The devastating flooding in the wake of Hurricane Florence has left residents and rescuers with more that just water to contend with. Just look at all these floating islands of fire ants:
Millions and millions of fire ants forming islands and floating on flood waters. #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/iLZoMugmZI
— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) September 17, 2018
That entire mound is all #fireants and we’ve seen ‘em everywhere, colonies floating through #HurricanceFlorence flood waters #Working4You pic.twitter.com/1qHAfgqtRp
— Chris Lawrence (@clawrencenbc) September 17, 2018
Fire ants staying afloat pic.twitter.com/27ymZeLVnV
— Jon Schuppe (@jonschuppe) September 15, 2018
Wow.
Yikes!!
— Elaine Ramey (@ErrameyRamey) September 17, 2018
— Whitney of WorthyStyle (@worthystyle) September 17, 2018
People in flooded areas should also be on the lookout for snakes:
BE AWARE! Like this Cottonmouth spotted on Topsail Island, experts have warned that Florence floodwaters may be filled with venomous snakes. There are 6 species to watch out for here: https://t.co/Scgm34izBV pic.twitter.com/FxBYro06nI
— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) September 17, 2018