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Triangle Town Center shut down early Wednesday after a water main break caused flooding on the first floor of the North Raleigh mall. The mall posted on its Facebook page that all interior stores were closed. Efforts to reach the mall were not immediately successful. Posts on social media showed that the bottom floor of the mall was covered in several inches of water in some sections. It is unclear how severe the damage is…

Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday put a price tag on what it will take to at least partially recover from Hurricane Florence, even as a second hurricane threatens North Carolina with more rain and flooding. The governor released what he said is an early estimate of the damage — $13 billion — and presented a $1.5 billion wish list for recovery funding at a news conference in advance of a special hurricane-funding session of the…

NC declares State of Emergency ahead of Hurricane Michael VIDEO: Building collapses as Hurricane Michael lashes Florida Gov. Cooper proposes $1.5B long-term Hurricane Florence recovery package VIDEO: Heavy rain, strong winds pound Panama City ahead of Hurricane Michael Caregiver accused of assaulting physically impaired Apex resident

Chapel Hill, N.C. — Chapel Hill is preparing for the possibility of heavy rain and wind from Hurricane Michael, but Camelot Village, a condo community heavily damaged by Hurricane Florence, now fears what Michael could bring. Many of the first-floor units remain vacant at Camelot Village because they were heavily damaged by Hurricane Florence. There’s still residue in the parking lot, a dumpster with people’s possessions, and equipment left behind by crews. Crews have been…

RALEIGH, N.C (WTVD) — Triangle Town Center closed early Wednesday after a water-line break caused flooding in the mall’s lower level. Water was seen on the floors in the common areas and into some of the stores. The mall shut down about 1 p.m. (Copyright ©2018 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.)

Owner reunited with dogs rescued in Hurricane Florence Jack Denton is reunited with his dogs, AC/DC and Babes, at the Cause for Paws in Zebulon, NC. AC/DC and Babes were rescued from a roof of a flooded home in Newport by members of Cause for Paws on Sept. 15.

Vicious winds pound Panama City Beach as Hurricane Michael makes landfall Oct 10, 2018 Strong winds continue to pound Panama City Beach, Florida as powerful Hurricane Michael makes landfall slightly east of the beach community on Oct. 10, 2018. By

Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 155 mph, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. mainland. Its winds shrieking, Michael crashed ashore in the early afternoon near Mexico Beach, a tourist town about midway along the Panhandle, a lightly populated, 200-mile stretch of white-sand beach resorts, fishing towns and military bases. The director…

Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 155 mph, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. mainland.Michael blew ashore near Mexico Beach, a tourist town about midway along the Panhandle, a lightly populated, 200-mile stretch of white-sand beach resorts, fishing towns and military bases. Watch video from the storm below:‘My heart is racing’: ABC…

RALEIGH, N .C. (WTVD) — State Fair officials announced Wednesday afternoon that for the first time, the opening of the State Fair will be postponed. The fair will not open Thursday as originally planned because of concerns about Hurricane Michael, which is expected to bring heavy rain and strong wind. The Fair will instead open Friday at 10 a.m. “We did not come to this decision lightly. In fact, to our knowledge, we’ve never delayed…

For the first time in recent memory, and maybe the first time ever, the N.C. State Fair will delay opening day because of bad weather. The fair was set to open at 3 p.m. Thursday, but as Hurricane Michael came ashore in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, state and local officials, working with vendors and ride operators, decided to delay the fair’s opening until Friday at 10 a.m. Fair manager Kent Yelverton…

Hurricane Michael is expected to reach the Carolinas as early as Wednesday evening or Thursday morning and is expected to dump heavy rain across the area. That means flooding could be possible. Through our CuriousNC project, several News & Observer readers asked us during Hurricane Florence if their particular home is in a flood-prone area as well as which roads in the Triangle typically flood. That information also shows what areas could flood if Hurricane…

NC Governor: ‘Make no mistake, Hurricane Michael is a dreadful storm’ Oct 10, 2018 NC Governor Roy Cooper tells reporters that “NC is staring down another powerful hurricane” in advance Hurricane Michael. Cooper declared a state of emergency in North Carolina. By

ABC News’ Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee was in the middle of it all when Hurricane Michael made landfall, saying it’s something she has never seen before. “My heart is racing. I have never, George, seen something like an entire home, a well-built home, rolling down the street,” Zee said to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. Zee later tweeted that they later lost the ability to broadcast but that she and her crew were safe. Watch live…