The influx of rain caused flooding in several areas including Alamance, Chatham, Moore, Orange and Person counties, according to the Citizen Times. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

After historic flooding in central North Carolina earlier this week, five swimming sites along rivers failed testing for fecal bacteria and at the coast Portuguese man

Flooding in North Carolina prompted water rescues in Chapel Hill and other parts of the state, which saw the Haw River crest at 32.5 feet early Monday.

The NWS Raleigh NC issued a flood watch at 10:57 p.m. on Wednesday valid from 11 p.m. until Friday 5 a.m. in effect until Friday at 5 a.m. The watch is for Halifax, Franklin, Nash, Edgecombe, Wake, Johnston,

As people continue to pick up the pieces after Tropical Storm Chantal in central North Carolina, more and more neighbors are lending a helping hand. The Day One Relief

A week of heavy rain and severe storms continues tonight in much of the Carolinas. Tropical Storm Chantal was the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, damaging much of central North Carolina and leaving many without clean drinking water.

Cantrell feels a familiar ache as she loads trucks with supplies, each box a reminder of the distress she felt last year. The sight of floodwaters in Texas resemble those that swept away her neighbors, and the desperation of survivors is something she remembers vividly.

According to the National Weather Service, Raleigh saw nearly an inch and a half of rain in about an hour Thursday afternoon.