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MONTREAL - A healthy Johnny Manziel is wondering why he's isn't starting for the Montreal Alouettes.

The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback returned to practice Thursday and asked out loud if the club had lost faith in him.

The 25-year-old said he had been healthy and available to play for the previous two weeks, fully recovered from the concussion he suffered in his second start for the Als - a 24-17 loss to Ottawa on Aug. 11.

"If the club had faith in me, I feel like I would be the guy, I feel like I would've been the guy after I came back from the concussion," Manziel said. "That hasn't happened, so I need to continue to get out here. And it's the hardest part about missing practice, I need these reps to try to leave as little doubt as possible in my ability to play."

Manziel was at practice for the first time this week after being sidelined by a flu bug that required IVs to replace fluids Tuesday and Wednesday. While he said he good well enough to play Friday night when the Alouettes (3-8-0) host the B.C. Lions (4-6-0), Antonio Pipkin is expected to start. Matthew Shiltz is the other quarterback on the roster.

"I hope this organization, I hope the people here haven't lost faith in my ability to play, and I still get a chance to come back and get a chance to be in with the (starters) and play, because that's what I came up here to do and that's what I want to do," Manziel said.

Als coach Mike Sherman said it was "too soon" to predict whether Manziel would be the team's third quarterback Friday.

"Seems like he's doing better, so we'll evaluate him a little bit more. I really haven't even talked to the trainers about him other than the face they gave him IVs yesterday at the doctors, and he's feeling much better today," Sherman said.

Manziel, with a white baseball cap pulled low over his eyes, did little but watch Thursday's pregame walkthrough at Montreal's practice facility in the shadow of Olympic Stadium. At times, he spun a football in his hand.

In a six-minute interview with reporters afterward, he said he feels as if he's spinning his wheels with his second CFL team. What's particularly frustrating, he said, is the Alouettes traded "half of an organization I feel like in terms of what they gave up to get me here."

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats dealt Manziel and offensive linemen Tony Washington and Landon Rice to Montreal on July 22 for Canadian defensive end Jamaal Westerman and receiver Chris Williams as well as 2020 and 2021 first-round picks.

Manziel, who made headlines when he signed a two-year contract with Hamilton prior to the start of training camp, didn't see any regular-season action backing up Ticats incumbent Jeremiah Masoli.

It's hard, he said, not to see similarities in his current situation.

"That's where maybe it's a little bit lost on me, because I felt like I was brought in here to be a piece, had a lot of faith in me the first couple of weeks I was here . . . since I missed the games because of the concussion and then not getting to play once I was back has been frustrating for sure, because I felt like there was a lot of hope, and a lot of faith in me being the guy here," he said.

"How quickly that's changed in two weeks is tough."

Pipkin has led Montreal to consecutive victories and is 2-1 as the club's starter. He has 762 yards passing with a TD and four interceptions while having rushed for 127 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 17 carries.

Manziel has started two games for Montreal, both losses. He has completed 27 of 46 passes for 272 yards and four interceptions.

Manziel, who served as Pipkin's backup for the Als' 21-11 victory over the Redblacks on Aug. 31, recalled something Sherman told him when he first arrived in Montreal.

"He said 'This has to work, and this will work,'" said Manziel, who has known Sherman since the coach recruited him to play at Texas A&M. "And I feel a little frustrated at this point, because coming off the injury, I'm not getting a chance to play, and I'm sick, I miss a couple days of practice, and now I feel I put myself way behind where I need to be."

He added: "But I'm going to continue to be the best teammate I can be, and I'm going to continue to be the best person for this organization, regardless of who's playing or what the case is, or frustration."

Veterans Drew Willy, Jeff Mathews and Vernon Adams are all on the club's six-game injured list.

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MONTREAL - A healthy Johnny Manziel is wondering why he's isn't starting for the Montreal Alouettes. The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback returned to practice Thursday and asked out loud if the club had lost faith in him.

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A former doctor found guilty of what prosecutors described as the revenge killing of four people connected to a Nebraska medical school where he once worked is facing life in prison or the death penalty.

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A former doctor found guilty of what prosecutors described as the revenge killing of four people connected to a Nebraska medical school where he once worked is facing life in prison or the death penalty.

Anthony Garcia, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was convicted of fatally stabbing 11-year-old Thomas Hunter, son of Creighton University School of Medicine faculty member William Hunter, and the family's housekeeper, 57-year-old Shirlee Sherman, in 2008.

