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New clues are revealed in the 18-year-old Asha Degree case The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office released a Facebook video of potential clues that include a Dr. Seus book and a concert t-shirt that relate to Asha Degree, a 9-year-old who was reported missing Feb. 14, 2000.

A small but growing number of roads in Western North Carolina are closed because of flooding and downed trees as the remnants of Hurricane Michael move into the state. And more travel problems are expected. As of 10:30 a.m., 16 roads had been closed because of the storm, mostly in Polk, Ashe and Watauga counties, said Tim Little, the chief engineer for the state Department of Transportation. High water has closed U.S. 176 in both…

Photo: NOAA Photo: NOAA (AP) – South Carolina is getting heavy rains and gusty winds as Tropical Storm Michael speeds through. But officials aren’t seeing anything like the damage inflicted by Hurricane Florence last month. Authorities say about 150,000 South Carolina customers are without power. Trees are downed and there’s minor flash flooding, including standing water that closed ramps onto Interstates 85 and 385 in Greenville. LINK: North Carolina declares State of Emergency ahead of Michael…

Tropical Storm Michael continues to target eastern North Carolina as it rumbles across the southeastern United States, bringing with it storm-force winds, flooding rain and a potential for “life threatening flash flooding,” according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm was about 250 miles southwest of Raleigh at 5:30 a.m., said a National Weather Service in a tweet. Among the first signs of trouble: just after 3 a.m. Thursday, tornado watches were issued in multiple…

Meteorologist Brad Panovich of WCNC-TV talks to WFAE’s Marshall Terry during Morning Edition. Updated: 3 p.m. Tropical Storm Michael is moving northeast at about 23 mph, and the storm is on track exit the Carolinas and be on the Atlantic Ocean Thursday night. The National Weather Service says the storm is about 60 miles east-northeast of Charlotte. But Charlotte region is still seeing the effects of the storm through gusty winds and rainfall. Michael’s maximum…

Photo: NOAA  Photo: NOAA  An official with an emergency management agency says Tropical Storm Michael is responsible for a child’s death in Georgia.  News outlets report Seminole County Emergency Management Agency Director Travis Brooks says someone called 911 as the storm passed through the area and reported the death. WMAZ-TV quotes Brooks as saying a tree fell onto a home Wednesday afternoon and killed an 11-year-old girl. Authorities have not released her identity.  LINK: Michael weakening…

Tropical Storm Michael is just hours from crossing into South Carolina on a track toward the Charlotte region, where it is expected to cause “flooding rain,” heavy winds and possible tornadoes. Some communities in Georgia had 5 inches of rain and more than 350,000 people were without power, reported the Weather Channel Thursday morning. Parts of Mecklenburg County could also see as much as 5 inches of rain today and wind gusts over 30 mph,…

PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (FOX 13) – Two storm chasers got trapped in storm surge and had to abandon their vehicle while live streaming Hurricane Michael storm coverage Wednesday, underscoring the dangers of the massive storm that made landfall in the Florida panhandle. RELATED: Hurricane Michael makes landfall in Mexico Beach as Category 4 Brett Adair and a passenger were live streaming while driving down the roads in Port St. Joe near Mexico Beach as conditions…

Duke Energy expects that Hurricane Michael could cause up to half a million power outages in North and South Carolina, the utility announced Wednesday as the storm made landfall and began its overland approach. Between 300,000 and 500,000 power outages could occur in the Carolinas “based on the storm’s current forecasted track,” the utility said in a news release. The outage projection is “based on the company’s storm modeling tool, which analyzes variables including storm…

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will close Thursday as the area braces for high winds and flooding from Hurricane Michael, the district announced Wednesday evening. “A strong storm system moving into the area tonight is predicted by experts to cause dangerously high winds, flash floods, unsafe travel conditions and possible long transportation delays for families, students and staff,” a district statement said. “The district recognizes the impact of school closings on families in the community and made this…

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper recommended $1.5 billion be set aside for Hurricane Florence relief and preparations for future weather-related events at a press conference today in Raleigh. Cooper says the preliminary estimate of damage from Florence is $13 billion. His budget recommendations include, at the high end, $200 million for a Farmer Recovery Reinvestment Program and would also include $88 million for flood-mapping projects and flood mitigation studies as well as other planning efforts….