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Many Charlotteans are back to work Monday after a weekend of rain from Hurricane Florence. The National Weather Service reported the city got about 7 inches of rain over the weekend. On a sunny Monday afternoon Atul Mallik was walking back into work at Wells Fargo in uptown Chralotte. He spent the past few days inside watching television while the storm passed. His house didn’t have any damage, and he was back in the office…

Reports that venomous snakes could turn up in Hurricane Florence flood waters proved true Sunday for a firefighter working on North Carolina’s Topsail Island. North Topsail Beach firefighter Bradley Thomas Dixon posted a video Sunday on Facebook showing not one, but two cottonmouths wallowing in the muddy flood waters. The video had been viewed 49,000 times and shared hundreds of times by Monday. Dixon said he “just walked up on” the snakes while checking storm…

Local news organizations covering the devastation of Hurricane Florence have faced their own obstacles over the past week, with reporters, photographers, staff and crew working through exhaustion and often placing themselves in harm’s way to deliver the news. Several newspapers and TV stations in the eastern part of the state had to abandon their newsrooms because of flooding from the lingering storm, while some in the field faced physical peril. In one such instance, a…

TAMPA (FOX 13) – The extent of Hurricane Florence’s impact to the Carolinas is becoming clearer now that the federal government is publishing aerial photos taken during recent survey flights.  Imagery posted on an interactive map was taken by NOAA’s Remote Sensing Division to support homeland security and emergency response needs after the storm.  The photos – taken during long sweeps by airplanes starting on Saturday – show a street-level view of parts of North…

Nelson Unukandi watched from a shelter in Sanford as the first images of New Bern appeared on the television screens. He came to the coastal North Carolina city two months ago as a refugee from the Congo and now watched as its streets and homes filled with water. “I was watching on the news, the river how it’s flooding, the whole downtown was underwater,” he said. “I’ve never seen something like this.” The 28-year-old said…

As the sun poked through the clouds for the first time in days across the Carolinas, the toll of flooding, power outages and downed trees across the state became apparent Monday. At least 19 deaths were linked to the storm, including three in the Charlotte region. A three-month-old boy died Monday in Gaston County when a tree crashed through his parent’s trailer, a one-year-old died in Union County after floodwaters swept the car his mother…

Courtesy of Ben Johnson Courtesy of Ben Johnson BELHAVEN, N.C. (KTVU) – A Belhaven resident documented Florence as he remained at his family’s home during the storm. Ben Johnson says although they suffered damage to their property, the floodwaters have since receded.  He says cleanup is now underway and he’s re-opened the hardware store he owns called Riddick and Windley Ace Hardware.  Here’s a timeline of Ben Johnson’s posts  Thursday at 10:20 p.m.  In his first…

Seventeen deaths have now been attributed to Hurricane Florence in North Carolina, including a 1-year-old boy from Union County who was swept away by floodwaters. Gov. Roy Cooper is describing Florence’s wrath as “a monumental disaster for our state.” While the eye of the storm has left North Carolina, officials are bracing for the “worst flooding yet.” A total of 18 counties have been added to North Carolina’s Major Federal Disaster Declaration request. More counties…

Marines land in uptown Charlotte U.S. Marine Corps aircraft land in uptown Charlotte in preparation for Marine Week , Sept. 5-9. 2018. More than 700 Marines will descend on Charlotte to participate in hands-on displays, ceremonies, community projects, and live demonstrations.

Tammy and Olen Gill had decided to take their baby, Kade, from their mobile home in northern Gaston County to their daughter’s brick home in Kings Mountain Sunday. But the waves of rain and gusts of wind were mild enough that they wondered if they were overreacting, 21-year-old daughter Autumn Gill said Monday. She ate lunch before coming to get them. By the time she pulled in, her 3-month-old baby brother was fatally injured and…

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students will return to class Tuesday, the district announced Monday. But that will immediately be followed by a scheduled teacher work day off on Wednesday. Evacuation shelters set up last week at East Mecklenburg, West Mecklenburg, North Mecklenburg, South Mecklenburg and Ardrey Kell high schools will be moved Monday to county recreation centers, CMS said. Central Piedmont Community College also announced Monday that students would return to a regular schedule on Tuesday. Students…

Updated: 1 p.m. According to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, there have been 17 confirmed deaths in North Carolina due to Florence.  In the Charlotte region, the deaths include a three-month-old from Gaston County and a one-year-old from Union County.  “We mourn the loss of every life and our hearts are with their families,” Cooper said in a press conference Monday afternoon.  The governor cautioned residents to continue to heed evacuation notices. Even though the…

Updated: 3:30 p.m.  No serious injuries related to Florence were reported in Charlotte this past weekend, city officials said in an afternoon press conference.  City Manager Marcus Jones called Charlotte’s preparation and response to the storm a “celebration of communication.” “We had a game plan and we followed the game plan,” Jones said. Now, city officials said they’re moving into the recovery stage.  City Engineer Mike Davis said removing trees and keeping streets open are…