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Use caution with displaced wildlife after a hurricane

Lindell Kay

With normal food supplies interrupted and shelters flooded or destroyed by hurricane rains and winds, rats, snakes and other wildlife seek out safe haven - often in the homes of unsuspecting humans. Snakes will escape rising waters by finding a dry... Full story

Taking out the trash

Debris removal can be complicated

Jon Dawson

After riding the storm out, clearing out debris is a team effort. High water levels in rivers can result in tree limbs and other debris getting stuck under bridges, possibly creating more flooding than originally expected. Debris can also block... Full story

One Onslow county shelter provides safe haven for humans and pets

AMANDA HICKEY

Pet owners are not stranded during hurricane season. If they have to go to a shelter, there is one at which their furry friends can accompany them. "As soon as the Red Cross shelters are activated by the Emergency Management Center, we go to... Full story

Volunteers swing into action when a hurricane hits

Volunteers are the backbone of hurricane response in Eastern North Carolina

Francine Sawyer

When devastation strikes in the form of a hurricane, there are several organizations people can count on. Selected school buildings turn into emergency shelters operated by Red Cross volunteers, the Salvation Army's traveling canteen is parked at... Full story

Area's emergency managers prepared

Lindell Kay

With plenty of experience with major storms, the area's emergency management directors say they are prepared for another hurricane season. A tornado earlier this month in the Belgrade area helped sharpen emergency response in Onslow County, said... Full story

Disaster training prepares Onslow County Emergency Services for any situation

Molly Dewitt

The Onslow County Emergency Services Department holds week-long, full-scale disaster ready training exercises on an annual basis to better prepare employees and emergency personnel for the hazardous situations that are a potential for this area.... Full story

Carteret CodeRED

JANNETTE PIPPIN

BEAUFORT - In the first test of Carteret County's newest method of getting urgent information out to the public, nearly 46,000 phone calls were made to citizens within an hour. There was no emergency as the first calls were made but the CodeRED... Full story

Hurricane Intercept Research Team offers storm upates

Amanda Hickey

A camera, lap top, wind tracker, weather monitor and a wind gauge. Those are some of the tools that make hurricane tracking possible for Mark Sudduth and the Hurricane Intercept Research Team. Through their Web site, hurricanetrack.com, the... Full story

Flooding: It can happen to anyone

Nikie Mayo

Handling the coastal flooding that comes with every hurricane starts with one simple step: Learn where you live. "If I had to give people one piece of advice, that would be it," said Stanley Kite, a veteran emergency-services director in Craven... Full story

Isabel

Five Years Later

COREY FRIEDMAN

SOUTH RIVER - Five years ago, Dollie Carraway lost a lifetime of memories. Heirloom furniture, children's grade-school drawings and her son's letters from Vietnam were destroyed when Hurricane Isabel flooded the South River on Sept.18, 2003. More... Full story

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