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MURRELS INLET, North Carolina – An awful and deadly fire broke out in a condo in Murrells Inlet, North Carolina around 4.00 am on Tuesday (26/2). This particular accident, which happened near the Allston House condo complex near Pendergrass Avenue, had made a chaos condition as there were many people got panic because of the big fire. Fortunately, there were many crews of the fire fighters that came as soon as the accident happened, which could be like Crews with Midway Fire, the Georgetown County Sherriff’s Office, Garden City Fire Rescue, Horry County, Surfside Beach fire crews, SLED were called to the scene. All of them work together in order to fight the fire as fast as possible. So then, the fire could finally under control at 6.00 am.

Furthermore, some of the crews would try to investigate to find out about the causes of the condo fire, and some other tried to get in to the condo to save anybody who might get trapped inside. Unfortunately, Norman Knight, a Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire Chief, had confirmed that there was one died because of the accident. He added that his crew was still trying to figure out more about this victim. Yet, a neighbor told ABC 15 News that the victim was a 30’s man, who lived with his dog that died in the fire too, had been known well as the complex’s HOA President. However, the Georgetown County Deputy Coroner Paulette Radcliffe explained that the identification would be pending as the crews remained on the scene when the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and state fire marshals joined the deeper investigation. Yet, a schedule for an autopsy procedure and its result release had been set to be on Wednesday morning.

Moreover, one of the fire marshals, Tom Zimpleman, stated that it is actually going to be really hard to pinpoint an exact location where the fire started especially when considering the collapse inside. But, he had assumed that the accident started from the back of the condo. It can be seen when he noticed the photos which were taken shows the back of the structure with the charred frames that remain. Nevertheless, there is no official statement related to the cause of the condo fire. So then, it has been considered as the unsuspicious and accidental tragedy. In addition, there were no fire fighters injured because of the accident.

RALEIGH, North Carolina – the famous Tom Dundon, who is known so well as the owner of Carolina Hurricanes, has come up with a remarkable idea to make a National Hockey League (NHL) outdoor game at Carter Finley Stadium. He keeps push the commissioner of the NHL to consider about his idea more and more. So then, he finally escorted, Gary Bettman, the commissioner of NHL when both of the visited the home of North Carolina State football on Tuesday (26/2). This particular visit can be the nice step where Dundon has the chance to show the visualization of the outdoor hockey game at the stadium. Then, it seems like this kind of concept can really attract the commissioner as he stated that he takes it so seriously.

However, there are still so many people feel so doubt about this outdoor hockey game especially when they consider about the weather conditions. Yet, Dundon can really convince everybody that the weather issue will never be a problem at all. It is proven when his team has played in so many different conditions such as a night game in Los Angeles where the temperature of the city in the afternoon can reach about 80 degrees. He said that the condition of the ice is the very important key that you have to pay more attention to. So, there is nothing that you need to worry about it as long as the team and the staffs know there are so many things to do. Then, he added that it does not matter what they are working on, he can make sure that everything will be okay with the North Carolina State. So, you will be able to have the new and fabulous experiences while watching an outdoor hockey game that you cannot find anywhere else.

Besides, Bettman looked very excited about the design of the stadium as he spent about 10 minutes overlooking the field and the stadium. Well, the studious will have the 200 by 85 foot rink that suit the standards based on the requirements of NHL. Even better, this stadium will look more awesome because of the notable orange cone on the midfield. Thus, you will feel so proud every time you come to the stadium to support the hockey team. In addition to this, Carolina Hurricanes has successfully hosted a game of 7 Stanley Cup since it moved from Hartford to Raleigh.

RALEIGH, North Carolina – the legislators in North Carolina seem to have made some small steps in order to manage the electric scooter and the companies that produce them. There will be clearer regulations that the users of the e-scooter have to meet in order to keep any problems away from the traffic of the city. In the other words, the law of the state can warrant the e-scooter will be free from any register requirements just like the other vehicles such as bicycles, mopeds, hover boards, and so on. So then, you can still keep some of your money as well as possible. However, some of the members of the council in the county really take it seriously as they think about the consequences the users of the vehicle have to take when they fall. They are assuming you can hit stones and concretes so hard, which it can affect you so bad, while riding an e-scoter.
Well, basically, the initial idea of the e-scooter regulations, which have been considered since December 2018, is only about the direction of how and where the scooter should be parked and ridden, So then, it will never bother the traffic or the people who use the facilities in the public area, which can be like the sidewalks, town square, and so on. Aside of that, these particular regulations will be more concern about the license for the e-scooter companies. In the simple words, the House Transportation Committee wants the manufacturers of the e-scooter have some standards to keep the quality of the vehicles in the best way. By doing so, they can hopefully make it a safer transportation option that the people from can take. Yet, many experts believe that there are some sponsors that will never let the regulations get done as well as the council members expect. They will try to do the optimal efforts to make the city not able to ban the e-scooter companies easily.
In addition to this, there is John Torbett, who is a representative of the sponsor, stated that the regulations will never affect the operations of the e-scooter significantly in general. Even he added that the more comprehensive regulations which the members of the council try to make, the better it will be for the later date. Thus, it will be great if the council plans the bill for increasing the e-scooter safety and education. So, they will have the more self-awareness whenever and wherever they ride the vehicle.

