‘Extensive flash flooding’ with 13 rescues in Moore County after half foot of rain

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (WNCN) — Many roads were flooded, some were washed out, and more than a dozen water rescues took place Sunday in Moore County as Tropical Depression Chantal dumped 6 inches of rain in areas and a flash flood warning was issued.

U.S. 1 in Aberdeen was completely closed by flooding early Sunday evening. N.C. 5 was also closed at the intersection with US 1.

Roads were not the limit of the destruction on Sunday as structure failures led to Southern Pines businesses evacuated and flooded — and homes flooded in a golf community in the Pinehurst and Southern Pines area…

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