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The Wilmington Police Department is reporting what it believes to be the first two fatalities in Wilmington caused by Hurricane Florence. A tree fell on a house on Mercer Avenue, killing a mother and her infant, said the department in a tweet. The father was transported to a local hospital with injuries. Identities of the victims were not released. A third person died in Pender County, according to Pender County Emergency Management Director Tom Collins….

A mother and an infant were killed when a tree fell on their home as Hurricane Florence made landfall in the Carolinas. A third person died in Pender County, according to Pender County Emergency Management Director Tom Collins. The woman was at her home in Hampstead. Collins told WWAY the woman had a heart attack Friday morning. Emergency crews were unable to get to her because of a downed tree in the road. Hurricane Florence…

Hurricane Florence made landfall in Wilmington Friday as a Category 1 storm, and its impact will be felt all of Friday, much of Saturday and into next week. Overview The Triangle will feel the strongest effects from Florence throughout the day on Friday, including tropical storm force winds and several inches of rain. The heaviest rain in Raleigh will be around noon, WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said, and we could see wind gusts up to…

Facebook has activated their safety check feature after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. Safety check allows people in the affected area to let friends know they are safe. Facebook has also other features within safety check that “allow people to ask for and give help to one another during a crisis.” Hurricane Florence came ashore as a monster-sized category 1 storm, bringing flooding rains and destructive winds.

The entire state of South Carolina is set to get washed with rain, flooding homes that were flooded during the historic 1,000-year flood in 2015, state officials said on Friday. “We’re very familiar in Columbia with the flooding of 2015,” McMaster said. “That rain and that flooding equals danger.” The governor warned that power could be out for days in some places if first responders have to wait for flood waters to recede. “This hurricane…

Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach around 7:15 a.m. Friday as a Category 1 storm. At a glance: Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach around 7:15 a.m. Friday as a Category 1 storm. More than 500,000 customers are without power in North Carolina. 200 people have been rescued in New Bern and 150 are still awaiting rescue. New Bern is seeing the worst storm surge from Florence as flood waters are being pushed…

Some of New Bern’s famous bears are floating away the city says. The life-size fiberglass bears are “heavy and bolted down at sponsoring businesses,” the city said in a tweet on Friday. “Some of our beloved bears have wandered away,” the city said, sharing a photo of one of the decorated statues, sporting a colonial era coat, breeches, buckled shoes and powdered wig. Photo of a decorated bear statue in New Bern that the town…

Hurricane Florence is so big that it can only be captured with a super wide-angle lens from space, one astronaut said. VIDEO: HURRICANE FLORENCE FROM SPACE Full coverage of Hurricane FlorenceAs he posted the awe-inspiring shots earlier in the week, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency wrote that staring down “the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane” is “chilling, even from space.” Gerst isn’t the only one sharing compelling images of the monster…

Cajun Navy arrives in SC ahead of Florence Members of the United Cajun Navy start arriving at a staging area in Gaston, SC on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. This is one of four staging areas they are setting up to assist in rescues as Hurricane Florence hits the Carolinas.

EMBED </>More Videos <iframe width=”476″ height=”267″ src=”https://abc11.com/video/embed/?pid=4243649″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Just after making landfall, Hurricane Florence knocked down trees and powerlines and flooded streets in North Carolina.

A news story circulated on Facebook, Reddit and other social media Friday that reported a man from Myrtle Beach, SC., had died after firing a “large calibre” weapon into the storm. The only problem? It didn’t happen. The story, posted on the website CGC News, only quotes a “source who responded to the scene” to report that a 33-year-old man fired a weapon into the hurricane, only to have the bullet ricochet off … something,…

More than half a million customers are without power in North Carolina as Hurricane Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods to the coast.As of 2 p.m., Friday, 615,849 people were without power. VIEW THE OUTAGE MAP BELOW. More outage information here Most of the outages are in Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Robeson, Sampson, Wake, Wayne, Pamlico, Pender and Onslow counties near the coast. RELATED: What to do if you lose power/Si…

Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina bringing damaging winds, storm surge and torrential rains that will continue for days. This is an up-to-date look at the scenes the storm is producing. A television reporter stands in the ocean at Atlantic Beach during Hurricane Florence. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com

EMBED </>More Videos <iframe width=”476″ height=”267″ src=”https://abc11.com/video/embed/?pid=4243649″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Just after making landfall, Hurricane Florence knocked down trees and powerlines and flooded streets in North Carolina.

If your home is damaged in Hurricane Florence, you may be able to get help from the federal government to cover some of the costs. It doesn’t matter if you rent or own, or whether or not you have insurance coverage. On Friday, President Donald Trump declared a major disaster North Carolina and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts. The action makes federal money available in Beaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Craven,…