Month: February 2021

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — Some UNC-Chapel Hill classes have the option to go virtual for nearly two weeks after university officials received hundreds of complaints following Saturday night’s crowd that rushed Franklin Street. The timing of last night’s crowd flooding Franklin Street fell the weekend before students returned for in-person learning for the spring semester. “Student Affairs has already received hundreds of Student Conduct complaints. Those leads will be evaluated and students found to…

By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter Orange County, N.C. — On Saturday night, hundreds of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill students and fans flooded Franklin Street after beating Duke University. It’s a famous UNC-CH tradition for UNC-CH to celebrate a win against rival Duke. “I haven’t seen that many people it so long. It was definitely wild,” said Hannah Willcox, the general manager for Sup Dogs. Willcox said she anticipated it happening, even during the coronavirus…

BERLIN — A tiny community in western Germany was cut off Wednesday by the flooded Rhine River, while authorities cautioned that continued rain and melting snow could cause further problems in many regions. In Rees-Grietherort, the rising waters of the Rhine flooded the only access road to the community located between it and a smaller river, effectively cutting off the 100 residents, the dpa news agency reported. Due to its location, local authorities said the…

PERTH, Australia — More than 70 homes have been lost in a wildfire outside Australia’s western city of Perth that is expected to continue burning for days. The fire had razed more than 9,000 hectares (22,200 acres) of farm and woodland in hills east of Perth by early Wednesday, authorities said. Western Australia state’s Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said the number of houses destroyed had jumped to 71 overnight, and conditions would…

ANKARA, Turkey — Heavy rains and flash floods struck the Turkish Aegean coastal province of Izmir on Tuesday, killing at least one person, the state-run news agency reported. A second person is reported missing. The two individuals were trapped inside a vehicle that was swept away by rising water in the town of Menderes, Anadolu Agency reported. The region was hit by 1 1/2 times more rain in 10 hours than the average rainfall for…

By NICK PERRY, Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A cyclone caused flooding as it crossed Fiji, requiring rescues of residents and sending thousands of people into shelters in the Pacific archipelago. At least one person died and five others are missing. Authorities said Monday that more than 10,000 people were sheltering at 300 evacuation centers after Cyclone Ana made landfall Sunday on the main islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. The cyclone created…