Florence is still a dangerous storm
"The Worst is Yet to Come"
"Risk Of Life is Rising" - N.C. Governor
18 Dead - Over 1,000 Rescues - New Evacuation Orders - The Rain
Continues
Storm 'Has Never Been More Dangerous,' North Carolina Governor Warns
North
Carolina confronted a spiraling statewide crisis on Sunday as Tropical
Depression Florence slowly ravaged the region, flooding cities,
endangering communities from the coastline to the rugged mountains, and
requiring well more than 1,000 rescues.
The storm has "never been more dangerous than it is right now," Gov. Roy
Cooper said at a news conference. "Wherever you live in North Carolina,
be alert for sudden flooding."
All 100 counties in North Carolina had at least one type of National
Weather Service alert, from a flash-flood warning to a hazardous weather
outlook, in effect for Sunday or the days ahead
More Evacuations ordered across inland parts of North Carolina.
Cape Fear River expected to crest at 62 feet or more and send water
sweeping through downtown Fayetteville and over bridges.
nytimes.com
Florence Causing Catastrophic Flooding in Wide Areas of North Carolina,
South Carolina
On
Monday the National Weather Service has been issuing multiple tornado
warnings throughout the area.
Hoke County Officials have issued a mandatory evacuation order
for the listed areas below because of the potential breach of the dam at
McLaughlin Lake.
Florence was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday.
Here's how to monitor potential flooding in your area.
A massive rescue effort is still underway.
Crews said the conditions may only get worse as rain continues to
fall.
Emergency & Helpful Resources & Links.
abc11.com
Posted at 9:35 am this morning
'Sir, you know you're looting, correct?'
Family Dollar Told Police Do Not Arrest
Fox Reporter Confronts Hurricane Florence Looters Raiding Family Dollar
store
A
local TV reporter confronted looters in the aftermath of Hurricane
Florence. People were breaking into a closed Family Dollar store
Saturday. WECT reporter Chelsea Donovan saw people wearing masks and
carrying out items. They scattered when she pointed her camera at them.
Wilmington police say they were told by the Family Dollar store's
management to stand down after receiving reports of looting. Police
are now asking the public to help identify the suspects. There have been
some arrests.
fox2now.com
Wilmington, NC: Five charged after looters raid Family Dollar and Dollar
General
On Saturday afternoon, dozens of individuals went into the Family Dollar
on Greenfield Street and picked the place clean. Around 6:40 p.m.,
police were dispatched in response to another looting incident at the
Dollar General on Dawson Street. Officials say five people were charged
in connection with that robbery.
abc11.com
From Fayetteville, Across the Piedmont
& to the Mountains
Still several days of rain yet to come according to one reporter.
Authorities have ordered residents to stay inside and the evacuation
orders were still in effect as of this morning in Jacksonville, N.C.
With one Jacksonville river 10 feet over crest.
Flooding has kept power companies at bay from fixing power lines across
much of the areas impacted by Florence.
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Wilmington cut off from the rest of North Carolina
Police Standing Guard at One Retailer - Only 10 Customers Allowed in at
a Time
Wilmington is cut off from the rest of N.C. by still-rising floodwaters
from Florence, officials plan to airlift food and water to the city of
nearly 120,000 people as rescuers elsewhere pull inland residents from
homes threatened by swollen rivers.
"Not only are you going to see more impact across North Carolina ... but
we're also anticipating you are about to see a lot of damage going
through West Virginia, all the way up to Ohio as the system exits out,"
Brock Long of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Sunday on Fox
News.
In Wilmington , the state's eighth-largest city, residents waited for
hours outside stores and restaurants for basic necessities like water.
Police guarded the door of one store, and only 10 people were allowed
inside at a time.
About 70 miles (115 kilometers) away from the coast, residents near the
Lumber River stepped from their homes directly into boats floating in
their front yards; river forecasts showed the scene could be repeated in
towns as far as 250 miles inland as waters rise for days.
In North Carolina, fears of what could be the worst flooding in the
state's history led officials to order tens of thousands to
evacuate, though it wasn't clear how many had fled or even could.
As rivers swelled, state regulators and environmental groups were
monitoring the threat from gigantic hog and poultry farms located in
low-lying, flood-prone areas.
The industrial-scale farms contain vast pits of animal feces and urine
that can pose a significant pollution threat if they are breached or
inundated by floodwaters.
houstonchronicle.com
Pollution fears: Swollen rivers swamp ash dumps, gigantic hog farms
Flooded rivers from Florence's driving rains have begun to swamp coal
ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution concerns as the
swollen waterways approach their crests Monday.
Federal forecasters predicted several rivers would crest at record or
near-record levels by Monday, and high water could linger for days.
yahoo.com
Inside Cracker Barrel's war room: Military precision deployed in
Hurricane Florence response
The Cracker Barrel crisis operations response team - assembled in the
company's "war room" at its corporate headquarters in Nashville,
Tennessee, on Monday - sent its first group email out at 11:05 a.m.:
"Florence is projected as a Category 4 hurricane with the potential to
reach category 5 status Friday morning at around 2 a.m. along the North
Carolina coastline."
The email activated Cracker Barrel's emergency response plan,
identifying the 10 restaurants and roughly 1,000 employees directly in
the path of the storm. Cracker Barrel has closed 15 stores in the
Carolinas so far with five more that opened on a delay. The company
spent much of the first half of the week helping its employees evacuate
affected areas. Although Florence has slowed, it's still bringing a
life-threatening storm surge reaching heights of up to 11 feet.
cnbc.com
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