North Carolina news station forced to evacuate due to floodwaters from Florence

NEW BERN, N.C. – A news station in New Bern, North Carolina was evacuated around 7:30 Thursday night due to flooding in the area caused by Hurricane Florence. 

According to WRAL, employees at WCTI, an ABC-affiliated news station, were forced out of the station by flood waters. 

A spokesperson for the station said that roads surrounding the building were starting to flood and a skeleton crew would stay at the station to provide news coverage of the storm to residents.Â