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Sand bags surround homes on North Topsail Beach, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, as Hurricane Florence threatens the coast. (Photo: AP)

Hurricane Florence weakens to Category 2: US forecaster

Hurricane Florence weakened to a Category 2 storm but remained on course to deliver a powerful blow to the US east...

13 Sept 2018 12:46 PM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Residents told to 'get out now' as Florence takes aim at Carolinas

While many coastal residents heeded mandatory evacuation orders, others were boarding up homes and choosing to brave the...

12 Sept 2018 12:18 PM IST

Rain-gorged rivers threatened further flooding on the storm-battered US East Coast Monday as the death toll from Hurricane Florence, now a tropical depression, jumped to 31. (Photo: AP)

US House approves USD 1.7 billion in disaster aid for Carolinas

The aid was added to legislation to keep Federal Aviation Administration programs running beyond Sept. 30. The bill...

27 Sept 2018 1:38 PM IST

Rain-gorged rivers threatened further flooding on the storm-battered US East Coast Monday as the death toll from Hurricane Florence, now a tropical depression, jumped to 31. (Photo: AP)

Hurricane Florence death toll climbs to 31 as flooding wreaks havoc

More than a dozen rivers across North Carolina were at major flood stage on Monday or threatening to rise to critical...

18 Sept 2018 1:31 PM IST

Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team check cars in a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in NC. (Photo: AP)

Hurricane Florence: As floodwaters rise, death toll reaches 14

The death toll rose to at least 14 from Florence, which crashed into the state as a hurricane on Friday, bringing record...

17 Sept 2018 1:14 PM IST

Resident Joseph Eudi looks at flood debris and storm damage from Hurricane Florence at a home on East Front Street in New Bern on Saturday, September 15, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Hurricane Florence: At least 10 dead, Carolinas brace for widespread...

Rising river levels have led to thousands being asked to evacuate, fearing what can be the most destructive floods in N...

16 Sept 2018 12:39 PM IST

A fallen tree is shown after it crashed through the home where a woman and her baby were killed in Wilmington, North Carolina. (Photo: AP)

Hurricane Florence turns deadly, unleashes torrential floods on...

Four deaths were confirmed by officials, hundreds trapped by a storm surge of up to 10 feet.

15 Sept 2018 10:46 AM IST

Emergency personnel take a family to safety in Carolina. (Photo AP)

Thousands urged to flee ahead of post-Florence flooding in South...

Public schools will be closed until further notice. State transportation crews were working to erect temporary dams on...

24 Sept 2018 2:21 PM IST