Photo from Canton ... avoid state Highway 11. North Carolina’s western region already had been hit hard by Hurricane Helene in September. Among the extensive damage, flooding washed away more ...

The potential for heavy rain prompted NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center to issue a Level 1 out of 4 flash flood threat from North Carolina to Delaware, covering some 14 million people.

One woman has taken it upon herself to search for the remains of her Mitchell County cousin, who is believed to have been swept away by flooding.