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…