The Florence flooding does leave a big aftermath to deal with. Many public places and properties need to be emptied for a while for the sake of saving human’s life. However, as many parties have been working hand in hand to better the condition. Here is the report of newest update of Carolina’s Counties in the Northern side.

Hyde County
To begin with, let’s see the newest update of the current condition of Hyde County. The officials of this county have issued permissions for visitors to visit the Ocracoke Island. The permission was issued on Friday morning. However, the visitors are required to occupy the Cedar Island ferries or the Swan Quarter. The need to use those vehicles are caused by the damage affected the N.C. 12 on the Ocracoke. The damage has blocked the Hatteras to Ocracoke ferries.

The officials say that the Swan Quarter ferry will need to make up to 5 runs per day, while the Cedar Island one will need to make 4 runs per day. All those ferries will start operating on Friday. Before that Friday, those ferries only manage to make a single run on Thursday. Quoting what’s said by the N.C. DOT, the reservation system of the ferry is currently operating. Meanwhile, the campground of Ocracoke will resume the operation on Friday and The National Seashore office of Cape Hatteras will too.

Pender County
Moving on, let’s see the current condition of Pender County. The condition of its surf city is reported going better. The officials of the town have reported safer condition of the town so that the property owners are allowed to go back to the island. The reported was aired to the society considering the photos of buildings obtained from NOAA satellite.

However, the property owners who are permitted to be back to their property are the ones having key cards. They are allowed to come back to their property at 9 am on Thursday. Besides, they are also required to occupy the bridge of Highway 50 swing. Equally important, the property owners are also required to pay attention to the curfew which goes into nightly effect which is at 7pm until 7 am.

The newest update of Carolina’s counties has showed that this country has made some recoveries after the Florence flooding attack. Hopefully, everything and everyone could get recovered soon so that the normal life could resume shortly.

The Florence flooding was done already. Yet, it left a crisis in lots of parts in the North Carolina. Not only is the crisis about the building or properties, it is also about the people affected by the disaster. There have been reported that Florence injured many people. Let’s see the detail of the victims from the following Carolina’s newest update:

Mental Health Patients Drown
Healthy and strong people even couldn’t stand the power of Florence, let alone the mental health patients. There have been reported that two patients of mental health drown in South Carolina. Those two female patients drowned when the rising flood waters swept a van away in South Carolina. Brooke Holden, the spokeswoman of Horry Country Sheriff’s Department, said that the office van at that time was carrying two deputies and two patients to Darlington from Conway on Tuesday night. The van was then overtaken by the rising flood waters.

The two female patients were reported as prison detainees. However, the officials have then clarified that those patients were near the mental hospitals. The officials said that the office can was travelling close to the Little Pee Dee River. An official from the bodies of water in South Carolina were watching closely when the water continued pouring from upriver into the state in North Carolina and then being followed by Florence heavy rains.

Death Toll Rose
In addition to the drown patients, there have been reported around 35 death toll. Those deaths are induced by the storm happening in Monday evening which happened as follows: 27 in North Carolina, 6 in South Carolina, and 2 in Virginia.

From all the deaths, there was Lesha Murphy Johnson (age 41) and her son (age 7). All of them passed away when a tree falling on their house located in Wilmington, North Carolina. Besides, there were also another two children killed. They are Kade Gills (3 months old) who died when there was a falling tree on a mobile home located in Dallas, North Carolina, and Kaiden Lee-Welch who died because he was swept away in the flood’s rushing waters in Union County in North Carolina. Apart from those victims above, there are still many more people died due to the terrible disasters.

While Carolina’s newest update about the damage on structures is always reported, there is also an important report about the victim of the disaster. Go inform your neighbors or people you know just in case they lost their relative(s) or family member(s).

The Carolina flooding is indeed destructive to both properties and human’s life. Helping hands are thus needed to ease the victims’ suffering. Fortunately, there are still many parties that are willing to help the victims speed up their recovery in the aftermath. Who are those parties? Here is the newest update of Carolina’s disaster that you shouldn’t miss!

Operation BBQ Relief
Operation BBQ Relief is an organization based in Missouri. This organization brings a traditional staple of North Caroline to the affected areas as an attempt to recover from the Hurricane Florence. Through the spokesperson, the organization stated that the company has deployed a group of BBQ enthusiasts to Fayetteville and Wilmington to support the efforts of recovery by providing the displaced residents and also first responders hot meals. Furthermore, the organization also said that the Fayetteville and Wilmington locations of deployment are able to produce up to 50,000 hot meals each day.

Operation BBQ Relief was founded in 2011. Its establishment followed a devastating and terrible tornado happening in Joplin, Missouri. Up to now, the organization has already deployed to many disasters including the flooding in South Carolina in 2016 and also the Hurricane Harvey that happened in 2017. This organization even wants to make more and more contribution to victims of any disaster in the future.

