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By Alfred Charles, WRAL.com Managing Editor Raleigh, N.C. — Florence is long gone from North Carolina but hot, humid weather has returned to the Triangle. Temperatures are expected to climb to the upper 80s on Tuesday and the air will be very moist, said WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. Temperatures will drop to the upper 60s for the low. “It will still feel like summer and not fall,” she said. “Although fall officially starts Saturday.” Many…

Nigerian authorities say 100 people have died in flooding after heavy rains in recent days. A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency tells The Associated Press that the deaths have occurred in 10 states and that the toll could rise. The Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency say rising water levels will be higher than those recorded in 2012, when flooding killed 363 people and displaced over 2.1 million. The agencies…

Devastating flooding in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence has raised concerns about whether dams across the state, some of them already in poor condition, will be able to hold up under the strain. State officials have been monitoring dam safety in cooperation with local authorities and say there has been at least one dam breach so far, with no homes affected. But there have been several other locations of concern and false…

Like hurricanes Harvey and Katrina before it, Florence will be remembered for unleashing a staggering amount of water over a vast area. The flooding unfolded just as forecasters expected, but many residents in the Carolinas still seemed caught off guard as they were plucked off a vehicle’s roof or pulled by boat from their flooded homes. Whether they were just stubborn, short of resources to leave or believed they had already seen worse devastation, all…

Hurricane Florence’s heavy rains last week, along with ongoing major flooding, has caused one small hog lagoon to breach and flooded four others, according to the N.C. Pork Council. In a statement Monday night, the Council said another seven are at capacity and appear to have overtopped. Still, the Council said after on-farm assessments and industry surveying, it did not believe there had been widespread impacts to 3,000 lagoons in the state that hold hog…

New York state’s Division of Homeland Security and Office of Emergency Management are activating to monitor the impacts of the remnants of Hurricane Florence as it moves into the state. Widespread heavy rain is expected through Tuesday in the southern half of the state, especially central New York, the Southern Tier, Capital Region and Mid-Hudson Valley. The Division of Homeland Security has sent swift water urban search and rescue teams to staging areas in Binghamton,…

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley is at the top of the chain of the nearly 13,000 Army soldiers in North and South Carolina for rescue and recovery from Hurricane Florence. MORE: Full coverage of Florence On Monday, he invited ABC11 along for a tour of the hardest-hit areas south and east of the Triangle. “We are here for the long haul, and we’ll be here for whatever’s needed as long as it’s needed,”…

North Carolina interstate looks like a river after flooding Sep 18, 2018 The North Carolina Department of Transportation shared footage of Interstate 40 at mile marker 387 in Pender County on September 18, 2018. The area has seen extreme flooding conditions after rain brought by Florence. By

California crew rescues rabbit stranded by Hurricane Florence Sep 18, 2018 California’s Orange County Fire Authority rescued a rabbit stranded in a tree after Hurricane Florence in Duplin County, North Carolina on Sept. 17. Task Force 5 members lifted it out of their boat and set it free. By

As Tropical Storm Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods, more than 389,000 are without power.As of 6:50 p.m., Monday, the statewide power outage total was 389,889. 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…

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — For many across Fayetteville, Monday was the first time since Hurricane Florence hit that they were able to see their homes. “We’ve actually tried to clean up some of the water, ” said Creek’s Edge resident Kevin Lewis. Lewis and his wife sought shelter at Seventy-First High School with many other families as flood waters consumed their home and caused extensive damage. Community groups have stepped in to help and Fayetteville…

Hurricane Florence and its remnants have battered North Carolina with wind, rain, massive flooding and destruction over the last few days. On Monday evening, however, it brought a brief moment of beauty. Suchita Shah Sata, a hospitalist and internal medicine doctor at Duke University Hospital, captured a picture of a double rainbow at the hospital in Durham. Sata snapped the photo at 6:27 p.m. and posted it on Twitter. “We all took a minute,” Sata…

Devastating flooding in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence has raised concerns about whether dams across the state, some of them already in poor condition, will be able to hold up under the strain. State officials have been monitoring dam safety in cooperation with local authorities and say there has been at least one dam breach so far, with no homes affected. But there have been several other locations of concern and false…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WTVD) — The sun is out in New Hanover County and crews continue to assess the damage from Hurricane Florence. Stay on top of breaking news stories with the ABC11 News App The New Chase Development got hit hard during Florence. The strong wind gusts brought massive trees down on houses. Residents also have to deal with major flooding. Now that the water has receded, homeowners are assessing the damage. Shannon Lanier had…