/tags/hurricane-florence Hurricane Florence en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:37:00 GMT /news/2018-09-16/with-angry-waters-rising-officials-warn-of-risk-to-life-from-florence Florence was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday, but officials say the storm has never been more dangerous for residents than it is right now. At least 17 have already died. Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:37:00 GMT /news/2018-09-16/with-angry-waters-rising-officials-warn-of-risk-to-life-from-florence Shannon Van Sant /news/2018-09-15/at-least-14-dead-in-carolinas-and-the-worst-flooding-is-yet-to-come-in-some-areas Florence is now a tropical depression, but major flooding will continue, the National Weather Service says. At least 14 people have died in the storm and its aftermath. That number's expected to rise. Sat, 15 Sep 2018 13:44:00 GMT /news/2018-09-15/at-least-14-dead-in-carolinas-and-the-worst-flooding-is-yet-to-come-in-some-areas Emily Sullivan, Clare Lombardo, James Doubek, Sasha Ingber /2018-09-14/tropical-storm-florence-an-uninvited-brute-brings-floods-and-at-least-5-deaths Hundreds of thousands of customers in North Carolina and South Carolina are without power. One N.C. official warned that part of the state will see "between a 500-year and 1,000-year flood event." Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:06:00 GMT /2018-09-14/tropical-storm-florence-an-uninvited-brute-brings-floods-and-at-least-5-deaths Bill Chappell, Vanessa Romo /2018-09-13/florence-making-landfall-on-carolina-coast-bringing-storm-surge-heavy-rain The National Hurricane Center says the storm's eyewall is ashore in North Carolina, where more than 20 inches of rain has fallen and storm surge has reached 10 feet in some places. Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:13:00 GMT /2018-09-13/florence-making-landfall-on-carolina-coast-bringing-storm-surge-heavy-rain Bill Chappell, Richard Gonzales, Merrit Kennedy, Scott Neuman /2018-09-11/hurricane-watch-issued-for-carolinas-ahead-of-category-4-florence The severity of Hurricane Florence is intensifying, triggering hurricane warnings along most of North Carolina's coast and a portion of South Carolina's. Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:51:00 GMT /2018-09-11/hurricane-watch-issued-for-carolinas-ahead-of-category-4-florence Bill Chappell, Vanessa Romo /energy-environment/2018-09-11/climate-change-drives-bigger-wetter-storms-storms-like-florence Hurricane Florence � large, slow and full of moisture � is threatening to inundate the Southeast. It's a type of storm that's getting more likely to form. Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:00:00 GMT /energy-environment/2018-09-11/climate-change-drives-bigger-wetter-storms-storms-like-florence Rebecca Hersher