Dead Fish Cover I-40 as Florence Floodwaters Recede in North Carolina

Firemen from Penderlea hosed off a stretch of North Carolina highway after receding floodwaters from Hurricane Florence left behind a carpet of dead fish. First responders on Saturday, Sept. 22, came across a mass of fish carcasses strewn across a portion of the Interstate 40 near Wallace, North Carolina, exposed by falling water levels a week after the hurricane-turned-storm made landfall and sparked massive flooding. "Well, we can add 'washing fish off of the interstate' to the long list of interesting things firefighters get to experience!" the Penderlea Fire Department said in a Facebook post.