Author: WeatherPreppers

Blowing ashore with howling 90 mph winds, Hurricane Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people, and swamped entire communities along the Carolina coast Friday in what could be just the opening act in a watery, two-part, slow-motion disaster.Florence was downgraded to a Tropical Storm Friday. ABC11 is providing live, nonstop coverage of Hurricane Florence. For regular programming go to 11.2. Click here for how to find 11.2 More than 360 people had been rescued by…

As Tropical Storm Florence continues to crawl across the Carolinas, customers affected will get free calling, texting and data services from major cell phone carriers. Verizon Wireless is making unlimited domestic Talk, Text & Data available to postpaid and prepaid customers from Sep. 14 – 17. AT&T will issue credits and waive additional charges to provide unlimited talk, text, and data access from Sep. 11 – 25. T-Mobile is extending its offer to those not…

As Hurricane Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods to the coast, over 800,00 have been left in the dark by the storm.As of 8:30 a.m. Saturday, 813,519 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. RELATED: What to do if you lose power/Si no…

From his seat on the back of small jon boat, Robert Simmons Jr. surveyed the floodwater in his neighborhood in northwest New Bern. The water, which spilled over from the Neuse River during Hurricane Florence, turned streets into canals, divided by rooftops. It was waist deep on some of those streets, and deeper still on others. All around, street signs and trees poked through the water, offering landmarks to a terrain that even longtime residents…

Dane Suarez and Kerriann Otano call Topsail Beach their favorite place on earth. It’s where Otano’s family has been coming to for decades, the site of their proposal, even where her grandmother’s ashes were scattered. “It’s like a second home,” Otano said in an interview Friday. And for two years, this is where the California couple planned to stage their dream wedding. Hurricane Florence crashed the party. But in just 12 hours, a backup wedding…

Hurricane Florence causes roof collapse in New Bern The roof of the Surf Wind and Fire shop on Middle Street in downtown New Bern, N.C. collapsed on Friday, September 14, 2018 as rain, wind and storm surge from Hurricane Florence moved in the historic Craven County town on Friday, September 14, 2018.