Author: WeatherPreppers

The Union County Sheriff’s Office confirmed deputies have located the body of the missing 1-year-old, who was swept away in rushing waters Sunday night as Florence dumped rain across North Carolina. Search activities resumed Monday after crews spent several hours searching for Kaiden Lee-Welch on the ground and in the nearby creek, authorities confirmed to WSOC-TV. Union County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tony Underwood said a woman and her child were on their way to visit…

As Tropical Storm Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods, more than 472,000 are without power.As of 11 a.m., Monday, the statewide power outage total was 472,698. 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. RELATED: What to do if you lose power/Si no tiene electricidad después de una…

Tammy and Olen Gill had decided to take their baby, Kade, from their mobile home in northern Gaston County to their daughter’s brick home in Kings Mountain Sunday. But the waves of rain and gusts of wind were mild enough that they wondered if they were overreacting, 21-year-old daughter Autumn Gill said Monday. She ate lunch before coming to get them. By the time she pulled in, her 3-month-old baby brother was fatally injured and…

By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor Durham, N.C. — While apologizing for the inconvenience and potential danger to students and staff, Durham Public Schools officials defended the decision to hold classes Monday as flooding from Hurricane Florence intensified across the Triangle. “Although we made the best decision we could with the information we had this morning, we are sorry to our families and staff for the difficulties that came from our decision to open…

For Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera, T-shirts have always been a way of supporting the charities most important to him and his team. In the past, that has meant shirts supporting everything from congenital heart conditions (through tight end Greg Olsen’s foundation) to animal adoption. But in the wake of Hurricane Florence, which blew through the Carolinas weekend while the team was off playing in Atlanta, Rivera unveiled a new T-shirt Monday to support storm…

“The crisis in North Carolina continues,” Governor Roy Cooper said during a news conference Monday. “Catastrophic flooding and tornadoes are still claiming lives and property. My most important message is first: For many parts of North Carolina, the danger is still immediate.”Florence is still a dangerous storm and is dumping excessive rainfall on wide areas of North Carolina, South Carolina and beyond, causing historic flooding. Downloading the ABC11 app is the best way to stay…

Duke Energy’s Brunswick nuclear plant, about 30 miles south of Wilmington, has declared a state of emergency as the 1,200-acre complex remains cut off by flood waters and and is inaccessible to outside personnel. The plant has declared an “unusual event,” the lowest level of nuclear emergency, as required by Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said NRC spokesman Joey Ledford. The twin-reactor nuclear plant, located 4 miles inland, is stable and poses no threat to public safety,…