Author: WeatherPreppers

By Kyle Morton, HighSchoolOT Multimedia Sports Journalist NC State men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts offered support for the communities being heavily affected by Hurricane Florence via Twitter Friday, promising to share details on how he and his program will help those affected “later.” The second-year coach of the Wolfpack came to Raleigh in the spring of 2017 immediately from UNC Wilmington, where he coached from 2014-2017. He emphasized the importance of the coast to him…

President Donald Trump is planning to visit areas affected by Hurricane Florence next week, though his exact plans are not yet finalized. “The President is expected to travel to areas affected by the storm early to middle of next week, once it is determined his travel will not disrupt any rescue or recovery efforts. We will keep you posted when we have details,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday. Hurricane Florence is bringing…

Thousands of North Carolina storm evacuees are physically safe from the effects of Hurricane Florence, but their hearts and minds are focused on what’s happening to their homes and possessions under assault on the coast. Many coastal residents heeded the evacuation orders and fled in advance of the arrival of Florence, with some ending up in the more than 200 emergency shelters set up statewide. At the emergency shelter at Garner High School, evacuees kept…

Several rivers in North Carolina overflowed Sunday morning as Florence continued to dump rain across the southeastern part of the state and into South Carolina. None of the major rivers in the Triangle — Crabtree, Marsh, Swift or Walnut creeks — were on the verge of flooding, according to the The National Weather Service’s reports early Sunday. Crabtree Creek at Old Wake Forest Road, for example, had fallen to 9.48 feet after hitting 11.6 feet…

N.C.-based shrimp-trawler breaks down fleeing Hurricane Florence. Finds safe harbor at S.C. dock Sep 14, 2018 Captain Scott Dudley based in Smyrna N.C., left his home port in Oriental, N.C. to flee from Hurricane Florence in order to protect his shrimp-trawler. By

Gills Creek flowed a little higher and a little quicker than normal Friday morning after lakes along the watershed were lowered in anticipation of Hurricane Florence’s arrival in the South Carolina Midlands. Nearly three years ago, torrential downpours and broken dams riled the creek, ravaging scores of homes and businesses with flooding never seen before in the Columbia area. With memories of October 2015 still painfully fresh in their minds, residents and business owners along…

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — On Friday, dogs in Jacksonville, North Carolina, were rescued from flooded homes and brought to safety. RELATED: Shelter animals evacuated ahead of Hurricane Florence Live video showed dogs being removed from a boat in the flood waters of Hurricane Florence. The hurricane made landfall just before 7:30 Friday morning Category 1 storm. (Copyright ©2018 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.)