Garcia also was found guilty of two other killings five years later: the 2013 Mother's Day deaths of another Creighton pathology doctor Roger Brumback, and his wife, Mary, in their Omaha home.

Prosecutors say Garcia blamed Hunter and Brumback for his firing from Creighton's pathology residency program in 2001.

A three-judge panel is expected to sentence Garcia on Friday.

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A 52 year old man sped past a Missouri school bus. He claimed his breaks weren't working, and says that that's the reason he sped through yards and passed the bus. He is a registered sex offender, and he was driving on a suspended license. He said " I think I did a pretty good job of not killing anyone." His has been arrested.

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BALLWIN, Mo. - A man has been arrested a day after video appears to show him speeding through a yard and a sidewalk while ignoring a school bus stop arm near an elementary school in Ballwin, Missouri.

Matthew S. McCloskey, 52, was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, driving while suspended and violation of a school bus stop sign.

The incident happened in a residential community around 8:25 a.m. Wednesday as children were boarding the bus.

"I think I did a pretty good job of not killing anyone," McCloskey told St. Louis' KSDK in an exclusive interview.

McCloskey claimed that the brakes on the car he borrowed to get to an appointment failed, forcing him to take an erratic route to avoid crashing.

The Parkway School District posted video of the wild encounter on social media. In the clip, it sounds like students were on board the bus at the time, traveling near an elementary school in the district.

"If kids were coming towards the bus from these houses, it could have been tragic," the district said in the post.

But McCloskey contends the video doesn't capture what really happened.

"Everyone is acting like I was trying to avoid the stop sign on the bus, but my freaking brakes went out," he said.

Matthew McCloskey (Photo: Ballwin Police Department)

McCloskey said he tried to return to the scene once he got the car stopped, but said the bus was gone by then. He also admitted he never tried to explain himself to police once the video went viral because he knew he'd be in trouble.

KSDK has learned the registered sex offender wasn't even supposed to be behind the wheel in the first place. McCloskey has 15 open traffic cases on his record and was driving on a suspended license at the time.

When pressed about why he got behind the wheel, McCloskey defended his actions by making it sound like it wasn't a big deal.

"Do you know how many people drive on a suspended license?" he asked.

More: Heart-stopping video: Boy nearly hit by speeding car at school bus stop in New Hampshire

McCloskey has several criminal convictions on his record, including attempted robbery and attempted rape.

KSDK also spoke exclusively with McCloskey's estranged wife, Peggy Sue, who described herself as a local teacher. She said the two haven't lived together in more than a year.

She said she saw the video online, but only learned Thursday about who was driving.

"I think it's horrible," she said. "I think he put lives at risk."

Ballwin Police Department released McCloskey and forwarded the case to municipal prosecutors.

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Car swerves into lawn, speeding past stopped school bus in viral video

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BALLWIN, Mo. - A man has been arrested a day after video appears to show him speeding through a yard and a sidewalk while ignoring a school bus stop arm near an elementary school in Ballwin, Missouri. Matthew S. McCloskey, 52, was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, driving while suspended and violation of a school bus stop sign.

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At 37, she's champion again of the WNBA as the Storm's clutch leader, coming off one of her best seasons ever with no plans to stop aspiring and inspiring

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Hurricane in north Carolina flooded really bad and plucked more than 200 people

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At least five people, including a mother and her infant, have died in North Carolina as Tropical Storm Florence slowly moved from the Tar Heel State into South Carolina, officials said Friday.

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Policeman was fired for mocking and celebrating sterling brown's arrest with racist language

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The Milwaukee Police Department said it has fired an officer for posting "racist" and "derogatory" content on social media about the arrest and tasing of NBA player Sterling Brown.

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Man arrested after speeding past school bus stop sign.

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The Japanese Maglev train crushed its own world record by traveling at 374 miles per hour for nearly 11 seconds. Check out the train in action.

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Hurricane Florence hammers NC. 200 residents have been rescued. The people who didn't follow evacuation instructions are having to sit on the roofs of their house/cars. They have no power. In New Bern, the water level raised to 15 feet and right now is sitting at 6-8 feet.

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First responders in North Carolina are scrambling to rescue residents stranded due to raging flood waters caused by Hurricane Florence.

