Police say mental heath patients were being transported to another centre when floodwaters swept their van away. Responders congregate near where two people drowned Tuesday evening when they were trapped in a Horry County Sheriff transport van [Gerald Herbert/AP Photo] [Daylife] Two women died when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility…
An official looks out a Blackhawk Helicopter at homes surrounded by floodwaters due to Hurricane Florence on Monday in Conway, South Carolina. Many rivers in the Carolinas are approaching record flood stages, and officials say their levels will continue to rise through the week. Sean Rayford/Getty Images Hurricane Florence has broken rainfall records since it made landfall…
Hurricane Florence is not the result of global warming. It’s likely due to natural weather patterns, not climate change as some have already said. (Photo: Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA via AP) Even before Hurricane Florence made landfall somewhere near the border of North and South Carolina, predicted damage from potentially catastrophic flooding from the storm was already…
At a Glance Florence will slowly move farther inland in the Carolinas on Saturday. This will produce catastrophic flash flooding and major river flooding. Life-threatening storm surge has already occurred in eastern North Carolina. Flash flood emergencies have been issued for eastern North Carolina. Florence’s remnant will linger in parts of the East into early…
Large and violent Florence is continuing on a beeline toward the East Coast as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane. Catastrophic flooding and destructive winds are becoming very likely in the eastern Carolinas. Forecasts generally project the storm to make landfall between northern South Carolina and North Carolina’s Outer Banks as a strong Category 3 …