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Krystal Stokes was hoping for the best when Hurricane Florence hit her hometown of Wilmington in September. She and her 8-year-old son, Krystian, packed a few things and left their first-floor apartment to ride out the storm with her sister, who lives in a nearby second-floor apartment. And when it came time to go back to their apartment, Krystal and Krystian found it had been flooded. Krystal, a certified nursing assistant at a group home,…

DENVER, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) – During this week of giving, a little girl and her first grade classmates from the Denver area are collecting books for children impacted Hurricane Florence. “We all want to help kids that are in need,” said 7-year-old Adara Miller. All the students at Miller’s Lincoln Charter School in Denver are collecting books. “We want to help them rebuild it and we want to help them have books too,” said…

Gov. Roy Cooper’s office says more than 720,000 people across the state have received assistance some form of food assistance in the seven weeks after Hurricane Florence. The hurricane, which made landfall in September, caused a historic $17 billion in damages. Assistance from the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or “D-SNAP,” was made available to 304,000 households in 34 eligible counties impacted by the hurricane, according to Cooper’s office. More than 300,000 EBT cards were…

South Carolina officials say the damage done by Hurricane Florence earlier this year is about half of what had been originally feared. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Gov. Henry McMaster told members of the state’s congressional delegation that the massive, slow-moving storm did a total of $607 million in damage in the state. That’s about half of the original estimate of more than $1 billion, a number based on assessments made while…

FOX NEWS – A World War II veteran displaced by the wildfires in Northern California has been taken in by a couple who he calls his “saviors.” Lee Brundige, 93, was standing in a parking lot in Oroville, 20 miles south of the fires, with other evacuees when he was approached by Tracy Grant, who was handing out food, InsideEdition.com reported. Brundige told Grant that he was sleeping in his car. He also said she…

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A North Carolina cannabis farmer is out hundreds of thousands of dollars following the destruction caused by Hurricane Florence — and federal law prevents his controversial crop from being insured. “I put everything I had into this and it really, really has set me back,” farmer Brad Adams said. “I mean, I just don’t understand why it’s not legal.” Adams was growing hemp, a form of cannabis that’s different from marijuana, on his farm in Kelly,…

HARRISBURG, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) – Flood waters washed out a portion of Pharr Mill Rd in Harrisburg on Thursday, but residents take it all in stride.  “Most of the people that lived out here have lived here 20-30 years, so it’s not a big deal to anyone. We just kind of go with it,” neighbor Lynn Minton said.  Minton is one of many in the area who just go with the flow when there’s…

A new report released Tuesday showed rainfall from Hurricane Florence resulted in record flooding across the Carolinas, upending records set by Hurricane Matthew just two years prior. The data was compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey, and was taken by streamgages — tools that record streamflows, or the volume of water moving past a fixed point — placed in rivers across the two states. The streamgages showed that 18 rivers in North Carolina and 10…

(FOX NEWS) – Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., pushed back against President Trump’s threat to block federal aid to California as wildfires continue to ravage large swaths of the state, arguing that the president’s tweet sent the wrong message. Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Graham – who is one of Trump’s closest confidants in the Senate – assured California that it would receive financial assistance to help deal with a number of wildfires currently burning…

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires continued to rage on both ends of California, officials released another grim statistic: six more dead in a swath of Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll there to 29. It matched California’s record for deaths in a single fire. Another 228 remain unaccounted for as crews stepped up the search for bodies and missing people. Two people were killed in a wildfire in Southern California….

PARADISE, California (AP) – Devastating wildfires on both ends of California pushed into new territory Saturday, as fatigued firefighters worked to evacuate residents in harm’s way and contain blazes that already have claimed at least 25 lives, destroyed thousands of homes and other structures and scorched hundreds of square miles. The three fires began Thursday – the largest in Northern California, where a Sierra Nevada town of 27,000 was destroyed by a fast moving-fire that…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman whose home suffered hurricane damage for the second time in two years is planning repairs with her lottery winnings. North Carolina lottery officials said Shirley Tolson will use the nearly $106,000 she pocketed from a scratch-off prize for repairs after her roof and chimney were damaged by Hurricane Florence in September. The Robeson County home also was damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Tolson’s win came Monday…

FOX 46 Charlotte  FOX 46 Charlotte  (FOX 46 WJZY) – Tuesday morning will start with mist and fog. The fog will eventually lift but the rain will increase in intensity as a cold front moves in through the midday hours. The biggest concerns will be straight line wind damage between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Skies will clear later Tuesday evening and the rest of the forecast period looks quiet until Friday….

Monday will start cloudy and damp with a few spots of mist and drizzle. The rest of the day will feature mostly cloudy skies and seasonal highs around 66. A cold front will swing through during the midday hours on Tuesday and possibly fire up some strong to severe storms. Main concerns will be damaging straight line winds and an isolated tornado risk. The storms will clear quickly leaving plenty of sunshine in the forecast…