Tag: Hurricane Florence

Chatham residents can apply for Hurricane Florence FEMA disaster relief

Pittsboro, NC – After extensive effort to document damage around the county, Chatham County Emergency Management received notice today that residents and business owners in the county may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and…

NCDOT Hurricane Florence response update

Raleigh, NC – Hurricane Florence devastated parts of North Carolina with unprecedented flooding and road closures, but this week brought some positive news. Sections of Interstates 95 and 40, which were closed for about a week, reopened, as did other…

Quick repairs, swift coordination reopen I-95, I-40

Fayetteville, NC – At 6:40 p.m. on Sunday, Debroah Leonard’s phone lit up with an urgent text message: “Division 6 is mobilizing to open I-95.” Leonard is the safety engineer for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division 4 based in…

Duke cancels or postpones athletic events

DURHAM, N.C. – Due to the potential inclement weather from Hurricane Florence, Duke Athletics has either cancelled or postponed scheduled home events for this weekend. Duke will attempt to reschedule all postponed events with updated information available on GoDuke.com and…