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Swansboro, North Carolina, got 34 inches of rain - and it's still coming down

9/16/2018, 4:24:45 PM
It started raining Thursday in the North Carolina town of Swansboro and it was still raining Sunday. It's supposed to stop - on Wednesday. ✔ Florence has weakened to a tropical depression but forecasters warn the next few days could bring the most destructive round of flooding in North Carolina history ✔ He spent the last few days holed up in the public safety building with first responders, watching over his town



Florence Death Toll Rises to 13 After South Carolina Couple Dies Using Generator in Home

9/16/2018, 4:21:44 PM
The slow-moving storm continues to extend its path of destruction in the Carolinas ✔ If you aren’t watching for them, you are risking your life ✔ The previous record was 24.06 inches, which was set in 1999 during Hurricane Floyd, according to CNN ✔ Deepest sympathies and warmth go out to the families and friends of the victims, Trump wrote on Twitter



Flood risk remains as Florence dumps rain on Carolinas

9/16/2018, 7:47:48 PM
CBS News weather producer David Parkinson joined CBSN to discuss Florence's potential dangers now that it's a tropical depression.



The Latest: Flash-flood emergency in NC county

9/16/2018, 7:45:29 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 3:30 p.m. The National Weather Service has declared a flash-flood ✔ (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP) Resident Joseph Eudi looks at flood debris and storm damage from Hurricane Florence at a home on East Front Street in New Bern, N.C., Saturday, Sept ✔ Roberts still had supplies like bottled water, but went ahead and closed so his employees could prepare their homes



Florence weakens as it moves inland, but all that water has to go somewhere — and that's the problem

9/16/2018, 7:59:59 PM
Florence weakened into a tropical depression Sunday morning as it slogged inland over the mid-Atlantic states, but the slow-moving storm, which has killed at least 15 people, remains a major threat to the region’s millions of waterlogged residents. ✔ In northeastern Horry County, S.C., where two people died during the storm, National Guard troops attempted to divert water from the swollen Waccamaw River ✔ Their son, who had evacuated before the storm, called from Orlando, Fla ✔ They were not sure when he would be able to return, given the flooding expected inland



Florence Death Toll Climbs To 14

9/16/2018, 4:59:13 PM
North Carolina is bracing for catastrophic, widespread river flooding. ✔ Floodwaters are rising, and if you aren’t watching for them, you are risking your life, Gov ✔ ___ AP writers Alex Derosier in Fayetteville, Jonathan Drew in Wilmington; Emery P ✔ ___ For the latest on Hurricane Florence, visit https://www.apnews.com/tag/Hurricanes Download



Hurricane Florence dumps historic amounts of rain on US east coast - in pictures

9/16/2018, 4:37:42 PM
Hurricane Florence dumps historic amounts of rain on US east coast - in pictures ✔ Hurricane Florence is battering the US east coast bringing 18 trillion gallons of rain, knocking out power to almost a million, felling trees, and leaving people stranded in their flooded homes ✔ The eye of the mammoth storm made landfall at Wrightsville Beach, just outside Wilmington on Friday morning, with winds of over 100mph, then stalled and began crawling inland at just 3mph



Flooding fears surge as rivers rise; Wilmington cut off

9/16/2018, 7:02:39 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Catastrophic flooding from Florence spread across the Carolinas on Sunday, with roads to Wilmington cut off by the epic deluge and muddy river water swampi ✔ (AP) Catastrophic flooding from Florence spread across the Carolinas on Sunday, with roads to Wilmington cut off by the epic deluge and muddy river water swamping entire neighborhoods miles inland ✔ At 5 a.m., the storm was centered about 20 miles (35 kilometers) southwest of Columbia, South Carolina



Knocked sideways by Florence, New Bern rushes to get back on its feet

9/16/2018, 7:13:07 PM
All through the night as Hurricane Florence began hammering this city near the North Carolina coast, Paul Canady’s phone buzzed and beeped with messages from members of Christ Episcopal Church, where he serves as rector.A collapsed tree leaned against a nearby house where a husband and wife live.... ✔ A family huddled in their attic to escape the rising floodwaters ✔ But by Saturday morning, the water was receding, the rain had abated and Canady’s flock appeared safe ✔ Roy Cooper said, calling it an uninvited brute that doesn’t want to leave ✔ https://t.co/FC5PAhuxig Wilmington Police (@WilmingtonPD) September 14, 2018



Hawaii volcano update: Evacuation notice LIFTED - What is Kilauea doing now?

