Month: March 2019

It was six months ago today that Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina. The Category 1 storm made landfall the morning of Sept.14, near Wrightsville Beach. It created historic flooding with more than 30 inches of rain. Elizabethtown, North Carolina recorded 35.93 inches, setting a new tropical cyclone record for the state. Chopper 11 surveyed the damage immediately after the storm, and this week, flew over the same areas to see what has changed in six…

NEW BERN, N.C. (WTVD) — Hurricane Florence was a mammoth storm nearly 500 miles wide, and the small city of New Bern might have been its unofficial ground zero. Six months later, the historic downtown is roaring back to business in time for summer even as some homeowners anxiously await for their own renovations to finish. “Builders are out there every day, you hear the hammers and saws,” Mike Lentz, a downtown business owner, told…

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — Six months after Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina, many homeowners are still trying to pick up the pieces. But some homeowners have faced obstacles because the contractor they hired to fix their homes didn’t do the work or took off with their money. “We lost everything down here,” Milton Matthews said as he walked through the first floor of his Fayetteville home. The floor was completely washed out after floodwaters from…

A massive storm crippled the Plains with a powerful blizzard from Colorado to North Dakota, closing interstates and stranding drivers. As poor driving conditions overwhelmed Colorado roads, Colorado State Patrol Cpl. Daniel Groves was struck and killed by a car, officials said. As the storm moved east Thursday, at least three tornadoes were reported: two in western Kentucky and one in southern Indiana. Severe thunderstorms will continue to impact parts of the South and the…

A massive storm crippled the Rockies and northern Plains with a powerful blizzard, closing interstates and stranding drivers As poor driving conditions overwhelmed Colorado roads, Colorado State Patrol Cpl. Daniel Groves was struck and killed by a car, officials said. As the storm moved east Thursday, at least three tornadoes were reported: two in western Kentucky and one in southern Indiana. Severe thunderstorms will continue to impact parts of the South and the Midwest through…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The woman who won the second largest lottery jackpot in American history will donate some of her winnings to Hurricane Florence relief efforts. The winner remains anonymous, but her lawyer released some information about her intentions with the money. Attorney Jason Kurland said the winner plans to give a lot of the money back to the state of South Carolina. The charities specifically named include One SC Fund (specifically for Hurricane Florence…

A massive storm crippled the Rockies and northern Plains with a powerful blizzard, dropping more than a foot of snow, closing interstates and stranding drivers. As poor driving conditions overwhelmed Colorado roads, Colorado State Patrol Cpl. Daniel Groves was struck and killed by a car, officials said. As the storm intensified Wednesday, a couple of preliminary record low pressures were recorded in Colorado and Kansas, forming one of the strongest storms to hit the High…

More than 220 people are still living in hotels six months after Hurricane Florence made landfall. Florence grew to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. However, the storm weakened to a Category 1 before making landfall Sept. 14 at 7:15 a.m. just south of Wrightsville Beach. Despite its weakened state, Florence still packed quite a punch because it stalled over North Carolina–moving at about 2-3 miles per hour. Florence…