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Editor’s Note: This list will continue to be updated as we hear of closings and cancellations. Updated 11:17 p.m. Sept. 14. Sorry, One Direction fans. Niall Horan’s Raleigh show is off. Yes, the one that’s been in the works for about a year. Due to Hurricane Florence, his Sept. 17 show with Maren Morris at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre has been canceled. But, you can still see them in Charlotte…

News & Observer reporter Andrew Carter and photographer Travis Long had been on two rescue boat missions Friday in the floodwaters of New Bern, N.C., as Hurricane Florence, weakened to a tropical storm, continued to drench the state and strand people in their homes. After the second evacuation mission, they were completely soaked. “I was ready to move on to something else,” Carter said, “but Travis recommended we hang in there and follow one last…

Seven deaths have been confirmed as a result of Hurricane Florence, which is now a tropical storm.Director of Emergency Services in Carteret County, Stephen Rea, told ABC11 Saturday morning that two people died in Harkers Island Friday morning.Specific details surrounding the deaths have not yet been released; however, he said they did not drown. In Wilmington, a mother and infant were killed after a tree fell on their home after Hurricane Florence made landfall in…

WILMINGTON, North Carolina — In the midst of the storm, a group of firefighters were captured spreading a bit of peace during a time of devastation. Wilmington Fire Department were attempting to rescue a family after a tree fell on their home after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina Friday morning. Firefighters and rescue crews stopped to kneel and pray after they discovered the mother and her 8-month-old infant were killed by the fallen…

Tropical Storm Florence was predicted all along to camp over the Carolinas after making landfall. But just how slow is the storm moving? Just 2 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. update Saturday. At that speed, Florence is creeping along at about the same rate as a rat walks. In fact, Florence is meandering across North and South Carolina about as slowly as some of the world’s fastest turtles, according to an…

Darkness and danger spread across North Carolina on Saturday, as Florence blasted an ever-widening swath of the state with torrential rain and dangerous wind. Five North Carolinians had died from storm-related incidents as of Saturday morning, and Gov. Roy Cooper said others remained under investigation. The fatalities illustrate the scope of hazards facing people in Florence’s broad path: Two were killed by a tree falling on their home, one was electrocuted while connecting extension cords…

As our community begins to recover from Florence, the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is here for our community right now and in the weeks to come. They have been coordinating with partner agencies across their service area and stocking their shelves with as much food as they can take. If you or anyone you know has been impacted by the storm and are in need of their assistance, please use this…

The evacuation order for the Lowcountry is lifted as Tropical Storm Florence moves out of the coast areas and into the Midlands. The office of Governor Henry McMaster ended the evacuation for Charleston, Dorchester, Berkeley, and Colleton counties on Saturday. The end of the evacuation goes into effect at noon. “Returning residents are encouraged to exercise patience and expect lengthy travel times, blocked roadways, or detours back to evacuated areas and are asked not to…

Tropical Storm Florence claimed at least one home, a roof and, possibly, a life as it made its slow march through central South Carolina Friday night and Saturday. Though the once-devastating storm had weakened significantly as it moved inland, reports of damage in Lexington County included a tree falling onto a West Columbia home Saturday morning. A person inside the house in the 700 block of Violet Street reported leg pain as a result of…

Blowing ashore with howling 90 mph winds, Hurricane Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people, and swamped entire communities along the Carolina coast Friday in what could be just the opening act in a watery, two-part, slow-motion disaster.Florence was downgraded to a Tropical Storm Friday. ABC11 is providing live, nonstop coverage of Hurricane Florence. For regular programming go to 11.2. Click here for how to find 11.2 More than 360 people had been rescued by…

As Hurricane Florence, now a tropical storm, crawls through the Carolinas, our reporters and photojournalists are on the coast. Their Friday reports from the coast are here. You can follow them at @_andrewcarter, @joshshaffer08, @MarthaQuillin. @vizjourno, , , New Bern, N.C..: A kitten, a photo, a flood 10 a.m. Both were wet. Both wore tired expressions. A photo of Robert Simmons Jr. and his kitten has gone viral — a moment that seemed to capture…