Month: October 2018

BAY COUNTY, Fla. — A call for help on a satellite image helped track down a Florida family who rode out Hurricane Michael north of Panama City. Amber Gee, of Callaway, Florida, was using NOAA’s interactive satellite map on Saturday to check on her grandmother’s property. She thought her grandmother and two other relatives had evacuated prior to the storm, but when she zoomed in on her grandmother’s house, she found the word “HELP” spelled…

By Claudia Rupcich, WRAL reporter Raleigh, N.C. — In addition to its usual appeals like food, agriculture displays, showcases and rides, the North Carolina State Fair is focused on something new this year — hurricane relief. This year, those affected by Hurricane Florence are able to get help navigating the recovery process at the fair. FEMA mitigation specialists will be offering potentially lifesaving advice all day starting Monday at 9 a.m. inside the Kerr Scott…

North Carolina lawmakers are going back to work to decide on approving hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up from Hurricane Florence and help the storm’s victims. The General Assembly prepared to reconvene Monday the special session that Gov. Roy Cooper began two weeks ago. At that time, the GOP-controlled legislature located $56 million and eased rules on voter registration and public school calendars for the hardest-hit counties. Now GOP leaders say they’re ready…

Authorities in southwest France say at least five people have been killed in violent storms and floods that saw the equivalent of several months of rainfall in the space of hours. Alain Thirion, the prefect of the Aude region, gave the death toll in a phone interview with 24-hour news channel BFMTV. He said some of the dead appeared to have been swept away by floodwaters. He said one river rose by more than six…

Mary Frances Parrish is expecting to be without electricity for several weeks, or roughly the same time the terminally ill son she’s caring for is expected to live. In the days after Hurricane Michael smashed through her neighborhood, leaving many of her neighbors’ homes destroyed, she and her son Derrell, 47, were planning to stay, with or without running water and electricity. The reason is the same she waited out the storm in the tiny…

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WTVD) — North Carolinians on the coast are still struggling to recover from Hurricane Florence one month after it made landfall. Elaine Andrews said South Beach Grill, the popular Wrightsville Beach restaurant she owns with her husband, is nowhere close to reopening. Rain water seeped in through the roof of the restaurant. “We couldn’t get on the beach for days and it was very hot,” Andrews said. “We just had mold growing…

Bryan Little broke a tie with 2:09 left and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Sunday night to open a six-game homestand. Patrick Laine opened the scoring for the Jets at 4:14 of the third period, and Kyle Connor added an empty-net goal with a second left. Backup goalie Laurent Brossoit stopped 42 shots for the victory, allowing only Micheal Ferland’s tying goal. Petr Mrazek made 23 saves for the Hurricanes. After…