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Death toll rises as Florence continues to soak Carolinas

Death toll rises as Florence continues to soak Carolinas

Crews used helicopters, boats and heavy-duty vehicles Saturday to rescue hundreds 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.
by Associated Press

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4 dead as Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

4 dead as Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

Coastal streets flowed with frothy ocean water and tens of thousands lost electricity. Forecasters said "catastrophic" freshwater flooding was expected along waterways far from the coast of the Carolinas.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota-based disaster relief group heading to hurricane zone

Minnesota-based disaster relief group heading to hurricane zone

Among the Minnesotans headed for the southeastern U.S. this week to assist in the response to Hurricane Florence will be a Burnsville-based Jewish relief group that specializes in helping people save their homes after a disaster.
by Tim Nelson

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'Threat becomes reality': Florence begins days of rain, wind

'Threat becomes reality': Florence begins days of rain, wind

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. Then, it will likely hover along the coast Saturday, pushing up to 13 feet of storm surge and dumping water on both states.
by The Associated Press

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10 million in crosshairs: Hurricane's uncertain track sows fear

10 million in crosshairs: Hurricane's uncertain track sows fear

While some of the computer forecasting models conflicted, the latest projections more or less showed the storm shifting southward and westward in a way that suddenly put more of South Carolina in danger and imperiled Georgia, too.
by The Associated Press

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Climate change drives bigger, wetter storms -- storms like Florence

Climate change drives bigger, wetter storms -- storms like Florence

Hurricane Florence -- large, slow and full of moisture -- is threatening to inundate the Southeast. It's a type of storm that's getting more likely to form.
by Rebecca Hersher

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'Big and vicious': Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas

'Big and vicious': Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas

It remains a Category 4 storm and is expected to approach the most-damaging Category 5 status as it slows and strengthens over very warm ocean water off the coast of North and South Carolina.
by The Associated Press

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