Tropical Storm Florence parked itself over the Carolinas on Saturday, dumping water onto communities that saw flash flooding block roads and endanger bridges and dams.

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Jake Head walks through heavy rain from tropical storm Florence in Wilmington, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (Matt Born/The Star-News via AP)
Matt Born/The Star-News via AP

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A farm house is surrounded by flood waters from tropical storm Florence in Hyde County, NC., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber

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A member of the US Coast Guard walks down Mill Creek Road checking houses after tropical storm Florence hit Newport N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. A day after blowing ashore with 90 mph (145 kph) winds, Florence practically parked itself over land all day long and poured on the rain. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
AP Photo/Tom Copeland

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Boats are stacked up on each other in a marina as a result from Florence in New Bern, NC., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber

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FILE-In this Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 file photo, a home sits in flood waters in Nichols, S.C. The residents of a tiny town in South Carolina who rebuilt after an inland flood from a hurricane destroyed 90 percent of the homes two years ago are uneasy as forecasters warn inland flooding from Hurricane Florence’s rain could be one of the most dangerous and devastating parts of the storm. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)
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A man crosses a flooded street in downtown Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence made landfall Friday.
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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A National Guard vehicle drives past a Waffle House as Hurricane Florence slowly moves across the East Coast Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Florence, S.C.
(AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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A fallen tree is shown after it crashed through the home where a woman and her baby were killed in Wilmington, N.C.
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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High winds and water surround buildings as Hurricane Florence hits Front Street in downtown Swansboro N.C., on Friday.
(AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

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Oceana Pier and Pier House in Atlantic Beach, N.C.
(Travis Long/The News & Observer vía AP)

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A woman holding a child sleeps after being evacuated at Southeast Raleigh High School ahead of Hurricane Florence in Raleigh, N.C.
(Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg)

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Emmett Marshall, 4, from Norfolk, Va. wades in floodwaters in the Larchmont area of Norfolk, Va.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Plywood displaying messages covers the windows and door of a restaurant of Hurricane Florence in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
(Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg)

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Kite Boarder Dimitri Maramenides heads out next to Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, N.C.
(L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

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Teddie Davis goes to check on one of the town’s signature bears that was toppled by Hurricane Florence in downtown New Bern, N.C.
(AP Photo/Chris Seward)

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A man secures plywood to protect a window of a property ahead of Hurricane Florence in Greenville, N.C.
(Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg)

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A message on a boarded-up business encourages people to be safe as Hurricane Florence hits downtown New Bern, N.C.
(AP Photo/Chris Seward)

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Pigs stand in a pen at a farm in Ayden, N.C.
(Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg)

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Plywood displaying messages covers the windows of a restaurant ahead of Hurricane Florence in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
(Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg)

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A farm house is surrounded by flooded fields from tropical storm Florence in Hyde County, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber

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Kelly McGuire walks her dogs Jack and Roxy on a mostly deserted oceanfront beach, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Virginia Beach, Va., as the effects of Hurricane Florence are felt.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Members of the North Carolina National Guard finish stacking sand bags under a highway overpass near the Lumber River which is expected to flood from Hurricane Florence’s rain in Lumberton, N.C., Friday.
(David Goldman/AP)

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Students from a Coastal Storms class use anemometers to measure wind speeds at Union Point Park in New Bern, N.C., on Thursday.
(Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)

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A rescue team from the North Carolina National Guard 1/120th battalion evacuates a family as the rising floodwaters from Hurricane Florence threatens their home in New Bern, N.C., on Friday.
(AP Photo/Chris Seward)

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In this image from video, a resident rescues a dog by boat in floodwaters in Jacksonville, N.C., on Friday. As floodwaters rise from Hurricane Florence, some residents are volunteering to perform animal rescues by boat in flooded neighborhoods.
(AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

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Sean Hayes, right, from Manteo, N.C., eats at Bubba’s Seafood Restaurant with his family as the deck is covered with a few inches of water from effects of Hurricane Florence on Friday in Virginia Beach, Va.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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People survey the damage caused by Hurricane Florence on Front Street in downtown New Bern, N.C., on Friday.
(AP Photo/Chris Seward)

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Russ Lewis covers his eyes from a gust of wind and a blast of sand as Hurricane Florence approaches Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Friday.
(AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Union Point Park is flooded with rising water from the Neuse and Trent Rivers in New Bern, N.C., on Thursday.
(Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)

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Mike Kiernan takes photos of the damage to his home in Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence made landfall Friday.
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Social Service workers help an evacuee with her medications at a storm shelter at Ridge View High School as Hurricane Florence slowly moves across the the East Coast Friday in Columbia, S.C.
(AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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A man moves a large tree limb that downed power lines as the hurricane-turned-tropical storm Florence hit the Cherry Grove community in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Florence flattened trees, crumbled roads and the assault wasn’t anywhere close to being over, with the siege in the Carolinas expected to last all weekend. (Andrew Knapp/The Post And Courier via AP)
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Mitchell Floor, left, holds a flashlight as Comfort Suites general manager Beth Bratz, center, and employee Dee Branch go to make coffee as Hurricane Florence rages in Wilmington, N.C., Friday. The area lost power around 4 a.m. and the facility was running small lights, phone chargers and the coffee machine on a generator.
(Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP)

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Ethan Hall, right, Michael Jenkins, center, and Nash Fralick, left, examine damage to Tidewater Brewing Co. in Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence made landfall Friday.
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Two beach goers decided to dress up as the Easter Bunny and a T-Rex and experience the strong wind and blowing sand as Tropical Storm Florence approaches the Isle of Palms, S.C., Friday.
(AP Photo/Mic Smith)
The Associated Press reported that Marines, the Coast Guard, civilian crews and volunteers rescued hundreds of people Saturday, as the storm’s death toll reached 11.
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Some areas saw more than two feet of rain, and forecasts said more than a foot more could fall before the end of the weekend
“I cannot overstate it: Floodwaters are rising, and if you aren’t watching for them, you are risking your life,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said, per AP.