Month: August 2022

By Rick Armstrong, WRAL Enterprise multimedia journalist An embattled Edgecombe County town hopes a new homecoming event this weekend will generate more progress – and encourage people to visit and learn about its history. The town of Princeville is the oldest in the country founded by enslaved men and women. Today, it is among the poorest in the state – in part due to hurricane damage and high water. Sitting near the banks of the Tar…

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — As deadly flood waters in Kentucky continue to wreck communities, the devastation hits home for people in the Triangle. This includes two UNC doctors who decided to work together to deliver relief despite being miles away. Helpless is how Doctor Randi Barnett described watching the scenes of flooding unfold in her hometown. She works at UNC Health but this past week her heart and mind has been on Kentucky especially…

By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Forecasters with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration are still predicting between three to five major hurricanes for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. Through Aug. 3, the Atlantic basin had yet to see a single hurricane in 2022. This marks the first year since 2017 that a hurricane has not developed by Aug. 1 in the Atlantic. Even though hurricane season began on June 1, NOAA is still predicting…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an updated hurricane outlook for the Atlantic region. New hurricane predictions from NOAA still expect above average activity despite only three storms being named so far this season. NOAA is still predicting 14 to 20 named storms, with 6 to 10 of those becoming hurricanes and 3 to 5 of them becoming major. The number of named storms has been relatively low…