Month: September 2020

RALEIGH (WTVD) — A broad area of low pressure in the central Caribbean Sea has formed into Tropical Storm Nana. An alert from the National Hurricane Center was sent out around noon. Nana is moving west at 18 miles per hour and has strengthened with 50 mph winds. People in Jamaica, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatan peninsula could see heavy rain from Nana. A Tropical Storm Watch was issued for northern Honduras and the…

Heavy rain fell across the region Monday night, causing flash flooding and numerous crashes.

By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — The death toll from a week of heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan rose to at least 190 on Tuesday, an official said, with scores more injured as rescue crews search for those missing under the mud and rubble of collapsed houses. Heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often threaten remote areas of the war-torn nation, where infrastructure is poor. Summer often brings heavy rainfall and flooding…

I-40 East is closed between Lake Wheeler Road and Gorman Street as crews clean up the wreckage.

Heavy rain fell across the region Monday night, causing flash flooding and numerous crashes.

Heavy rains across central North Carolina caused many cars in Raleigh to stall and become trapped in floodwater.

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — Heavy rains across central North Carolina caused many cars in Raleigh to stall and become trapped in floodwater. Chris Hohmann said the doppler is estimating 2 to 5 inches in the Triangle but more in other spots. Incredible doppler estimates of rain tonight! 2-5″ in the Triangle, but 6-9″ in a couple of spots near the VA border and in Johnston county. Numerous road closures and some water rescues tonight….

Rain and strong to severe storms are likely Monday afternoon, particularly west of the Triangle.

Major community response is allowing a Fort Bragg army veteran to deliver three trailers-worth of supplies to people impacted by Hurricane Laura in Louisiana.