North Carolina's interactive Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network (FIMAN) map uses more than 500 gauges to show what rivers are close to moderate and major flood stage. There are several ...

On Friday at 3:38 p.m. a flood advisory was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC in effect until 6:15 p.m. The advisory ...

As insurance costs have increased, representatives from the N.C. Department of Insurance and statewide flood organizations ...

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 ...

Only about 2% of residences in the 100 counties hit hardest by Hurricane Helene-related power outages were protected by flood insurance, according to an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data ...

Hurricane Helene's rains devastated North Carolina ... map is telling them their risks," Walls said. "It's actually not. It's just telling them where they have to have a mandatory purchase of a ...

Debris littered throughout Swannanoa, N.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The Federal Emergency Management Agency did not designate this neighborhood a flood hazard zone. (Jabin Botsford ...

OUR COVERAGE OF NORTH CAROLINA ... IN A FLOODING SITUATION. SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS KNOW YOUR RISK. STAY INFORMED AND PLAN AHEAD. CHECK, CHECK. FLOOD MAPS.

Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina ... This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.

At a poster session in July in Gross Hall, Duke Ph.D. student Aljouhra AlHargan pointed to a simulated map of homes and businesses ... more than a foot of rain on the tiny flood-prone town of Creswell ...

A new flood disclosure rule takes effect Monday in North Carolina. It makes disclosing ... Federal floodplain maps use past data to determine where flooding is likely. “But with climate change ...

Rains from Hurricane Helene caused severe flooding in western North Carolina, devastating communities ... "They think that the map is telling them their risks," Walls said.