps evacuate the area along a river.
    People stock up on food at a supermarket in Port-au-Prince on Sunday, October 2.
    A worker dismantles a traffic light in Santiago before Hurricane Matthew struck Cuba.
    Motorists drive through heavy rains in Kingston, Jamaica, on October 2.
    Residents of Cuba's Holguin Province line up to buy gas on October 2.
    A worker nails a board to a storefront window in Kingston on Saturday, October 1.
    A woman who gave her name only as Valerie walks along flooded President Street after leaving her homeless camp in Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday, October 8. Hurricane Matthew has drenched Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas in recent days as it churned up the Atlantic Coast. As of Sunday morning, the storm had been downgraded to a cyclone and appeared to be heading out to sea.
    Volunteers clear debris from from a pool at a condominium complex in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on October 8.
    A police officer steps through the remnants of a home leveled by Hurricane Matthew in the tiny beach community of Edisto Beach, South Carolina, on October 8.
    A downed tree and power lines block a road on Georgia's St. Simons Island on October 8.
    A woman fights the wind in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on October 8.
    Parts of Highway A1A in Flagler Beach, Florida, were washed away by Hurricane Matthew on Friday, October 7.
    Water flows over a seawall and fills the streets of St. Augustine, Florida, on October 7.
    Barbara Hearst tapes her storm shutters as Hurricane Matthew nears Charleston, South Carolina, on October 7.
    Adam and Alec Selent watch waves crash over a retainer wall at the Ocean Club condominiums in Isle of Palms, South Carolina, on October 7.
    A damaged boat sits partially submerged on the intercoastal waterway in Melbourne, Florida, on October 7.
    A police officer helps persuade a woman to board a bus and evacuate Savannah, Georgia, on October 7.
    Preston Payne tries to hold his umbrella on Georgia's Tybee Island on October 7.
    Heavy waves pound boat docks in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 7.
    A women helps a dog walk through floodwaters in Port Orange, Florida, on October 7.
    Damage in Cocoa Beach.
    Waves crash against a bridge in St. Augustine, Florida.
    A car drives past a downed tree as the hurricane moves through Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 7.
    A billboard canvas flaps in the wind after Hurricane Matthew passed North Palm Beach, Florida, on October 7.
    A woman inspects her damaged car under a tree in Fort Pierce, Florida, on October 7.
    A space shuttle model stands near some downed trees after Hurricane Matthew passed by Cocoa Beach.
    A woman uses her phone under a battery-operated lantern at a hotel in Titusville, Florida, on October 7.
    Palm trees on Cocoa Beach sway in the wind on October 7.
    Firefighters respond to a pre-dawn house fire in Satellite Beach, Florida, that was possibly caused by a downed power line on October 7.
    Heavy rain billows in front of Exploration Tower in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 7.
    People stand on a beach in Broward County, Florida, as the storm approached the coast on Thursday, October 6.
    A police officer walks along the beach in Singer Island, Florida, on October 6.
    Kevin Forde and John Haughey put plywood on a Miami Beach window on October 6.
    Hurricane Matthew moves through Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on October 6. Capt. Stephen Russell, the head of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Authority, said there were many downed trees and power lines but no reports of casualties.
    People leave Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park, in heavy rain, after it closed in Orlando, Florida in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Matthew, on October 6.
    A man rakes up debris from a storm drain as he begins cleanup near a damaged gas station in Nassau on October 6.
    Residents repair their homes in Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 6. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/americas/hurricane-matthew/index.html" target="_blank">The damage from Hurricane Matthew</a> was especially brutal in southern Haiti, where sustained winds of 130 mph punished the country.
    Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street in Les Cayes on October 6.
    Two days after the storm, authorities and aid workers in Haiti still lacked a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
    A supermarket shelf is nearly cleared out in Titusville, Florida, on Wednesday, October 5.
    Bumper-to-bumper traffic lines Interstate 26 in Columbia, South Carolina, as people drive west on October 5.
    Workers start removing umbrellas and the colorful rocking chairs that line the Cocoa Beach Pier in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 5.
    People carry a coffin and try to cross the La Digue river on October 5 after a bridge collapsed in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
    People cross the La Digue river on October 5.
    Evacuees return to their homes in the Carbonera community of Guantanamo, Cuba, on October 5.
    People embrace at their damaged home in Baracoa, Cuba. The hurricane rolled across the sparsely populated tip of Cuba, destroying dozens of homes in the country's easternmost city and leaving hundreds of others damaged.
    A woman cries amid the rubble of her home in Baracoa.
    Bus drivers in North Charleston, South Carolina, wait for word to start evacuations.
    The high winds of Hurricane Matthew roar over Baracoa on Tuesday, October 4.
    Beth Johnson fills up her car at a gas station in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, on October 4.
    The mother of two girls who died in the storm is comforted near her home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 4. The girls were killed when a landslide caused by flooding breached the walls of their house.
    A worker clears a sewer on a flooded street in Santo Domingo.
