• Home
  • Contacts

  • Money
  • Life&Culture
  • IT&Software
  • Research
  • Sports
  • World Media
  • Medical
  • USA

First deaths reported from Hurricane Florence after Wilmington home collapses

  • by Jake Bell
  • in Research
  • — Sep 15, 2018
Share:

The biggest danger, as forecasters saw it, was not the wind but the water: the storm surge along the coastline and the prospect of 300 to 1000mm of rain over the next several days that could trigger catastrophic flooding in a slow-motion disaster well inland.

Top winds were holding at 90 miles per hour - that's just a Category 1 hurricane - but some communities were already submerged in more than six feet of water as the storm drenched the coast. "It's an uninvited brute who doesn't want to leave".

"We know we're in for a long haul here", Cooper said of predictions that the storm will linger over the area. "But I think we're ready".

Once a Category-4 hurricane with winds of 225kph, the hurricane was downgraded to Category 1 on Thursday night.

Hurricane-force winds extended 130km from its centre, and tropical storm-force winds reached out to 315km.

As of 1 p.m. ET, more than a foot of rain had fallen in many towns in southeastern North Carolina. Florence dumped more than 20 inches on Oriental, N.C., the NHC said. But with a storm surge putting pressure on water to head back inland and heavy rains swelling those rivers, widespread flooding is the result. "We have two boats and all our worldly possessions", said Susan Patchkofsky, who refused her family's pleas to evacuate and stayed at Emerald Isle with her husband.

More news: Wind approaches outer banks of North Carolina

More than 440,000 homes and businesses were without power in North and SC early on Friday, utility officials said.

The No. 1 mission right now, Cooper said, is to save lives.

On the mainland in New Bern, authorities said more than 100 people had to be saved from floods and that the downtown area was underwater.

Emergency Management services in North Carolina are reporting that 497,255 customers are without power in North Carolina as Hurricane Florence makes landfall. The homes of about 10 million were under watches or warnings for the hurricane or tropical storm conditions.

Still, some residents ignored calls to evacuate.

As the Category 1 hurricane bore down on the Carolinas on Thursday, WCTI meteorologists Donnie Cox and Shane Hinton continued to oversee coverage of the storm for the city of New Bern. The agency adds that people trapped by flooding should "never enter attics or crawl spaces".

More news: Exodus grows as motorists flee from 'big and vicious' Hurricane Florence

The Wilmington airport had a wind gust clocked at 169 km/hr the highest since Hurricane Helene in 1958.

Are you affected by Hurricane Florence?

Florence arrived at the Carolina coast as a Category 1 storm, with winds far slower than the fearsome 150 miles per hour of just a few days ago.

It was expected to begin pushing its way westward across SC later in the day, in a watery siege that could go on all weekend. But he expected to be able to ride the storm out.

Coastal towns in the Carolinas were largely empty, and schools and businesses closed as far south as Georgia. Thousands of soldiers from their National Guard forces have been mobilized.

More news: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Comes to Switch in Early 2019

Share:

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

  • Kerry Admits Meeting With Zarif Several Times, Says Did Not 'Coach' Him
  • Meghan Markle Reportedly Losing Friends Since Joining The Royal Family
  • Roxanne Pallett’s secret Celebrity Big Brother game plan REVEALED
  • YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...

    • SpaceX rocket launched carrying Israel's first lunar lander 2/23/2019
    • Tiny Neptune moon may be result of cosmic collision 2/23/2019
    • Ocasio-Cortez Responds To Billboard Shaming Her For Slamming Amazon - It’s ‘Wack’ 2/23/2019
    • NASA, SpaceX approve test flight next week of crew capsule 2/23/2019
    • Feinstein confrontational with Green New Deal kids 2/23/2019
    • Climate change claims its first casualty in world's largest coral reef system 2/23/2019
    • Oldest white dwarf star discovered, NASA says 2/22/2019
    • Neptunes tiny Moon may be result of comet collision: Scientists 2/22/2019
    • 4-foot-tall T. rex cousin discovered, was a 'harbinger of doom' 2/22/2019
    • SpaceX launches the first private moon lander on Israel's behalf 2/22/2019

RELATED NEWS

More than 80,000 without power in North Carolina as Florence moves closer
The storm's forward motion has slowed 11km/h since Wednesday (local time), which was predicted as the storm nears the coast . Georgia, east Tennessee, and extreme eastern Alabama will feel some of the rain and wind from Florence over the weekend.
9/15/2018

Scott Morrison: Australia PM puts hands up over 'not OK' lyrics
Famed American rapper Fatman Scoop took to his Instagram account to praise the PM for using his song and lyrics in Parliament . Mr Morrison proceeded to delete the video following the backlash and apologised for the song choice.
9/15/2018

