Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina early Friday, pushing a life-threatening storm surge of floodwater miles inland and ripping apart buildings with screaming wind and pelting rain.

WILMINGTON, North Carolina -- It's about the water, not the wind, with Hurricane Florence making an extended stay along the North Carolina coast. Forecasters say "it cannot be emphasized enough that ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- Like thousands of other UNC-Chapel Hill students this week, these undergrads could have gone home. They could have gone anywhere. But they decided they wanted to go to ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- "Do not underestimate the storm." That was the message from Governor Roy Cooper Thursday morning as state officials gave a briefing about Hurricane Florence at the Emergency ...

PENDER COUNTY, NC -- Two horses were rescued seemingly at the last minute when volunteers found them neck deep in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. Rescue organization Guardians of ...

As the Southeast copes with Hurricane Florence and its aftermath, members of the community in cities across the region are coming together to support one another in their time of need. See how ...

CONWAY, S.C. (WCSC) - It has been seven years since Hurricane Florence hit the Carolinas with devastating amounts of rainfall. The storm had been a long-lived Category 4 storm, but had weakened to a ...

Part of the Starlite Motel is washed away in the aftermath of flooding from Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. AP Photo/David Goldman A reporter at our sister station ...

Wind alone does not account for all hurricane-related fatalities. Storm surge and rainfall do as well. Yet the current warning system—the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale—measures a storm's ...