Florence downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, at least 4 dead in North Carolina

Florence downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, at least 4 dead in North Carolina

Florence was downgraded from a category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. update. The storm dropped to sustained winds of 70 mph. A category 1 hurricane must have winds of at least 74 mph. The “erratic” storm made landfall Friday morning near Wrightsville Beach, as North Carolina first responders and the governor reported the first four deaths associated with the storm. Wilmington police reported that a tree…

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Florence downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, at least 5 dead in North Carolina

Florence downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, at least 5 dead in North Carolina

This story was updated at 5 p.m. ET Florence was downgraded from a category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. update. The storm dropped to sustained winds of 70 mph. A category 1 hurricane must have winds of at least 74 mph. The “erratic” storm made landfall Friday morning near Wrightsville Beach, as North Carolina first responders and the governor reported the first four deaths associated with…

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NC State's Kevin Keatts calls on coaching community to assist in Hurricane Florence recovery

NC State's Kevin Keatts calls on coaching community to assist in Hurricane Florence recovery

By Kyle Morton, HighSchoolOT Multimedia Sports Journalist NC State men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts offered support for the communities being heavily affected by Hurricane Florence via Twitter Friday, promising to share details on how he and his program will help those affected “later.” The second-year coach of the Wolfpack came to Raleigh in the spring of 2017 immediately from UNC Wilmington, where he coached from 2014-2017. He emphasized the importance of the coast to him…

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NC State’s Kevin Keatts calls on coaching community to assist in Hurricane Florence recovery

NC State’s Kevin Keatts calls on coaching community to assist in Hurricane Florence recovery

NC State university is currently evaluating the best course of action by which to follow through on Keatts’ directive, weighing options that include both collecting donations themselves as an athletic department or through directing people in the NCSU community and department to one particular charity.

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Search our map to see if your neighborhood is at risk of Florence flooding this weekend

Search our map to see if your neighborhood is at risk of Florence flooding this weekend

Heavy rain is expected to bring weekend flooding to Charlotte, and it’s the city’s oldest neighborhoods that could face the highest risks. More than 2,400 properties sit in areas that the city’s storm water experts consider at the “highest risk” of flooding. Many of these properties are in floodplains that border waterways and that make a massive ring around uptown. Tim Trautman, the city’s storm water engineering and mitigation program manager, said there are floodplains…

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President Trump plans to visit Florence-impacted areas next week

President Trump plans to visit Florence-impacted areas next week

President Donald Trump is planning to visit areas affected by Hurricane Florence next week, though his exact plans are not yet finalized. “The President is expected to travel to areas affected by the storm early to middle of next week, once it is determined his travel will not disrupt any rescue or recovery efforts. We will keep you posted when we have details,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday. Hurricane Florence is bringing…

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‘It’s very disturbing.’ Hurricane Florence evacuees worry about impact on the NC coast.

‘It’s very disturbing.’ Hurricane Florence evacuees worry about impact on the NC coast.

Thousands of North Carolina storm evacuees are physically safe from the effects of Hurricane Florence, but their hearts and minds are focused on what’s happening to their homes and possessions under assault on the coast. Many coastal residents heeded the evacuation orders and fled in advance of the arrival of Florence, with some ending up in the more than 200 emergency shelters set up statewide. At the emergency shelter at Garner High School, evacuees kept…

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Hurricane Florence flood watch: NC rivers to approach record-setting heights

Hurricane Florence flood watch: NC rivers to approach record-setting heights

As Hurricane Florence makes its way over the Carolinas, dumping rain that in some places is being measured in feet rather than inches, the flooding danger presented by overflowing rivers grows greater. The worst flooding will likely start Saturday night or Sunday morning, according to predictions from the National Weather Service, and will continue for at least several days. The Triangle will not be as affected as much of eastern North Carolina. “Life threatening, catastrophic…

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Florence Sunday flood watch: Here’s when NC’s rivers will set flood records

Florence Sunday flood watch: Here’s when NC’s rivers will set flood records

Several rivers in North Carolina overflowed Sunday morning as Florence continued to dump rain across the southeastern part of the state and into South Carolina. None of the major rivers in the Triangle — Crabtree, Marsh, Swift or Walnut creeks — were on the verge of flooding, according to the The National Weather Service’s reports early Sunday. Crabtree Creek at Old Wake Forest Road, for example, had fallen to 9.48 feet after hitting 11.6 feet…

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Mother, baby dead as Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

Mother, baby dead as Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hurricane Florence rolled ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, killing at least two people and trapping hundreds more in high water as it settled in for what could be a long and extraordinarily destructive drenching. More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing cinderblock motel. Hundreds more were rescued elsewhere from rising water. Others could only wait and hope someone would…

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Hurricane Florence: Search map of potentially deadly Mecklenburg County dams

Hurricane Florence: Search map of potentially deadly Mecklenburg County dams

As Hurricane Florence rumbled across the Atlantic Ocean last week, a group of North Carolina officials left an annual dam safety conference in Seattle to begin monitoring the roughly 5,700 dams across the state. They reached out to dam owners, asking that they check the integrity of their structures and lower water levels if need be. Now a group of state dam safety officials are huddled in the emergency operation center in Raleigh. They’re in…

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Columbia residents ‘cautiously optimistic’ Florence won’t repeat 2015 floods

Columbia residents ‘cautiously optimistic’ Florence won’t repeat 2015 floods

Gills Creek flowed a little higher and a little quicker than normal Friday morning after lakes along the watershed were lowered in anticipation of Hurricane Florence’s arrival in the South Carolina Midlands. Nearly three years ago, torrential downpours and broken dams riled the creek, ravaging scores of homes and businesses with flooding never seen before in the Columbia area. With memories of October 2015 still painfully fresh in their minds, residents and business owners along…

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Frying pan restaurant owner documents Hurricane

Frying pan restaurant owner documents Hurricane

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (KTVU) – When a hurricane begins pummeling your restaurant, there’s not much you can do other than close up shop, hunker down and pull out your iPhone 10 to document the storm. And that’s exactly what Craig Sblanks, 44, general manager of the Frying Pan restaurant and American Fish Company in Southport, N.C., did. “I did it during Matthew two years ago,” Sblanks said by phone Friday, referring to the Category 5 hurricane…

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WATCH: Dogs rescued in Jacksonville during Hurricane Florence

WATCH: Dogs rescued in Jacksonville during Hurricane Florence

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — On Friday, dogs in Jacksonville, North Carolina, were rescued from flooded homes and brought to safety. RELATED: Shelter animals evacuated ahead of Hurricane Florence Live video showed dogs being removed from a boat in the flood waters of Hurricane Florence. The hurricane made landfall just before 7:30 Friday morning Category 1 storm. (Copyright ©2018 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.)

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