A work truck drives on Hwy 24 as the wind from Hurricane Florence blows palm trees in Swansboro N.C. Thursday Sept. 13 2018
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A work truck drives on Hwy 24 as the wind from Hurricane Florence blows palm trees in Swansboro N.C. Thursday Sept. 13 2018
Guillermo Jimenez
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15 September, 2018, 18:24
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