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Add Hurricane Florence as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Hurricane Florence news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

Officials in New Bern, a coastal town in Craven County, North Carolina, said at least 150 people were "awaiting rescue" early Friday morning as the dangerous hurricane moved ashore, packing 90-mph winds.

"More are on the way to help us," New Bern officials tweeted early Friday. "You may need to move up to the second story, or to your attic, but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU."

Currently ~150 awaiting rescue in New Bern. We have 2 out-of-state FEMA teams here for swift water rescue. More are on the way to help us. WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU. You may need to move up to the second story, or to your attic, but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU. #FlorenceNC
- City of New Bern (@CityofNewBern) September 14, 2018

Craven County spokeswoman Amber Parker said the situation was dire in New Bern, which is southeast of Greenville, with some residents were trapped on their roofs.

"I would say certain areas of New Bern are very desperate," Parker told ABC News on Friday. "There are people that can be trapped in water, in vehicles, on roofs. That's just the situation for anyone."

Emergency workers said they'd gotten more than 100 calls from residents in need of assistance, but there was no way to reach everyone immediately.

"They just have to wait until the weather conditions permit them to make it here safely," Parker said. "I don't have the follow-up information on all of the calls. There are some that I know we have made it to and others where they've been rescued by other agencies or individuals -- private citizens who have rescued some people."

ABC News' Matt Foster and Stephanie Wash contributed to this report.

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A  32 year old man who was shot to death at a funeral was attending a service for his younger brother when he was killed. He was attending his 18 year old brothers funeral. There were 2 shooters in the funeral crowd.

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Maryland police say a man who was shot to death at a funeral was attending a service for his younger brother when he was killed.

Baltimore County police tells The Baltimore Sun 32-year-old Maurice Brown died Wednesday while attending the funeral of 18-year-old Marcus Brown, who was fatally shot last month.

The shooting left another man seriously wounded.

Spokeswoman officer Jennifer Peach said police believe there were two shooters in the funeral's crowd. Peach says police believe the shooting was targeted.

The newspaper reports the father of the Brown brothers declined to comment.

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Man charged with kicking cat like ball in Snapchat video A 19-year-old man has been charged with kicking a cat like a ball on a Kansas City high school football field in an act of apparent cruelty that was captured on video and posted to snapchat.

Johnathan Taylor, of Kansas City, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor animal abuse. Court records say the principal of Center High School told an animal control officer about the video and said she believed the person seen kicking the cat was Taylor, a former student. A cat was found dead at the school.

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A Kansas City man has been charged months after a viral video showed someone kicking a cat like a football.

Johnathan M. Taylor, 19, has been charged with misdemeanor animal abuse.

Taylor is believed to be the man seen in a video circulated on social media kicking a small cat at Center High School back on May 22.

According to the Kansas City Star, three people found a dead cat on the football field on June 21. Police say the cat appeared to be the same one seen in the video.

A witness told police the man seen in the video was Taylor, a former student.

Taylor denied kicking the cat but admitted he had been invited to play football at the field the same day. He claimed he didn't go because he had to work.

However, at least two other people, including the man who filmed the incident, confirmed to authorities that Taylor was the one who kicked the cat.

The man recalled Taylor allegedly saying, "Man get the cat outta here, I'll kick the cat."

The video, which is graphic, shows the cat landing several yards away.

A court date for Taylor's first appearance has yet to be set.

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A Kansas City man has been charged months after a viral video showed someone kicking a cat like a football. Johnathan M. Taylor, 19, has been charged with misdemeanor animal abuse. Taylor is believed to be the man seen in a video circulated on social media kicking a small cat at Center High School back on May 22.

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3 people die soon after getting transplants. Possibly linking back to 9/11.

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Three people died of breast cancer after catching the killer disease from the same donor, reports claim.

The female donor, 53, donated her kidneys, lungs, heart and liver to patients after dying from a stroke in 2007.

But, because doctors never picked up the cancerous cells in her vital organs, they acted as a deadly Trojan Horse.

Four of the five recipients died within six years, according to the American Journal of Transplantation.

Three of them passed away after picking up breast cancer which then spread to their healthy organs.
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And the heart patient died from sepsis, which occurs when the body attacks its own organs trying to deal with an infection.

Experts have said the odds of catching cancer from a single organ transplant are as little as one in 10,000.

This case was revealed by the University of Tübingen in Germany and VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam.

They said the first patient to fall ill from the transplant was a 42-year-old woman who received both lungs.

