POST HURRICANE FRAN
Day #6: 200,000 still without
power; Heavy Rain causes more flooding
HEADLINE: 2222 9/10/96
Heavy thunderstorms have moved over the area this evening causing rapid and
severe flooding across north-central North Carolina. Power crews were
stopped by the lightning and flooding this afternoon. Many areas are still
without power, phone, cable, and water.
Current Status (Day #6):
- 200,000 still without power in Triangle Area
- 30,000 state workers assigned to stay home and help neighbors by the
governor
- 4,000 homes destroyed and/or unusable in Wake County
- Hundereds of National Guard volunteers set up a "tent city" at the
state fairgrounds
- Death toll is 19 in NC alone
- Several main roads, including Wade Avenue/I-440, remain closed or have
reclosed due to the floods.
- The amount of water release was increased 50-fold today at Falls Lake in
order to
protect the dam from breaking or causing other problems down the
road.
- Wake County Public Schools Superintendent gives up: Wake County schools
to remain closed until at least Friday.
- Response to the "Hurricane Fran Destruction Video" shown at the
Raleigh Community Center yesterday was so overwhleming that the video
will be shown on Raleigh Community Cable Channel 11 at the following
times. The video is a helicopter fly-by of oceanfront from Sunset Beach
to Topsail Island, NC and is for the benifit of property owners or
renters who are unsure of the status of their coastal property. Many
beaches remain off limits to all but emergency vehicles so for many this
will be the first look at the destruction.
- Wednesday 9/11 : 1300,1500,1900,2100
- Thursday 9/12 : 1000,1200,1600,1900
- Friday 9/13 : 0900,1100,1300,1700,1900
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