A police officer was killed and six of his comrades were wounded when an elderly man began shooting at deputies who came to serve a search warrant Wednesday at his South Carolina home.

A police officer was killed and six of his comrades were wounded when an elderly man began shooting at deputies who came to serve a search warrant Wednesday at his South Carolina home.

At least 18 people have been killed in Florence-related incidents  The latest death involved a driver who was killed when they lost control of their pickup truck and struck a tree near Gilbert, South Carolina, authorities said.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it removed one of its members from Florence duty after he made an alleged white power gesture in the background of a televised interview.

 As the death toll from Florence grew and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina braced for catastrophic, widespread river flooding that could be the next stage of a mounting disaster. 

 The Marines, the Coast Guard, civilian crews and volunteers used helicopters, boats and heavy-duty vehicles Saturday to rescue hundreds of people trapped by Florence’s shoreline onslaught, even as North Carolina braced for what could be the next stage of the disaster: widespread, catastrophic flooding inland.

(AP) - The Marines, the Coast Guard, civilian crews and volunteers used helicopters, boats and heavy-duty vehicles Saturday to rescue scores of people trapped by Florence’s shoreline onslaught, even as North Carolina braced for what could be the next stage of the disaster: widespread, catastrophic flooding inland. 

U.S. immigration officials say they won't do any active enforcement during evacuations or in shelters during Hurricane Florence.

Hurricane Florence already has inundated coastal streets with ocean water and left tens of thousands without power, and forecasters say conditions will only worsen as the hulking storm slogs inland.

When major disasters strike, such as what promises to deliver, some Anheuser Busch breweries can temporarily turn their canning operations from beer to water, as a way to help communities that are hit. 

Hurricane Florence fast facts: Florence has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane as it approaches North and South Carolina.