By Kyle Morton, HighSchoolOT.com Multimedia Journalist As communities across Eastern North Carolina brace for and work to recover from the continued impact of Hurricane Florence, many area high schools have been converted into storm shelters. The conversion of high schools to shelters has long been a hallmark for the way communities take care of their own. While hundreds of people seek refuge in local high schools, the students who typically populate the halls of these…

Ten deaths have been confirmed in North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Florence, which is now a tropical storm. An 11th person died in South Carolina A husband and wife who died in a Fayetteville house fire are now counted among the dead from Florence. Two deaths were reported in Duplin County on Saturday afternoon. The Duplin County Sheriff’s Office did not say exactly how the pair died; however, they said their deaths were…

For the past decade North Carolina has faced the grim prospect of a hurricane so enormous and destructive that residents in every county of the state would be on the hook financially for the recovery. Residents statewide could be charged for hurricane damage that didn’t touch their homes, under a 2009 state law created as a safeguard against increasingly violent windstorms that could obliterate the runaway development along the state’s coastline. That year the legislature…

By CLAIRE GALOFARO, AP National Writer LUMBERTON, N.C. — She takes a break from hauling rugs and family heirlooms into the attic to look out the front door and watch it rain and rain and rain some more. Nichole Worley studies the house across the street, abandoned and boarded up, and the creek just behind it that made it that way. It jumped its banks during Hurricane Matthew two years ago, which drowned her neighborhood,…

Tropical Storm Florence is continuing to drop torrential rain across the state Saturday as the system moves into South Carolina. While clean-up has started in many areas, water rescues are still underway and hundreds of people are still in survival mode. According to WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, while strong winds were the focus on Friday, “heavy rain is the story today.” At a glance: Many North Carolina residents are dealing with flooding after Florence made…

The Marines, the Coast Guard, civilian crews and volunteers used helicopters, boats and heavy-duty vehicles Saturday to rescue scores of people trapped by Florence’s shoreline onslaught, even as North Carolina braced for what could be the next stage of the disaster: widespread, catastrophic flooding inland.ABC11 is providing live, nonstop coverage of Hurricane Florence. For regular programming go to 11.2. Click here for how to find 11.2 There have been at least seven people confirmed killed…

Down power line and tree catch on fire in Hurricane Florence aftermath Sep 15, 2018 Cypress Pointe Fire & Rescue posted a video on Facebook of a electric power line catching on fire after a tree fell on it near Cameron, NC. The incident was one of the many examples of destruction caused by Hurricane Florence across North Carolina. By

Moore County schools will close on Monday, Sept. 17 due to severe weather conditions. Cumberland County schools will also be closed on Monday. A make-up day will be designated at a later time. CCS’ personnel are working to survey any damage caused by the storm and to begin any necessary preparations to ensure our buildings and buses are in good condition for students and staff to return to school. Last week, Wake County schools, Chapel…

By Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter, and Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter Raleigh, N.C. — Emergency management officials say they’re closely monitoring the state’s inland creeks and rivers as Tropical Storm Florence continues its lumbering curve across the western part of North Carolina. And even as partly sunny skies return next week, much of the flooding danger isn’t predicted to peak until days after the storm’s rainfall is long gone. “More people now face imminent…

Cumberland County schools will be closed on Monday, Sept. 17 due to severe weather conditions. Wake County schools, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and Durham Public Schools closed on Thursday and Friday ahead of Hurricane Florence. View a full list of school closings here. CCS’ Prime Time before- and after-school care program will close two hours after schools dismiss. RELATED: Universities cancel classes, sporting events in jeopardy ahead of Hurricane Florence The school system will be…