Three caskets came up from Elmwood Cemetery in Goldsboro as a result of the flooding from Hurricane Florence. The cemetery is position in such a way that heavy rain can easily cause flooding.
Rick Fletcher from the city of Goldsboro says, “when we get a hurricane type rainfall, we actually have caskets that become disinterred down here,” … “Water can actually penetrate some of the older ones and the tops, the lids pop off and they become disinterred.”
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