flooding

State and federal funding was recently approved to help the City of New Bern acquire several homes in flood-prone areas. PRE’s Meredith Radford has more.…

It’s been three years since Hurricane Florence caused catastrophic damage in Eastern North Carolina. Communities across the region are in various stages…

School district leaders in Jones County are working to decide where to place about 400 students at Jones Middle School and Trenton Elementary School after…

Hurricane Matthew recovery continues throughout eastern North Carolina, including the largely rural county of Duplin on the banks of the Cape Fear River.…

The Tar River in Greenville is under flood stage for the first time since Hurricane Matthew hit the region. Now residents directly and indirectly impacted…

Some residents living near a tributary of the Tar River in Beaufort County were told to evacuate their homes in the middle of the night because water…

We travel to hard-hit Bertie County where residents and business owners are sifting through their belongings ruined by floodwaters. We speak with people…

Eastern North Carolina has been experiencing unusual weather this winter – Christmas Day marked record breaking warm temperatures. A couple of weeks…

Eastern North Carolina has been inundated with rain when a system stalled along the coast, dumping up to 22 inches of rain in some areas. The slow moving…

This week on the Down East Journal, we speak with local emergency services personnel about the impacts of the recent heavy rains and flooding. And, we…