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Water from the Shallotte River flows under a house in Brunswick County. Around 8 a.m. Thursday, the Shallotte Police Department reported some flooding along the Shallotte River.
Around 11 a.m., the Southport Fire Department said on Facebook that they were experiencing high call volumes, vehicles in floodwaters and residences flooding. Tropical updates for Wilmington ...
People in the affected areas can alert others that they are safe by checking in on Facebook crisis response or reporting themselves safe through Red Cross Reunification by calling 1-800-ED-CROSS ...
The North Carolina State Climate Office at North Carolina State University reported that its Mount Mitchell weather station recorded 24.41 in (620 mm) of rainfall. The office referred to the total as "off the charts", comparing it to 16.5 in (420 mm) of rainfall being a once-in-1,000-year flood for the area.
• Hundreds of roads closed in the Carolinas, hampering water delivery: About 300 roads are closed in North Carolina and another 150 are closed in South Carolina, acting Federal Highway ...
Much of east-central North Carolina received more than 12 in (300 mm) of precipitation, with a 24-hour total of 15.06 in (383 mm) recorded in Wilmington, breaking the 128 year record. [1] Kinston recorded 13.98 in (355 mm) of precipitation during the storm, and Rocky Mount reported 18.0 in (460 mm) of rainfall; both totals were greater than the ...
Some roads could be closed in NC for 'foreseeable future' Officials brought children home from Carolina Beach schools in a high water vehicle after buses couldn't get down flooded roads, the New ...
North Carolina's most devastating storm was named Hurricane Floyd. A Tropical Storm, Dennis, softened North Carolina by coming ashore 10 days earlier than Floyd, saturating the soil and filling the rivers. When Floyd made landfall near Wilmington in 1999, its seemingly endless rains had nowhere to go but into the streets, highways and houses.