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Six dogs abandoned by owners found drowning in locked cage as Hurricane Florence floodwaters rise around them

Six dogs that were locked in a cage rapidly filling up with Hurricane Florence floodwater were saved by rescuers in the nick of time

As flood waters rose in the wake of Hurricane Florence, rescue workers saved six abandoned dogs who were found in a locked cage in Leland, North Carolina. On Sunday, Journalist Marcus DiPaola shared a video of the incident on Twitter which went viral and was shared over 200,000 times.

The trapped dogs were desperately barking and whimpering for someone to help. The dogs were standing on their hind legs so they could keep their heads above the water. The rescue workers are then seen unlocking the cage and guiding the dogs to safety.