No, I wasn't saying you were unclear. My post was intended as a follow-up to your post that door-to-door searches in the rubble of Bertie County were taking place. Alas, the damage and death was as bad as your information implied.
Odd that various news sources had sharply different fatality counts for so long. xjesa reported shortly after 1 AM that the count in NC was 24, yet up to 7:30 AM, major radio stations and newspapers in Raleigh and Charlotte were saying 8 to 10 had died. Most are now saying 22 (down from 24), but I'm sure they're still searching through destroyed houses and buildings.
Hard to find good news here, but there is a piece of it: A Lowe's home improvement "big box" store in Sanford was almost completely destroyed -- but despite many customers who were no doubt there, it being Saturday, probably their biggest sales day, there appear to have been no fatalities. Store workers saw the tornado (if not the actual funnel, then a wall of airborne debris) moving toward the store, and herded all customers and staff into the back of the store, away from the glass front. Evidently, enough of the roof along the back wall held, though most of the store seems to have been flattened. A miracle, a great job by the staff, or a bit of both.