North Carolina Governor Warns Floodwaters Still 'Treacherous' After Florence
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says "treacherous" floodwaters still pose a threat more than a week after Hurricane Florence made landfall in the state.
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says "treacherous" floodwaters still pose a threat more than a week after Hurricane Florence made landfall in the state.
Some dogs and cats that were forced out by flooding arrived in New Jersey Wednesday in search of a fresh start.
The storm is now blamed for at least 37 deaths in three states and roughly $22 billion worth of damages.
The rain may soon be ending, but the people who were hit by the fury of Florence are nowhere near out danger.
Florence has weakened to a tropical depression, but residents in the Carolinas are not out of the woods yet.
In New Jersey, one donation drive filled truck after truck with supplies for both people and pets displaced by the devastating storm.
A day after Florence blew ashore in North Carolina with 90 mph winds, more than 2 feet of rain had fallen in places, and the drenching went on and on, with forecasters saying there could be an additional 1½ feet by the end of the weekend.
Hurricane Florence made landfall Friday morning in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, splintering buildings and trapping hundreds of people in high water
As Hurricane Florence slams into the East Coast, residents along the Jersey Shore who were helped after Superstorm Sandy are returning that good will.
The Commack Fire Department is hosting a donation drive to collect goods to help those impacted by Hurricane Florence.
Hurricane Florence may be hundreds of miles away, but the storm is still expected to impact Tri-State beaches.
The National Hurricane Center's best guess was that Florence's eye would blow ashore as early as Friday afternoon around the North Carolina-South Carolina line.
Communities along the Carolina coast buttoned up against the onslaught of Hurricane Florence as forecasters Wednesday warned that the monstrous storm could hesitate just offshore for days.
Millions of Americans are bracing for Hurricane Florence as the Category 4 storm barrels toward the East Coast.
As Hurricane Florence barrels towards the Carolinas, residents along the Jersey shore are already preparing for its effects and future storms during hurricane season.
Hurricane Florence has strengthened into a Category 3 storm with 115 mph maximum-sustained winds as it swirls toward the U.S. East Coast.
The tropical storm Florence, on track to likely hit the East Coast of the U.S. this week, was upgraded to a hurricane Sunday morning.
