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State Education Leaders Launch Fund For Teachers, Students Affected By Florence
A group of current and former education leaders announced a new effort Tuesday to help students and schools as they recover from Hurricane Florence.
It's called Florence Aid to Students and Teachers of North Carolina or FAST NC. Superintendent Mark Johnson joined former Superintendent June Atkinson and other school leaders to introduce the website aimed at collecting donations.
The group will work with district leaders, charter school directors, and state agencies to identify the need. A steering committee for Fast NC will make recommendations to the state board on how to distribute the money.
State legislators say they're working on a disaster relief bill that will address extended public school closures and teacher pay issues resulting from Hurricane Florence.
Florence Flooding Slowly Envelops South Carolina Homes
Conway firefighters say the city hasn't seen many rescues or problems with the unprecedented flooding in the South Carolina city.
Conway Fire Chief Le Hendrick in part credits how accurately predicted the flooding was. Firefighters went around last week with a map warning people they were going to flood even though they never had before.
Hendrick said on Tuesday firefighters checked and those areas were flooded.
The Waccamaw River in Conway was expected to crest on Wednesday at 21.7 feet. It surpassed the previous record high of 17.9 feet set in 2016 by Hurricane Matthew on Friday.
Florence Is Nation's Second Wettest Storm, Behind Harvey
A top rainfall meteorologist calculates that Hurricane Florence is the nation's second rainiest storm in 70 years.
Ken Kunkel, a meteorologist at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and North Carolina State University, finds that only last year's Hurricane Harvey rained more over a 14,000 square mile area than Florence during a four-day period.
Scientists say climate change likely boosted rainfall totals for both storms.
Sexual Assault Reported At Wake Forest Fraternity
Two reports of a sexual assault have been filed in connection with a fraternity at Wake Forest University that had already been under scrutiny.
The assault allegedly took place September 14th at the Psi Delta chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house.
According to a Wake Forest press release, campus police received two reports about the incident on September 16th. The university community was notified the next day, in accordance with the Clery Act.
Officials don't know if the anonymous reports are about one incident or two separate events. It's also not yet known how many people may be involved.
The fraternity had been moved from deferred suspension to interim suspension following a report of an unregistered party at the chapter house on September 1st.
Former North Carolina Legislative Leader Colton Dies At 95
A woman who broke barriers serving in the North Carolina legislature by ascending to a top leadership position has died.
Former state Rep. Marie Colton died Tuesday at an Asheville retirement community at age 95. Liz Colton said her mother died after a period of declining health.
Colton was a Democrat elected to the House in 1978 and served there 16 years. In 1991, she became the first woman elected speaker pro tempore — the chamber's No. 2-ranked official.
Colton worked as a translator during World War II for the Army Signal Corps. She had been a board member for Common Cause and appointee to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
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