Wilmington North Carolina News

The storm and its ensuing floodwaters caused a litany of problems for utilities SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — More than 23 million gallons of sewage spilled in recent weeks in Brunswick and New Hanover counties have been attributed to flooding, power outages and other conditions caused by Hurricane Florence. “Some of them were areas that were just completely inundated, and they were conditions that the systems were never designed for. Some of them were loss of power,”…

State agriculture officials pressed lawmakers Monday for financial assistance to North Carolina farmers reeling after Hurricane Florence, but some members of an oversight committee expressed reservations about handing money directly over to farmers.

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter A hemp farmer in Bladen County lost everything after Hurricane Florence destroyed his crops. (Photo: Kylie Jones/WWAY) RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s agriculture agency is asking for more than $300 million from the state for the cleanup and recovery from Hurricane Florence, most of which would go as direct payments to farmers who lost crops and livestock. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler made the pitch to a legislative committee…

The current track for the storm would bring it through Eastern NC late Thursday WILMINGTON – Tom Collins started his Monday with a little deja vu. As the Pender County Emergency Management director processed an 11 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center, he conceded a solemn reaction — “I’ve definitely had better days.” Nearly a month to the day after Hurricane Florence made landfall, the report showed another tropical storm has its eyes on the Carolinas. Hurricane Michael is currently…

The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Michael to a hurricane and it is expected to make landfall later this week as a Category 3 storm somewhere along the Florida Panhandle.

The current track for the storm would bring it through Eastern NC late Thursday WILMINGTON – Nearly a month to the day after Hurricane Florence made landfall, another tropical storm has its eyes on the Carolinas. Hurricane Michael is currently churning toward the Gulf of Mexico with a track that brings it onshore somewhere along the Florida panhandle early Thursday before cutting a northeastern path toward Eastern North Carolina. As of 11 a.m. Monday morning, Michael was approaching…

MIAMI (AP) – The Latest on Tropical Storm Michael (all times local): 11 a.m. – Advertisement – Michael has become a hurricane as the storm gets ready to move into the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Michael will move over very warm waters and could strengthen into a major hurricane with winds topping 111 mph (178 kph) by Tuesday night. Michael was lashing western Cuba late Monday morning…

10/8/18– The widespread fish kills that were likely caused by Hurricane Florence are expected to continue for weeks. Biologists say they believe the recent kills are due to flooding produced by the hurricane. The cause is not pollution, but a lack of oxygen in the water. Similar fish kills occurred after Hurricanes Irene and Isabel.

Two years ago today, Hurricane Matthew brought devastating flooding to North Carolina when it killed 31 people in North Carolina and caused $4.8 billion in damage.

The Sandhill AME Church in Burgaw was flooded up to the roof during Hurricane Florence. (Photo: Kylie Jones/WWAY) PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — It has been almost a month since Hurricane Florence devastated North Carolina. One community in Pender County is still left with nothing. “Desperation may be putting it mildly,” said Robert Jordan, who’s home is destroyed. – Advertisement – Weeks after hurricane Florence barreled through, a Burgaw community is struggling to survive. “No power….

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Another apartment complex in Wilmington is forced to remove residents because of storm damage. Still Meadow Village sent out eviction notices to residents Friday evening. The letter says the complex is required to evict every person in a top floor unit plus certain other units, even if they do not have damage. – Advertisement – The letter also says residents have to be out by Tuesday….

Midterm elections are a month away; some campaigns still suspended The cleanup from Hurricane Florence’s wrath continues. Roads and homes are still damaged or flooded in places. People are still mourning lost loved ones. And in the aftermath of one of the worst storms to ever hit the Wilmington region, the midterm election is just a month away. And candidates now — perhaps slowly or gently — have to resume the task of convincing people…

A disturbance off the Central American coast is likely to grow into a tropical storm that could bring heavy rains and flooding to parts of Mexico, Cuba and then the U.S. Gulf coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Saturday.

Faced with storms that seem to be getting increasingly more severe, officials and residents struggle for answers PENDER COUNTY — Dee and Rory Barror stood Thursday night outside of the RV they’re living in with their daughter and two dogs, their faces lit up by headlights of cars turning into the grassy field that’s their front yard and a distribution point for Hampstead’s devastated Cross Creek community. The RV, driven from New York by Rory’s…