She died in 2009 after the cancer which started in her lungs spread to both her bones and liver.
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Tests were immediately carried out on the woman, 62, who got the left kidney and the man, 32, who got the right one.

While the man survived, the woman died two months after she was diagnosed with cancer of the liver in 2014.

The third patient to die from breast cancer was a woman, 59, who received a liver.

Her tumour was found in 2011 but she refused a new one and eventually died in 2014.
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Hurricane batters eastern seaboard.

Wind and rain are whipping North Carolina's coast, after the storm made landfall. Evacuation warnings are in place for up to 1.7 million people across South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Eight months' worth of rain is expected to fall in three days. Parts of the Carolina coast are expecting 20-30in (50-75cm) of rain, with isolated regions seeing up to 40in. Florence remains "very dangerous", even though it has been downgraded to a category one hurricane with 90mph (150km/h) winds

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The relationship between climate change and hurricanes is a complex one.

Warmer seas power hurricanes. So as the temperature of ocean water goes up, we might expect the intensity of hurricanes to increase in future.

A hotter atmosphere can also hold more water, so this should allow hurricanes to dump more water on affected areas.

But there are so many factors that contribute to these rare events, it has been difficult to tease out clear trends from the data.
Read more on how climate change could affect hurricanes here.

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Hurricane Florence edges toward Carolinas

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Hurricane Florence touched down.

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Florence kills 5 in North Carolina, officials say

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At least five people, including a mother and her infant, have died in North Carolina as Tropical Storm Florence slowly moved from the Tar Heel State into South Carolina, officials said Friday.

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Matthew S. McCloskey got arrested because he speed with his car through a yard and ignored a school bus stop arm.  He is a registered sex offender and  he was driving with a suspended license. McCloskey claimed that the brakes on the car he borrowed to get to an appointment failed.

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BALLWIN, Mo. - A man has been arrested a day after video shows him speeding through a yard and a sidewalk while ignoring a school bus stop arm near an elementary school in Ballwin.

Matthew S. McCloskey, 52, was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, driving while suspended and violation of a school bus stop sign.

The incident happened along Bitterfield Drive around 8:25 a.m. Wednesday as children were boarding the bus.
READ MORE: Car ignores bus stop arm, speeds through several yards near elementary school in Ballwin
"I think I did a pretty good job of not killing anyone," McCloskey told 5 on Your Side in an exclusive interview.

McCloskey claimed that the brakes on the car he borrowed to get to an appointment failed, forcing him to take an erratic route to avoid getting into a crash or hitting and injuring anyone.

Parkway Schools posted video of the wild encounter on social media and it sounds like there were kids on board at the time.

But McCloskey contends the video doesn't capture what really happened.

"Everyone is acting like I was trying to avoid the stop sign on the bus, but my freaking brakes went out," he said.

McCloskey said he tried to return to the scene once he got the car stopped, but said the bus was gone by then. He also admitted he never tried to explain himself to police once the video went viral because he knew he'd be in trouble.

5 on Your Side has learned the registered sex offender wasn't even supposed to be behind the wheel in the first place. McCloskey has 15 open traffic cases on his record and was driving on a suspended license at the time.

When pressed about why he got behind the wheel, McCloskey defended his actions by making it sound like it wasn't a big deal.

"Do you know how many people drive on a suspended license?" he asked.

McCloskey has several criminal convictions on his record, including attempted robbery and attempted rape.

5 on Your Side also spoke exclusively with McCloskey's estranged wife, Peggy Sue, who described herself as a local teacher. She said the two haven't lived together in more than a year.

She said she saw the video online, but only learned Thursday about who was driving.

"I think it's horrible. I think he put lives at risk. I think he's lost his mind," she said.

Ballwin Police released McCloskey and forwarded the case to municipal prosecutors.

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Man arrested after video shows car speeding through yard and ignoring school bus stop arm

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BALLWIN, Mo. - A man has been arrested a day after video shows him speeding through a yard and a sidewalk while ignoring a school bus stop arm near an elementary school in Ballwin. Matthew S. McCloskey, 52, was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, driving while suspended and violation of a school bus stop sign.

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SpaceX announces that they are going to be launching their first private passenger trip around the moon, getting us further towards the dream of using space for everyday travel.

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SpaceX, the rocket company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, announced late Thursday that it has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the moon in its Big Falcon Rocket (BFR).

