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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — In response to flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, Tyson Foods, Inc. is sending teams to prepare meals for those affected by and responding to the disaster in Fayetteville. The company’s “Meals That Matter” mobile disaster relief truck will begin setting up at the Walmart on South Raeford Road this evening. Free, hot meals will be provided beginning Thursday at 11 a.m. Tyson Foods is also organizing a distribution network…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Amtrak service in North Carolina is getting back on track more than a week after service was interrupted because of Hurricane Florence. The Piedmont train that runs between Raleigh and Charlotte will resume Thursday, Sept. 20. RELATED: Florence flooding updates: President Trump says ‘we’re with you all the way’ Several other routes will start back up on Sunday, Sept. 22. That includes Amtrak’s Silver Meteor, Silver Star and Palmetto trains. Anyone…

ASHE COUNTY, N.C. — Floods from Florence are still causing problems across North Carolina. On Tuesday, officials said rainfall from the hurricane was responsible for a mudslide which caused a fire at a bank in Ashe County. Authorities told WSOC within minutes of the mudslide, much of Life Store Bank in Warrensville was engulfed in flames. The storm dumped six to eight inches of rain in that area. “Can’t believe it happened, resident Vickie Cooper…

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — Former reality star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel flew to Fayetteville on Wednesday afternoon to distribute supplies to Hurricane Florence victims in the Carolinas.The former “Real Housewives of New York City” star went to the Manna Church shelter in Fayetteville with her daughter and a team of volunteers to deliver a wide range of necessities to families that had to evacuate. Some of the supplies her crew brought include solar-powered lights, cash…

An official at a water utility company in North Carolina says Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters caused 3.2 million gallons of partially-treated wastewater to mix with a creek. The Daily News of Jacksonville reports the Onslow Sewer and Water Authority says the storm’s rainfall caused water in the Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility in Richlands to rise several feet. CEO Jeff Hudson says the water “devastated” the plant and fried electrical units used to control and perform…

This man and his cat became the faces of Florence and a story of resilience and hope Sep 20, 2018 A photograph of Robert Simmons Jr. and a kitten, Survivor, in a flooded New Bern, NC, neighborhood, went viral during Hurricane Florence. Here is what happened to Simmons and the cat after the picture was taken. By

Hurricane Florence was blowing across eastern North Carolina hours before making landfall, and Bennie Lee Sutton’s hunting beagles were howling in their backyard kennel. So he was up in the middle of the night doing what he knew would quiet the pack of more than a dozen hounds: parking his pickup nearby and shining the headlights into their pen. Sutton could be heard talking to someone, probably the dogs, shortly before dawn Friday as winds…

Aerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina, with tell-tale trails of rainbow-colored sheen indicating potential contamination visible on top of the black floodwaters. However, conditions remain so bad more than five days after Hurricane Florence made landfall that the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality said its inspectors have been unable to visit the hardest hit areas or collect samples of the floodwater for lab testing. The agency’s regional…

Hurricane Florence is still wearing out the Carolinas, where residents have endured an agonizing week of violent winds, torrential rain, widespread flooding, power outages and death. Frustration and sheer exhaustion are building as thousands of people wait to go home seven days after the storm began battering the coast. Florence is blamed for at least 37 deaths, including those of two women who drowned when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility…

KINSTON, N.C. (WTVD) — Volunteers at the Civil Air Station are giving away free food and cases of water to people in southern Lenoir County. MORE: Full coverage of Hurricane Florence That part of the county is among the hardest hit. About 400 people in the southern region remain without power, a significant drop from 7,500 people total at the height of the storm. The biggest concern is the Neuse River’s slow but steady rise….

By Monica Laliberte, WRAL executive producer/consumer reporter Raleigh, N.C. — A Jacksonville woman was having contractions last week as she left the path of Hurricane Florence in search of a safe place to give birth to her first child. Little James Radcliffe, all 8 pounds of him, was snuggled and safe Wednesday. “We weren’t expecting to give birth here, but we did,” said It started last week with a mandatory evacuation from Jacksonville. First-time parents…

It has been clear for a long while now that Martin Necas has the potential to be a special player, and at the very least an exciting one. At one point during Wednesday’s game, the Carolina Hurricanes rookie skated into a cul de sac, only to pull off a sort-of half-spin toe-drag move that teleported him past a defenseman and into open space on the left wing. “I just didn’t know what to do with…

CEDAR CREEK, N.C. (WTVD) — They call themselves “river people,” but even families who live along the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County’s Cedar Creek community were not prepared for the historic flooding brought by Hurricane Florence. “It just breaks my heart, it tears me apart, just makes me feel so bad because there’s nothing you can do except try to help them build back,” said Brian Carter, a lifelong Cedar Creek resident who took…

By Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter Southport, N.C. — Beach towns are slowly reopening to residents, but most are still closed to tourists following Hurricane Florence. Some roads in Brunswick County are completely washed out, including Bethel Road, which is the only way in and out for about 30 Southport residents. A path carved out in the brush, built with a few wood planks, is now the only available route. For the first time since Florence…

Quick observations from the Carolina Hurricanes’ 6-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday in the second preseason game for both teams at PNC Arena. — Was the pressure already on Scott Darling? Not in preseason, but goalie Petr Mrazek performed well Tuesday in his first outing for the Canes, stopping all nine shots against a veteran Tampa Bay lineup in the Canes’ 4-1 win at Amalie Arena. It was Darling’s net Wednesday for…