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NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — Duke Energy’s Brunswick nuclear plant is in a state of emergency after being cut off by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence. Our newsgathering partners at The News & Observer report the 1,200-acre complex is inaccessible to outside personnel after declaring an “unusual event,” the lowest level of nuclear emergency. Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Joey Ledford said the plant is stable and poses no threat to public safety. The floodwaters have not entered…

Seven-months-pregnant Emy Chamberlain and her fiance Brenden Wellings were getting ready for the arrival of their first child — a baby girl. But now they’re shifting gears as the water in the Waccamaw River rises from the impacts of Hurricane Florence near their Conway-area home. The young couple moved their new baby supplies to the highest part of their Waccamaw Drive home on stilts, just off U.S. 501. The two, who live with Chamberlain’s mother…

Coast Guard rescue swimmer investigates truck in dangerous flooding Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jordon Shevlin, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Atlantic City, NJ., gets battered and buffeted to investigate a truck caught in dangerous flooding in the wake of Hurricane Florence, Sept. 16, 2018.

The North Carolina football team will offer its 18-wheel equipment truck to take non-perishable food items and supplies across the state to victims of Hurricane Florence, UNC football coach Larry Fedora said Monday. The university will be accepting donations from the public Tuesday through Friday. On Friday, the truck will deliver the supplies and food to those in need. “We’re willing to do anything that we can to help anybody in the state right now,”…

One last round of drenching rain from Tropical Storm Florence made driving hazardous Monday and forced some local residents to flee rising floodwaters. The morning commute was slow-going for many who found themselves driving through deep water and, in some cases, coming to a complete stop. Videos posted to social media showed water covering heavily traveled roads, including Franklin Street in Chapel Hill and Duke Street in Durham. Many roads in Orange and Durham counties…

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — North Carolina officials are making it easy for storm victims to check out contractors before they hire them to clean up or to repair damage from Hurricane Florence. The state licensing board for contractors now has a free mobile app called “NCLBGC Search” that lets anyone search their database of contractors by name, address, license number, or county. “We are very aware that there are going to be numerous folks flooding…

Florence has produced a lot of news. Here are some things to know Monday: 1. Tornadoes continue to be an elevated risk in our area. Two tornadoes were confirmed in central North Carolina in Wayne and Wilson counties Monday morning. 2. Though flooding continues as a dangerous threat, the Triangle should start to dry out after days of wet weather. According to WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, “Our rainfall potential is really starting to go down….

Eastern North Carolina was hit especially hard during Hurricane Florence. In New Bern, many areas are still completely flooded, leaving people without basic necessities. Beginning Sept. 20 at 1 p.m., a “Fill The Truck” Florence Relief Effort will begin to assist New Bern residents.If you want to donate, visit the Walmart on 4500 Fayetteville Road in Garner.They will be collecting the following items: New or gently used clothing and shoes of all sizes Toiletries (especially…

Florence has left the Carolinas but she left a trail of misery in her wake, with several people dead, flooded buildings and destroyed property. Headlines: At least 23 people in the Carolinas have been killed in the storm, including 17 in North Carolina and six in South Carolina, according to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office and the Associated Press. Two tornadoes were confirmed Monday morning in central North Carolina in Wayne and Wilson counties. A large…

Pender County, N.C. — Video shows rescue crews airlifting an elderly woman from her home, which was surrounded by floodwater in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Petty Officer 1st Class Steve Maccaferri, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard, along with an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew, rescued the woman from her home in Pender County, North Carolina on Sunday. The woman ran out of medication and was unable to nourish herself properly, according to the U.S….

The Union County Sheriff’s Office confirmed deputies have located the body of the missing 1-year-old, who was swept away in rushing waters Sunday night as Florence dumped rain across North Carolina. Search activities resumed Monday after crews spent several hours searching for Kaiden Lee-Welch on the ground and in the nearby creek, authorities confirmed to WSOC-TV. Union County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tony Underwood said a woman and her child were on their way to visit…

As Tropical Storm Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods, more than 472,000 are without power.As of 11 a.m., Monday, the statewide power outage total was 472,698. 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…

Tammy and Olen Gill had decided to take their baby, Kade, from their mobile home in northern Gaston County to their daughter’s brick home in Kings Mountain Sunday. But the waves of rain and gusts of wind were mild enough that they wondered if they were overreacting, 21-year-old daughter Autumn Gill said Monday. She ate lunch before coming to get them. By the time she pulled in, her 3-month-old baby brother was fatally injured and…

By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor Durham, N.C. — While apologizing for the inconvenience and potential danger to students and staff, Durham Public Schools officials defended the decision to hold classes Monday as flooding from Hurricane Florence intensified across the Triangle. “Although we made the best decision we could with the information we had this morning, we are sorry to our families and staff for the difficulties that came from our decision to open…

For Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera, T-shirts have always been a way of supporting the charities most important to him and his team. In the past, that has meant shirts supporting everything from congenital heart conditions (through tight end Greg Olsen’s foundation) to animal adoption. But in the wake of Hurricane Florence, which blew through the Carolinas weekend while the team was off playing in Atlanta, Rivera unveiled a new T-shirt Monday to support storm…