Month: September 2018

Hurricane Florence thrashed the coasts of the Carolinas with punishing winds and storm surges before drenching much of the state over the weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power, buildings were flooded and hundreds were rescued from rising waters. In the aftermath of a disaster like Florence, or any disaster, thousands of people come forward to donate their time, skills and money. But that outpouring of generosity can also draw scammers looking…

Hurricane Florence causes roof collapse in New Bern The roof of the Surf Wind and Fire shop on Middle Street in downtown New Bern, N.C. collapsed on Friday, September 14, 2018 as rain, wind and storm surge from Hurricane Florence moved in the historic Craven County town on Friday, September 14, 2018.

By Tyler Pager, New York Times Three years ago, Lavette Pixley and her son thought they could ride out a massive storm fed by Hurricane Joaquin as it moved through the Atlantic. Then they woke up to a flooded apartment and had to be rescued by firefighters. As Hurricane Florence approached on Thursday afternoon, hours from making landfall, Pixley and her 8-year-old son, Tayon, left their apartment for Ridge View High School, where the American…

By Timothy Williams, New York Times Drenching rains were inundating North Carolina on Friday as Hurricane Florence crawled inland. Storm surges, overflowing waterways and intense rain that might dump as much as 40 inches could leave entire communities underwater. “Catastrophic flash flooding is expected to continue to worsen today,” the National Weather Service warned. Here are five ways to avoid the risks associated with floodwaters, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers…

Navy crews ready for rescue efforts after Hurricane Florence Sep 15, 2018 US Navy crews left the USS Abraham Lincoln early Saturday morning, September 15, to assist rescue and relief missions in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. By

North Carolina has officially broken the state record for most rainfall ever from a tropical storm. Hurricane Florence, which downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday, has continued to bring rain as it moves through the Carolinas. When we will see rain from Hurricane Florence in the Triangle As Tropical Storm Florence lingers, there are a lot of questions regarding how bad it will get in the Triangle and Sandhills. The NWS Newport/Morehead City office…

Seven deaths have been confirmed in North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Florence, which is now a tropical storm. Two deaths were reported in Duplin County Saturday afternoon. The Duplin County Sheriff’s Office did not say exactly how the pair died; however, they said their deaths were related to flash flooding and swift water on roadways. Earlier Saturday, Director of Emergency Services in Carteret County, Stephen Rea, told ABC11 two people died in Harkers…

NC Superintendent Johnson comments on annual School Performance report Mark Johnson, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction comments on the annual release of the school performance grades during a press conference at the State Education Building on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 in Raleigh, N.C.

With the deadly remnants of Hurricane Florence still pounding the Carolinas, President Donald Trump took to Twitter again late Friday night to question the number of deaths in Puerto Rico attributed to last year’s Hurricane Maria. Having already drawn widespread criticism from members of his own party earlier this week for a claim made without evidence that the death toll was ginned up by Democrats in order to slime him, Trump once again tried to…

Officials in South Carolina are reporting the state’s first fatality due to Florence, bringing the storm’s overall death toll to at least five. A 61-year-old woman was killed late Friday when the vehicle she was driving struck a tree that had fallen across Highway 18 near the town of Union. Capt. Kelley Hughes of the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the woman, who was wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. No passengers were…

Five deaths have been confirmed in North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Florence, which is now a tropical storm. Earlier Saturday, Director of Emergency Services in Carteret County, Stephen Rea, told ABC11 two people died in Harkers Island on Friday morning. The county later clarified that the two deaths were not related to the storm. In Wilmington, a mother and infant were killed after a tree fell on their home after Hurricane Florence made…