Allen McCoy, a hog farmer since 1973, has had to round up more than 3,000 carcasses and watch them go up in flames. The smell of burning coals and rotting flesh mixed on his farm in Trenton on Wednesday. I've lost basically what I've worked for the last 40 years. In some places, the presence of too much water knocked out water service. One hospital in Greenville, along the Tar River, had to use the water in its rehabilitation swimming pool to keep toilets flushing and medical machines working.
Bottled water is used for drinking.
Dead Bodies in Storage Funeral homes throughout the waterlogged region put bodies in storage until cemeteries dry out. Bowling Funeral Home in Rocky Mount had held two bodies for a week. Owner Mark Bowling said some families were holding funeral services now and burying their dead later. The Associated Press. All rights reserved.