Month: May 2021

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Tuesday brought severe weather to much of central North Carolina, leaving behind plenty of destruction in its wake. Prepare yourself, because more arrives Wednesday. A Level 1 risk for severe weather remains in effect for much of the WRAL viewing area Wednesday. Although, according to WRAL meteorologist Mike Maze, things shouldn’t get as rough as they did on Tuesday. “The rain that we will see [Wednesday] will not mirror the…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — Tuesday saw a widespread severe weather event sweep across central North Carolina. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued earlier in the day for Orange and Durham Counties for about an hour. It ended at 4:30 p.m. Severe thunderstorm watches were issued for many of our more southern counties, including Sampson, Moore, Lee and Harnett until 9 p.m. A little after 6 p.m., the National Weather Service upgraded…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — The National Weather Service upgraded the risk for severe weather Tuesday. Counties along the North Carolina/Virginia border have a greater risk for damaging wind gusts, hail and heavy rain through early evening. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued earlier in the day for Orange and Durham Counties for about an hour. It ended at 4:30 p.m. Severe thunderstorm watches were issued for many of our more southern…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Raleigh, N.C. — The National Weather Service upgraded the risk for severe weather Tuesday. Counties along the North Carolina/Virginia border have a greater risk for damaging wind gusts, hail and heavy rain through early evening. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued earlier in the day for Orange and Durham Counties for about an hour. It ended at 4:30 p.m. Severe thunderstorm watches were issued for many of our more southern…

KABUL, Afghanistan — Heavy rains brought severe flooding to nine provinces around Afghanistan in recent days, killing at least 37 people, some of them children, officials said Tuesday. Heavy flooding compounded by mudslides often threatens remote areas of Afghanistan, where infrastructure is poor, especially during the spring and summer months. Powerful flood waters in western Herat province that began Sunday killed 24 people around the province, said provincial governor’s spokesman Jailani Farhad. Gov. Abdul Tahir…