Month: July 2020

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:…