Michael Jordan
Who doesn’t know Michael Jordan? He is a superstar in basketball. This NBA legend once played in high school basketball club based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Not only is famous, he is also generous. He donated $2 million to some organizations in the effort of hurricane relief.

Jordan’s donation is meant to assist the residents of both South and North Carolina in recovering in the aftermath. This 55-year-old NBA’s Charlotte Hornets’ owner contributes the money to two different parties. The first $1 million is given to the American Red Cross while the other $1 million is given to the Foundation for the Carolina’s Hurricane Florence Response Fund, as reported by a news release on Tuesday. Furthermore, the Hornets organization under Jordan’s leadership is willing to offer an aid to pack disaster food boxes at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metro Lina In Charlotte, North Carolina.

This newest update of Carolina’s disaster is such a relief in the heart because we know that there are still many caring people out there that are willing to ease the burden of others. Hopefully the victims could recover soon!

While Carolina keeps getting better after the disaster, there are still many limitations that every resident should pay attention when they want to visit some public places, one of which is about curfew. Check the following newest update of Carolina’s beaches below to find out more:

– Wrightsville Beach
To start, let’s see the current condition of Wrightsville Beach that is located in New Hanover County. The police department of this town said that the town’s power had been reconstructed to nearly almost all of the islands at 12:30 pm. on Wednesday. Another power recovery also happened in the Causeway Drive which was previously closed to let the trucks of Duke Energy make some repairs. It is now open again.

Furthermore, the authorities also said that the Access 6 to the Wrightsville Beach which is near the Causeway Drive still remains close because of sand and also of other debris affected the road. The pickup of trash has now resumed.

– Carolina Beach
Next, let’s check the current condition of Carolina Beach. This beach has resumed few activities although it is still under some limitations of access. This beach is still under curfew regulation which is from 8pm to 6am. All the business owners and residents are allowed back to the islands although they need to pay attention and follow the curfew that has been regulated.

– Kure Beach
Lastly, let’s check how Kure Beach recovers itself in the aftermath. This island is now open to essential personnel and the residents. However, it is only open from noon until 8pm. There is also a curfew applied which is from 8pm up to 6am. The town hall will resume on Monday at 9am. The manager of the town’s emergency, David Heglar, said that the storm induced significant erosion on the beach.

There is good news for the visitors of Kure Beach about one of the beach’s features. The beach’s glass house or the beach house built with numerous windows is reported to survive its structure from the destructive storm. The visitors will surely be permitted to visit the glass house again soon.

Are you one of the regular visitors of those beaches? You may soon be able to visit those beaches although you may need to be patient until all the recoveries are done. Follow every newest update of Carolina’s beaches to update yourself about how Caroline gets its power back after the disaster.

It is important for you to keep updated about the weather. According to national forecasters, this week will be a week of warm temperatures and afternoon thunderstorms. The national weather service said that numerous thunderstorms are expected across the Carolina on Monday mostly happening during the afternoon and evening. According to weather services, some of those storms could be strong with gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and occasional lightning. Those condition causes flooding in the some areas. As the information, the best time for rains this week will drop Monday and Tuesday if we are looking at up to 60 percent chance storms and showers. On Wednesday the chance will drop to 20 percent and on Friday pop up to 30 percent. Although, high temperatures should be quite consistent ranging from 87 to 91 degree during the week while low temperature is expected in to 70s.

Furthermore, The national weather service released a hazardous weather for North Carolina Tuesday morning for “very heavy rain with slow moving thunderstorm”. It also causes flooding and poor drainage areas. For the strongest storms were expected to drop one to two inches of rain in less than an hour. The weather forecasters also released a hazardous thunderstorm warning for Orange County at 5:45 p.m in Tuesday. 60 mph gusty wind warning also could damage siding, trees, and roofs. The main threat of the storms is in South Carolina where the storm is cloud-to-ground lighting and deadly. Meanwhile, thunderstorms and showers in eastern North Carolina were expected causing strong gusty wind and flooding.

According to the statement above, you need to be prepared with an umbrella handy. Here, we provide you week weather forecast from On Wednesday (July 18) has 20 percent chance of showers. It is mostly sunny with north northeast wind five to seven mph with a high near 90. At the night, the weather is partly cloudy with a 70 low. Thursday (July 19) the weather is mostly sunny with a higher near 88 in the afternoon, and partly cloudy with a low 71. There will be a 30 percent chance of showers with partly sunny and partly cloudy in the night (Friday, 20). Those three days are a friendly weather to have outdoor activities while the upcoming weekends you should be prepared because the weather sounds unfriendly. On Saturday (July 21), the weather will have a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms and showers, partly sunny in the morning while there will be a 50 percent chance of thunderstorm and shower with mostly cloudy in the night. Partly sunny and a 50 percent chance of thunderstorm and shower will be on Sunday (July 22). So, keep safe, folks!.