The Latest: 3 North Carolina TV stations running out of fuel
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local):
6:50 p.m.
Three television stations in a hurricane-ravaged North Carolina city are about to go dark because there's no gas to keep their generators running.
WWAY-TV in Wilmington reported that engineers braved the wrath of Hurricane Florence to switch the transmitters to generator power after electricity to the site went out. In addition, WECT and WSFX also lost power to their own transmitters, so the WWAY technicians switched those stations to generator power as well.
The stations made arrangements before the storm to have fuel available to refill the generators, but flooding in the area has made it impossible to get gasoline to the tower.