A State of Emergency is in effect after Tropical Depression Fred brought devastating flooding to the western North Carolina mountains Tuesday.

Dozens of people remain unaccounted for in Haywood County after flash flooding. On Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Emergency for the county as life-threatening flooding was occurring along the Pigeon River. Canton, North Carolina was underwater as the Pigeon River rose to nearly 20 feet.

On Wednesday, the National Weather Service began storm surveys across both North Carolina and South Carolina. Their initial findings support the discovery of EF-1 tornadoes across the Carolinas on Tuesday.

The Carolina Weather Group is providing an initial recap of the severe weather, the full extent of which is still yet unknown.

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