Month: September 2021

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Hurricane Larry, currently way off in the Atlantic, is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend. Late Friday night, Larry strengthened to major hurricane status, turning into a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 miles per hour. Larry was moving west/northwest at 16 miles per hour. Larry could reach Category 4 strength by Sunday, according to WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch. Larry could impact portions of Bermuda by mid-week…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Hurricane Larry, currently way off in the Atlantic, is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend. Late Friday night, Larry strengthened to major hurricane status, turning into a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 miles per hour. Larry was moving west/northwest at 16 miles per hour. Larry could reach Category 4 strength by Sunday, according to WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch. Larry could impact portions of Bermuda by mid-week…

By MIKE CATALINI, WAYNE PARRY and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press ELIZABETH, N.J. — Police went door to door in search of more possible victims and drew up lists of the missing as the death toll rose to 49 on Friday in the catastrophic flooding set off across the Northeast by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The disaster underscored with heartbreaking clarity how vulnerable the U.S. is to the extreme weather that climate change is…

By Keely Arthur, WRAL reporter Canton, N.C. — Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers said the community has been in a “bureaucratic purgatory” waiting for financial assistance. While Smathers said he’s confident state funding promised by Gov. Roy Cooper will kick in, he’s calling on President Joe Biden to do the same. “We are still waiting on the federal [disaster] declaration from President Biden,” said Smathers. “President Biden, I’m asking you as mayor of a small town.”…

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Louisiana to survey the damage after promising full federal support to Gulf Coast states and the Northeast, where Ida’s remnants dumped record-breaking rain and killed dozens of people from Virginia to Connecticut. RELATED: 60 dead in 8 states after Hurricane Ida’s remnants bring historic flooding to NYC, Philly region At least 13 deaths were blamed on the storm in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, including…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Hurricane Larry, currently way off in the Atlantic, is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend. The 5 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center shows Larry as a Cat. 1 storm moving west-northwest at 20 mph with wind speeds at 90 mph. Larry is forecast to become a major Cat. 3 hurricane by 2 a.m. on Saturday and could reach Cat. 4 strength by Sunday, according to WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch….

MULLICA HILL, N.J. — Officials in southern New Jersey are reporting devastating storm damage after a tornado swept through the region on Wednesday. Video captured multiple homes destroyed in the Mullica Hill section of Gloucester County. Troy Bonnenberg and his children were in the basement. Minutes later, the family emerged unharmed, but their belongings were scattered throughout the South Jersey neighborhood. Bonnenberg soon realized he lost the back half of his home due to the…