A woman witnessed her sister being rescued from her Hurricane Florence-flooded home in Pender County, and she did so from her Greensboro home, according to television station WGHP. Sandy Gil had the WGHP news on in the background Monday when she overheard mention of an elderly woman being rescued in Pender County, the report said. When she looked up, she saw a video clip of her sister Cindy being rescued by the Coast Guard, according…

By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter Raleigh, N.C. — In the wake of Hurricane Florence, there are a hundred ways to help. As with so many things these days, many of them grow online. A search for “Hurricane Florence” on GoFundMe, an online donation platform that just about anyone can use to ask for money, turned up 2,700 results Friday. People posted pictures of their flooded homes, or of homes belonging to friends or family….

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Hurricane Florence is testing the resolve of farmers in the Carolinas, who could face billions of dollars in agricultural damage while still feeling the sting from Hurricane Matthew almost two years ago. After last weekend’s high winds and rain that was measured in feet, followed by this week’s rising rivers and standing water in fields, early farm reports are confirming pre-storm worries…

S.C. residents and families hurt by Hurricane Florence could begin receiving charitable assistance next week. That news came as S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster announced a $500,000 donation Friday by UnitedHealth Group to the One SC Fund to help with statewide recovery efforts from Florence. That fund, established in 2015 in response to a flood, has been re-activated to accept financial donations for Hurricane Florence recovery efforts, officials said. “The (Waccamaw, Lynches, Little Pee Dee, Big…

The director of an animal rescue nonprofit in North Carolina said she was just trying to do the right thing by taking in pets stranded by Hurricane Florence, but Wayne County officials say she may have broken the law, according to local reports. Crazy’s Claws N’ Paws in Goldsboro turned over 27 dogs and cats on Monday after Wayne County animal services determined the group was operating an unregistered animal shelter, The (Goldsboro) News-Argus first…

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Couple helps navigate through their flooded community to rescue remaining pets A Crusoe Island couple, Westly Dorsch and Chasity Hewett, helped a Coast Guard crew navigate flooded streets on Wednesday, Sept. 20, to rescue their neighbors’ pets stuck in homes flooded by the Waccamaw River after Hurricane Florence.

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — Many have been asking if another hurricane will hit the Carolinas within the next few days after models started circling on social media.Rumor has it that Florence will push back into the ocean, reform, and hit land. However, Meteorologist Steve Stewart said that’s not going to happen. RELATED: County-by-county list of closures: 750 roads still closed in NC While Stewart said a broad area of low pressure near Bermuda has formed…

Andrei Svechnikov settled into a chair for an interview, smiling and saying, “I will try to do my best.” The interview over, the Carolina Hurricanes forward sat back and asked, “Did I do OK?” Svechnikov seemed pleased when told that his English was admirable, that his answers were more than OK. That, in essence, is Svechnikov’s approach to his first year in the Hurricanes organization. He will try to do his best. When all is…