Burgaw, N.C. — Hurricane Florence may have put everyday life on hold across southeastern North Carolina, but it couldn’t stop two Pender County mothers from giving birth. Keyana McIntyre gave birth to Avah Storm Murphy last Friday inside Carolinas MED-1, a mobile hospital in front of a Family Dollar in Burgaw. Two days later, Yajaira Guerin did likewise, delivering Atarah Guerin, according to NBC affiliate WECT. The makeshift medical center had been the only functional…

Another death has been reported in connection with Hurricane Florence, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday. The victim, a 67-year-old man, died from injuries he suffered while cleaning debris from the storm in Craven County. It is the 36th death that the state Medial Examiner’s Office has attributed to Florence. The State of North Carolina had counted 36 deaths attributed to Hurricane Florence as of Sept. 20. Of those, individuals include those who had died in…

Don Waddell jumped into the seat of a fork lift early Wednesday morning at PNC Arena like he was used to being behind the wheel. “Did this doing construction work many years ago,” the Carolina Hurricanes president and general manager said. The Canes on Wednesday loaded up truck loads of donated goods and items to be driven to New Bern, as part of the team’s Hurricane Florence Relief Drive. That included Waddell, who transported several…

Svechnikov signs with Canes Andrei Svechnikov, made the No. 2 pick of the NHL Draft last week by the Carolina Hurricanes, talks about signing his entry-level contract and his play in the prospect development camp on June 30, 2018.

NEW BERN, N.C. (WTVD) — Ninety-two pallets full of supplies are packed up and ready to ship off to the North Carolina coast to help the victims of Hurricane Florence. “Our fans and this community really rallied,” said Don Waddell, Carolina Hurricanes General Manager. Last week, Hurricanes fans brought dry goods, baby products, pet food, and other supplies to the preseason games. All of it will be donated to the New Bern community, who is…

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 two to three feet of rain, causing major flooding along the Cape Fear, Lumberton, and Neuse rivers. The Cape Fear River alone carried enough water to fill an Olympic size swimming pool every two seconds—destroying property and highlighting the limits of our country’s infrastructure. Upstream of the…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — How rainy was Hurricane Florence? Nearly a record setter. A North Carolina State University scientist said only last year’s Hurricane Harvey rained more over a 14,000 square mile area in the United States during a four-day period. Preliminary analysis by Ken Kunkel, a meteorologist at NC State and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, found more than 17.5 inches fell on average over five weather stations in the 14,000 square miles of the…

By Emmy Victor, WRAL reporter Late summer is a busy time for festivals in the Triangle, but the City of Raleigh recently canceled or postponed all weekend events during Hurricane Florence. Now, organizers of these music and art festivals are scheduling new dates and finding ways to help Florence victims. In the lobby of the PNC tower, a banjo is counting down the days until this weekend’s Wide Open Bluegrass festival in downtown Raleigh. Organizers…