Dramatic rescue of mom, baby in flood caught on tape
The mom told police that the driver left her along with the baby in the flooded car in a video that has been viewed 1.4 million times
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Dramatic N.C. rescue
Fayetteville, North Carolina police officers rescued a woman and young child from floodwaters after their car became stuck. The police department streamed the dramatic rescue live on Facebook. Parts of the city saw severe flooding from Hurricane Matthew.
Severe flooding in N.C. follows Matthew's departure
Stormed dumped as much as 18 inches of rain on Tarheel State; death toll in U.S. at 16 for now, while in Haiti more than 500 killed
Hurricane Matthew latest
Remnants of Hurricane Matthew continue to rip through parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassman joins CBSN with the latest details.
Huge S.C. fire
A large fire in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina burned through multiple buildings Saturday night as Hurricane Matthew roared ashore. The buildings are right on the ocean, so they were under mandatory evacuation orders.
Matthew's destruction
Hurricane Matthew swept through the Caribbean and up the Southeastern U.S. coast, proving to be a damaging storm. Aside from hundreds dead in Haiti, more than two million people lost power. Rebuilding will be expensive: by one estimate, damage in the U.S. could reach $6 billion. Mark Strassmann has the latest.
Hurricane Matthew leads to large blaze in Myrtle Beach
Cherry Grove area under evacuation orders when blaze reported; firefighter initially on scene couldn’t do anything because of wind
At least 15 dead as Matthew loses hurricane status
What will go down as one of the most potent hurricanes on record was blamed for at least 15 deaths in the U.S. and hundreds more in Haiti
Weakened Matthew still gives a lashing to Southeast
“We are all blessed that Matthew stayed off our coast,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott said
Hurricane death toll rises in Haiti
Matthew is weakening as it churns north, but the death toll continues to rise in Haiti, where the storm flattened several villages. Tony Dokoupil has the details.
Hurricane Matthew slams Southeast
Hurricane Matthew is rumbling up the Atlantic coast, pummeling the Carolinas on Saturday. At least 11 people in the U.S. have been killed and nearly 2 million homes and businesses in four states are without power. We have the storm covered, beginning with Kris Van Cleave in South Carolina.
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Florida storm damage
Hurricane Matthew caused widespread power outages and flooding along Florida's Atlantic coast. Now that the storm has passed, residents are left with the task of cleaning up. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett is in Jacksonville, Florida with the latest.
Hurricane Matthew now category 1
Hurricane Matthew has weakened to a category 1 storm. The eye is expected to cause significant damage along the coast of South Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. The storm has already knocked out power to more than 200,000 thousand customers and is creating some of the highest tides ever recorded along the South Carolina coast. Matthew is blamed for more than 800 deaths in Haiti and four in the U.S. Kris Van Cleave has the latest on the storm.
Hilton Head Island inundated by massive Hurricane Matthew
Many roads in popular South Carolina golf-and-tennis resort left underwater, and power is out across island
Hurricane Matthew landfall
Hurricane Matthew is churning up flood waters along the southeastern coast after making landfall in South Carolina. CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave is following the storm from Charleston, South Carolina.
With cholera outbreaks, Matthew to keep claiming lives in Haiti
Health officials say more than 12 have died in hurricane-related cholera cases already, and that figure likely to rise fast
Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in South Carolina
Weaker but still powerful storm comes ashore as a Category 1; severe storm surge flooding feared in 3 states
Hurricane aftermath in Fla.
Florida took the first blow from Hurricane Matthew on Friday, and while the storm has moved on, the state is still feeling its effects. Matthew erased part of coast Highway A1A near Daytona Beach. Storm surge coupled with high tide is creating large and destructive waves and flooding along the Atlantic coast. It comes with at least a million utility customers without power and a massive cleanup operation about to unfold. Errol Barnett reports from Jacksonville.
Flood threats in Georgia
Georgia was hit hard by Hurricane Matthew overnight and the storm surge could top nine feet. Jericka Duncan reports from Savannah, Georgia, where flooding is the major concern.
Hurricane Matthew batters SC
Hurricane Matthew closed part of the Eastern Seaboard's busiest north-south travel route. A low-lying stretch of Interstate 95 near Hardeeville, South Carolina is flooded, with no word on when it might reopen. Kris Van Cleave gives a firsthand look at the storm's impact in Charleston, South Carolina.
Matthew's death toll soars in Haiti and cholera fears grow
U.S. military mobilizing to send help; Haitian-American pastor in Miami says parishioners getting "total silence" from loved ones back home
Hurricane Matthew lashing South Carolina coastal areas
Slightly weaker but still powerful storm hitting with howling winds, punishing rain; severe storm surge flooding feared in 3 states
Floridians step up
Hurricane Matthew had the makings of Florida's worst-case disaster. Scott Pelley reflects how Floridians faced the danger with boundless compassion.
Matthew forecast
Hurricane Matthew will continue to skirt the Atlantic coast over the weekend from Georgia through the Carolinas. CBS Boston chief meteorologist Eric Fisher has the forecast.
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California windstorm fuels Pacific Palisades wildfire as residents flee
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Tesla Cybertruck bomber used ChatGPT to plan attack, police say
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Image shows IED that was placed in French Quarter by truck attacker
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30,000 residents flee as Palisades Fire grows
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U.S. Defense Department bans Tencent and other Chinese companies
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U.S. asks court to stop plea agreements in alleged 9/11 architect's case
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Second man charged in Liam Payne's death surrenders to Argentine police
David Ezequiel Pereyra, 21, surrendered Monday to police in Barracas, south of Buenos Aires.
Tennis star accidentally hits woman in stands with thrown racquet
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U.S. accuses one side in Sudan's vicious civil war of genocide
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Iran executed at least 901 people in 2024, U.N. reports
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Second man charged in Liam Payne's death surrenders to Argentine police
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NAACP Image Awards nominees
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U.S. Defense Department bans Tencent and other Chinese companies
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Jimmy Carter's environmental legacy
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Prosecutors said the gunman expressed white supremacist and antisemitic views before the shooting at Yellowstone National Park.
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Sons of "El Chapo" are negotiating plea deals with U.S. prosecutors
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NASA studies options to rein in cost of Mars Sample Return mission
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Webb telescope spots record number of stars in distant galaxy
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NASA probe beams home update after record-breaking flyby of sun
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Wildfire surrounds high school in California
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