A portion of US-421 near Wilmington is now impassable a week after Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina. Flood water was seen seeping onto the highway Thursday near the Pender County-New Hanover County line. The water washed it out by Friday. NCDOT tweeted that there is no reliable and safe way to get to and from Wilmington. About 750 roads remain closed (down from 2,200), including sections of I-40 & I-95. US 258 in…

CuriousNC answered your questions as Hurricane Florence churned through the state, and now our team of journalists in Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh is ready to get answers to your questions about how North Carolina will bounce back. What do you want to know about the state’s response to this storm and how it will prepare for the next? What questions do you have about recovery timelines or costs? Do you have questions about the environmental…

NEW BERN, N.C. — Remember the big boat that ended becoming landlocked next to the Courtyard by Marriott in New Bern during Hurricane Florence last week? Well, the boat’s owner said it was actually docked in Bridgeton. That’s right, the rough winds and waves from the powerful storm pushed the boat nearly two miles down the Neuse River. Wayne Mills said a friend reached out after seeing the boat on Facebook, but he just couldn’t…

Officials in northwestern Germany are declaring a disaster over a wildfire triggered two weeks ago by a rocket test on an army training site. Authorities in the Emsland region said Friday that they are considering ordering the evacuation of about 1,000 people from two villages near Meppen, close to the Dutch border. Firefighters have been struggling to contain the blaze on moorland used by the German army for training exercises. Smoke has spread over 100…

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WTVD) — A live stream from the Frying Pan Tower — that captured the hearts and minds of thousands as Hurricane Florence lashed the North Carolina coast — is now back online. [embedded content] The camera on top of the tower shut down about a week ago while the eye of the storm made landfall. Viewers watched as the storm grew closer to shore, battering Old Glory. The tattered American flag remains on…

With Florence’s floodwaters receding in some places and still menacing others, tired and waterlogged North Carolinians are finally getting a chance to take stock of the destruction from the wind and floodwaters. When rivers spilled from their banks this week, many were forced to flee their homes in multiple inland cities. Now that waters are receding, property owners along its banks are picking through debris and figuring out what’s left of their homes and livelihood….

The trillions of gallons of water dumped by Hurricane Florence continue to slowly meander their way to the sea, leaving billions of dollars of damage in their wake. The crisis is slowly moving to South Carolina, where there was enough warning and certainty about where the water was going that hundreds of people loaded furniture from their homes into trucks and flatbeds to take to higher ground. Officials downstream sounded dire alarms, pointing out the…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Proudly proclaiming herself a Duplin County girl, Debbie Holt decided to do what she does best to help her hurricane-ravaged hometown. “It breaks my heart. It just breaks my heart … these are good people,” Holt said. “When you grow up somewhere and you see that devastation with the water, you cannot believe it till you see it.” Holt was working the kitchen at her Clyde Cooper’s BBQ Restaurant on Tuesday…