Multiple tornadoes touch down across North Carolina as Tropical Storm Debby pushes through the state

President Joe Biden has received an update on Tropical Storm Debby's effects on the East Coast, White House spokesperson Jeremy Edwards said.

Biden was also briefed on the devastation in North Carolina and he "expresses his condolences for the affected communities, including one person who tragically lost their life," Edwards added.

"The President continues to urge East Coast residents and anyone in the path of this storm to remain vigilant and heed the warnings of local officials," Edwards said.

Administration officials remain in close communication with state and local officials in the region, Edwards said.

Earlier this week, Biden approved an emergency declaration request from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.

The president continues to urge East Coast residents and anyone in the path of this storm to remain vigilant and heed the warnings of local officials, Edwards added.

A tornado warning is in effect for Franklin, Granville and Vance counties until 5 p.m.

These latest spout of warnings included those counties as well as Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson counties. They began after meteorologists spotted radar indicated rotation near US 64 near Bunn.

Minutes before the start of the warnings, a confirmed tornado caused damage in Vance County.

Debris and damage were confirmed along the 1400 block of Rocky Ford Road by a Franklin County Emergency Management team member.

Powerlines and tree limbs were downed, the team member told ABC11. There was also outbuilding damage.

ABC11 breaking news crews are working to gather more information.

Radar indicated a tornado near Henderson on Thursday afternoon.

The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for Franklin, Vance and Waren counties at 3:39 p.m.

A confirmed tornado was located near Kittrell moving northwest at 20 mph.

The warning has been lifted for Franklin and Warren counties but continues for Vance.

Debris and damage were confirmed along the 1400 block of Rocky Ford Road by a Franklin County Emergency Management team member.

The twister left debris and damage along the 1400 block of Rocky Ford Road

Powerlines and tree limbs were downed, the team member told ABC11.

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Water rescue teams saved three children who got trapped in a creek.

It happened around 1:30 p.m. along Partridge Lane in Raleigh.

Mike Kallam noticed the three kids playing in Marsh Creek. He said he warned them that it wasn't safe to do that, but they continued.

Three children got trapped, clinging to a tree, in a fast-moving creek in Raleigh.

Several minutes later, he said he heard screaming.

He rushed outside his home and saw the three kids trapped, holding onto a tree as fast-moving water rushed past them and made it impossible to get to them.

"Unnerving, not to be able to do something. Because here I am 15 feet away from them and I can't reach them," Kallam said. "There's no way to get to them and no way to get some help."

Fortunately, there was help on the way. The neighbor and his wife called 911 and swift water rescue teams arrived to help.

They put a boat in the shallow, but fast-moving water and paddled out to the children. They then put them into the boat and pulled them to safety.

None of the kids were injured.

The kids -- Kelly, Evelyn, Emma, Gavin and Andrew (ranging in age from 8-12 -- said they stopped while riding their bikes to try and cross the creek. But once two of them got across, the other three were stuck on the wet and slick rocks.

"Andrew, Evie and me, we couldn't get across," Kelly described. "Andrew held on to a branch and then it snapped. So he fell down, and like, he slid down and he held on to, like, a tree trunk."

The children described being very scared too.

"When it was happening, it was really really scary," Evelyn said. "There were like rocks and sticks hitting our feet...right as she was about to slip off, the people grabbed her."