"Catastrophic" flooding expected as Hurricane Florence dumps rain over the Carolina coast

NOAA via AP The outer bands of Hurricane Florence, now a Category 2 storm with winds of up to 105 mph, have started to hit the North Carolina coast. Tropical storm-force winds are expected to arrive later today. The National Hurricane Center warned of .....»»

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NASA via AP The outer bands of Hurricane Florence, now a Category 2 storm with winds of up to 105 mph, have started to hit the North Carolina coast. Tropical storm-force winds are expected to arrive later today. The National Hurricane Center warned of .....»»

In local news: Evacuation orders for areas along the North Carolina coast have increased, with powerful Hurricane Dorian expected to brush the state later this week, but state officials said they didn’t expect the torrential flooding experienced durin.....»»

Hurricane Florence is currently barreling toward the US East Coast, and is expected to make landfall in North or South Carolina as early as Thursday. Power outages are a major risk, as the Cat.....»»

CIRA/RAMMB; GOES-16/NOAA Hurricane Florence, a category 4 storm, is approaching the coast of the Carolinas. Its effects are expected to be felt in the area starting Thursday. Forecasters predict the s.....»»

Tropical Tidbits Hurricane Florence is edging toward the US East Coast with sustained wind speeds of 105 mph. Rain and tropical storm-force have already hit North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm's center is .....»»

Hurricane Florence's combination of heavy rain and severe surge is making the storm potentially catastrophic......»»

NOAA via AP The outer bands of Hurricane Florence, now a Category 2 storm with winds of up to 105 mph, have started to hit the coast of the Carolinas. Tropical storm-force winds are e.....»»

Hurricane Florence is one of the first major Atlantic hurricanes scheduled to make landfall in 2018. It's expected to hit the Carolina coast late Thursday evening. NASA has been tracking the storm for a few days and offers a new perspective from .....»»

Qlik Hurricane Florence has started to hit the US East Coast, with rain and tropical storm-force winds spreading along the coast of North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center. Over the coming.....»»

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“Epic” amounts of rain are expected to continue to deluge North Carolina on Sunday, downing trees and causing rivers to overflow in areas already inundated by Florence......»»

Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images Hurricane Florence ripped through North and South Carolina over the weekend, creating catastrophic flooding and recor.....»»

ESRI/NOAA Hurricane Florence was the worst flooding event in East Coast history, according to some .....»»

As another hurricane inches its way toward the Carolina coast, another coastal golf club is suing its insurance company in federal court over the last storm......»»

Hurricane Barry made landfall Saturday morning near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, as a Category 1 storm. It has since weakened back to a tropical storm, but heavy rains — between 10 and 20 inches — are expected over the next couple .....»»

Authored by Janet McGurty at Platts Tropical Storm Barry is expected to make landfall over the central Louisiana Coast Saturday, bringing the potential for extreme flooding, National Hurricane Center information showed Friday. The NHC forecas.....»»

Those of us who live in coastal areas like my hometown of Wilmington, NC are accustomed to weathering hurricanes. We stock up on batteries, board up.....»»

The storm "is expected to remain an extremely dangerous.....»»