Over the past week, rivers in North Carolina have broken previous flood records, many of which were set by Hurricane Matthew just two years earlier. Hurricane Florence dropped 2 to 3 feet of rain, causing major flooding along the Cape Fear, Lumberton, and Neuse rivers. The Cape Fear River alone carried more than 62,000 cubic feet of water per second — enough to overfill an Olympic swimming pool every two seconds — which destroyed property…

By Claudia Rupcich, WRAL reporter Chapel Hill, N.C. — The UNC Board of Trustees held its first regularly-scheduled meeting Thursday since the toppling of Silent Sam. More than 20 people have been arrested in several protests since the confederate statue came down in August. The Silent Sam pedestal at the university’s McCorkle Place is still empty more than a month after the statue came down, and university leaders have until mid-November to figure out the…

A horizontal line of seeds tells the story: The floodwaters brought by Hurricane Florence rose here to about chest height. Left behind on the door to a church outbuilding was the flotsam — including the seeds — that once floated on the floodwater’s surface. The seed line is the kind of telltale sign Daniel McCay and Mary Winsor are looking for. As hydrologic technicians with the U.S. Geological Survey, it’s their job to collect information…

North Carolina plays at No. 16 Miami on Thursday night with a chance to win its second consecutive game. The game will be televised at 8 p..m. on ESPN. UNC (1-2) beat Pittsburgh at home 38-35 last week and are tied at No. 1 in the ACC Coastal Division. Miami (3-1) beat FIU 31-17 at home last week. Here are 10 things to know about Miami: 1. 2018 recap The Hurricanes lost their first game…

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities say the death toll from large-scale flooding in recent weeks has jumped to nearly 200 people. The National Emergency Management Agency said Thursday the toll is up from the 100 reported last week. It says more than 1,000 other people have been injured, with more than 800,000 affected overall since late August. The agency says those numbers are expected to rise. A national disaster has been declared in four of…