NC Attorney General: 500 reports of price-gouging submitted

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s chief lawyer says he’s looking into accusations that retailers are bilking customers through exorbitant prices as Hurricane Florence and the storm’s remnants have crossed the state.

Walmart will match customer donations two-to-one up to $5 million for hurricane relief

With a catastrophic storm, flooding and power outages hitting the Eastern Seaboard, Walmart and Sam’s Club are launching a customer campaign to assist impacted communities with hurricane relief.

Florence's 'catastrophic' flooding brings death toll up to 11 for Carolinas

Thousands of people living near North Carolina's rising rivers were ordered evacuated Saturday as hurricane-turned-tropical storm Florence practically parked itself over land and poured on the rain Saturday, raising fears that the state could be in for the most destructive flooding in its history.

Toxic waste sites in Florence's path under close watch

As Tropical Storm Florence spins inland, environmental regulators are monitoring more than three dozen toxic waste sites in the storm's path, as well as scores of low-lying water- and sewage-treatment plants at risk of flooding.

A warmer world makes hurricanes wetter and more intense

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A warmer world makes for nastier hurricanes. Scientists say they are wetter, possess more energy and intensify faster.

7 dead as Tropical Storm Florence drenches Carolinas

Forecasters say the center of Hurricane Florence is hovering just inland near Cape Fear, North Carolina.