9/16/2018, 4:06:28 PM
HAWAII was once under the fiery influence of the Kilauea volcano, which spouted metric tonnes of lava across the Big Island. Recently, Kilauea has calmed down, allowing evacuation notices to be rescinded, but what is it doing now? ✔ An excerpt from the notice written by mayor Kim reads: I, Harry Kim, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do hereby rescind the Mandatory Evacuation Order issued May 31, 2018 ✔ Kilauea was also once spewing harmful laze gas, a combination of volcanic glass and smoke, but levels of harmful gas have now dropped to their lowest level for 11 years



The Latest: North Carolina city cut off by floodwaters

9/16/2018, 5:02:57 PM
NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 12:50 p.m. The city of Wilmington, North Carolina, has been complet ✔ (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP) Resident Joseph Eudi looks at flood debris and storm damage from Hurricane Florence at a home on East Front Street in New Bern, N.C., Saturday, Sept ✔ Roberts still had supplies like bottled water, but went ahead and closed so his employees could prepare their homes



The Latest: Florence death toll rises to 15

9/16/2018, 6:12:56 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 2 p.m. The death toll from Florence has risen to 15. ✔ (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP) Yuri Hickey, right, and a worker from the Red Cross point at a weather report inside a storm shelter at Ridge View High School as remnants of Florence slowly move across the East Coast Saturday, Sept ✔ Roberts still had supplies like bottled water, but went ahead and closed so his employees could prepare their homes



Hurricane Florence cuts off road access to N. Carolina city

9/16/2018, 6:48:12 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Damage from Hurricane Florence left a North Carolina city popular with tourists cut off Sunday from road access, leaving authorities planning how to get fo ✔ Typically, it's a tourist city and home to EUE Screen Gems, a movie studio that helped give the city the nickname of Hollywood of the East, although production has dropped since lawmakers ended film incentives ✔ A local resident took an Associated Press journalist on a tour in his canoe



The Latest: Another town in SC flooded by Florence

9/16/2018, 6:30:28 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 2:05 p.m. A small town in northeast South Carolina is getting flo ✔ (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP) Resident Joseph Eudi looks at flood debris and storm damage from Hurricane Florence at a home on East Front Street in New Bern, N.C., Saturday, Sept ✔ Roberts still had supplies like bottled water, but went ahead and closed so his employees could prepare their homes



The Latest: NC city uses 'Rude Awakening index' for storms

9/16/2018, 5:50:36 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 1:10 p.m. Some officials rely on the "Waffle House index" to dete ✔ The boat washed up with storm surge and debris from Hurricane Florence ✔ He has also lost two sailboats during hurricanes in the Florida Keys ✔ Roberts still had supplies like bottled water, but went ahead and closed so his employees could prepare their homes



The Latest: Regulators monitoring hog, poultry farms

9/16/2018, 4:16:33 PM
NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): Noon North Carolina state regulators and environmental groups are m ✔ Hickey lives on a sailboat in Charleston and evacuated to the same shelter at Ridge View High School during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 ✔ He has also lost two sailboats during hurricanes in the Florida Keys ✔ Roberts still had supplies like bottled water, but went ahead and closed so his employees could prepare their homes



The Latest: 90 rescued from waters in North Carolina county

9/16/2018, 4:08:09 PM
NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 11:45 a.m. North Carolina's transportation secretary says one of hi ✔ Hickey lives on a sailboat in Charleston and evacuated to the same shelter at Ridge View High School during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 ✔ He has also lost two sailboats during hurricanes in the Florida Keys ✔ Roberts still had supplies like bottled water, but went ahead and closed so his employees could prepare their homes



RED ALERT: Typhoon Mangkhut to SMASH into TWO nuclear plants as MILLIONS evacuate in panic

9/16/2018, 4:06:29 PM
TYPHOON MANGKHUT - the most powerful storm of the year - is expected to directly hit two nuclear power plants later today with shocking 120mph winds, as officials issue a red alert warning. ✔ A spokesman for the Taishan facility said: All emergency personnel are at their posts and have conducted their preparatory work ✔ One video shows a father and son swept off their feet and thrown into a wall due to the sheer power of the winds After the typhoon passes over Hong Kong, the powerful storm is expected to wreak havoc across several Chinese megacities



Hurricane Florence path tracker – the latest path updates as the storm hits South Carolina

9/16/2018, 4:47:28 PM
HURRICANE Florence has reached the US coast and already caused serious problems in both North and South Carolina. Here’s how you can track the storm’s movements and how it has affected … ✔ The NHC has a specialist team, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters, part of the Air Force Reserve, which flies into tropical storms and hurricanes to collect scientific data ✔ Cajun Army President Todd Terrell told CNN: We actually just rescued over 200 people, and we've got about another 300 to 500 left to rescue



North, South Carolina cope with wet misery left by Florence

9/16/2018, 6:03:19 PM
Florence's strong winds may be dropping, but heavy rain and floodwaters are bringing wet misery to much of North and South Carolina. Here are snapshots of people struggling to cope in t ✔ ANXIOUS TO GET HOME When he heard a Category 4 hurricane was headed for North Carolina, possibly affecting his home in Goldsboro, Eugene Johnson and his wife packed their 4-year-old son into their car and headed west, ending up in Jackson, Tennessee