    Anita Baranyi feeds her baby while keeping an eye on the generator she intends to purchase from a home-improvement store in Oakland Park, Florida, on October 4.
    People wade through the flooded streets of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on October 4. Hurricane Matthew is the strongest storm to hit Haiti since 1964 and the first hurricane to make landfall in the country since the devastating earthquake in 2010.
    People observe the flooding of a river near Port-au-Prince on October 4.
    Children swim in a flooded neighborhood of Santo Domingo on October 4.
    A truck used as public transportation drives through flooded streets in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
    Hurricane winds blow against palm trees in Port-au-Prince.
    A food vendor lays out goods for sale during a light rain in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
    Haitian civil protection workers arrive to evacuate the Tabarre region of Haiti on October 3.
    Officials urge residents to evacuate their homes in the Grise River area of Tabarre on October 3.
    Clouds loom over the hills of the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince on October 3.
    Families seek shelter from Hurricane Matthew at a university facility in Guantanamo, Cuba.
    People near Kingston, Jamaica, take a photo in front of the rough surf produced by Hurricane Matthew on October 3.
    A backhoe removes garbage to clear a canal in Port-au-Prince on October 3.
    Nice Simon, the mayor of Tabarre, Haiti, holds a baby as she helps evacuate the area along a river.
    People stock up on food at a supermarket in Port-au-Prince on Sunday, October 2.
    A worker dismantles a traffic light in Santiago before Hurricane Matthew struck Cuba.
    Motorists drive through heavy rains in Kingston, Jamaica, on October 2.
    Residents of Cuba's Holguin Province line up to buy gas on October 2.
    A worker nails a board to a storefront window in Kingston on Saturday, October 1.
    A woman who gave her name only as Valerie walks along flooded President Street after leaving her homeless camp in Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday, October 8. Hurricane Matthew has drenched Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas in recent days as it churned up the Atlantic Coast. As of Sunday morning, the storm had been downgraded to a cyclone and appeared to be heading out to sea.
    Volunteers clear debris from from a pool at a condominium complex in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on October 8.
    A police officer steps through the remnants of a home leveled by Hurricane Matthew in the tiny beach community of Edisto Beach, South Carolina, on October 8.
    A downed tree and power lines block a road on Georgia's St. Simons Island on October 8.
    A woman fights the wind in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on October 8.
    Parts of Highway A1A in Flagler Beach, Florida, were washed away by Hurricane Matthew on Friday, October 7.
    Water flows over a seawall and fills the streets of St. Augustine, Florida, on October 7.
    Barbara Hearst tapes her storm shutters as Hurricane Matthew nears Charleston, South Carolina, on October 7.
    Adam and Alec Selent watch waves crash over a retainer wall at the Ocean Club condominiums in Isle of Palms, South Carolina, on October 7.
    A damaged boat sits partially submerged on the intercoastal waterway in Melbourne, Florida, on October 7.
    A police officer helps persuade a woman to board a bus and evacuate Savannah, Georgia, on October 7.
    Preston Payne tries to hold his umbrella on Georgia's Tybee Island on October 7.
    Heavy waves pound boat docks in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 7.
    A women helps a dog walk through floodwaters in Port Orange, Florida, on October 7.
    Damage in Cocoa Beach.
    Waves crash against a bridge in St. Augustine, Florida.
    A car drives past a downed tree as the hurricane moves through Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 7.
    A billboard canvas flaps in the wind after Hurricane Matthew passed North Palm Beach, Florida, on October 7.
    A woman inspects her damaged car under a tree in Fort Pierce, Florida, on October 7.
    A space shuttle model stands near some downed trees after Hurricane Matthew passed by Cocoa Beach.
    A woman uses her phone under a battery-operated lantern at a hotel in Titusville, Florida, on October 7.
    Palm trees on Cocoa Beach sway in the wind on October 7.
    Firefighters respond to a pre-dawn house fire in Satellite Beach, Florida, that was possibly caused by a downed power line on October 7.
    Heavy rain billows in front of Exploration Tower in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 7.
    People stand on a beach in Broward County, Florida, as the storm approached the coast on Thursday, October 6.
    A police officer walks along the beach in Singer Island, Florida, on October 6.
    Kevin Forde and John Haughey put plywood on a Miami Beach window on October 6.
    Hurricane Matthew moves through Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on October 6. Capt. Stephen Russell, the head of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Authority, said there were many downed trees and power lines but no reports of casualties.
    People leave Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park, in heavy rain, after it closed in Orlando, Florida in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Matthew, on October 6.
    A man rakes up debris from a storm drain as he begins cleanup near a damaged gas station in Nassau on October 6.
    Residents repair their homes in Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 6. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/americas/hurricane-matthew/index.html" target="_blank">The damage from Hurricane Matthew</a> was especially brutal in southern Haiti, where sustained winds of 130 mph punished the country.
    Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street in Les Cayes on October 6.
    Two days after the storm, authorities and aid workers in Haiti still lacked a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
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    Haitians still desperately awaiting aid 6 days later

