Hurricane Florence and accompanying floods are an ongoing and developing crisis expected to last through early next week. We’re offering a variety of crisis links, tools and resources and will update these periodically if we find additional useful links.
Tracking Florence
- New York Times
- Washington Post
- CNN
- Charlotte Observer: Live Updates
- The News & Observer
- Post & Courier
- Myrtle Beach online
- Citizen Times
- US Coast Guard News – Hurricane Florence
- North Carolina Emergency Management Twitter
- South Carolina Emergency Management Division Twitter
- National Weather Service Twitter
Emergency Resources
If you are in a life-threatening situation and you need rescue, call 911 first, then your local emergency operation center.
- FEMA: Hurricane Florence
- North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety: Hurricane Florence 2018
- South Carolina Emergency Management Division
Locate loved ones
- Search for a missing family member via RedCross
- Facebook Hurricane Florence Across the Eastern United States
Shelter
- FEMA: If you need a safe place to go, text SHELTER and your zip code (i.e. SHELTER 12345) to 4FEMA (43362) to locate an open emergency shelter near you
- Red Cross Shelter Finder
- Google Crisis Map for Hurricane Harvey
- Airbnb – find a place or offer a place for evacuees
Other tools and resources
- Download the FEMA app
- Find a local foodbank
- Hurricane Florence Resources – USA.gov
- Food and Water Safety During Power Outages and Floods
- Red Cross Flood Safety Checklist (PDF)
- Red Cross: Hurricane Safety Tips
- FDA Offers Tips about Medical Devices and Hurricane Disasters
- Ready.gov on Floods – also in Spanish
- Settling insurance claims after a disaster – how to file a claim, how the claim process works, what’s covered and what’s not
How you can help
- 5 Tips for Donating After Disasters
- American Red Cross
- Global Giving – a $5 million goal for relief and recovery
- Portlight – Post-disaster relief for people with disabilities
- United Way of Houston – storm recovery
- Charity Navigator – charities providing assistance in the wake of Hurricane Florence