Month: May 2019

By Lauren Brownlow, WRALSportsFan columnist/reporter Raleigh, N.C. — THUNK. Two rather large hockey players collide loudly with the tempered glass just in front of her at full speed, one of the only noises loud enough to penetrate the steady roar of the PNC Arena playoff hockey crowd in what would be the Hurricanes’ final game of their magical run to the Eastern Conference Finals. But Nikki Stoudt does not even flinch. “You get used to…

A dangerous storm system in the Midwest produced dozens of tornadoes for the second consecutive day Tuesday, demolishing a racetrack grandstand and damaging buildings in a wild animal park in Missouri but sparing St. Louis, the biggest city in its path. Two deaths, both in Missouri, were blamed on the severe weather that started in the Southern Plains Monday night and moved to the northeast. Missouri and parts of Illinois and Arkansas were in the…

CARSON CITY, Nev. Southern Nevada faces a higher risk of wildfires this summer after winter and spring precipitation fueled more grass and vegetation that could burn, officials said Tuesday. The above-normal grass growth has rarely been seen in the past decade, Nevada state Forester and Firewarden Kacey KC told Gov. Steve Sisolak during a briefing in Carson City. The snowpack in northern Nevada and the state’s higher mountain elevations have produced cooler, wetter conditions that…

Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes’ Waddell and Brind’Amour recap 2018-19 season and look to the future By May 21, 2019 05:36 PM Carolina Hurricanes President and General Manager Don Waddell and coach Rod Brind’Amour hold their final press conference of the season

Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour on having two goalies : ‘They both work well together’ Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour talks about his two goalies following the Hurricanes’ practice By × Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour talks about his two goalies following the Hurricanes’ practice By Raleigh For all that’s changed in the past year, since the Carolina Hurricanes gave Rod Brind’Amour the keys and told him to go build a team in his own image,…

Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour watches play from the bench during the third period of the team’s NHL hockey game against the Ottawa Senators, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Raleigh Karl B DeBlaker AP Raleigh It’s hard to imagine a team undergoing a lot more change than the Carolina Hurricanes in the past year or so. The Canes had a new head coach, Rod Brind’Amour, and newly named general manager, Don Waddell. It had a…

MIAMI — The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was fizzling out Tuesday over the western Atlantic, far from any shore. The National Hurricane Center said Subtropical Storm Andrea was about 280 miles (450 kilometers) west-southwest of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds dropping to about 35 mph (55 kph). As of 11 a.m., it was moving northward at 8 mph (13 kph) and turning northeastward. The Miami-based center said people in Bermuda should…

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — An intense storm system moved across the Southern Plains on Monday, spawning tornadoes that caused scattered damage and a deluge of rain but not the “particularly dangerous” twisters that forecasters had feared. No injuries were reported. Late Monday, the National Weather Service reduced the severe threat of violent storms to a small area of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas. But it kept an area stretching from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Wichita Falls,…

Weather News Large tornado reported in Mangum, Oklahoma By May 21, 2019 09:08 AM A tornado touched down in Mangum, Oklahoma, on May 20, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. Severe damage was reported to homes and structures around Mangum. Meteorologists described the tornado as “large” and “violent.”

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — An intense storm system moved across the Southern Plains on Monday, spawning tornadoes that caused scattered damage and a deluge of rain but not the “particularly dangerous” twisters that forecasters had feared. No injuries were reported. Late Monday, the National Weather Service reduced the severe threat of violent storms to a small area of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas. But it kept an area stretching from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Wichita Falls,…

This image made from video provided by KWTV-KOTV shows two funnel clouds formed in Crescent, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2019. An intense storm system that weather forecasters labeled “particularly dangerous” swept through the Southern Plains Monday, spawning a few tornadoes that caused some damage and a deluge of rain but no reports of injuries. (KWTV-KOTV via AP) AP OKLAHOMA CITY A powerful storm system spawned a confirmed tornado Tuesday morning near Tulsa International Airport, after…