Hurricane Information

As parts of North Carolina are still recovering from Hurricane Helene last year, along with recent storms and flooding this rainy summer season— many are wondering if the new Tropical Storm spinning in the Atlantic will have a significant impact on the state. As of Wednesday, August 13, Tropical Storm Erin is moving 45 miles […]

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Despite the flooding reputation of Crabtree Valley Mall. People are flooding the mall to shop. With a line of about 60 people waiting outside of The Disney store . It was clear Hurricane Florence didn’t scare them from getting to the mall. According to a Disney employee, the release of a popular pin a plush […]

Hurricane Florence makes landfall near Wilmington with 90 mile per hour winds, and a lot of damage is being reported along the southern coast this morning. In New Bern, heavy flooding is a huge problem as the storms surge pushes up the Neuse River with hundreds of people being rescued. Electricity is out for about […]

As Hurricane Florence approaches the east coast, motorists in North Carolina are rushing to fuel up their vehicles. According to AAA, analysts don’t expect Florence to cause a spike in gas prices, due in part to refining capacity concentrated in the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. Gas prices averaged $2.84 nationally on Tuesday, according […]

Hurricane Information

The current status of Hurricane Florence has been claimed as a category 4 hurricane. Hurricane Florence is expected to reach land by Wednesday evening. The category 4 hurricane is approximately 1200 miles East/Southeast of Cape Fear in North Carolina. Hurricanes are broken down into five categories to help identify its level of how dangerous it […]