<p>A baby, equipped with ear muffs, was put on board a Coast Guard helicopter in Onslow County, North Carolina, on September 15, along with other people and their pets, in one of the many aerial rescue operations underway following Storm Florence.</p><p>The operation can be seen in this video from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City.</p><p>Storm Florence left hundreds stranded in North Carolina in the city early Friday morning, September 14, when it made landfall as a hurricane.</p><p>Florence weakened as it moved across the Carolinas, and was downgraded to a Tropical Depression by the morning of September 16</a>. The National Weather Service warned that flash flooding and river flooding were expected to get worse on that date</a> as Florence continued to dump rain on some areas. Credit: US Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City via Storyful</p><br />
