HURRICANE FLORENCE: Storms kills 3, downs trees and power lines across region

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HURRICANE FLORENCE: Storms kills 3, downs trees and power lines across region

Wilmington sees strongest wind gust since 1958 SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Hurricane Florence became a deadly storm Friday, claiming three lives in Hampstead and Wilmington as it roared into, and stalled over, the Wilmington region. Wilmington police confirmed Friday afternoon that a mother and infant were killed when a tree crashed through their home on Mercer Avenue. And a woman suffered a heart attack Friday and emergency responders were not able to get to her in…

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Strangers help evacuate woman, 7 dogs in hurricane

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Strangers help evacuate woman, 7 dogs in hurricane

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (KTVU) – A group of strangers from around the country came together to help a help a woman who was planning to “hunker down” with her seven dogs in Hurricane Florence.  As Christine Meinhold spoke on CNN about how she didn’t have a working car and was unable to evacuate from Myrtle Beach, people around the country became concerned.  Meinhold told CNN that she was responsible for her seven rescue dogs and refused to abandon…

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Hurricane Florence: The skinny on a big, fat storm

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Hurricane Florence: The skinny on a big, fat storm

A roundup of news concerning Hurricane Florence’s assault on the Carolinas. How much rain? How many without power? Where’s the most damage so far? And what about the zoos? It’s about the water, not the wind, with Hurricane Florence making an extended stay along the North Carolina coast. Forecasters say “it cannot be emphasized enough that the most serious hazard associated with slow-moving Florence is extremely heavy rainfall, which will cause disastrous flooding that will…

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Hurricane Florence: How you can help the victims

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Hurricane Florence: How you can help the victims

Hurricane Florence is pummeling the Carolinas with strong winds, heavy rain and dangerous tidal surges, destroying buildings and lives. The Red Cross is providing safe shelter and comfort for evacuees across six states. More than 20,000 people sought refuge in more than 200 Red Cross and community shelters Thursday night to escape the storm’s wrath. HOW YOU CAN HELP Red Cross:The Red Cross depends on financial donations to provide disaster relief. You can help people…

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In an especially active hurricane season, could we run out of names?

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In an especially active hurricane season, could we run out of names?

Every year, storms pop up during hurricane season and all of a sudden we have a Katrina, Sandy or Wilma threatening to wreak havoc on us. After all the years of recorded named storms, one has to wonder: What happens when we run out of names? Well, it’s kind of a twofold question. And the answer is, we (kind of) don’t. Stay with me. For starters — and a brief insight as to why we…

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Most of SC is under a flash flood watch. Do you know what that means?

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Most of SC is under a flash flood watch. Do you know what that means?

As Hurricane Florence continues to move inland through South Carolina, most of the state has been placed under a flash flood watch by the National Weather Service. There are specific areas in S.C. that have been issued flood warnings, but there is a difference between that and flash flooding. “Flooding is an overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry,” according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory. A flash flood is “the most dangerous…

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HURRICANE FLORENCE: Storms kills 3, downs trees and powerlines across region

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HURRICANE FLORENCE: Storms kills 3, downs trees and powerlines across region

Wilmington sees strongest wind gust since 1958 SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Hurricane Florence became a deadly storm Friday, claiming three lives in Hampstead and Wilmington as it roared into, and stalled over, the Wilmington region.Wilmington police confirmed Friday afternoon that a mother and infant were killed when a tree crashed through their home on Mercer Avenue. And a woman suffered a heart attack Friday and emergency responders were not able to get to her in time,…

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Section of Carolina Beach Fishing Pier appears to be destroyed by Florence

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Section of Carolina Beach Fishing Pier appears to be destroyed by Florence

A section of the Carolina Beach Fishing Pier appears to have been destroyed by Hurricane Florence. (Source: WECT) CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WECT) – The Carolina Beach Fishing Pier appears to have been significantly damaged as Hurricane Florence slammed the New Hanover County shoreline throughout Friday. Some of the pier’s broken pillars could be seen jetting out from the ocean water as the rough waves continued to hammer the Pleasure Island landmark. The pier was initially built in 1946…

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The Outer Banks’ wild horse herd survived Hurricane Florence. Here’s how they did it.

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The Outer Banks’ wild horse herd survived Hurricane Florence. Here’s how they did it.

North Carolina’s wild horse herd has weathered Florence’s fury. “They are survivors,” herd manager Meg Puckett told The News & Observer on Friday. Ahead of the storm, then a powerful Category 4, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (CWHF), a nonprofit which manages the herd, posted on Facebook that the wild mustangs that make the Outer Banks their home would manage just fine without help, even in the face of heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. A…

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As Hurricane Florence disrupts college football schedules, players adjust their plans

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The East Carolina football team headed to Orlando, Fla., earlier this week to get out of the path of Hurricane Florence and be closer to its Sept. 22 opponent, Central Florida. Duke’s football team left for Texas on Thursday, a day earlier than planned, for its Saturday game at Baylor. Other local teams – North Carolina, N.C. State, North Carolina Central – canceled or postponed their weekend games due to Florence, a deadly storm that…

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Facing heat for 2017, FEMA ramps up hurricane prep for Florence

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Facing heat for 2017, FEMA ramps up hurricane prep for Florence

With questions still swirling about its response last year to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the Trump administration doesn’t appear to have taken any chances in its preparations for Hurricane Florence, which made landfall early Friday morning on Wrighstville Beach in North Carolina. It’s deployed three times as many search and rescue teams to the areas in Florence’s path as it had by the day Hurricane Harvey first made landfall off the Texas coast in…

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WATCH: Dogs, cats rescued in Jacksonville during Hurricane Florence

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WATCH: Dogs, cats rescued in Jacksonville during Hurricane Florence

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — On Friday, dogs and cats in Jacksonville, North Carolina, were rescued from flooded homes and brought to safety. RELATED: Shelter animals evacuated ahead of Hurricane Florence Live video showed dogs being removed from a boat in the flood waters of Hurricane Florence. Later, the same rescue team saved cats who were stranded near a flooded home. The hurricane made landfall just before 7:30 Friday morning Category 1 storm. (Copyright ©2018 WTVD-TV….

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New Friendships, Resiliency Reign In Hurricane Shelter

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New Friendships, Resiliency Reign In Hurricane Shelter

American Red Cross Shelters in Charlotte are still registering people at local high schools to wait out Hurricane Florence. Officials at American Red Cross shelters set up to house people during Hurricane Florence are still busy registering local residents and those who evacuated from coastal areas. More than 360 people registered at the various area shelters by Thursday night, 55 at East Mecklenburg High School. The East Mecklenburg High shelter is one of 12 that…

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Sharks In The Water? FEMA Tries To Fight 'Fake News' As Florence Hits

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Sharks In The Water? FEMA Tries To Fight 'Fake News' As Florence Hits

FEMA is rolling out a new tool as it begins to deal with now-tropical storm Florence. It’s a rumor-control web page. Unfounded rumors — what might be called “fake news” — have been a problem in coping with recent disasters, according to Gary Webb, a professor and chair of Emergency Management and Disaster Science at the University of North Texas. “Disasters do create a great deal of uncertainty, confusion and anxiety,” Webb said, “and, as…

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