Charlotte North Carolina News

(AP/FOX 46) It’s not every day you see a boat riding down a street, but this is reality for people living up and down the North Carolina coast as historic flooding is overtaking several communities.   In Scotts Hill just outside of Wilmington, several people have been cut off, stuck for days without power or any way to get out.  “Never-ever seen it like this. I’ve been here for 18 years,” Kim Saffo said.  Her…

WILMINGTON, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) – The volunteer group known as the United Cajun Navy is in Eastern North Carolina doing what they do best and that’s rescuing people stranded by water. Men and women in the group turn their recreational boats into rescue vessels. So far, they estimate since Florence hit they have rescued more than 200 people. The need is still great. Even though the rain has stopped the flood waters continue to…

CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) – Cleanup efforts are now underway in south Charlotte after Florence pummeled parts of the area.  South Charlotte took the brunt of the storm in Mecklenburg County. The storm caused streets to flood and trees to topple over.  “They showed me the damage and I was like ‘wow’,” one young neighbor in Myers Park told FOX 46. Florence dumped nearly eight inches of rain across the Queen City– enough for…

As the wind and rain from Florence subsides, the damage to communities impacted by its path is still becoming apparent. Union County residents felt the devastation, from flooded roads and stranded vehicles to closed schools. And now, from two fatalities. One of storm’s causalities was a one-year-old boy.  As of Monday afternoon some are still without power in Union County and numerous roads are closed either due to flooding or downed trees. Schools won’t resume…

As the wind and rain from Florence subsides, the damage to communities impacted by its path is still becoming apparent. Union County residents felt the devastation, from flooded roads and stranded vehicles to closed schools. And now, from two fatalities. One of the storm’s causalities was a one-year-old boy.  As of Monday afternoon some are still without power in Union County and numerous roads are closed either due to flooding or downed trees. Schools won’t…

WWE wrestling star Scott Dawson says his family’s eastern North Carolina home is “under water,” in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Dawson said in a tweet Monday that the storm has also created havoc in his hometown of Whiteville, in Columbus County. “My family’s home under water. Conditions are only getting worse there. My heart aches for my hometown,” he said in a tweet, including a link to the Red Cross. “Please help any way…

The heaviest rainfall from Tropical Depression Florence may be over for the Charlotte region. Even though the rain is likely to taper off Sunday night, rivers are expected to crest later in the week. There are downed trees and power lines scattered throughout Charlotte, but there’s not widespread damage from wind or rain.

Many Charlotteans are back to work Monday after a weekend of rain from Hurricane Florence. The National Weather Service reported the city got about 7 inches of rain over the weekend. On a sunny Monday afternoon Atul Mallik was walking back into work at Wells Fargo in uptown Chralotte. He spent the past few days inside watching television while the storm passed. His house didn’t have any damage, and he was back in the office…

Reports that venomous snakes could turn up in Hurricane Florence flood waters proved true Sunday for a firefighter working on North Carolina’s Topsail Island. North Topsail Beach firefighter Bradley Thomas Dixon posted a video Sunday on Facebook showing not one, but two cottonmouths wallowing in the muddy flood waters. The video had been viewed 49,000 times and shared hundreds of times by Monday. Dixon said he “just walked up on” the snakes while checking storm…

Local news organizations covering the devastation of Hurricane Florence have faced their own obstacles over the past week, with reporters, photographers, staff and crew working through exhaustion and often placing themselves in harm’s way to deliver the news. Several newspapers and TV stations in the eastern part of the state had to abandon their newsrooms because of flooding from the lingering storm, while some in the field faced physical peril. In one such instance, a…

TAMPA (FOX 13) – The extent of Hurricane Florence’s impact to the Carolinas is becoming clearer now that the federal government is publishing aerial photos taken during recent survey flights.  Imagery posted on an interactive map was taken by NOAA’s Remote Sensing Division to support homeland security and emergency response needs after the storm.  The photos – taken during long sweeps by airplanes starting on Saturday – show a street-level view of parts of North…

Nelson Unukandi watched from a shelter in Sanford as the first images of New Bern appeared on the television screens. He came to the coastal North Carolina city two months ago as a refugee from the Congo and now watched as its streets and homes filled with water. “I was watching on the news, the river how it’s flooding, the whole downtown was underwater,” he said. “I’ve never seen something like this.” The 28-year-old said…

As the sun poked through the clouds for the first time in days across the Carolinas, the toll of flooding, power outages and downed trees across the state became apparent Monday. At least 19 deaths were linked to the storm, including three in the Charlotte region. A three-month-old boy died Monday in Gaston County when a tree crashed through his parent’s trailer, a one-year-old died in Union County after floodwaters swept the car his mother…

Courtesy of Ben Johnson Courtesy of Ben Johnson BELHAVEN, N.C. (KTVU) – A Belhaven resident documented Florence as he remained at his family’s home during the storm. Ben Johnson says although they suffered damage to their property, the floodwaters have since receded.  He says cleanup is now underway and he’s re-opened the hardware store he owns called Riddick and Windley Ace Hardware.  Here’s a timeline of Ben Johnson’s posts  Thursday at 10:20 p.m.  In his first…