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In the era of social media, there’s little doubt that East Carolina’s football team knew about a Virginia Tech tweet that seemed to question the Pirates’ decision to cancel their Sept. 15 game against the Hokies. ECU last Tuesday announced its football team would not be traveling to Blacksburg but instead heading to Florida to get out of the path of Hurricane Florence, a storm that made landfall on Friday as a Category 1 hurricane…

Five takeaways from the Carolina Hurricanes traning camp: 1) Small sample size and no games played yet, but the Hurricanes’ trade for Dougie Hamilton and Michael Ferland appears to be an upgrade. Ferland will be a more physical forward than the traded Elias Lindholm, who played with an edge but not often enough for the Canes. Ferland also had the 20-goal production — scoring 21 for Calgary — last season that Lindholm always talked about…

As Tropical Storm Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods, more than 435,000 are without power.As of 11 a.m., Monday, the statewide power outage total was 435,081. VIEW THE OUTAGE MAP BELOW. More outage information here Most of the outages are in Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Robeson, Sampson, Wake, Wayne, Pamlico, Pender and Onslow counties near the coast. RELATED: What to do if you lose power/Si no tiene electricidad después de una…

While Florence has left South Carolina, threats from the storm linger. After being deluged with rain, Pee Dee residents are bracing for more flooding from the Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Lumber and Waccamaw rivers. All continue to rise and are expected to crest later this week. “We saw a lot of flash flooding over the last couple of days,” said Derrec Becker, spokesman for the S.C. Emergency Management Division. “Now, what we’ll start to…

Nailing down exact rainfall totals from the variable bands and clusters of showers and storms we’ll see this afternoon and tonight, and then on a more scattered basis tomorrow and Tuesday, is very difficult, but…Read More Nailing down exact rainfall totals from the variable bands and clusters of showers and storms we’ll see this afternoon and tonight, and then on a more scattered basis tomorrow and Tuesday, is very difficult, but this graphic gives a…

Hurricane Florence slammed the Carolinas and neighboring states with storm surge, damaging winds, and catastrophic flooding. For those who are looking to help, here is a roundup of several organizations that are currently responding to areas affected by Florence: The American Red Cross The American Red Cross has already mobilized more than 1,500 disaster workers to aid in the relief efforts. The American Red Cross is currently taking donations to aid in their response efforts,…

A South Carolina woman was forced to evacuate for Florida because of Hurricane Florence. Ashleigh Gilleland, and her fiancé David, traveled from Myrtle Beach to Sarasota to escape the deadly storm, the 21-year-old told The State in an interview via Facebook and email. As Gilleland left a Sarasota restaurant, she discovered a note and gift waiting on her windshield, she posted on Facebook. It was left there by a stranger, a Florida resident who wrote…

The tariffs President Trump has slapped on imports from China, Canada and other countries — as well as new tariffs he is expected to announce late Monday — are almost certain to make it more expensive for homeowners in the Carolinas to rebuild and refurnish after Hurricane Florence. While prices naturally rise after a natural disaster, given the spike in demand for building materials, Trump’s trade war has already boosted costs for imported plywood and…

If you’d like to help out those in the Carolinas who have been impacted by Hurricane Florence, here’s your chance. ABC11 Together and the American Red Cross are teaming up on Tuesday, September 18, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for a Hurricane Florence Relief Drive. Since it made landfall on Friday as a Category 1 storm, Florence has impacted countless lives in the region, and its impact continues to grow. Cities to our southeast,…

Sky 5 started in Durham on Hillandale Road at Sprunt Avenue, not far from Interstate 85. There, an overflowing Ellerbe Creek roared across Hillandale Golf Course and down into the street. In Chapel Hill, receding waters Monday morning were buffeted by the gusty winds from Florence’s rain bands. At nearby Umstead Park, Bolin Creek had blown its banks, turning a playground into a water park. More On This

The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 3:20 p.m. Virginia officials say a tornado touched down and damaged three properties in the southern part of the state near the border with North Carolina. Virginia Department of Emergency Management State Coordinator Jeff Stern said the tornado touched down in Mecklenburg County on Monday. Stern said there were no reports of injuries, and two homes and a trailer were damaged. Much of the western part…

Both the Wake County, Durham and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school systems announced that schools will reopen Tuesday after having been closed for three days due to Hurricane Florence. Durham school officials announced that schools will open Tuesday on a two-hour delay “to ensure that our facilities are prepared and roads are safe following today’s rainfall.” Durham reopened Monday, but issued an apology to parents when conditions worsened on the roads more than they anticipated. Schools will…

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a Pollocksville, N.C., man Monday, plucking him and his small dog from atop a stranded van in Florence’s flood waters, according to photos taken by The Associated Press. Willie Schubert of Pollocksville was shirtless and cradling his dog when the helicopter crew lifted him onto a roof and then into the helicopter, a series of photographs by AP photographer Steve Helber show. The dog’s name: Lucky. U.S. Coast…

Raleigh, N.C. — Map: Videos, images | Shelters, roads by county | Images: Florence’s impact Get help, give help | NC’s worst hurricanes | River flooding forecast Hurricane Florence caused a record amount of rainfall in North Carolina and has created the highest rainfall total for any tropical system to ever strike the East Coast of the United States, according to CNN. The highest totals so far were measured in from Swansboro, which saw more…

CHARLOTTE, North Caroina — A rail company says it’s investigating whether heavy rains from Florence contributed to a train derailment in North Carolina. CSX said in a news release that the derailment happened Sunday night in Anson County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Charlotte. The railroad company said nine locomotives and five railcars ran off the track. The company said none of the cars was carrying hazardous materials. But some of the locomotives…