Fayetteville, North Carolina, Mayor Mitch Colvin just warned residents that if they refused to leave the area, which officials say could soon be inundated with rising river water, they need to notify their next of kin "because loss of life is very, very possible."

“Please take this seriously,” he said. “The worst is yet to come, get to higher ground now, once flood waters rise, it will be hard to get to you to rescue,”

The Red Cross is asking for volunteers by going through its website. There is transportation provided for anyone who needs it, the mayor said.