As of 3 p.m., authorities in Catawba County -- in North Carolina's Piedmont region and including the cities of Newton and Hickory -- had done 10 swift-water rescues for residents needing help getting out of their homes and vehicles, said Mark Pettit, an emergency official in the county.
Some 52 roads in the inland county had been closed at that point, six of which might not see any traffic for as long as three months, according to Pettit. The flooding prompted county officials to declare a state of emergency.
Even without rain falling mid-Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service has issued a flood warning through midnight Sunday.
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