A sign posts a mandatory evacuation on a sunny day prior to Hurricane Florence in Emerald Isle N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland) More than 1 million people in the Carolinas were ordered to evacuate days before Hurricane Florence hit landfall. Government officials order coastal evacuation even when it’s sunny at the beach […]
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Florence death toll climbs to 37; Donald Trump visits stricken area
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two women who drowned when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility 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, […]
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An ark in a bus: Driver rescues 64 dogs and cats from Hurricane Florence
There is nothing like a meal at the Waffle House after driving more than 60 animals from the South Carolina coast to southern Alabama inside of a school bus. Tony Alsup can attest. Alsup, a 51-year-old trucker from Greenback, Tennessee, was parked at a Waffle House outside Fayetteville, North Carolina, Sunday night for a quick […]
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Florence floods parts of New Hampshire
DERRY, N.H. (AP) — A deluge from the remnants of Hurricane Florence has flooded parts of New Hampshire, forcing firefighters to rescue several people. In Derry, Fire Chief Chief Mike Gagnon said seven people were rescued by boat Tuesday after water rose 5 to 6 feet outside several small businesses in an industrial area. He […]
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Rain, floods still in Florence’s forecast
MIAMI (AP) — The forecast for Florence has not changed, unfortunately: It’s still raining, and rivers are still rising. All roads in and out of a North Carolina city of 120,000 people are underwater. Residents of inland communities who thought they were safe from the storm have to find high ground because of expected flooding. […]
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How hurricanes unleash lethal storm surges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the awesome power of water. Already the ocean is swallowing beaches, roads and anything else in the way of Hurricane Florence’s monstrous storm surge. Storm surges aren’t walls of water, like a tsunami, as commonly thought. Caused by a hurricane’s winds pushing relentlessly on the shore, they are more like domes […]
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What’s Happening: Hurricane Florence will pose fatal threat for days
We are tracking the progress of Hurricane Florence as it approaches the United States, the likely impact it will have and the agencies preparing for it.
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Auburn woman to wait out Hurricane Florence from North Carolina hospital
Millions were waiting on Hurricane Florence this week, but few had a perspective on it as unique as that of Aimee Driscoll. The 34-year-old Auburn woman was at a hospital in Durham, North Carolina, on Thursday for treatment related to a double lung transplant she underwent four years ago. Whatever mischief Hurricane Florence had in […]
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How bad is the hurricane? Check the Waffle House Index
Everyone is preparing for Hurricane Florence, which continues to barrel toward the Carolinas. Residents are evacuating the area, FEMA is getting supplies, Weather Channel reporters are breaking out their strongest windbreakers – and the Waffle House Storm Center has been activated. That’s right: One of the South’s most popular breakfast chains plays an important role […]
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Fierce Hurricane Florence set to unleash punishing wind and rain in the Carolinas
Hurricane Florence, a large and dangerous Category 2 storm, is about a day away from crashing into the coast of the Carolinas, where conditions will begin to rapidly deteriorate Thursday. It marks the beginning of a prolonged assault from wind and water, which – by the time its over – is likely to bring devastating […]