WILMINGTON, NC — Workers with the restaurant chain Waffle House are being brought in from around the country to help keep the company’s locations up and running in areas affected by Florence. Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer was picking up a team at the Wilmington, North Carolina, airport on Monday. Ehmer spoke to The Associated Press by phone. SEE ALSO: How Waffle House works with FEMA during a disaster like Hurricane Florence Ehmer says about…

By Kathy Hanrahan, Out and About editor Chapel Hill, N.C. — After significant rain over the past four days, parts of Chapel Hill flooded on Monday. “The rains fell fast this morning which caused the flood waters to rise at an astounding rate,” Emergency Management Coordinator Vencelin Harris said Monday. “It’s possible we could see similar situations this afternoon and evening with more rain in the forecast. We’re asking you to stay tuned to your…

As Tropical Storm Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods, more than 422,000 are without power.As of 5 p.m., Monday, the statewide power outage total was 422,065. VIEW THE OUTAGE MAP BELOW. More outage information here Most of the outages are in Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Robeson, Sampson, Wake, Wayne, Pamlico, Pender and Onslow counties near the coast. RELATED: What to do if you lose power/Si no tiene electricidad después de una…

Tornado touches down near Richmond, Virginia Sep 17, 2018 As Tropical Storm Florence spins through the Mid-Atlantic, an apparent tornado touched down outside of Richmond, Virginia on Monday, September 17, 2018. By

A nine-mile northbound stretch of Interstate 95 in South Carolina, just south of the North Carolina line, remained closed Monday due to flooding from Hurricane Florence. Large segments of the major corridor also were closed in North Carolina, making north-south travel subject to long detours. Transportation officials strongly advised north-south travelers to take wide detours — involving traveling hundreds of additional miles — around the eastern parts of both Carolinas, where rising river waters, caused…

People can use SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps, on hot and prepared foods in North Carolina, the federal government declared Monday amid the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Florence. “As the state of North Carolina works to recover from this storm, USDA stands ready to provide common-sense flexibilities to help them meet the needs of their citizens,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday. The USDA has not announced a change for South Carolina as…

In the era of social media, there’s little doubt that East Carolina’s football team knew about a Virginia Tech tweet that seemed to question the Pirates’ decision to cancel their Sept. 15 game against the Hokies. ECU last Tuesday announced its football team would not be traveling to Blacksburg but instead heading to Florida to get out of the path of Hurricane Florence, a storm that made landfall on Friday as a Category 1 hurricane…

Five takeaways from the Carolina Hurricanes traning camp: 1) Small sample size and no games played yet, but the Hurricanes’ trade for Dougie Hamilton and Michael Ferland appears to be an upgrade. Ferland will be a more physical forward than the traded Elias Lindholm, who played with an edge but not often enough for the Canes. Ferland also had the 20-goal production — scoring 21 for Calgary — last season that Lindholm always talked about…

As Tropical Storm Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods, more than 435,000 are without power.As of 11 a.m., Monday, the statewide power outage total was 435,081. VIEW THE OUTAGE MAP BELOW. More outage information here Most of the outages are in Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Robeson, Sampson, Wake, Wayne, Pamlico, Pender and Onslow counties near the coast. RELATED: What to do if you lose power/Si no tiene electricidad después de una…

While Florence has left South Carolina, threats from the storm linger. After being deluged with rain, Pee Dee residents are bracing for more flooding from the Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Lumber and Waccamaw rivers. All continue to rise and are expected to crest later this week. “We saw a lot of flash flooding over the last couple of days,” said Derrec Becker, spokesman for the S.C. Emergency Management Division. “Now, what we’ll start to…