The Latest: Dam breach at North Carolina plant
The Latest on the effects of Hurricane Florence. (all times local):
Floodwaters have breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a
Duke Energy spokeswoman
Floodwaters from the
President
But Trump says federal, state and local leaders and first responders are up for the challenge.
Trump says he visited the storm region earlier in the week, and "they're really ready. They're really ready."
The president says that
Trump predicts that for
Trump adds that officials will not rest until the region recovers.
The president spoke about the storm damage during an appearance in North Las Vegas.
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A statement from the
The school is advising against beginning travel back to
He used a flatbed hay trailer to take all the furniture to a donated warehouse Thursday. Tovornik said Friday he was trying to get back to the house to tear out the carpet so it would not sit wet on his subfloor for days or weeks.
Tovornik's neighborhood already flooded early Monday because of
Floodwater after Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and Hurricane Matthew in 2016 made it to the steps just below his front door. With the Waccamaw river forecast to slowly rise to a crest 4 feet (1.2 meters) above its previous record in those storms around Tuesday, Tovornik says he knows his house is doomed this time.
The biggest
Rising water from the
Some drivers in
Traffic is further snarled by a project on
State troopers are asking anyone who doesn't need to drive in the area to stay home.
The gridlock is part of the lingering effects of Hurricane Florence, which made landfall last Friday.
The
But that changed last night when the
From there they went to the town's fire department, and were taken out of town by an Army truck.
Now they're in a shelter at
While the numbers of people living without power or staying in shelters following Hurricane Florence continue to fall in
Still, Cooper is asking displaced residents to resist the urge to go home if they know their region lacks electricity or other basic necessities. He also says major flooding continues and could cut off roads quickly.
There were more than 600 road closures Friday morning, including
Rescuers used helicopters, boats and high-wheeled military vehicles to evacuate about 100 people from a southeastern
The mandatory evacuation issued Thursday for
In a phone interview Friday, Kinlaw estimated 100 people were evacuated Thursday night and that about 50 people remain in the town. He said fire department authorities and N.C.
The evacuations are part of the continuing effects of Hurricane Florence, which made landfall one week ago.
Officials in
The
Emergency officials say it will be a close call if the river tops
Tropical Storm Florence, which made landfall as a hurricane before being downgraded, battered the Carolinas for days, claimed dozens of lives and sent rivers to record or near record flood levels.
Cooper said at a news conference Friday that the
The rescuers used night vision goggles during the rescue.
Cooper warned that flooding from Hurricane Florence will continue into next week and will continue to put lives at risk.
He says first responders "continue to show unflinching courage in the face of danger."
Officials said 33 animals also were rescued.
McMaster said Friday he hopes
McMaster also says while the sun is shining and the rain is over, the worst is still to come.
New evacuations were ordered in
Officials have ordered evacuations along the
The
The county has opened emergency shelters in
A ninth person has died in
The state public safety department said in a Twitter message Thursday evening that the body of an 81-year-old man was found in a pickup truck submerged in water in
Highway Patrol Cpl.
The crisis from Hurricane Florence is slowly moving to
People in coastal
In
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