The company tweeted that the mystery citizen's identity will be revealed on Monday at 9 p.m. ET.

"SpaceX has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle - an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space. Find out who's flying and why on Monday, September 17," the company tweeted.

But Musk later hinted that the passenger could be Japanese by tweeting the country's flag when asked if he was the one being sent.

Thursday night's tweet also included a new image of the Big Falcon Rocket, which has long remained under wraps since the company announced it would undergo changes to make its production and deployment more feasible.

Musk responded to questions from Twitter users following the announcement, saying that the rocket is still in development and has been "intentionally" designed to resemble one seen in a classic comic book series, "The Adventures of Tintin."

If all goes well, this unnamed passenger will be the first person to visit the moon since NASA's Apollo mission in 1972.

According to SpaceX, only 24 humans have been to the moon in history.

SpaceX has also set up a livestream for the announcement on Monday.

The company first made plans to fly two private citizens around the moon in February of 2017 using the company's Falcon Heavy rocket and Dragon capsule, but those plans have apparently been revised.

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a licensed gun owner help a police office in a shootout against a suspect. 1 officer was hurt

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A licensed gun owner was hailed Thursday for his role in helping police in suburban Chicago stop a suspect who was firing an automatic weapon, officials said.

Officials commended the unnamed civilian for his actions as they stood outside a hospital where Cicero police Officer Luis Duarte, 31, was undergoing surgery for four gunshot wounds suffered during the shootout, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

"We were lucky enough to have a citizen on the street there's who's a concealed-carry holder, and he's also engaged in gunfire," said Cicero police Superintendent Jerry Chlada Jr.

"We were lucky enough to have a citizen on the street there's who's a concealed-carry holder, and he's also engaged in gunfire."
- Superintendent Jerry Chlada Jr., Cicero (Ill.) police

The chaos erupted just after 5 p.m. when Duarte, a four-year-veteran of the department, and his partner tried to pull over a vehicle in Cicero for a routine traffic stop. The driver instead took off onto a ramp leading to Interstate 55, in Chicago's city limits.

The officers boxed the vehicle in traffic and the suspect got out and began firing the automatic weapon at them as he fled on foot, Fox 32 Chicago reported. The officers returned fire.

The concealed-carry owner then got out of his vehicle and began shooting at the suspect.

"He got out and started helping the police, which is something I've got to be proud of," Cicero town President Larry Dominick told the Sun-Times.

"He got out and started helping the police, which is something I've got to be proud of."
- Cicero town President Larry Dominick

The suspect was hit once but it was not clear if the bullet came from the officers or the concealed-carry holder.

Duarte suffered wounds to an arm, a leg and his abdomen, but was talking and alert ahead of surgery, officials said.

The suspect was taken to a hospital and listed in serious condition. His weapon was found at the scene.

Illinois State Police are investigating the officers' use of force.

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Hurricane Florence lashes Carolinas, residents share first, harrowing videos of storm's furyOne woman tweeted a video taken by her neighbor, Amy Johnson, showing flood waters in Belhaven, North Carolina, rising up to the windows of a house. The flooding was caused by overflow from the Pungo River, she wrote.

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The first images from inside Hurricane Florence's assault on North Carolina emerged Friday morning, as the residents closest to the chaos posted stunning videos of massive rivers forming where highways had been and flood waters rising up the sides of homes.

As the driving rain and pounding winds reached land Friday, a few of the locals who decided to ride out the storm reached for their cameras to capture Florence's fury from a first-hand perspective.

Although several communities along the coast had mandatory evacuation orders, many people still chose to stay behind, putting them in a prime position to shoot and post videos of the terrifying onslaught.

Twitter user Natasha Patterson shared video of flooding in New Bern, North Carolina on social media.

"Yeah, it's deep out there," a man says in the video. "I'm not sure what's that floating down there, but it's big. That could do some destruction."

The New Bern Police Department and other residents also shared photos online of flooding.

The WCTI-TV newsroom in New Bern was forced to evacuate as well as the studio flooded. Meteorologist Ashley Pratt shared photos of the station to Twitter.

In Jacksonville, North Carolina, pieces of a truck flew through the glass windows of the Hilton Garden Inn, Fox News' Emilie Ikeda reported. Onslow County employees and National Guardsmen are staying at the hotel.

Artist Sarah Loeffler Misch shared several videos of the rising waters in Avon, North Carolina - part of the Outer Banks.

