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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – A few showers pushed into the area overnight as a storm system approached the region. Friday is looking like a soaker with heavy rain at times, so get the umbrella ready. More rain will be possible on Saturday before the storm pulls off to the northeast. Rainfall amounts could range from 1-3 inches through Saturday. With the ground being saturated and melting snow from the winter storm, there is a…

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – The leftover snow and ice is expected to melt with the upcoming rain, and could cause flooding in some areas.  “We can handle two to three inches of rain in a 24-hour period, but if you have an inch worth of liquid in that snow, now you went from two to three to three to four.” Melted snow is already pooling on Gilead Rd. near Bradford Hill Ln. at…

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Residents in central Illinois on Sunday assessed damage after rare December tornadoes that ripped roofs off homes, downed power lines and injured at least 20 people the day before. The severe weather in Illinois was part of a line of thunderstorms that raked areas of the central U.S. late Friday and into Saturday, killing one person in Missouri. Tornadoes were also reported in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The National Weather Service sent…

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Residents in central Illinois on Sunday assessed damage after rare December tornadoes that ripped roofs off homes, downed power lines and injured at least 20 people the day before. The severe weather in Illinois was part of a line of thunderstorms that raked areas of the central U.S. late Friday and into Saturday, killing one person in Missouri. Tornadoes were also reported in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The National Weather Service sent…

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (FOX 46 Charlotte) – Students at Belmont Central Elementary are learning a lesson in counting money and the importance of giving it away to those in need.  “What I want you to do is sort these coins,” said Anita Delaney, a second grade teacher at Belmont Central. It’s all part of Nickels 4 Neighbors and is a district wide initiative. Each classroom has a collection jar that students have filled with pennies,…

Krystal Stokes was hoping for the best when Hurricane Florence hit her hometown of Wilmington in September. She and her 8-year-old son, Krystian, packed a few things and left their first-floor apartment to ride out the storm with her sister, who lives in a nearby second-floor apartment. And when it came time to go back to their apartment, Krystal and Krystian found it had been flooded. Krystal, a certified nursing assistant at a group home,…

DENVER, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) – During this week of giving, a little girl and her first grade classmates from the Denver area are collecting books for children impacted Hurricane Florence. “We all want to help kids that are in need,” said 7-year-old Adara Miller. All the students at Miller’s Lincoln Charter School in Denver are collecting books. “We want to help them rebuild it and we want to help them have books too,” said…

Gov. Roy Cooper’s office says more than 720,000 people across the state have received assistance some form of food assistance in the seven weeks after Hurricane Florence. The hurricane, which made landfall in September, caused a historic $17 billion in damages. Assistance from the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or “D-SNAP,” was made available to 304,000 households in 34 eligible counties impacted by the hurricane, according to Cooper’s office. More than 300,000 EBT cards were…

South Carolina officials say the damage done by Hurricane Florence earlier this year is about half of what had been originally feared. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Gov. Henry McMaster told members of the state’s congressional delegation that the massive, slow-moving storm did a total of $607 million in damage in the state. That’s about half of the original estimate of more than $1 billion, a number based on assessments made while…

FOX NEWS – A World War II veteran displaced by the wildfires in Northern California has been taken in by a couple who he calls his “saviors.” Lee Brundige, 93, was standing in a parking lot in Oroville, 20 miles south of the fires, with other evacuees when he was approached by Tracy Grant, who was handing out food, InsideEdition.com reported. Brundige told Grant that he was sleeping in his car. He also said she…

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A North Carolina cannabis farmer is out hundreds of thousands of dollars following the destruction caused by Hurricane Florence — and federal law prevents his controversial crop from being insured. “I put everything I had into this and it really, really has set me back,” farmer Brad Adams said. “I mean, I just don’t understand why it’s not legal.” Adams was growing hemp, a form of cannabis that’s different from marijuana, on his farm in Kelly,…

HARRISBURG, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) – Flood waters washed out a portion of Pharr Mill Rd in Harrisburg on Thursday, but residents take it all in stride.  “Most of the people that lived out here have lived here 20-30 years, so it’s not a big deal to anyone. We just kind of go with it,” neighbor Lynn Minton said.  Minton is one of many in the area who just go with the flow when there’s…

A new report released Tuesday showed rainfall from Hurricane Florence resulted in record flooding across the Carolinas, upending records set by Hurricane Matthew just two years prior. The data was compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey, and was taken by streamgages — tools that record streamflows, or the volume of water moving past a fixed point — placed in rivers across the two states. The streamgages showed that 18 rivers in North Carolina and 10…