Cape Lookout National Seashore off the coast of North Carolina remains closed more than a week after Hurricane Florence caused widespread damage in the park, including filling a harbor with trash and sand. All visitor sites and services remain closed indefinitely until repairs can be made, said the park service website. “The harbor at Long Point was filled in by Hurricane Florence,” said the National Park Service in a series of Facebook posts. “Ferries will…

Amid early Florence relief efforts, Gov. Roy Cooper tweeted, “Local news is more vital than ever,” and he was right: Our state benefited from a tremendous local news effort over the past two weeks. The question now becomes: What news and information do we need moving forward and how can we support the service we’ll depend on? News people lived through Florence with their neighbors and did their jobs tirelessly, as did emergency responders, government…

The soggy remnants of Florence keep causing chaos in coastal South Carolina long after the hurricane swirled ashore, with rivers still flowing far beyond their banks and a new storm gathering more rain just offshore. Authorities urged up to 8,000 people leave their homes in Georgetown County, on the South Carolina coast, as the Pee Dee and Waccamaw rivers overflowed with a record 10 feet (3 meters) of flooding reaching a crest in their communities…

Flooding and damage from Hurricane Florence has forced thousands of North Carolinians out of their towns. Individuals and families around the state are staying with friends, family, in hotels and shelters — sometimes far from their own homes. If you’re a hurricane evacuee: What questions do you have about returning home — or not returning home? Our reporters want to help you find the information you need. Tell us what you’d like to know by…

It was a strange vacation — it began with a bit of guilt. I had just gotten off a plane in Seattle and rented a car. Cindy and I were driving to Mount Rainier on our way to Oregon when my cell phone rang. It was WRAL-TV asking if I could help cover Hurricane Florence. When I told them that Cindy and I had just begun our long-awaited retirement vacation to the Pacific Northwest, the…

Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was at a Hurricane Florence party in her neighborhood in Georgetown, where the story goes that some houses haven’t flooded from the Sampit River since they were built before the American Revolution. She will spend Tuesday with sandbags, watching the nearby river rise from Florence’s heavy rains and seeing if the luck finally runs out on her home built on Front Street in 1737. “We thought this might be coming….

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Healthcare workers are warning victims of Hurricane Florence that they could encounter health problems during the cleanup. Fifty local, state and national groups came together in Raleigh to help hurricane victims avoid those risks. The meeting launched a three-day event featuring Healthy Hoops, a health program targeting asthma, one of the many potential health risks associated with surviving a flood. Don’t play in the floodwater, health director warns Cumberland County’s health…

By Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter Kelly, N.C. — As North Carolina continues to recover from the relentless pounding delivered by Hurricane Florence, there are parts of the state that remain completely cut off from everyone. Some rural areas of North Carolina have been hit hard by Florence and they’re still not free from the threat of flooding. According to Bladen County Emergency Services, residents of Kelly were still being evacuated Sunday. Getting into Kelly has…