FEMA head says he'll stay on job amid watchdog investigation

9/16/2018, 4:08:15 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the government's disaster relief agency says he has no intention of stepping aside, especially during Florence, despite being under investigation by ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) The head of the government's disaster relief agency says he has no intention of stepping aside, especially during Florence, despite being under investigation by a federal watchdog ✔ And when it's over, whenever it ends, I'm ready to go back home, love my family ✔ He says the two have a very functional and professional relationship ✔ Long spoke Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press and CBS' Face the Nation



Massive floods as Nigeria rivers overflow, $8.2m relief approved

9/16/2018, 5:38:26 PM
Late last week, president Buhari through his chief of staff ordered the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, boss to declare a "national disaster," if the situation so demands. ✔ 19:21 Massive floods as Nigeria rivers overflow, $8.2m relief approved



Coast Guard rescues boatful of Beagles from Florence flooding

9/16/2018, 5:21:23 PM
Josephine Horne climbed aboard a Coast Guard boat from her nearly underwater trailer. But she looked back to see her 10 beagles struggling to survive. ✔ The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a couple trapped in their trailer and about a dozen dogs in Columbus County, North Carolina ✔ (Photo: Andrew Nelles, The Tennessean, via USA TODAY NETWORK) COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C ✔ 16, 2018, following flooding from Hurricane Florence



Typhoon Mangkhut – 140mph winds sweep Hong Kong pedestrians off their feet in storm that has left 64 dead

9/16/2018, 7:09:19 PM
TERRIFYING footage shows the moment Hong Kong pedestrians are swept of their feet by 140mph winds as Typoon Mangkhut batters East Asia. So far the storm has killed at least 64 people and left 37 go… ✔ Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan said families rushed into an old three-story building because they thought they were really safe there ✔ The country's deadliest ever storm was Super Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,350 people dead or missing in November 2013



D.C.-area forecast: Mostly dry today, occasional showers and storms tomorrow into Tuesday

9/16/2018, 4:07:16 PM
The remnants of Florence finally catch up with us to start the work week, and while we don’t expect anything too extreme, some heavy tropical downpours are possible. ✔ Clouds hang over the Smithsonian Castle in Washington ✔ View the current weather at The Washington Post ✔ Tomorrow (Monday): What’s left of Florence makes its closest approach on Monday ✔ We’ll be watching the potential for pockets of flooding, with some of us likely to see a heavy downpour or two



Protests grow over jailing of Reuters journalists in Myanmar

9/16/2018, 4:25:43 PM
Scores call for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo's release in Yangon as reporters across globe voice solidarity on social media. ✔ In response, six Myanmar journalist organisations published a rare statement on Friday saying they were disappointed with Aung San Suu Kyi's comments ✔ UN investigators say the violence merits the prosecution of top generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity ✔ WATCH: Myanmar - Journalists Paying the Price for Reporting Genocide (26:25)



Residents Return After Gas Line Caused Explosions, Fires

9/16/2018, 5:44:57 PM
Authorities gave approval for thousands of Massachusetts residents to return home Sunday after they had been evacuated following a series of deadly gas explosions and fires in three communities north of Boston. ✔ He said the probe by the NTSB, which investigates major pipeline accidents as well as transportation incidents, will include looking at when that increase was detected and how the company responded ✔ An emergency shelter continued to operate in Lawrence for displaced residents



US sanctions are China's big concern right now

9/16/2018, 5:32:16 PM
In her presidential weekly briefing, Samantha Vinograd writes that the Trump administration's announcement that it is considering sanctions against China over its mistreatment of Muslims will lead Beijing to stoke security concerns. ✔ Kim probably knows -- because it's clearly stated online, on the United State Forces Korea website -- that the mission of US Forces-Korea (USF-K) is not limited to just maintaining the Korean War armistice ✔ Spain will now proceed with selling 400 laser-guided missiles to Yemen



FEMA head warns Florence threat will continue over the next 48 hours

9/16/2018, 5:21:21 PM
FEMA administrator Brock Long warned Hurricane Florence will continue to cause damage for the next 48 hours as North and South Carolina headed into a fourth day of unrelenting rains. ✔ A rescue team with the US Coast Guard can be seen in the middle of a flooded road in Newport, North Carolina on Friday after tropical depression Florence hit US Marine Corp aid in evacuating  the local populace in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Saturday  Maggie Belgie of The Cajun Navy carries a child evacuating a flooding trailer community during Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, North Carolina, on Saturday A downed tree uprooted by Hurricane Florence lies next to homes in New Bern, North Carolina Long went on to praise North Carolina Gov Roy Cooper and Division of Emergency Management Director Mike Sprayberry for their strong responses to the storm



A president’s secret letters to another woman that he never wanted public

9/16/2018, 7:26:33 PM
Woodrow Wilson also sent the woman $7,500 — about $183,000 today. ✔ (Mary Peck biography) By Molly McCartney September 16 at 7:00 AM Family and friends had known about the president’s intimate relationship with another woman for years, but whispers about their involvement were growing ✔ Tell me everything you can about yourself, he wrote her in February 1910



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