Author: WeatherPreppers

It’s easy to get caught up worrying about the malfunctioning special teams or Martin Necas’ unfortunate failure to make a quick adjustment to the NHL or any of the other flaws in the Carolina Hurricanes highlighted over the past four days. It was just as easy to overlook all of that over the first 10 days of the season when everything else was going right and the Hurricanes had yet to lose in regulation, when…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — It’s been more than a month since Hurricane Florence devastated parts of North Carolina. The clean up and rebuilding process will take months. Fortunately, some Broadway stars are using their voices to raise money for those in need. A fundraiser called “Broadway Sings for Florence” is happening Oct. 22 at Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh. For more information, you can click here RELATED: James Taylor issues 1 million meals challenge for…

Musician James Taylor started a food drive to assist in Hurricane Florence relief. Taylor, who grew up in Chapel Hill, announced the “James Taylor Million Meals Challenge” on his Facebook page Tuesday. The food donated during the challenge will benefit people in 23 eastern North Carolina counties. Taylor, his wife, and their friends vow to match all donations to the food bank (up to 1 million meals). The challenge runs until the end of October….

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities say at least five people have been killed in flash floods in the country caused by heavy rains Wednesday and Thursday. The interior ministry’s spokesman Sofian Zaag said two other people are missing. The regions of Bizerte in the north, and of Nabeul, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) east of the capital, received up to 200 millimeters (almost 8 inches) of rainfall. Some schools have been closed and homes, roads…

The annual Food Lion Hunger Relief Day is Thursday, October 18 and if you bring five cans of food to the N.C. State Fair on Thursday you will receive one free admission ticket! This is such a great deal and a wonderful way to help our neighbors in need! When you get to the fair, bring your 5 cans of food to any gate and they will be exchanged for an admission ticket. Look for…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — Like thousands of other UNC-Chapel Hill students this week, these undergrads could have gone home. They could have gone anywhere. But they decided they wanted to go to Robeson County. They chose to go to the heart of the storm zone left devastated by Hurricane Florence. They’re spending their fall break giving back. “I’m just trying to do the best I can to give a hug or lend an ear…