FCC Pauses Proposed Sprint-T-Mobile Merger
Similarly, a business model titled "Build 9" that was also submitted September 5 needs further review, the FCC said. The FCC is also awaiting the submission of "additional economic modeling" supporting the merger from T-Mobile.
9/15/2018

Novelist Who Wrote 'How To Murder Your Husband' Arrested For Murder
Novelist Nancy Brophy who penned How To Murder Your Husband has been charged with the murder of her husband, Dan Brophy. Crampton-Brophy remains in jail in lieu of bond, and has also been charged with unlawful use of a weapon.
9/15/2018

Public gatherings banned in Harare over cholera
She urged the Mnangagwa administration to "learn from its predecessor's mistakes" and act urgently before more lives are lost. Informal housing areas without running water have mushroomed, and basic infrastructure has collapsed due to years of neglect.
9/15/2018

Putin: Novichok suspects are not criminals
The Russian agents allegedly entered Britain on a kill mission after flying from Moscow to London Gatwick Airport. Russian state TV channel Rossiya-24 said the suspect named as Alexander Petrov would maybe speak next week.
9/15/2018

Arrowverse Crossover: Grimm's Elizabeth Bitsie Tulloch Cast as Lois Lane
Tyler Hoechlin will return as Superman , marking his first appearance in the red and blue tights since late in Supergirl Season 2. This week marks the 25th anniversary of the first episode of ABC's Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman .
9/15/2018

Ariana Grande Remembers Mac Miller with Heartfelt Tribute
A lot of people had kind words about and emotional tributes to Mac Miller when he passed away recently at 26 years old. Taking to Instagram, Grande posted a video of her and Mac in happier times, laughing with one another.
9/15/2018

Tesla pulls 2 paint colors to 'simplify manufacturing'
Tesla has struggled to make the change from small-production luxury vehicle brand to a full-fledged mass-market automaker. Tesla is even more conservative on its website , which says the base model will be available in four to seven months.
9/14/2018

Here’s How to Install iOS 12 Before Its Official Release
The iPhone should then restart, after which the beta version will appear in the Settings app, in the General Software Update . The golden master build, the site says, is expected to be the same version that will be released on September 17.
9/14/2018

Who’s going to die on ‘Modern Family’?
But Modern Family fans are zeroing in on the word "significant", which doesn't carry as the same weight as "major". Deaths on television are usually reserved for the big dramas in which murder is interwoven into the story.
9/14/2018

West Nile Virus case confirmed in Shaker Heights resident
For an additional time this summer , a sampling of mosquitoes taken from Cedar Park has tested positive for the West Nile Virus . So far this season, at least five areas in SC have reported being affected by the virus, according to previous reports .
9/14/2018

How to Listen to Eminem's Diss Track Response to MGK - "Killshot"
He continued: "So I click on it. he starts doing a press run, basically, about Hailie ". "So, that's not why I dissed him". Eminem is already back in the studio after MGK released his diss track "Rap Devil" in response to "Not Alike".
9/14/2018

150 people awaiting rescue in New Bern, NC
No deaths have been reported in New Bern, but the situation caused by Hurricane Florence is dire, the mayor said. We are staying here to keep you up to date". "The building has been evacuated, just so that you know", he said.
9/14/2018

Dustin Johnson Addresses Rumors Regarding Relationship With Paulina Gretzky
After spending most of the year as the No. 1 golfer in the world rankings, Johnson fell behind Justin Rose last week. Johnson's statement comes after the woman at the centre of the controversy, Yassie Saffai issued her own statement.
9/14/2018

    • Top picks

      • SpaceX rocket launched carrying Israel's first lunar lander2/23/2019
      • Tiny Neptune moon may be result of cosmic collision2/23/2019
      • Ocasio-Cortez Responds To Billboard Shaming Her For Slamming Amazon - It’s ‘Wack’2/23/2019
      • NASA, SpaceX approve test flight next week of crew capsule2/23/2019
    • Weekly News

      • Feinstein confrontational with Green New Deal kids2/23/2019
      • Climate change claims its first casualty in world's largest coral reef system2/23/2019
      • Oldest white dwarf star discovered, NASA says2/22/2019
      • Neptunes tiny Moon may be result of comet collision: Scientists2/22/2019
    • Latest News

      • 2019’s second Supermoon Bhopali skywatchers in for a treat2/22/2019
      • Israeli moon lander launched by SpaceX expected to land in April2/22/2019
      • History in the Making: Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft Launches Tonight on Moon Mission2/22/2019
      • SpaceX is rocketing the first private mission to the moon tonight2/22/2019
    • Home
    • Contacts

    Saturday 23 February 2019

    © 2019 . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.