Per the link below, it looks like the National Park Service is shutting down parks along the NC coast effective earlier today...
https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/learn/news/18_040.htm
And here’s another two National Park closings effective today...
https://www.nps.gov/mocr/planyourvisit/conditions.htm (Moore’s Creek National Battlefield)
https://www.nps.gov/calo/index.htm (Cape Lookout Natl Seashore)
This is a useful discussion forum. Here’s a thread discussing the unusually heavy rain totals in the East this summer. It’s going to make absorbing Florence’s downpours a lot more difficult.
https://wxdisco.com/forums/topic/262-sept-8-11-2018-rain-storm-flooding/