Month: October 2018

By Matt Rehbein and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Mexico is bracing for what’s expected to be one of the strongest storms ever to hit its Pacific coast. Hurricane Willa is aimed at the coast’s center, where it is forecast to hit Tuesday afternoon or evening. As of Monday night, it was hurling maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and threatening to bring life-threatening storm surge and torrents of rain ashore. The storm has…

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — Hurricane Willa, a powerful Category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall in Mexico sometime Tuesday, but Big Weather said the Triangle will see remnants of the storm on Friday. Winds from the storm have been recorded at 155 mph, just two mph below the Category 5 threshold. While Willa should bring a life-threatening storm surge and rain to Mexico, it should also bring rain to North Carolina, which was recently…

It has been a busy hurricane season for the Carolinas. And it is not over yet. Although Hurricane Willa was churning through the Pacific Ocean Monday, the Category 4 storm could still bring impacts to South Carolina and North Carolina before this week is over. The major storm is forecast to make landfall Tuesday, when it slams into Mexico’s coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. Willa is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, wind…

Authorities rushed to evacuate low-lying areas and set up shelters as an “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Willa with winds of 145 mph (230 kph) headed toward a Tuesday afternoon landfall along a stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast dotted with high-rise resorts, surfing beaches and fishing villages. Farther south, meanwhile, Mexican officials reported late Monday that there had been 12 deaths related to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Vicente. Willa briefly reached Category 5 strength, then weakened…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Five performers from some of Broadway’s biggest hits joined the North Carolina Symphony at Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh to raise money for victims of Hurricane Florence. Craig Schulman put together a cast of Broadway stars for the Broadway Sings for Florence event. Schulman has performed the lead roles in Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera and Jekyll and Hyde. Schulman and his friends sang selections from many of their favorite…

FLORENCE, S.C. (WTVD) — A second law officer shot in a Florence, South Carolina, ambush earlier this month has died. Florence County Sheriff’s Deputy Farrah Turner, who was injured in the ambush shooting October 3 has died from her injuries, ABC affiliate WPDE reported Monday. Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone said many of the deputies gathered at the hospital to be with Farrah’s mother and family. He said her mother never left her side, according…