Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour delivers lunch to healthcare workers

Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour delivers lunch to healthcare workers

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The UNC Health Wakebrook behavioral health campus is the first stop of many for the Carolina Hurricanes in the next month or so. Two hundred meals were delivered Wednesday with head coach Rod Brind’Amour leading the charge. Boxes of veggie lasagna rolled out of the Hurricanes cargo van and into appreciative arms like those of Euniqua Bullock, the nursing manager at the facility. “This is a major impact on morale and…

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Hurricanes begin delivery of 1,000 meals to health care workers

Hurricanes begin delivery of 1,000 meals to health care workers

The Carolina Hurricanes and Blue Cross NC began a plan Wednesday to deliver 1,000 meals to health care workers over a five-week span. Wednesday’s delivery of 200 individually-packaged meals to UNC Health’s WakeBrook behavorial health campus was highlighted by an appearance by Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour, who assisted with the delivery. (Andrew Cumbee, UNC Health video)

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Houston Is Being Hit by an “Invisible Hurricane.” But Residents Aren’t Responding as They Did for Harvey.

Houston Is Being Hit by an “Invisible Hurricane.” But Residents Aren’t Responding as They Did for Harvey.

At a 24-hour emergency clinic in northwest Houston, the line for COVID-19 testing routinely stretches down the block these days. Typically, would-be testees remain in their vehicles, but last Friday night so many Houstonians descended on the facility that hundreds ended up packing closely together on foot, forming a dense line reminiscent of those outside Apple stores in the hours before the release of the newest iPhone. The next evening, in Rice Village, an upscale…

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Cyclone kills 9, causes floods and damage in southern Brazil

Cyclone kills 9, causes floods and damage in southern Brazil

RÍO DE JANEIRO — A cyclone has hit the southern region of Brazil, killing nine people and causing floods. The nine died Tuesday in the state of Santa Catarina, while two people were missing, according to civil defense officials. Three of the deaths occurred in Tijucas, a coastal city on the outskirts of Florianópolis, capital of Santa Catarina. Xanxerê and Chapecó, two cities in the west of the state, were the most affected by damage…

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