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ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (WTVD) — As business owners and residents await financial aid from insurance companies and FEMA, recovery at Atlantic Beach slowly progresses. It’s been one month and one day since Hurricane Florence hit the North Carolina coast. Once the storm passed, ABC11 partnered with Fire Chief Adam Snyder of the Atlantic Beach Fire Department for a tour to look at the damage. Fire Chief Adam Snyder was out of the office on Monday,…

LELAND, N.C. (WTVD) — Tom Meyer’s home was one of more than 30 in the Stoney Creek Plantation subdivision in Leland that flooded. “I had no place to take all my animals so we decided we were going to stay,” said Meyer as he recounted how he survived Hurricane Florence a month ago. Some residents are living in campers outside their homes, at hotels, in rentals or with family and friends. Meyer, his daughter, and…

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (WTVD) — As business owners and residents await financial aid from insurance companies and FEMA, recovery at Atlantic Beach slowly progresses. It’s been one month and one day since Hurricane Florence hit the North Carolina coast. Once the storm passed, ABC11 partnered with Fire Chief Adam Snyder of the Atlantic Beach Fire Department for a tour to look at the damage. Fire Chief Adam Snyder was out of the office on Monday,…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — North Carolina lawmakers are back in session Monday and are expected to discuss Hurricane Florence recovery legislation. General Assembly passes bills providing hurricane relief The North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday began its special session by swiftly – and unanimously – passing two bills providing aid and relief to communities battered by Hurricane Florence. “Of course, we’re going to deal with agriculture needs,” said Rep. Tim Moore (R-District 111) , Speaker, NC…

Residents of hurricane-ravaged communities in Florida’s Panhandle turned to volunteers and each other for help Monday, the fifth day without cell service, electricity or, in many cases, shelter. Trevor Lewis, a member of a six-person search-and-rescue unit, said he watched people “cry out in joy” when his team let them use its cellphones to contact loved ones for the first time in days. “The amount of stress that people are in, not just from losing…

By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press PARIS — Flash floods tore through towns in southwest France, turning waterways into raging torrents that killed at least 10 people, authorities said Monday. People had to be helicoptered from the roofs of their homes as overnight storms dumped the equivalent of several months of rain in a few hours. Initially, the French Interior Ministry announced 13 deaths from the floods in the Aude region. But French Prime Minister Edouard…

The Latest on flash floods in southwest France (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The French Interior Ministry says the death toll from the flash floods that struck the southwest Aude region has been lowered to 10. French authorities initially reported Monday that at least 13 people died after exceptionally heavy rain caused the overnight flooding. The ministry said it revised the figure later in the day after realizing some victims had been counted twice. French…

Northern California’s biggest utility has shut power to tens of thousands of customers, an unprecedented step to prevent wildfires amid rising winds and official warnings of extreme fire danger. Pacific Gas & Electric began turning off the lights in California’s wine country and nearby counties Sunday evening and schools canceled Monday classes throughout the district. PG&E announced earlier this year its plan to shut power preemptively after authorities blamed its power lines for sparking some…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be at the NC State Fair giving advice on how to rebuild stronger to prevent damage from future storms.Workers will be in the Kerr Scott Building from 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. Monday. How North Carolina Florence victims can get federal assistance They’ll be answering questions about flood insurance, home repairs, making disaster plans, and putting together supply kits. Tips to help after…

BAY COUNTY, Fla. — A call for help on a satellite image helped track down a Florida family who rode out Hurricane Michael north of Panama City. Amber Gee, of Callaway, Florida, was using NOAA’s interactive satellite map on Saturday to check on her grandmother’s property. She thought her grandmother and two other relatives had evacuated prior to the storm, but when she zoomed in on her grandmother’s house, she found the word “HELP” spelled…

By Claudia Rupcich, WRAL reporter Raleigh, N.C. — In addition to its usual appeals like food, agriculture displays, showcases and rides, the North Carolina State Fair is focused on something new this year — hurricane relief. This year, those affected by Hurricane Florence are able to get help navigating the recovery process at the fair. FEMA mitigation specialists will be offering potentially lifesaving advice all day starting Monday at 9 a.m. inside the Kerr Scott…

North Carolina lawmakers are going back to work to decide on approving hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up from Hurricane Florence and help the storm’s victims. The General Assembly prepared to reconvene Monday the special session that Gov. Roy Cooper began two weeks ago. At that time, the GOP-controlled legislature located $56 million and eased rules on voter registration and public school calendars for the hardest-hit counties. Now GOP leaders say they’re ready…

Authorities in southwest France say at least five people have been killed in violent storms and floods that saw the equivalent of several months of rainfall in the space of hours. Alain Thirion, the prefect of the Aude region, gave the death toll in a phone interview with 24-hour news channel BFMTV. He said some of the dead appeared to have been swept away by floodwaters. He said one river rose by more than six…

Mary Frances Parrish is expecting to be without electricity for several weeks, or roughly the same time the terminally ill son she’s caring for is expected to live. In the days after Hurricane Michael smashed through her neighborhood, leaving many of her neighbors’ homes destroyed, she and her son Derrell, 47, were planning to stay, with or without running water and electricity. The reason is the same she waited out the storm in the tiny…

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WTVD) — North Carolinians on the coast are still struggling to recover from Hurricane Florence one month after it made landfall. Elaine Andrews said South Beach Grill, the popular Wrightsville Beach restaurant she owns with her husband, is nowhere close to reopening. Rain water seeped in through the roof of the restaurant. “We couldn’t get on the beach for days and it was very hot,” Andrews said. “We just had mold growing…