Also in Avon, photographer Jason Cole captured video of a powerful storm surge overtaking sand dunes.

One woman tweeted a video taken by her neighbor, Amy Johnson, showing flood waters in Belhaven, North Carolina, rising up to the windows of a house. The flooding was caused by overflow from the Pungo River, she wrote.

WeatherNation also shared a video of massive flooding in New Bern.

David Rankin shared a photo of the Cajun Navy helping save people from the floods in New Bern.

Storm chaser Jeff Piotrowski posted photos of downed trees in Wrightsville Beach and a toppled gas station awning in Wilmington.

Sandie Orsa is waiting out Hurricane Florence in a hotel in Wilmington. She told The Associated Press the power went out as the storm hit.

"Very eerie, the wind howling, the rain blowing sideways, debris flying," Orsa said.

In Rodanthe, North Carolina, Rebecca Wells Hooper shared video and photos of rough waves and debris crashing into a pier.

Another Twitter user posted shared video footage of a ravaging Neuse River in North Carolina.

With maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, the National Hurricane Center said Florence was producing hurricane-force winds that extended outward up to 80 miles from the storm's center.

As the storm widens - and lingers - Florence has increased potential to produce tornadoes, flash flooding, mudslides and a catastrophic storm surge.

In New Bern, about 150 people waited to be rescued from flooding on the Neuse River, local officials said. The city said two Federal Emergency Management Agency teams were working on swift-water rescues, and more were on the way.
Fox News' Emilie Ikeda and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Homes went up in flames in Massachusetts. A house exploded and the chimney flew off and landed on a car and this injured a teen who was inside the car.

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency Friday in three towns north of Boston rocked by a string of deadly gas explosions, and he put another utility company in charge of restoration efforts.

"Today, on a number of very significant issues, we heard one thing and something else happened," Baker told reporters.

Baker said Eversource would replace Columbia Gas of Massachusetts on the same day he warned stunned residents of the towns that the return to normalcy could take time following blasts Thursday that set homes ablaze, forced evacuations and left one person dead.

Later in the day, the governor said Columbia was "simply inadequately prepared" to effectively manage relief efforts.

Mayor Daniel Rivera of Lawrence, one of the affected towns, said of the company, "It just seemed like there's no one in charge, like they're in the weeds, and they've never seen this before."

Utility President Steve Bryant later defended the company's performance, saying the company had remained in constant touch with state and federal officials.

"I would say that we've advanced this as rapidly as it could possibly be advanced," he told reporters. "I don't think that anybody else managing this would've been further down the road than we are at the moment."

Bryant expressed his condolences to the victim's family, apologized for the inconvenience to customers and said the company was providing "all the resources that we possibly can to be able to correct the damage."

Hundreds of natural gas technicians were to descend on Lawrence, Andover and North Andover in the coming days to restore gas service safely before electricity could be turned on, state officials said.

"Utility technicians must do their jobs in order to make sure everyone has a safe place to return to," Baker said. "This will not be an easy process and we ask for continued patience."

Kurt Schwartz, director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, said, "How long is it going to take? As long as it takes. ... We don't know today how long this will take."

The investigation into the cause - involving the National Transportation Safety Board and other federal agencies - is in its early stages, officials said.

"Once the utilities secure the affected areas we'll work with the federal government to investigate how this occurred and who should be held accountable for the results and actions," Baker said.

As pressure mounted for gas company officials to provide answers about what happened, Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts called for a congressional hearings on the explosions and fires.

"People have a right to know," Markey told reporters. "There's oftentimes a tendency, when there are accidents like this, for a company to huddle down, to try to protect their shareholders when their one goal should be just to protect the people who they are serving. We're going to be here to make sure that that happens."

Thursday evening, homes erupted in flames across the three towns, consumed by more than 60 suspected gas fires.

"It looked like Armageddon, it really did," said Andover Fire Rescue Chief Michael B. Mansfield.

One house in Lawrence exploded, sending the chimney flying. It crashed into a nearby car, fatally wounding a teenager who was inside. Leonel Rondon, 18, and two of his friends were in the car when the debris struck, his family told CNN affiliate WHDH. He later died at the hospital, authorities said.

Also in Lawrence, a boiler inside Ra Nam's house caught fire, he told CNN affiliate WCVB.

