Hurricane Florence moves inland near Cape Fear, North Carolina: NHC
Hurricane Florence is located just inland near Cape Fear, North Carolina, bringing life-threatening storm surges and hurricane-force wind gusts, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday.
Gas explosions drive thousands from homes in Boston suburbs
Some 8,000 people were prevented from returning home in Boston suburbs on Friday as investigators scrambled to find out the cause of dozens of gas explosions that killed at least one person and injured about 12 more.
New York regulator sues OCC for allowing fintech bank charters
New York state’s top banking regulator on Friday sued the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, seeking to void its decision to begin granting national bank charters to financial technology companies.
Factbox: Near 440,000 without power as Florence batters Carolinas
U.S. Southeast power companies said nearly 440,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina and South Carolina were without power on Friday as Hurricane Florence hit the coast.
Hurricane Florence makes landfall, set to inundate Carolinas
Hurricane Florence, weakened but still dangerous, crashed into the Carolinas on Friday as a giant, slow-moving storm that stranded residents with floodwaters and swamped part of the town of New Bern at the beginning of what could be a days-long deluge….
Hurricane Florence makes landfall, set to deluge Carolinas
Hurricane Florence crashed into the Carolinas as a giant, slow-moving storm on Friday, threatening catastrophic flooding while leaving scores in need of rescue from rising waters and hundreds of thousands without power.
Florence makes landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina: NHC
Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach North Carolina, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Friday.
Gas explosions drive thousands out of homes in Boston suburbs
Some 8,000 people were driven from their homes in the Boston suburbs by a series of gas explosions, and it was unclear on Friday when they could go back.
Center of Hurricane Florence 25 miles off North Carolina coast: NHC
The Center of Hurricane Florence was about 25 miles east of Wilmington, North Carolina at 4 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
U.S. reports mild bird flu virus at California farm: OIE
The United States has reported an outbreak of the low pathogenic H7N3 bird flu virus at a turkey farm in California, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday.
