Month: February 2021

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Areas from the Triangle northward could see dangerous ice accumulation beginning early Thursday morning, according to the WRAL weather team. A winter storm warning went into effect at midnight for Durham, Orange, Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Forsyth, Guilford and Alamance counties and extends until 7 a.m. on Friday. See all weather alerts. WRAL meteorologists say that a “major ice storm is likely” in Person, Granville, Vance and Mecklenburg (Va.) Counties….

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Areas from the Triangle northward could see dangerous ice accumulation overnight and all day Thursday, according to the WRAL weather team. A winter storm warning goes into effect at midnight for Durham, Orange, Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Forsyth, Guilford and Alamance counties and extends until 7 a.m. on Friday. Fourteen counties in the WRAL viewing area are under a winter storm warning or advisory. Meteorologist Kat Campbell says that a…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Areas from the Triangle northward could see dangerous ice accumulation overnight and all day Thursday, according to the WRAL weather team. A winter storm warning goes into effect at midnight for Durham, Orange, Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Forsyth, Guilford and Alamance counties and extends until 7 a.m. on Friday. Fourteen counties in the WRAL viewing area are under a winter storm warning or advisory. Because of the winter weather threat,…

By Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter Sunset Beach, N.C. — Two of the three people killed by a Monday night tornado in Brunswick County were a retired couple getting ready to celebrate the man’s birthday. Richard and Phyllis O’Connor were asleep in bed when the storm hit shortly before midnight and leveled their home. The tornado picked up the house and dropped it on a neighbor’s house in the Ocean Ridge Plantation subdivision, flattening both, according…

BOLIVIA, N.C. (WTVD) — Governor Roy Cooper spent Wednesday surveying the damage left behind from a deadly EF-3 tornado that ripped through Brunswick County earlier this week. The tornado happening late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. Many Ocean Isle residents were asleep at the time of the storm. “It’s like bombs went off in some of the houses,” one resident recalled. The tornado killed three people, injured 10 others and flattened dozens of homes….

12 Images Brunswick County tornado damage 75 Images Winter weather photos: Icy glaze, freezing rain in NC 14 Images Remembering Sky 5 pilot Steve Wiley 18 Images By the numbers: Snow on Jan. 28, 2021 216 Images Your photos: Snow on Jan. 28, 2021 219 Images 2021 Wake County Diving Championships (Jan. 23, 2021) 13 Images Your pics: Light snowfall northwest of Triangle 19 Images Photos: National Guard troops in every corner of the Capitol…

By WECT News Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. — A woman at Ocean Isle Beach is relieved her dog is back after a deadly tornado earlier this week. Brittany Memory told WECT it sounded like a train was outside her window on Monday night. Her dog, Penny, started acting weird when the power went out during the rough weather. “I actually thought someone was in the house, and I leaned up and turned on the flashlight…

BOLIVIA, N.C. (WTVD) — Governor Roy Cooper will visit the area devastated earlier this week when an EF-3 tornado ripped through town. It happened in the dark of night Tuesday morning. Residents of Ocean Isle is Brunswick County were asleep in their beds. “It’s like bombs went off in some of the houses,” one resident recalled. The tornado killed three people, injured 10 others and flattened dozens of homes. “It’s something unlike I have ever…

By Kasey Cunningham and Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporters Sunset Beach, N.C. — At least three people died when an EF-3 tornado touched down in Brunswick County before midnight, ripping through one neighborhood and leaving a trail of destruction. Gov. Roy Cooper will tour the Ocean Ridge Plantation neighborhood near Ocean Isle Beach on Wednesday, where more than 50 homes were damaged and three deaths and at least 10 injuries were reported. The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office said…