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Doing a survey of storm surge on North Topsail Island #Florence #ncwx pic.twitter.com/uAY09hzN5t

— NWS Newport/Morehead (@NWSMoreheadCity) September 17, 2018

At least 32 people have died since Florence made landfall Friday, The Associated Press said.

Among the victims is 1-year-old Kaiden Lee-Welch, who was swept away by floodwaters in North Carolina.

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PHOTO: Search and rescue teams spent several hours last night searching for the missing one year old child, Kaiden Lee-Welch, who was swept away in rushing waters from Richardson Creek on N.C. 218.
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His mother was driving on highway 218 when rushing water pushed the vehicle off the road.

Photos: Cleanup begins in the areas damaged by Hurricane Florence

\"Her vehicle left the roadway and came to rest amongst a group of trees. She managed to free herself and Kaiden, who was in a car seat, but lost her grip on him in the rushing water,\" the Union County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. The boy's body has since been recovered.

Rivers across the Carolinas continue to swell and threaten neighborhoods with devastating floods as hundreds of roads have become largely impassable.

This isn't a river...this is Interstate 40. @NCAviation captured this drone footage today as part of damage assessment near mile marker 387 in Pender County. This illustrates our message that travel in this area is impassable and unsafe. #FlorenceNC pic.twitter.com/28Ok6Tjpcu

— NCDOT (@NCDOT) September 17, 2018

Just arriving in Lumberton where folks are canoeing through flooded out highways. This is Route 211 right by the interchange with 95. #ABC11 #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/JJzQTo9S5Q

— Elaina Athans (@AthansABC11) September 17, 2018

Residents in South Lumberton, North Carolina, were evacuated Sunday as the Lumberton River continued to rise.

Mandatory evacuations were also issued late Sunday in Hoke County, west of Fayetteville, North Carolina, due to the potential breach of a dam at McLaughlin Lake.

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PHOTO: Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team wade through a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Hurricane Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sept. 16, 2018.
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PHOTO: A volunteer from the community pulls a boat holding a mother and her children during their rescue from rising flood waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, in Leland, N.C., Sept. 16, 2018.
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With 500,000 people without power Monday, trucks are having a hard time getting into some areas cut off by the flooded roads.

Getting food to people stranded by rising waters is also a problem.

\"We have no way of getting food for ourselves or the animals,\" one trapped resident told ABC News.

\"Power is not gonna come back for awhile. Our road is washed out.\"

In Winnabow, North Carolina some residents are cutoff and say they need help getting food and supplies. This is less than 15 miles south of Wilmington. That’s Highway 17 underwater in the background. #Florence @ABC @ABC11_WTVD @wpdeabc15 pic.twitter.com/7ypwpb6kTW

— Tom Llamas (@TomLlamasABC) September 17, 2018
\"PHOTO:
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PHOTO: Homes along the New River are flooded as a result of high tides and rain from Hurricane Florence which moved through the area in Jacksonville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018.
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PHOTO: Elton Matheson, who rode out the storm, looks at the flooded waters in front of his home after Hurricane Florence hit Emerald Isle N.C.,Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018.
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As residents of the Carolinas are trapped in the dangerous floodwaters, the remnants of Florence brought storms to the mid-Atlantic, including tornadoes to Virginia.

One person died Monday in Chesterfield County, Virginia, when a building was hit by a tornado and collapsed, according to the Chesterfield Fire Department.

ABC News' Rachel Katz contributed to this report.

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