2nd PLACE NEWS: KRISTEN ZEIS, VIRGINIAN-PILOT–Sharon Clark, of Deep Run, N.C., gets chest x-rays in a field clinic set up during Hurricane Florence in Deep Run, N.C., on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Clark’s friend brought her to the clinic after she was having shortness of breath. The clinic is strategically placed to help residents have access to medical care after flooding cut off access to hospital facilities.

1st PLACE PORTRAIT: MATT MCCLAIN, WASHINGTON POST–World War II veteran, Hank Kudzik, 93, poses for a portrait at the Naval Heritage Center following the “Sea of White” ceremony that remembers the Battle of Midway at the United States Navy Memorial on Tuesday June 05, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kudzik served on the USS Nautilus (SS-168) submarine during the Battle of Midway.

3rd PLACE NEWS: KRISTEN ZEIS, VIRGINIAN-PILOT–Home, vehicles and boats are swallowed by floodwaters from the Northeast Cape Fear River brought to the area by Hurricane Florence in Pender County, N.C., on Sunday, September 23, 2018. Hurricane Florence made landfall on Friday, September 14, 2018 and brought over 23 inches of rain to the area. The storm left over 2,400 storms damaged in Pender County with an estimated 25 percent of the homes underwater.

3rd PLACE PORTRAIT: KAITLIN MCKEOWN, VIRGINIAN-PILOT–Wink Henley drives his pickup truck through the rain-soaked fields of his Virginia Beach farm on July 28, 2018. Days of steady rain have saturated the ground and prevented Henley from using larger equipment that’s necessary to plant fall crops. “I like to say farming is almost like Atlantic City or Las Vegas,” Henley said, “If everything works good, it’s an enjoyable occupation because you watch stuff grow, everything does good. But when you get something like this, and you sit there and watch a crop wither up and die, it gets kind of disheartening.”

1st PLACE MULTIPLE: MATT MCCLAIN, WASHINGTON POST–Born and raised around the small-town of Plains, GA, former President Jimmy Carter returned there following his time in the White House. Many of the spots tied to Carter in town are now museums, including his boyhood home and school where he attended. The area has become a tourist draw because of President Carter. Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter sits next to his wife, former First Lady, Rosalynn Carter while having dinner at the home of friend, Jill Stuckey and being interviewed by reporters on Saturday August 04, 2018 in Plains, GA. Born in Plains, GA, President Carter stayed in the town following his presidency.

Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter and his wife, former First Lady, Rosalynn Carter pose for photographs following the morning church service at Maranatha Baptist Church on Sunday August 05, 2018 in Plains, GA. Born in Plains, GA, President Carter stayed in the town following his presidency.

Swift Water Rescue Team vehicles park on NC-210 near the Northeast Cape Fear River in Pender County on Saturday, September 22, 2018. The nearby overpass was flooded blocking over 80 residents into their neighborhood only able to get in and out by boat.

Richard Walton and Austin Smigiel, of Rocky Point, N.C., rescue chickens following flooding of the area after Hurricane Florence on Sunday, September 23, 2018. An overpass across the Northeast Cape Fear River was flooded, leaving residents who didn’t make it out in time stranded and relying on the delivery of supplies and food from outside boats.

Mitch Harris, Forest Fire Equipment Operator with North Carolina Forest Service survey flooding and road closures in Pender County, N.C., on Friday, September 21, 2018.N.C. 210 Burgaw, N.C., on Friday, September 21, 2018.

U.S. 421 near the Pender-New Hanover County line is washed out as a result of floodwaters from Hurricane Florence dumping over 23 inches of rain into the Black River and the Cape Fear River.

U.S. 421 near the Pender-New Hanover County line is washed out on Friday, September 21, 2018 as a result of floodwaters from Hurricane Florence dumping over 20 inches of rain into the Black River and the Cape Fear River.

Kyle Laman, 15, plays a video game in his room at his family’s home on Sunday April 22, 2018 in Coral Springs, FL. Laman was shot during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Airsoft rifles are seen on his wall at right.

Kyle Laman, 15, rides in his family’s truck with his new service dog, Bruce after picking up the dog near the Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport on Sunday April 22, 2018 as they traveled from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Coral Springs, FL. Laman was shot during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Kyle thought about naming the dog, Zeus, but stuck with Bruce.

Kyle Laman, 15, waits with his parents, Franz Laman and Marie Laman before Kyle underwent surgery at Broward Health Medical Center on Tuesday May 08, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Kyle was shot near his right foot during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. This latest surgery was to reduce the size of the flap of tissue that was attached to replace what was missing from the gunshot wound and also to do work on his thigh where the replacing tissue originated from.

Kyle Laman, 15, lays next to his mother, Marie Laman as Kyle’s sister, Mya Laman, 11, is seen at bottom right at the family’s home on Friday April 20, 2018 in Coral Springs, FL. Laman was shot during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Kyle Laman, 15, plays in his family’s pool on Friday April 20, 2018 in Coral Springs, FL. Laman was shot during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.