A year after Hurricane Harvey, Abbott extends disaster declaration for storm-ravaged areas

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A year after Hurricane Harvey, Abbott extends disaster declaration for storm-ravaged areas

By Allie Morris, Austin Bureau Published 10:31 am CDT, Monday, September 24, 2018 AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is again renewing a disaster declaration for 60 counties affected by Hurricane Harvey, more than a year after the powerful storm ravaged the Texas coast. Many communities are still recovering and some are already preparing for the next natural disaster. The proclamation, first issued in August 2017, allows for certain regulations to be suspended that “would in…

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State DPI website shut down during Florence — and sent people to superintendent’s site

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State DPI website shut down during Florence — and sent people to superintendent’s site

As Hurricane Florence bore down on North Carolina this month, the state agency that oversees public schools shut down its website and referred people to a new website created by State Superintendent Mark Johnson. Critics of Johnson are charging that it was a politically motivated decision to shut down the state website and to direct traffic to Johnson’s website, www.ncsuperintendent.com. But state education officials say they shut the state website down as a safety precaution…

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Woman gives birth in mobile hospital as Florence rocks the Cape Fear

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Woman gives birth in mobile hospital as Florence rocks the Cape Fear

Woman gives birth to baby girl in mobile hospital in Burgaw on Sept. 21, 2018. (Photo: Atrium Health/Facebook) BURGAW, NC (WWAY) — As many were dealing with record flooding from Hurricane Florence last week, a baby girl was coming no matter what. Atrium Health says Murphy was born Friday inside Carolinas MED-1, a mobile hospital in front of a Family Dollar in Burgaw. – Advertisement – Keyana was 41-weeks pregnant and in active labor when she…

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LIVE: Education officials to make announcement related to Hurricane Florence

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LIVE: Education officials to make announcement related to Hurricane Florence

School districts are assessing hurricane damage, making decisions on when to reopen. (Source: WECT) NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Education leaders are expected to make an announcement related to Hurricane Florence this morning at 11:30. Senate Education Committee co-chairman Michael Lee (R-New Hanover), House Education K-12 Committee co-chairman Craig Horn (R-Union), and NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark  Johnson will host a press conference from the New Hanover County Government Office.  WECT will have…

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Tropical Depression Florence outages: Fewer than 5,000 remain without power

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Tropical Depression Florence outages: Fewer than 5,000 remain without power

Florence brought heavy, life-threatening floods to many parts of the Carolinas, leaving thousands without power.As of 9:30 a.m., Monday, the statewide power outage total was 4,534. 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 no tiene electricidad después de…

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Flooding to peak in Wilmington area this week

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Flooding to peak in Wilmington area this week

9/24/18– Imagine having to wait for vital supplies to reach you by boat. It’s a reality for many folks nearby. Some people near the border of New Hanover and Pender counties are still cut off from the outside world due to flooding. One woman in Rocky Point worries sunny skies mean people forget about those who live behind the “road closed” sign. Flooding in this area is expected to be at its peak this week.

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UNCW surveys damage following Hurricane Florence

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UNCW surveys damage following Hurricane Florence

9/24/18– UNC-Wilmington plans to reopen to students October 1st. Faculty and staff have the option to return on Wednesday. University leaders will tour the campus today to see how repairs are coming along. They hope to have residence halls open by Saturday. Florence brought down trees and scattered debris all over campus.

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NC soldier returns from Florence relief, finds house ransacked

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NC soldier returns from Florence relief, finds house ransacked

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter CHARLOTTE, NC (AP/WNCN) — A North Carolina soldier returned home after helping with the Hurricane Florence relief effort to find his home had been robbed. Multiple media outlets report that National Guardsman Luis Ocampo was working in storm-battered New Bern for 10 days and found his Charlotte home ransacked when he returned Friday. – Advertisement – Ocampo said he found everything of value had been stolen from his Grimes…

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North Carolina Zoo offers free admission for Florence evacuees

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North Carolina Zoo offers free admission for Florence evacuees

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WTVD) — Days of stress and uncertainty followed the slow march of Florence and its remnants across southeastern counties of North Carolina.But if you’re displaced by the storm, you can go to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro for free this week. That free admission offered by the zoo, for up to a party of six, is just for Hurricane Florence evacuees in the Carolinas. Stay on top of breaking news stories with…

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The Triangle (mostly) dodged Florence. Now we need to help.

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The Triangle (mostly) dodged Florence. Now we need to help.

When disaster looms, we mobilize remarkable resources. Politics falls away, ever so briefly, and we remember that we’re one people, blessed with enormous capacity to do right by one another. I was driving back from Tennessee a couple days before Florence made landfall, and I passed convoys of utility trucks from all over the southeast making their way toward the Carolina coast. I saw Red Cross vans from Arkansas, tree-removal trucks from Virginia, and emergency…

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