    More 'catastrophic flooding' on the way

    A man holds onto a sign after trying to swim out to help a stranded truck driver in Hope Mills, North Carolina, on Sunday.
    A man holds onto a sign after trying to swim out to help a stranded truck driver in Hope Mills, North Carolina, on Sunday.
    Forecasters warned of more "catastrophic flooding" as North Carolina residents braced for swollen rivers to top their banks in the next few days.
    "River levels will rise above major flood stage this morning and remain elevated well into next week," the National Weather Service said.

    What to do next

    As more storm victims return to their homes from Florida to North Carolina, it's critical to know how to come back safely.
    In addition to avoiding all flooded roads, keep an eye out for downed power lines and weakened bridges and roads that look like they might collapse, the National Weather Service said.
    Once back home, "walk carefully around the outside of your home to check for loose power lines, gas leaks and structural damage," the NWS said. "Stay out of any building if you smell gas."
    What's left in Florida after Hurricane Matthew

    What's left in Florida after Hurricane Matthew 01:16
    The agency said carbon monoxide poisoning is one of the leading causes of death after storms involving power outages.
    "Never use a portable generator inside your home or garage," the NWS said. "Use battery-powered flashlights. Do not use candles. Turn on your flashlight before entering a vacated building. The battery could produce a spark that could ignite leaking gas, if present."
    North Carolina's Department of Public Safety offers additional tips on how to safely remove trees and limbs from homes.

    Beach house turns into a beach

    Grant Lynch garnered national attention last week when he posted video of Matthew's mammoth waves clobbering his Florida beach house.
    He returned to his Palm Coast home over the weekend to find the house filled with beach sand.
    "The whole yard is now a beach," Lynch said.
    He tried to walk inside the house, whose floors were covered by what looked like more than a foot of sand.
    "My head's almost hitting the roof," he said.
    CNN's Shawn Nottingham, Doug Criss, Dave Alsup, Carma Hassan, Judson Jones and Stephanie Elam contributed to this report.
     
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