By CHUCK BURTON and MARTHA WAGGONER Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two mental health patients who drowned when a sheriff’s van was swept away by floodwaters, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with thousands of evacuees not to return home just yet. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, arrived in storm-ravaged North Carolina on Wednesday, visiting a church in the hard-hit coastal of town New Bern where…

Florence brought heavy, life-threatening floods to many parts of the Carolinas, leaving thousands without power.As of 10 a.m., Wednesday, the statewide power outage total was 200,044. 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…

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina — North Carolina resident John Hansen captured drone footage of the dramatic rescue of a couple caught in flooding from Hurricane Florence near Fayetteville on Monday. Michael Morris and Kathy Griffin found themselves in danger when they tried to cross a flooded road near Little River in Harnett County. Morris lost his balance and the pair were swept off their feet by the fast-moving water, carrying them towards the road’s guard rail….

Much of North Carolina returned to normal on Wednesday, even as broad swaths of the state remained inundated and imperiled by floods spurred by Florence. President Donald Trump flew in to the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock in coastal Craven County to begin a tour of storm damage and meet with state and local officials. Accompanying him on the trip aboard Air Force One were the state’s two U.S. senators, Richard Burr…

Residents in the Pee Dee should begin preparing now for a second wave of flooding, the S.C. Emergency Management Division warned Wednesday. The Waccamaw, Lynches, Little Pee Dee and Big Pee Dee rivers are all forecast to crest this weekend and into early next week. “Rivers are still rising and will continue to rise for a majority of the week,” SCEMD said in a press release. A task was sent to the Hartsville area in…

As some rivers around the state crest and begin to slowly recede, officials warn the danger is far from over and are urging evacuees not to return home just yet. THE LATEST President Donald Trump arrived in North Carolina around 10:30 a.m. He will tour damage in the New Bern area on Wednesday. During a news conference, Governor Cooper said the storm was “epic” and unlike any other that’s hit the state. “We are a…

Cherry Point, North Carolina — President Donald Trump will arrive in North Carolina on Wednesday morning to tour areas affected by Hurricane Florence. Air Force One is expected to land at the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point in Havelock at about 10:30 a.m. From there, the president will join North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to provide a briefing on the Hurricane Florence recovery effort. The pair is expected to tour areas impacted by…

A new video from the National Weather service shows Hurricane Florence from space over the course of three weeks. The animation shows the massive storm’s life-span from its beginnings as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa in late August to its trek up the East Coast through Sept. 18. RELATED: Hurricane Florence from space As you watch Florence trudge toward the United States, other storms can be seen in the Atlantic, including Tropical…

A new video from the National Weather service shows Hurricane Florence from space over the course of three weeks. The animation shows the massive storm’s life-span from its beginnings as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa in late August to its trek up the East Coast through Sept. 18. RELATED: Hurricane Florence from space As you watch Florence trudge toward the United States, other storms can be seen in the Atlantic, including Tropical…