GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) — It’s been one of the longest battles that Leamon Capps said he had to fight, but it’s a struggle that is finally over nearly four years after it started. “It’s been, it’s been hard,” Capps said. In 2018, ABC11 first told you about Capps’ fight to get his Hurricane Matthew relief funds that he was promised after the storm destroyed his home in 2016. There was so much damage to Capps’…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press NEW YORK — Beaches closed in Delaware and shore town streets flooded in New Jersey as the fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay churned up the East Coast on a path expected to soak the New York City region. The storm system was expected to bring 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain, with the possibility of flash flooding in parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Tropical Storm Fay formed east of the Outer Banks and is already north of our latitude. The storm will head for New York City. Heavy rain is likely for Philadelphia and New York today and tonight. We will be a hot humid day with only an isolated shower, but at least 90% of us will stay dry. Highs will be in the low and mid 90s with the heat index reaching…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — The tropical storm that formed off the North Carolina coast is moving away from the Tar Heel state and eyeing some big cities in the Northeast. Tropical Storm Fay formed Thursday afternoon after it moved east across North Carolina as a low pressure system Wednesday. Tropical Storm Fay has winds of 50 mph and is moving north at 10 mph. As it moves north, it will no longer affect North Carolina. However,…

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Tropical Storm Fay has formed just east of the Outer Banks. But even along the coast, the impacts are minimal with just a few showers and a high rip current risk. Fay has winds of 45 mph, mainly east of the center and over the water, and is moving north. The storm should move away from North Carolina tomorrow and head for New York City by Saturday. The weather around here…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas of low pressure near the United State’s coast; both of which have formed into a tropical system. Fay? Tropical Storm Fay has officially formed off the North Carolina coast. The storm formed east of the Outer Banks. WATCH: Here are the conditions at Nags Head as a tropical system is likely to form off the coast Sustained rainfall, high seas, and rip currents are…

The area of low pressure that’s bringing central North Carolina cloudy and wet weather could become a tropical system soon.

DALTON, Minn. — Severe storms that swept through parts of the Midwest produced at least one powerful tornado that damaged farms and killed one person and injured two others in western Minnesota, authorities said. A 30-year-old man was killed near Dalton when a twister destroyed a large garage in which he was working Wednesday evening, said Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Lt. Keith Van Dyke. Two others were taken to a hospital with injuries that were…

Gidget Cline said her family is still recovering from Hurricane Florence, which hit the coast of North Carolina in 2018.

RALEIGH (WTVD) — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas of low pressure near the United State’s coast; one has already formed into a tropical system and the other is expected to do so Thursday. Fay? The system that has yet to turn tropical is located right off the North Carolina coast. The National Weather Center said it has an 80 percent chance to become a tropical depression or storm soon. If it does…

The area of low pressure that’s bringing central North Carolina cloudy and wet weather could become a tropical system soon. Fay? The low is currently located along the South Carolina coast. It now has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm soon. The next name of the 2020 list is Fay. Even it it becomes a named storm, our impacts in central North Carolina won’t change. We’ll continue to see scattered…

By Elizabeth Gardner, WRAL meteorologist It’s becoming more likely that a tropical storm could develop near North Carolina over the next two days, bringing heavy rain to the coast. According to the National Hurricane Center, the low pressure system is currently over South Carolina and moving northeast towards the North Carolina coast. The system is expected to form into a tropical depression or tropical storm near or just offshore North Carolina in the coming days….

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO — Pounding rain that already caused deadly floods in southern Japan was moving northeast Wednesday, battering large areas of Japan’s main island, swelling more rivers, triggering mudslides and destroying houses and roads. At least 58 people died in several days of flooding. Parts of Nagano and Gifu, including areas known for scenic mountain trails and hot springs, were flooded by massive downpours. Public broadcaster NHK showed a swollen river…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The Carolina Hurricanes are expected to open training camp in less than a week and be playing the New York Rangers by the end of the month. There is a lot to figure out before the puck drops. It’s not the tournament format, playing in Canada or even getting sick himself that has Justin Williams concerned. It’s the uncertainty of how an outbreak would affect the team. “Seven of us can’t…

By Mike Maze WRAL meteorologist After just scattered thunderstorms on Monday, the chance for rain picks up through the middle of the week. First, a low pressure system making its way across the southeast will keep the atmosphere unsettled, allowing for a daily chance for thunderstorms. “It won’t be the greatest pool weather on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the big heat backs off,” said WRAL meteorologist Mike Maze. The high temperatures stay in the upper 80s…

Tropical Storm Edouard has formed over the far North Atlantic, but the storm poses no immediate threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Edouard has top sustained winds of 40 mph, with higher gusts. It was located late Sunday night about 685 miles south-southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada. The tropical storm is expected to become a post-tropical storm on Monday as it continues to move northeast through the Atlantic. No…

Sunday we are going to have temperatures reach 90 degrees again and we will see more clouds in the sky. Those clouds will bring us more showers and scattered thunderstorms.

