'We're tired of it': Residents in Brazoria County still dealing with flooding after heavy storms

Residents in Brazoria County are still dealing with massive flooding after the area was drenched during last week’s storms.  Many families in the area are displaced due to the high water, including Russell Anderson.  Anderson, his wife and their five children live on Western Way and Creekside Drive in the Holiday Lakes subdivision.  The family’s home is surrounded by bodies of water, Anderson said. There is a lake behind his house, the Brazos River is…

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Bellevue Cemetery on road to recovery after post-Florence donations

Bellevue Cemetery on road to recovery after post-Florence donations

The historic cemetery has received around $8,000 in donations to aid in its recovery effort in 2019. WILMINGTON – Spring has sprung in Bellevue Cemetery and for its keepers, the sight couldn’t be sweeter. The historic non-profit cemetery off Princess Place Street was beaten and battered by Hurricane Florence eight months ago, and limited staffing and resources left its volunteers struggling to make a dent in the clean-up effort. Without a perpetual care fund or…

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Panthers’ Luke Kuechly sounds Hurricanes’ warning siren

Panthers’ Luke Kuechly sounds Hurricanes’ warning siren

Carolina Hurricanes Panthers’ Luke Kuechly sounds Hurricanes’ warning siren By May 15, 2019 10:33 AM Carolina Panther linebacker Luke Kuechly sounds the Carolina Hurricanes’ warning siren before the Canes game against the Boston Bruins in game three of the Eastern Conference finals at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Tuesday, May 14, 2019.

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Photo Gallery: Hurricanes vs Bruins, Game Three | May 14, 2019

Photo Gallery: Hurricanes vs Bruins, Game Three | May 14, 2019

Boston’s Tuukka Rask (40) stops a shot by Carolina’s Sebastian Aho (20) during the second period of the Carolina Hurricanes’ game against the Boston Bruins in game three of the Eastern Conference finals at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com Cece Marks of Raleigh feeds Hamilton the pig a carrot before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. Travis…

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Bruins’ goalie Tuukka Rask has Hurricanes searching for answers on how to score on him

Bruins’ goalie Tuukka Rask has Hurricanes searching for answers on how to score on him

Hurricanes goalie Curtis McElhinney on Boston’s Tuukka Rask : ‘He was putting on a show tonight’ Carolina Hurricanes goalie Curtis McElhinney addresses the media following the Hurricanes’ loss to Boston By × Carolina Hurricanes goalie Curtis McElhinney addresses the media following the Hurricanes’ loss to Boston By RALEIGH There’s a reason the Carolina Hurricanes have struggled to win against the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Bruins’…

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Hurricanes made the obvious choice going with Curtis McElhinney in net. These Hurricanes appear powerless

Hurricanes made the obvious choice going with Curtis McElhinney in net. These Hurricanes appear powerless

What do the Hurricanes do now? They’ve changed goalies. They’ve brought the series back home, where they were undefeated in the playoffs. They’ve pushed the “Bunch of Jerks” narrative. They’ve targeted Torey Krug and peppered Tuukka Rask with as many as 20 shots on goal in a single period. Down, 2-1, they pulled the goalie with two minutes left in Game 3. And still they lost. Still they are overwhelmed. Their season is on the…

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Hurricanes bring their best in Game 3, and it’s not good enough

Hurricanes bring their best in Game 3, and it’s not good enough

Faulk delivers a hard hit on Nordstrom Carolina’s Justin Faulk (27) hits Boston’s Joakim Nordstrom (20) during the first period of the Carolina Hurricanes’ game against the Boston Bruins in game three of the Eastern Conference finals at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Tuesday, May 14, 2019. By × Carolina’s Justin Faulk (27) hits Boston’s Joakim Nordstrom (20) during the first period of the Carolina Hurricanes’ game against the Boston Bruins in game three of…

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Missed opportunities haunting Hurricanes in Eastern Conference Final

Missed opportunities haunting Hurricanes in Eastern Conference Final

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Missed opportunities will haunt the Hurricanes as they’ve now fallen into a seemingly insurmountable 3-0 hole vs the Bruins after Tuesday night’s 2-1 heartbreaker. From the jump, Teuvo Teravainen missed a yawning net with a one-timer that would’ve and should’ve electrified both PNC and his teammates. Later came an assemblage of Sebastian Aho near misses. He fired it into Tuukka Rask’s pads from short range in the second and had a…

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Freight train then chainsaws: Tornado leaves audible imprint across Zebulon, Wendell

Freight train then chainsaws: Tornado leaves audible imprint across Zebulon, Wendell

By Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL metorologist, and Julian Grace, WRAL reporter Zebulon, N.C. — Residents of Zebulon and Wendell were spending time Tuesday helping neighbors and working around the house to clean up after Monday’s powerful storms. An EF-2 tornado with maximum winds of 111 to 135 mph that roared through eastern Wake County was on the ground for almost 18 miles, from 4 miles northeast of Knightdale to 4 miles north-northwest of Bailey, uprooting trees…

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Post-Florence recovery dollars pour into North Carolina

Post-Florence recovery dollars pour into North Carolina

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded slightly more than $336 million to North Carolina in response to damage caused by Hurricane Florence last fall. Gov. Roy Cooper says that the funding announced on Tuesday falls short of the state’s needs and is calling for Congress to pass additional disaster relief legislation. Cooper says in a news release that “far more is…

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Kingwood Residents Push For Disaster Declaration Over Flood Damage

Kingwood Residents Push For Disaster Declaration Over Flood Damage

Harris County Commissioners Court Residents of a Kingwood neighborhood are pressing for a federal disaster declaration, following last week’s flooding. But, Harris County leaders are having trouble obliging them. Homes in the working-class neighborhood of Elm Grove took up to 18 inches of water last week. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said she’s determined to help, but she said there are minimum levels of damage she has to prove before she can declare a disaster….

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