Indiana volunteers rescue NC family from Florence flood

She was with her husband at her house in eastern North Carolina. Her husband is a dog of three children of the Atlantic where the hurricane moved intensely in the Atlantic Ocean. She saw that this big storm seems to have lost its power in the past few days as the power of the hurricane has fallen.

Considering these two factors, I decided not to evacuate my family. And then, around Thursday midnight, she said that water began to enter the house.

Her husband decided to push the mattress into the attic of the second floor where the family was waiting, take the children to the room and put them on the bed so that they can sleep. Riley-Cromartie said he hoped that water would not rise any further.

"While we are still waiting, my husband has heard people shout for help," she said, tears. Her husband is 6 feet 2 inches tall and tries to go out to help but the water level is higher than his chest.

"I can not do anything just by hearing people's screams," said Riley Cromarty. "This is the worst feeling in the world."

Fortunately for Riley-Cromartie, the Indiana state volunteer team arrived in North Carolina, helped families like her and helped to impose excessive taxes on local emergency personnel.

Amber Hersel, a member of the organization, is waiting for her and her teams to take action, around 4 am Friday from a local fire department received a phone call for rescue at Jamestown, about 100 miles northeast of Wilmington I said. your family

"Everyone is fine, of course a little shaking, ready to leave the water," Hersel told CNN

After the rescue mission, the pictures of my daughter who loaded Riley-Cromartie became a virus. Hersel said she had dealt with the flood previously, but this was her first hurricane.

"It is a bit tough, I am truly happy to do my best," she said. "At first, when you saw the weather, you were like" What bothered me in the world? " But when you see the family you are helping you know that it's all worth it. "

"This requires special people to leave their homes and families to help us," she said.

9 am - Special city council welcomes "mud angels" at Salone dei Cinquecento of Ponte Vecchio. The city honored the volunteers who came to Florence in a few days after the flood, helped them with the help of clean cities, preserved the millions of books and documents of the National Archives, and from the mud and dirt I will save valuable art. Flood, they worked even days, weeks or even months to help Florence get rid of the debris and destruction left by the flood.

By 1966 Florence's Arno flood (Italian: November 1971 Alluvione di Firenze del), 101 people died in Florence, millions of art books and rare books were destroyed or destroyed. It is thought to be the worst flood in the history of the city since 1557. Many of these beautiful works were repaired by a joint effort between Italian and foreign volunteers, or angeli del fango ("mud angel"). A new protection method was designed and a recovery laboratory was established. But decades later, there are still many things to do.

Last month, the country continued to destroy Florentine hurricanes, accusing 39 dead and devastating floods in North East of the Eastern province of North Carolina. As of Monday, more than 130 schools in the state were closed due to hurricane damage, nearly 90,000 students were damaged, and Cooper returned $ 25 million directly to NC's educational lottery for school repair I assigned it. The shower may rain before 10 pm. Most of it cloudy, then gradually revealed with a minimum of about 58 degrees. The northwest wind was 13 to 16 miles / hour and the gust of wind was 26 miles / hour. The probability of precipitation is 60%. The new rainfall is in the range of three quarters to one inch