KINSTON, N.C. (WTVD) — Volunteers at the Civil Air Station are giving away free food and cases of water to people in southern Lenoir County. MORE: Full coverage of Hurricane Florence That part of the county is among the hardest hit. About 400 people in the southern region remain without power, a significant drop from 7,500 people total at the height of the storm. The biggest concern is the Neuse River’s slow but steady rise….

By Monica Laliberte, WRAL executive producer/consumer reporter Raleigh, N.C. — A Jacksonville woman was having contractions last week as she left the path of Hurricane Florence in search of a safe place to give birth to her first child. Little James Radcliffe, all 8 pounds of him, was snuggled and safe Wednesday. “We weren’t expecting to give birth here, but we did,” said It started last week with a mandatory evacuation from Jacksonville. First-time parents…

It has been clear for a long while now that Martin Necas has the potential to be a special player, and at the very least an exciting one. At one point during Wednesday’s game, the Carolina Hurricanes rookie skated into a cul de sac, only to pull off a sort-of half-spin toe-drag move that teleported him past a defenseman and into open space on the left wing. “I just didn’t know what to do with…

CEDAR CREEK, N.C. (WTVD) — They call themselves “river people,” but even families who live along the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County’s Cedar Creek community were not prepared for the historic flooding brought by Hurricane Florence. “It just breaks my heart, it tears me apart, just makes me feel so bad because there’s nothing you can do except try to help them build back,” said Brian Carter, a lifelong Cedar Creek resident who took…

By Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter Southport, N.C. — Beach towns are slowly reopening to residents, but most are still closed to tourists following Hurricane Florence. Some roads in Brunswick County are completely washed out, including Bethel Road, which is the only way in and out for about 30 Southport residents. A path carved out in the brush, built with a few wood planks, is now the only available route. For the first time since Florence…

Quick observations from the Carolina Hurricanes’ 6-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday in the second preseason game for both teams at PNC Arena. — Was the pressure already on Scott Darling? Not in preseason, but goalie Petr Mrazek performed well Tuesday in his first outing for the Canes, stopping all nine shots against a veteran Tampa Bay lineup in the Canes’ 4-1 win at Amalie Arena. It was Darling’s net Wednesday for…

Feeding hot meals to Hurricane Florence victims Sep 19, 2018 The NC Baptist Men / Baptists on Mission, in coordination with The American Red Cross and The Salvation Army cook and distribute thousands of meals for victims of Hurricane Florence By

Two friends endured Hurricane Florence together. Although it might have caused them to evacuate their home, they stayed together. At least that’s what one South Carolina woman believes after she found them. The friends are a dog and a sheep. And Wanda Cooper started a campaign on Facebook to help reunite them with their proper owner. “If anyone in the Inman area have lost these two I have them. It’s a dog & his sheep,”…

As Hurricane Florence approached, 100 volunteers came together to fill sandbags at Lumberton’s most vulnerable spot: A railroad underpass crossing beneath Interstate 95 and the Lumber River levee. It’s the place where floodwaters spilled into neighborhoods during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 — a weakness local leaders had hoped to fix before the next big storm. The city has money for a floodgate system that could plug the underpass, but construction isn’t scheduled to start until…

Mud-spattered and exhausted from cleaning up after the flood, Barbara Bullard-Mimms scowled as she thought about the brown, sediment-filled water that poured into her house last weekend. Swirling in the flood water were toxins powerful enough to make her sick, she said Wednesday while surveying the mucky mess in her neighborhood. “I’m extremely concerned about the contaminants,’’ Bullard-Mimms said. “I’m more concerned about that than the flooding. I can recover from the flooding. … But…