Month: October 2019

Tropical Storm Nestor still on track to bring rain, wind to Wilmington

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Tropical Storm Nestor still on track to bring rain, wind to Wilmington

The storm currently has 50 mph sustained winds as it prepares to make landfall near Florida, as of 11 a.m. Saturday. WILMINGTON — Hours after it makes landfall along the Florida coast, Tropical Storm Nestor is forecast to bring 2-4 inches of rain to the Cape Fear region starting late Saturday afternoon. The system, which developed into the 2019 hurricane season’s 14th named storm on Friday, began to lose its tropical features as it inched closer to making…

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Tropical Storm Nestor downgraded, expected to bring rain to central NC Sunday

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Tropical Storm Nestor downgraded, expected to bring rain to central NC Sunday

Tropical Storm Nestor was downgraded Saturday after it spawned a tornado that damaged homes and a school in central Florida but spared an area of the Panhandle devastated one year ago by Hurricane Michael. Despite the storm downgrading, the storm is still expected to bring rain to North Carolina this weekend. Timing the rain. Isolated showers are possible this afternoon, but most the rain arrives after sunset. Rain will stick around through early Sunday, and…

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Army Corps proposes new hurricane protection plan for Texas

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Army Corps proposes new hurricane protection plan for Texas

Updated 1:06 pm CDT, Saturday, October 19, 2019 HOUSTON (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed 14-foot-high natural sand dunes in the latest version of its up to $32 billion plan for protecting the Houston and Galveston areas from hurricane-related storm surges. The plan calls for establishing roughly 44 miles of dunes and floodgates that would run from High Island to San Luis Pass, as well as ecosystem restoration farther south, the Houston Chronicle…

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Nestor no longer a tropical storm, will bring rain to DMV Sunday

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Nestor no longer a tropical storm, will bring rain to DMV Sunday

WASHINGTON — Key Points: * Storm is now a post tropical cyclone, but still brings threat of rain, winds and storm surge, and tornadoes* Rain: 2-4 inches. Storm Surge: 2-5 feet*What is left of the storm will track off the NC coast Sunday and may bring some rain and showers to the DMV Nestor has lost its tropical features and is now a post-tropical cyclone as it moves ashore in Florida. This storm is producing…

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Nestor weakens to post-tropical storm cyclone; will bring heavy rain, winds to NC

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Nestor weakens to post-tropical storm cyclone; will bring heavy rain, winds to NC

By Peta Sheerwood, WRAL meteorologist The system named Nestor weakened from a tropical storm to a post-tropical cyclone as it approached Florida on Saturday morning, the National Hurricane Center said. Storm surge and gusty winds are still expected to impact Florida’s coast along the Panhandle. Nestor was moving northeast at 9 mph with sustained winds reaching 50 mph on Saturday. Once Nestor hits land, it will continue to weaken, the National Hurricane Center said. It’s…

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Nestor is Now a Post-Tropical Storm

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Nestor is Now a Post-Tropical Storm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For less than 24 hours Tropical Storm Nestor was a “technical” tropical storm but now it has been dubbed Post-Tropical extratropical Nestor. It does not have convection (thunderstorm activity) around the low-level center and satellite imagery indicates that the center has merged with a nearby frontal system making this a standard mid-latitude cyclone (low with a warm and cold front).  WCNC The merging with another system is where you have heard the…

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Tropical Storm Nestor to drop 2-4 inches of rain on Wilmington area

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Tropical Storm Nestor to drop 2-4 inches of rain on Wilmington area

The storm currently as 50 mph sustained winds as it prepares to make landfall near Florida, as of 11 a.m. Saturday. WILMINGTON — Hours after it makes landfall along the Florida coast, Tropical Storm Nestor is forecast to bring 2-4 inches of rain to the Cape Fear region starting late Saturday afternoon. The system, which developed into the 2019 hurricane season’s 14th named storm on Friday, began to lose its tropical features as it inched closer to making…

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Tropical Storm Nestor forms, threatening US Gulf Coast

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Tropical Storm Nestor forms, threatening US Gulf Coast

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Nestor bore down on the northern Gulf Coast with high winds, surging seas and heavy rains Saturday, threatening to hit an area of the Florida Panhandle devastated one year ago by Hurricane Michael. But unlike with Michael, a powerful October 2018 storm that left thousands homeless and nearly wiped out the Panhandle city of Mexico Beach, Florida wasn’t bracing for catastrophe. Nestor was forecast to…

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Tropical Storm Nestor races toward Florida Panhandle, could bring rain and strong winds to NC

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Tropical Storm Nestor races toward Florida Panhandle, could bring rain and strong winds to NC

A tropical storm is likely to bring rain to North Carolina this weekend. Tropical Storm Nestor bore down on the northern Gulf Coast with high winds, surging seas and heavy rains Friday evening, threatening to hit an area of the Florida Panhandle devastated one year ago by Hurricane Michael. The disturbance over the Gulf of Mexico is now Tropical Storm #Nestor. Storm surge and tropical storm warnings continue for portions of the northern Gulf Coast….

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Listen: Trump says Texas got rich off Hurricane Harvey, while Speaker Bonnen faces his own storm

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Listen: Trump says Texas got rich off Hurricane Harvey, while Speaker Bonnen faces his own storm

Scott Braddock, The Quorum Report Updated 7:18 pm CDT, Friday, October 18, 2019 President Trump rallied his supporters in Dallas this week and took a swipe at Texans in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, joking about leaders in this state still calling him for money two years later. Meantime, the Texas House Republicans rebuffed the GOP Speaker of the House for his behavior in a secretly taped meeting in his office. They’re leaving open the possibility…

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Texas Matters: Speaker Dennis Bonnen Caught On Tape

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Texas Matters: Speaker Dennis Bonnen Caught On Tape

The 64 minute recording begins with cordial greetings, family talk and other pleasantries. It’s June 12 and Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Dustin Burrows, then the head of the Texas House Republican caucus, met with Michael Quin Sullivan at the capitol.  Bonnen and Burrows didn’t know that Sullivan was recording the meeting. Sullivan said he was glad it wasn’t raining — but a political storm was brewing. This tape has been a hurricane for the Republican…

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FORECAST: Tropical Storm Nestor Develops

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FORECAST: Tropical Storm Nestor Develops

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Nestor has developed over the Gulf of Mexico! It is expected to make landfall along the Florida Panhandle early tomorrow. Nestor will race along the southeast coast with the strongest winds southeast of Charlotte along with the heaviest rain. TIMING: Clouds will increase Saturday morning with rain developing during the afternoon, but the heaviest showers will be late evening through the early morning Sunday. The Charlotte area will likely see…

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