SURF CITY, N.C. (WNCT) — The start of Atlantic hurricane season is just two days away and coastal towns are trying to get people as prepared as possible. The Town of Surf City is helping people ...

As clean-up efforts continue in the western part of the state from Hurricane Helene, and rebuilding is still going on stemming from Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence, state leaders are ...

SURF CITY, N.C. (WECT) - The Town of Surf City is set to host a Hurricane Preparedness Workshop later this month. According to the town, the free event led by Emergency Management will provide ...

Governor Roy Cooper now estimates the damages are at $53 billion. He noted, that's more than three times Hurricane Florence's impact on NC.

A new audit of North Carolina’s Hurricane Florence relief fund found additional money that was spent without proper verification in the years after the 2018 storm. As of the end of 2023, $520 million ...

For Matthew, which hit the state in October 2016, those financial records begin a year later in October 2017. For Florence, which hit in September 2018, the financial records begin in October 2020.

The new damage estimate — $53 billion, according to the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management — is triple the damage incurred by Hurricane Florence in 2018.

Florence recovery funding and oversight requirements After Florence struck the state in 2018, lawmakers created the Florence Disaster Recovery Fund, allocating $942.4 million for recovery efforts.

Two people in a canoe paddle through a street that was flooded by Hurricane Florence north of New Bern, N.C. on Sept. 15, 2018. Storm surge and heavy flooding from the hurricane has inundated much ...

ReBuild NC promised to help hurricane victims. Over five years later, the program is on “pause” North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency admitted in the fall that it had overrun its budget and ...

Lawmakers expressed concern with NCORR, also known as Rebuild NC, the agency tasked with Eastern North Carolina hurricane rebuilding efforts, taking on this new role.

Former Gov. Roy Cooper's administration never finished recovery efforts following storms from 2016 and 2018. Now state legislators seek to audit and shut down the agency in charge.