Trump visits Hurricane Florence stricken area

(19 Sep 2018) President Donald Trump is inspecting the damage of storm-ravaged North Carolina on Wednesday as toured the streets in the hard-hit coastal town of New Bern. "We'll be giving you a lot of help," Trump promised residents standing on River Drive, a low-lying neighborhood that was swamped by the rising waters of the Neuse River. One unidentified resident, who pointed to her flooded home to the president, telling him she was being forced move.    Her flood damaged furniture was in the street as President Trump walked by. Behind one house, a large yacht had washed ashore and was shipwrecked against the wooden deck. The homeowner told Trump that the yacht was not his. Speaking to reporters, Trump said the owner told him his insurance company didn't want to pay for the damage to his home "We're going to find out" he said "We're going to find out the name of the insurance company." "I think it's incredible what we're seeing," the president added. "This boat just came here." The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two mental health patients who drowned when a sheriff's van was swept away by floodwaters, and North Carolina's governor pleaded with thousands of evacuees not to return home just yet. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...