By Zach Maloch, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — The Doppler radar showed isolated storms and showers moving across parts of North Carolina on Sunday afternoon. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Johnston and Harnett Counties around 5:05 p.m. The storm has a history of producing small hail and is capable of creating 60 mph winds. It is set to expire at 5:45 p.m. Wake County was also impacted by the severe thunderstorms, which moved…

By Peta Sheerwood, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — The Doppler radar showed isolated storms and showers moving across parts of North Carolina on Sunday afternoon. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Johnston and Harnett Counties around 5:05 p.m. The storm has a history of producing small hail and is capable of creating 60 mph winds. It is set to expire at 5:45 p.m. Wake County was also impacted by the severe thunderstorms, which moved…

By Peta Sheerwood, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — The Dopplar radar showed isolated storms and showers moving across parts of North Carolina on Sunday afternoon. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Wake County around 4:10 p.m., as a thunderstorm capable of producing 60 mph winds with a history of producing small hail impacts places like Raleigh, Cary, Garner, Holly Springs, Apex and others. The Severe Thunderstorm Warning is set to expire at 5 p.m….

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO — Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen died and scores were still stranded. Helicopters and boats rescued more people from their homes in the Kumamoto region. More than 40,000 defense troops, the coast guard and fire brigades were…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The thought of a Carolina Hurricanes game without John Forslund’s voice narrating the action is unthinkable for many Caniacs but looks to rapidly be approaching reality. The Canes’ only play-by-play man since the team moved to North Carolina is now a free agent after his contract expired June 30 and he doesn’t see a new deal with the franchise in the offing. As Forslund told ABC11 via phone on Wednesday afternoon,…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — Forslund appears done as the voice of the Hurricanes The thought of a Hurricanes game without John Forslund’s voice narrating the action is unthinkable for many Caniacs, but looks to rapidly be approaching reality. The Canes only play-by-play man since the team moved to North Carolina is now a free agent after his contract expired on June 30 and he doesn’t see a new deal with the franchise in the offing. RELATED:…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The UNC Health Wakebrook behavioral health campus is the first stop of many for the Carolina Hurricanes in the next month or so. Two hundred meals were delivered Wednesday with head coach Rod Brind’Amour leading the charge. Boxes of veggie lasagna rolled out of the Hurricanes cargo van and into appreciative arms like those of Euniqua Bullock, the nursing manager at the facility. “This is a major impact on morale and…

The Carolina Hurricanes and Blue Cross NC began a plan Wednesday to deliver 1,000 meals to health care workers over a five-week span. Wednesday’s delivery of 200 individually-packaged meals to UNC Health’s WakeBrook behavorial health campus was highlighted by an appearance by Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour, who assisted with the delivery. (Andrew Cumbee, UNC Health video)

RÍO DE JANEIRO — A cyclone has hit the southern region of Brazil, killing nine people and causing floods. The nine died Tuesday in the state of Santa Catarina, while two people were missing, according to civil defense officials. Three of the deaths occurred in Tijucas, a coastal city on the outskirts of Florianópolis, capital of Santa Catarina. Xanxerê and Chapecó, two cities in the west of the state, were the most affected by damage…

BEIJING — Authorities in southwestern China’s Sichuan province say at least 12 people have died and 10 are missing following heavy rains, adding to a grow toll from summer flooding across the country. Sichuan’s Mianning county was battered by storms on Friday and Saturday, with flooding especially bad in Yihai township, the county government reported. Two vehicles plunged into a river along a flood-damaged highway, and 7,705 people were evacuated in the area. The area…

By Peta Sheerwood, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — Southern parts of the Triangle are under a level 2 threat for severe weather, while northern areas are under a level 1 risk. Rain began pummeling Chapel Hill as storms popped up around the Triangle around 5 p.m. Damaging winds and heavy downpours are the main threat with these storms, as a cold front passes across North Carolina. The threat for damaging winds is possible for central…

By JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh — With the monsoon setting in and waters from India rushing downstream, Bangladesh is facing a serious threat of floods that could cause extensive damage to farmlands across the delta nation’s vast northern regions, officials said Sunday. The country’s Flood Forecasting and Warning Center said water levels in many rivers were continuing to rise, posing threats to flood protection embankments that could burst, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands…

By Peta Sheerwood, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — It’s been a hot, typical summer weekend. You may not feel it, but a not-so-cool cold front is moving in, which will cause us to have a Level 1 and 2 threat for severe weather on Sunday. Some rain to cool us off is likely coming on Sunday to start the week off. Sunday morning will be dry, but then around 4 p.m. there will likely be a…