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North Carolina Approves $400M in Florence Recovery Funds
Nov 5 2018 // North Carolina legislators approved spending $400 million to quickly help people and communities reeling from flooding left by Hurricane Florence and setting aside another $450 million for upcoming needs. The emergency...
Hurricane Florence Damage in North Carolina Reaches $17B
Nov 2 2018 // Hurricane Florence in North Carolina is now estimated to have caused $17 billion in damage, according to a statement from Governor Roy Cooper’s office. An Oct. 31 updated damage estimate from the North Carolina...
North Carolina Emerald Mine Robbed of $100K in Rare Gems
Oct 29 2018 // A heist has wiped a North Carolina emerald mine out of an estimated $100,000 in rare precious gems and gold jewelry. An Alexander County Sheriff’s Office release says thieves broke into, vandalized and robbed Emerald...
North Carolina Approves 17.2% Rate Decrease for Workers’ Comp
Oct 25 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau’s 17.2 percent rate decrease filing for workers’ compensation insurance has been approved by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, according to a statement from the...
GenX Undetected in Bloodstreams of North Carolina Chemical Plant Neighbors
Oct 19 2018 // Dozens of neighbors of a North Carolina chemical plant had industrial compounds in their bloodstreams, but tests by state and federal health officials outlined Tuesday didn’t find the much-debated and little-studied...
North Carolina Approves $400M in Florence Recovery Funds
Oct 17 2018 // The sharp partisanship that’s typified North Carolina’s government was buried temporarily on Monday as legislators approved spending $400 million to quickly help people and communities reeling from flooding...
Losses to North Carolina Schools from Florence Worse than Hurricane Matthew
Oct 11 2018 // North Carolina’s public school officials expect damage from Hurricane Florence to well exceed school losses after Hurricane Matthew two years ago, a Department of Public Instruction official told the state’s...
North Carolina Agriculture Chief Requests $300M in Aid for Florence Recovery
Oct 10 2018 // North Carolina’s agriculture agency asked state legislators Monday for over $300 million to address cleanup and recovery after Hurricane Florence, with most going toward direct payments to farmers who lost crops and...
Subpoena Issued to North Carolina Insurance Department Over Private Political Donor
Oct 8 2018 // A federal investigation seeks documents about business operations connected to a private investment firm founder who seemingly overnight became the largest individual donor in North Carolina politics. The federal grand...
North Carolina Road Repairs After Florence to Cost More Than $266M
Oct 5 2018 // North Carolina officials say repairing roads damaged by Hurricane Florence will cost at least $266 million. WRAL-TV reports that Transportation Secretary Jim Trogdon told a House transportation committee Wednesday that...
North Carolina Lawmakers Approve Florence Recovery Legislation, $57M in Funding
Oct 4 2018 // In a rare show of bipartisanship, the North Carolina legislature quickly approved Tuesday legislation described as financial and policy down payments on what’s expected to be a long, expensive recovery from Hurricane...
Florence Impact on Insurers Tempered by Mostly Uninsured Flood Losses
Oct 1 2018 // Insurance industry losses from Hurricane Florence, which hit the Carolinas mid-September as a Category 1 storm, will be manageable and not have a severe impact on insurers, according to experts. As the storm turned out to...
Flooding Forecast in Some South Carolina Communities Not as Dire as First Feared
Sep 28 2018 // The last community in the way of Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters as they slowly flow to the sea got some good news Wednesday – the predictions aren’t as dire as they once were. And it appears the Waccamaw...
Florence Impact on Insurers Tempered by Mostly Uninsured Flood Losses
Sep 25 2018 // This enhanced satellite image made available by NOAA shows Hurricane Florence off the eastern coast of the United States on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 at 5:52 p.m. EDT. (NOAA via AP) Insurance industry losses from Hurricane...
Thousands in South Carolina Brace for Post-Florence Flooding
Sep 25 2018 // Thousands of people in and around the city of Georgetown, South Carolina, were urged to evacuate on Monday as two rivers gorged with rain from long-departed Hurricane Florence will flood the area this week. More than 10...
Carolinas Still Facing Major Flooding More Than a Week After Florence
Sep 24 2018 // Major flooding remains in eastern North Carolina more than a week after Hurricane Florence made landfall. Gov. Roy Cooper said Saturday that nine of the state’s river gauges are at major flood stage and four others...
Dam Breach at N.C. Power Plant Causes Coal Ash Spill into Cape Fear River
Sep 24 2018 // Gray muck is flowing into the Cape Fear River from the site of a dam breach at a Wilmington power plant where an old coal ash dump had been covered over by Florence’s floodwaters. Forecasters predicted the water...
Florence Crop Damage to Farms in the Carolinas Could Cost Billions
Sep 24 2018 // Hurricane Florence is testing the resolve of farmers in the Carolinas, who could face billions of dollars in agricultural damage while still feeling the sting from Hurricane Matthew almost two years ago. After last...
North Carolina Power Plant Inundated by Flood Waters
Sep 21 2018 // Duke Energy activated a high-level emergency alert at a retired coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as floodwaters from the nearby Cape Fear River overtopped an earthen dike at the facility and inundated a large...
The Longest Week: Carolinas Worn Out by Florence
Sep 21 2018 // Hurricane Florence is still wearing out the Carolinas, where residents have endured an agonizing week of violent winds, torrential rain, widespread flooding, power outages and death. Frustration and sheer exhaustion are...
