Raleigh North Carolina News

Feeding hot meals to Hurricane Florence victims Sep 19, 2018 The NC Baptist Men / Baptists on Mission, in coordination with The American Red Cross and The Salvation Army cook and distribute thousands of meals for victims of Hurricane Florence By

Two friends endured Hurricane Florence together. Although it might have caused them to evacuate their home, they stayed together. At least that’s what one South Carolina woman believes after she found them. The friends are a dog and a sheep. And Wanda Cooper started a campaign on Facebook to help reunite them with their proper owner. “If anyone in the Inman area have lost these two I have them. It’s a dog & his sheep,”…

As Hurricane Florence approached, 100 volunteers came together to fill sandbags at Lumberton’s most vulnerable spot: A railroad underpass crossing beneath Interstate 95 and the Lumber River levee. It’s the place where floodwaters spilled into neighborhoods during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 — a weakness local leaders had hoped to fix before the next big storm. The city has money for a floodgate system that could plug the underpass, but construction isn’t scheduled to start until…

Mud-spattered and exhausted from cleaning up after the flood, Barbara Bullard-Mimms scowled as she thought about the brown, sediment-filled water that poured into her house last weekend. Swirling in the flood water were toxins powerful enough to make her sick, she said Wednesday while surveying the mucky mess in her neighborhood. “I’m extremely concerned about the contaminants,’’ Bullard-Mimms said. “I’m more concerned about that than the flooding. I can recover from the flooding. … But…

Billions of gallons of water have flooded five of Martin Marietta’s quarries in Eastern North Carolina, by far the worst flooding the company has experienced in the past two decades of major hurricanes, said eastern district general manager Buzz Crosby. “The Castle Hayne quarry is basically part of the Cape Fear River system now,” Crosby said. Headquartered in Raleigh, Martin Marietta produces stone and aggregate materials used to build roads. There are 16 Martin Marietta…

LUMBERTON, NC — A dog rescued from a flooded North Carolina home after Hurricane Florence had climbed onto kitchen counters to escape the rising floodwaters. PETA volunteers rescued the dog, Max, from the kitchen of a Lumberton home after the storm had moved through. In a tweet, PETA said firefighters in the area contacted the organization after noticing the dog from the outside. This dog climbed on top of the kitchen counter to escape the…

Even before Hurricane Florence finished its damage in the Carolinas, hurricane T-shirts were for sale. Popular designs show North Carolina and South Carolina together. Some support Florence relief, either with all sales or a portion of sales. But with so many designs coming so quickly, state officials say you should do your homework to make sure the money is going where it’s supposed to. Liz Proctor, spokeswoman for the N.C. Secretary of State’s Office, said…

Florence kills 3.4 million chickens and turkeys, 5,500 pigs in NC Sep 19, 2018 So far 3.4 million chickens and turkeys, and 5,500 hogs are dead in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence wind and floods. The numbers are expected to increase this week. The livestock death toll doubles that of Hurricane Matthew in 2016. By

By Janine Bowen, WRAL.com editor Fayetteville, N.C. — Fayetteville police are searching for a man accused of robbing an elderly woman at a Hurricane Florence shelter. Police said Ronald Robinson Jr., 37, stole the woman’s purse after helping her walk to the bathroom at an unnamed shelter. Robinson later pawned the woman’s jewelry at an area pawn shop, police said. Robinson is charged with felony larceny, financial card theft and obtaining property by false pretenses….

Camelot Village was a hive of activity this week as owners, tenants and flooding recovery crews started ripping apart first-floor condos in nine flooded buildings. The town found that 57 of 70 condos inspected had sheetrock or electrical damage, making them uninhabitable, Chapel Hill spokeswoman Catherine Lazorko said. Other condos had damage to heating and air-conditioning units or appliances that will have to be repaired. Orange County’s Department of Social Services opened a shelter in…

Devastation from Hurricane Florence extended to North Carolina’s livestock industry which left millions of dead animals in its path. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs were killed in the record-shattering storm. The losses are higher than when Hurricane Matthew hit in 2016 and the numbers are expected to climb as operations are now underway to reach animals isolated by flooding. Governor Roy Cooper…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — Just outside the Dean Smith Center, a football equipment truck became part of an important team operation. The @TarHeelFootball program is using an equipment truck to help gather donations and help our neighbors that are in need. Bonus, folks who donate get free football tickets to Saturday’s game against Pitt (while supplies last). pic.twitter.com/YmJ2n6OMmG — Joe Mazur (@joemazurabc11) September 19, 2018 The Tar Heels Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham made the…

Fayetteville, N.C. — Following Florence, Rockfish Creek in Cumberland County spilled its banks for the second time in two years. LaShe’t Hackett has lived on Pennystone Drive for several years. She said floodwaters from Rockfish Creek kept here out of her home for more than a year following Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. But this time, the water did not get in her home. The water came close though, covering about half of her backyard….

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — There are roughly 250 guardsmen from out-of-state and about 100 guardsmen in the state at Morrisville Aviation waiting to be deployed to different missions. As of Tuesday night, the National Guard completed 190 missions and 225 rescues, which included five animal rescues. They have been non-stop since Sunday, flying over flooded areas looking for people in distress, surveying damage and taking supplies. The team picks up the supplies in Wilmington and…

A mystery has emerged in the telling of how the Outer Banks’ wild horses survived Hurricane Florence. Instincts dating back five centuries compel the feral mustangs to either huddle on high ground — butts to the wind — or seek refuge in the maritime forest during storms, say experts. But news has come of a Shackleford Banks horse named Merlin who was fenced in an “inundated” quarantine site during the storm, according the Foundation for…