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Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp HIDDENITE, NC (WSOC/AP) — A fire department in North Carolina says that it’s responding to reports that more than 30 campers need to be rescued from a flooded campground in Alexander County. The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday that the Hiddenite Family Campground sits along the South Yadkin River and is about 60 miles northwest of Charlotte. – Advertisement – According to WSOC, authorities are still searching for more people who were…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Some cars risked their luck and drove through the flooded highway in Brunswick County. (Photo: WWAY) BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The State of North Carolina and FEMA has approved $2.58 million to reimburse the North Carolina Department of Transportation for Hurricane Florence-related road and culvert repair in Brunswick County. The grant brings the total to more than $70.5 million to reimburse NCDOT for Hurricane Florence-related expenses. FEMA’s total share for…

Up to 10 inches or rain fell over the past 24 hours in some parts of central North Carolina, and high water closed more than 150 roads for some part of the day, according to Department of Transportation spokesman Jamie Kritzer.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Bladen County Schools (Photo: WWAY) BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Bladen County Schools is releasing students early today due to road closures and flooding. All students are being released at 1:30 p.m. – Advertisement – According to a news release from Bladen County Schools, with the rainfall and water on the roads, buses will be driving extra slow for safety so please allow extra time for your child to arrive home….

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp USS Battleship North Carolina (Photo: WWAY) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Battleship North Carolina won’t open to visitors until 10 a.m. on Friday because of expected flooding. Extensive rain combined with a king tide and the morning high tide is forecast to impede access to the ship before 10 a.m. – Advertisement – High tidal flooding is expected to continue over the next week. “It is always recommended that visitors monitor…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Satellite image of Hurricane Eta on Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo: WWAY) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta is dumping torrents of blustery rain on Florida’s west coast as it slogs over the state after making landfall north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay area. The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicts that after coming ashore Thursday morning, Eta will move northeast across Florida. – Advertisement – Eta briefly gained…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) — Eta regained hurricane strength Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm. The storm’s maximum sustained winds increased to around 75 mph off Florida’s southwest coast. – Advertisement – Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a hurricane watch for a 120-mile stretch that includes Tampa and St. Petersburg. The storm has been in the Gulf of Mexico since crossing…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (AP) — The final weeks of this historic hurricane season have brought an unusual collection of storms. Tropical Storm Eta is parked off the western coast of Cuba. – Advertisement – Subtropical Storm Theta became the 29th named Atlantic storm of the season. It is chugging east toward Europe on the cusp of hurricane status. The last time there were two named storms churning at the same time…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta is posing serious threat to South Florida, where torrential rains are falling on already saturated areas and the water has no place to go. Widespread flooding has shut down public transportation people are being evacuated from particularly low-lying areas. – Advertisement – Even if the storm doesn’t strengthen into a hurricane, Eta could dump an additional 6 to 12 inches in places already…

We’re in for unusually warm temperatures and a risk for isolated flooding this week.

A volunteer works on a door. (photo: Peyton Furtado) NEW HANOVER AND PENDER COUNTIES (WWAY) — Though Florence hit North Carolina more than two years ago, many like Cynthia Henry in New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, and Onslow counties are still living with the destruction. “It was not safe. I was terrified of a fire every night.” – Advertisement – After the storm, the damage was so bad, Henry could only live in her bedroom: “There…

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A local meteorologist is currently deployed out west to provide weather forecasts for firefighters fighting the wildfires in Colorado. Terry Lebo is the incident meteorologist (IMET) at the National Weather Service office in Wilmington. The video seen below is from the Williams Fork fire located west of Denver. While there are no homes at risk, NWS says this portion of the fire was in monitor-only status for safety reasons. “There was nowhere…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The heart of powerful Hurricane Eta began has moving ashore in Nicaragua with devastating winds and rains that have already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow. And more days of rain are in the forecast. Eta is a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph and it made landfall after grinding for hours just off the coast. – Advertisement – Authorities in Nicaragua and Honduras…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — New Hurricane Eta is quickly gaining force as it heads for Central America, threatening massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region. Eta had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph early Monday and it was located about 115 miles east of the Nicaragua-Honduras border, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was moving west at 9 mph. – Advertisement – Forecasters say the storm could grow into…