About 200 residents of a town in North Carolina were rescued from a water trap.

Authorities in the coastal city of New Bern, North Carolina, along with a federal agency, rescued some 200 residents who were in the area of ​​storm surges.

Colleen Roberts, a public information officer in a city with a population of about 30 000 residents, told Fox News that around 200 people were rescued after the terrain experienced the strength of 1 hurricane category with strong winds and life-threatening waves.

The FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) teams used the boats for rescue purposes and determined which cases were extremely difficult. Roberts said many residents live near the Neuss and Trent rivers.

Flooding and strong storm waves provoked more 90 calls to the emergency center in Kraven County, North Carolina, when residents were trapped in cars and homes.

Secretary Amber Parker said that the “buses were carrying” the response group of rescued people from Fairfield Harbor, New Bern, Adams Creek and 7 Township.

Four shelters are currently open, Roberts said, adding that dispatchers received calls for help from 17 people from the same street.

The storm was about 35 miles (56 km) east of Wilmington, North Carolina, and about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Morehead City, North Carolina, reported to the National Hurricane Council at 2 in the morning on Friday.

The hurricane winds were 80 miles (128 km) from its center, and tropical storm winds were up to 195 miles (313 km).

The storm is likely to bring significant rain to the Caroline. This is expected to cause a "catastrophic flash flood and prolonged significant river flooding."

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