Tropical storms Joyce, Helene, and Isaac: What Texas and the Gulf coast should know

Tropical storms Joyce, Helene, and Isaac: What Texas and the Gulf coast should know

PHOTOS: This week in tropical weather This image shows the scene in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean as two tropical storms, a depression, and Hurricane Florence continue to swirl on Friday.  >>See how the storms in the Atlantic are progressing and where they might be going less PHOTOS: This week in tropical weather This image shows the scene in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean as two tropical storms, a depression, and Hurricane Florence continue to…

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WATCH LIVE: Hurricane Florence makes landfall, bringing substantial flooding

WATCH LIVE: Hurricane Florence makes landfall, bringing substantial flooding

Hurricane Florence made landfall just before 7:30 Friday morning in Wrightsville Beach as Category 1 storm.The storm weakened to a Category 1 hurricane with maximum 90 mph winds early in the morning. Top 5 things to know today 1: Big Weather said Hurricane Florence is making its way toward South Carolina and will weaken later in the weekend. 2: Havey rains will be seen in much of the area today, mainly near Clinton and Fayetteville….

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Hurricane Florence: Nearly 500,000 in North Carolina without power

Hurricane Florence: Nearly 500,000 in North Carolina without power

Thousands are without power in North Carolina as the outer bands of Hurricane Florence have reached the coast.As of 9:30 a.m., Friday, 485,143 people were without power. 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. WATCH: Useful tips if you lose power/Si no tiene electricidad después de…

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Resilient flag shredded by Florence off NC coast ‘represents who we are as America’

Resilient flag shredded by Florence off NC coast ‘represents who we are as America’

Richard Neal, the owner of a bed-and-breakfast 32 miles off the coast of North Carolina in old Coast Guard tower, says he fielded several angry calls from veterans as Hurricane Florence approached. That’s because his B&B at Frying Pan Tower is also the home of one of the many Explore.org live cams that have been documenting the storm as it rumbled toward the Carolina coast. And also because, that live footage at times has shows…

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Lake Wylie is down. It isn’t alone. Prepping starts for Florence, flood level rains.

Lake Wylie is down. It isn’t alone. Prepping starts for Florence, flood level rains.

As heavy rains from Hurricane Florence loom, Lake Wylie is making room. The extra room in lakes all along the Catawba chain will be needed. Forecasts show the York County and surrounding areas getting up to a foot of rain. Other parts of the Carolinas have even more rain and flooding projected. At 8:50 a.m. Friday the lake sat a foot below its target elevation and four feet below its spilling point, or full pond….

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The Latest: Florence’s eye moves offshore toward S. Carolina

The Latest: Florence’s eye moves offshore toward S. Carolina

The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local): 9:30 a.m. Wind speeds are kicking up far from the coast in central South Carolina as Hurricane Florence slowly makes its way along the coast. The National Weather Service reported wind gusts of up to 21 mph (34 kph) on Friday morning in Columbia. That’s about 220 miles (354 kilometers) from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, where Florence made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane at 7:15 a.m….

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How Hurricane Florence compares to Harvey

Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle Updated 3:56 pm CDT, Friday, September 14, 2018 PHOTOS: How Hurricane Florence stacks up against Harvey  The map compares the wind reach of Hurricane Harvey to the initial and forecast wind radii of Hurricane Florence. Yellow represents a wind value of 34 knots, or tropical storm force winds at; orange represents a wind value of 50 knots, or storm force winds; and red represents a wind value of 64 knots, or hurricane…

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What to know about New Bern, NC, where hundreds are stranded by Hurricane Florence floods

What to know about New Bern, NC, where hundreds are stranded by Hurricane Florence floods

The eastern North Carolina coastal town of New Bern is facing emergency flooding from Hurricane Florence. On Friday, its location on a peninsula between two rivers joined forces with Hurricane Florence’s east winds to create disaster in the Craven County town 115 miles southeast of the state capitol of Raleigh. The Neuse and Trent rivers rose 10 feet in a matter of hours, reported The Weather Channel, causing widespread damage and trapping hundreds of people…

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More than 30 inches in 24 hours. A Hurricane Florence rainfall record in Atlantic Beach.

More than 30 inches in 24 hours. A Hurricane Florence rainfall record in Atlantic Beach.

More than 30 inches of rain has fallen near Atlantic Beach since Hurricane Florence began there, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey. That would be the highest 24-hour rainfall in North Carolina history, far eclipsing a 22-inch storm in Mitchell County in the mountains in 1916, according to the N.C. Climate Office. The storm made landfall near Wrightsville Beach at 7:15 a.m. Friday, producing wind gusts of up to 95 to 105…

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7:15 A.M. Update: Eye of Florence makes landfall near Wrightsville Beach

7:15 A.M. Update: Eye of Florence makes landfall near Wrightsville Beach

Wind, storm surges and prolonged, heavy rain bring ‘life-threatening’ conditions to region Wilmington should be ready for a prolonged and devastating impact as Hurricane Florence roars over Southeastern North Carolina on Friday. “It’s probably going to take another 24 hours” for Florence to pass through the Wilmington region, Reid Hawkins, science officer with the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, said at 5 a.m. Friday. According to radar images as of 7 a.m., the storm’s…

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8 A.M. Update: Florence roars into Wilmington

8 A.M. Update: Florence roars into Wilmington

Wind, storm surges and prolonged, heavy rain bring ‘life-threatening’ conditions to region Wilmington should be ready for a prolonged and devastating impact as Hurricane Florence roars over Southeastern North Carolina on Friday. “It’s probably going to take another 24 hours” for Florence to pass through the Wilmington region, Reid Hawkins, science officer with the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, said at 5 a.m. Friday. According to radar images as of 7 a.m., the storm’s…

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