Charlotte North Carolina News

Officials have now lifted mandatory evacuation orders for both Zones 1 and 2 in Florence County.         

An 87-year-old evacuee from Hurricane Florence became the 33rd person to die from the storm in North Carolina after he fell and struck his head in a Guilford County hotel, state emergency officials said. Throughout the Carolinas and Virginia, the storm has claimed 44 lives. The man’s name, the hotel, time of death, and the place he was evacuated from weren’t available Sunday morning. The death was reported Saturday by the state medical examiner’s office….

New Bern was devastated by Hurricane Florence. When the storm howled through the city at the convergence of the Trent and Neuse rivers, it flooded homes, businesses and streets for days. Hundreds were rescued from New Bern and Craven County shortly after the storm hit, The News & Observer reported. Many more would be rescued in the following days. Swift-water rescue teams converged on New Bern to lend a hand and the city issued a…

A National Guard soldier left his Charlotte home to help with Hurricane Florence recovery efforts on the coast — but he came home Friday to find his house ‘ransacked,’ according to a GoFundMe page set up on his behalf. Luis Ocampo, 24, is a military medic with a girlfriend and a baby, according to the GoFundMe page. While he was away with the National Guard, someone stole laptops, a Sony PlayStation 4, a gun and…

At least three of North Carolina’s wild horse herds are safe and accounted for, according to the organizations that oversee and care for them. But at least one herd, living on a barrier island hit hard by Florence and still inaccessible days after the storm passed, are unaccounted for. Staff are working hard to reach them. While the Corolla, Rachel Carson Reserve and Cedar Island herds weathered Florence fine and are getting back to normal,…

Thousands of dead fish strewn along Interstate 40 have created an unnerving sight and smell for motorists as Hurricane Florence flood waters recede in eastern North Carolina. Images of the piles of fish began appearing on social media over the weekend, including video of members of the Penderlea Fire Department washing the fish off the road with a fire hose. “We can add ‘washing fish off of the interstate’ to the long list of interesting…