Minutes later, he said he heard a loud booming sound from his neighbor's house. Three people rushed out. About 25 people, including two firefighters, were wounded, officials said.

"This has been an overwhelming event," Mansfield said. "I have been in the fire service for almost 39 years and I have never seen anything like this in my entire career."

Gas, power shut off

Gas technicians and first responders went door to door reviewing thousands of homes in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover and shutting down gas mains.

Massachusetts State Police confirmed at least 70 responses to fire, explosions and gas odor reports.

The NTSB sent a team Friday to investigate what "appears to be multiple explosions involving (a) natural gas pipeline in the Merrimack Valley area of Massachusetts," Chairman Robert Sumwalt said.

Sumwalt said his agency would look at "the design of the pipeline system, any maintenance or upgrades being done or in process of being done on the pipeline. The integrity management system of the pipeline operator Columbia Gas. We'll look at the emergency response, the system safety program of the pipeline operator."

"Our mission is to find out what happened, so that we can learn from it and keep it from happening again," he said.

Thousands can't go home

Authorities cautioned it was "far too early to speculate" on the cause of the explosions.

Earlier Thursday, before the fires broke out, the utility company that services the area announced it would be upgrading natural gas lines in neighborhoods across the state.

"Weather permitting, work will take place Monday through Friday," Columbia Gas said in a statement. Andover, North Andover and Lawrence were included in the planned projects.

Gas service was interrupted for 250 customers in Lawrence last month because of a line hit by a third party, according to the company. It's unclear whether that incident was related to Thursday's fire and explosions.

The governor said he urged Columbia Gas to develop a "comprehensive safety inspection plan."

Utility works with officials to 'investigate this incident'

In a statement Friday, Columbia Gas said crew members are working to restore power with the help of other utility companies.

"Our thoughts are with the community and everyone impacted by yesterday's tragic incident. We are focused on providing as much support as possible to our customers, residents and communities," the company said in the statement.

Columbia Gasalso said it's working with officials to "investigate this incident in order to understand its cause."

This is not the first time that a subsidiary of NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, has been the subject of a federal probe stemming from a disaster.

A Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation natural gas pipeline burst in West Virginia in 2012 and NTSB investigators determined that external corrosion, which could have been discovered by the pipeline operator, was at fault.

Columbia Gas Transmission was owned by NiSource until 2015, when the company was spun off into Columbia Pipeline Group. Later, that company became part of TransCanada.

NiSource is one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States, serving more than 3.4 million customers in seven states, according to its website. The company also provides electric distribution, generation and transmission services to almost 500,000 customers in northern Indiana as well.

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'It looked like Armageddon': Massachusetts governor declares state of emergency after deadly blasts | CNN

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency Friday in three towns north of Boston rocked by a string of deadly gas explosions, and he put another utility company in charge of restoration efforts. "Today, on a number of very significant issues, we heard one thing and something else happened," Baker told reporters.

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As Hurricane Florence hammers North Carolina's coastline with rain and wind, first responders are scrambling to rescue resisdents

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First responders in North Carolina are scrambling to rescue residents stranded due to raging flood waters caused by Hurricane Florence.

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Officials in New Bern, a coastal town in Craven County, North Carolina, said at least 150 people were "awaiting rescue" early Friday morning as the dangerous hurricane moved ashore, packing 90-mph winds.

"More are on the way to help us," New Bern officials tweeted early Friday. "You may need to move up to the second story, or to your attic, but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU."

Currently ~150 awaiting rescue in New Bern. We have 2 out-of-state FEMA teams here for swift water rescue. More are on the way to help us. WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU. You may need to move up to the second story, or to your attic, but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU. #FlorenceNC
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Craven County spokeswoman Amber Parker said the situation was dire in New Bern, which is southeast of Greenville, with some residents were trapped on their roofs.

"I would say certain areas of New Bern are very desperate," Parker told ABC News on Friday. "There are people that can be trapped in water, in vehicles, on roofs. That's just the situation for anyone."

Emergency workers said they'd gotten more than 100 calls from residents in need of assistance, but there was no way to reach everyone immediately.

"They just have to wait until the weather conditions permit them to make it here safely," Parker said. "I don't have the follow-up information on all of the calls. There are some that I know we have made it to and others where they've been rescued by other agencies or individuals -- private citizens who have rescued some people."

ABC News' Matt Foster and Stephanie Wash contributed to this report.

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