Month: April 2020

A tornado watch is in effect for central North Carolina as a dangerous line of storms threatens the region. Hundreds of thousands are without power in the state. “Please, if you don’t have to be out in the morning, don’t go to the grocery store, don’t go to the pharmacy, because it’s not going to be safe to be out and about between about 5 a.m. to 11 a.m.,” said WRAL meteorologist Mike Maze. “Stay…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Power outages reached into the hundreds of thousands across the Carolinas on Monday morning after a life-threatening batch of storms invaded the region. Duke Energy’s power outage map totaled nearly 275,000 outages in both North and South Carolina as of 8 a.m. Heavy rains, high wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. There were around 45,000 outages in the Charlotte metropolitan area. Raleigh had around 9,000 outages. ABC11 saw possible tornado damage in…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Severe weather is moving through central North Carolina on Monday morning. CURRENT WEATHER ADVISORIES Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cumberland; Harnett; Hoke; Lee; Moore; Scotland counties until 8:15 a.m. Just before 6:50 a.m., the First Alert Weather Team got confirmation of a tornado on the ground spotted 7 miles south of Mebane headed toward Hillsborough. Don “Big Weather” Schwenneker and Brittany Bell identified this as a radar-confirmed tornado around 6:35 and had been…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Severe weather is moving through central North Carolina on Monday morning. CURRENT WEATHER ADVISORIES Tornado Warning: Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore counties until 7:45 a.m. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Alamance; Chatham; Durham; Granville; Orange; Person; Randolph until 7:15 a.m. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Scotland counties until 8:15 a.m. Just before 6:50 a.m., the First Alert Weather Team got confirmation of a tornado on the ground spotted 7 miles south…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Severe weather is moving through central North Carolina on Monday morning. CURRENT WEATHER ADVISORIES Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Alamance; Chatham; Durham; Granville; Orange; Person; Randolph until 7:15 a.m. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Scotland counties until 8:15 a.m. Just before 6:50 a.m., the First Alert Weather Team got confirmation of a tornado on the ground spotted 7 miles south of Mebane headed toward Hillsborough. Don “Big Weather” Schwenneker and…

JACKSON, Miss. — Strong storms pounded the Deep South on Sunday, killing at least 11 people in south Mississippi and at least six people in Georgia and damaging up to 300 homes and other buildings in northern Louisiana. Storms continued to batter the South overnight, with much of the region under flash flood, tornado and thunderstorm warnings and watches. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Greg Michel said one person killed was in Walthall County, two…

By Sandra E. Garcia and Aimee Ortiz, New York Times At least six people were dead after severe weather sweeping across the South raked parts of Mississippi on Sunday, leading the governor to declare a state of emergency. “This is not how anyone wants to celebrate Easter Sunday,” Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, said in a statement. “As we reflect on the death and resurrection on this Easter Sunday, we have faith that we will…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Severe weather is moving through central North Carolina on Monday morning. CURRENT WEATHER ADVISORIES Tornado Warning: Orange until 7 a.m. Tornado Warning: Granville, Person counties until 7:15 a.m. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Alamance; Chatham; Durham; Granville; Orange; Person; Randolph until 7:15 a.m. Just before 6:50 a.m., the First Alert Weather Team got confirmation of a tornado on the ground spotted 7 miles south of Mebane headed toward Hillsborough. Don “Big Weather” Schwenneker…

A tornado watch is in effect for central North Carolina as a dangerous line of storms threatens the region. Thousands of North Carolinians have already lost power. “Please, if you don’t have to be out in the morning, don’t go to the grocery store, don’t go to the pharmacy, because it’s not going to be safe to be out and about between about 5 a.m. to 11 a.m.,” said WRAL meteorologist Mike Maze. “Stay home…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Severe weather is moving through central North Carolina on Monday morning. CURRENT WEATHER ADVISORIES Tornado Warning: Alamance, Durham, Orange until 7 a.m. Tornado Warning: Granville, Person counties until 7:15 a.m. Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Alamance; Chatham; Durham; Granville; Orange; Person; Randolph until 7:15 a.m. Just before 6:50 a.m., the First Alert Weather Team got confirmation of a tornado on the ground spotted 7 miles south of Mebane headed toward Hillsborough. Don “Big…