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Hurricane Florence

flooding in norht carolina

‘Hope to hopelessness’: Will government step up after second storm? 

Politics

A North Carolina county with little clout looks to Washington for help.

People are shown in rain jackets wading through a flooded street in New Bern, North Carolina, Sept. 13, 2018.

Hurricane Florence deluges Carolinas ahead of landfall

Hurricane Florence seen over the Atlantic Ocean

With massive Hurricane Florence approaching, a million people are urged to evacuate

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