In western North Carolina, the gaps in FEMA’s flood zones are even more pronounced. About 2,100 properties were in FEMA’s flood zone in Buncombe County compared to 19,500 identified as “at ...

OUR COVERAGE OF NORTH CAROLINA’S HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK CONTINUES THIS MORNING. TODAY WE ARE FOCUSING ON A DEADLY AND OFTEN UNDERESTIMATED THREAT THAT’S INLAND FLOODING. METEOROLOGIST BRIAN ...

Scientists consider that zone, which amounts to a 1 ... Many areas of western North Carolina affected by flooding had FEMA ...

The worst flooding could be yet to come in several parts of North Carolina as rivers continue ... while police stationed at the edge of the evacuation zone monitored who came and went.

While many coastal counties have larger shares of residences with flood insurance, coverage in inland counties is rare. Less than 1% of the North Carolina ... high-risk flood zone, that they ...

Duke Ph.D. student Aljouhra AlHargan pointed to a simulated map of homes and businesses that could get flooded if a storm dumped more than a foot of rain on the tiny flood-prone town of Creswell, in ...

In western North Carolina, firefighters are still struggling ... ALBERT: Like new digital maps. The amount of downed trees - what firefighters refer to as fuel - is enormous.