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The offshore storm is the 6th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — UPDATE TROPICAL STORM FAY: Near the Little Egg Harbor Inlet in Ocean County, NJ Tropical Storm Fay officially made landfall. The technical definition for landfall is when the storm center intersects completely with a shoreline. This occurred around 5PM Friday. The threat of heavy flooding rain continues as Fay moves North at about 14 mph. A Tropical Storm Warning…

The offshore storm is the 6th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Fay has formed off the North Carolina coast, the National Hurricane Center said as of 5 p.m. Thursday. The tropical disturbance gained better organization around its center of circulation throughout Thursday.  The organization was needed to determine whether the National Weather Service would classify the offshore system as a tropical depression or a tropical storm. The center…

Tropical Storm Cristina is on its way to becoming the first hurricane of the 2020 season. Tropical Storm Cristina formed late Monday night local time in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and is on its way to becoming the first hurricane of the 2020 season in any of the ocean basins in the Western Hemisphere. As of early Tuesday, the storm was located well away from land, about 535 miles south-southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico. It was…

As storms move through the Charlotte area, those in its path could see damaging wind gusts and hail. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Storms moved through the Carolinas on Sunday afternoon into the evening, bringing along the threat of damaging wind gusts and hail. Just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Gaston, Mecklenburg and York counties, which expired at 5:15 p.m. Later, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Chesterfield and Lancaster…

A Myers Park couple is fed up after a storm drain that’s supposed to carry water away has caused their home to flood multiple times since Memorial Day. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Myers Park couple says Charlotte’s storm drain system is ruining their home, which they say has flooded at least five times since early April.  So, who’s going to pay for all of the damage?  It’s a problem that needs to be addressed and…

ALBEMARLE, N.C. — Seven water rescues happened late Thursday night in Albemarle as a result of severe flooding in the area.  According to Stanly County officials, the first water rescue call came in at around 9 p.m. Thursday.  Officials report that 24 roads within the city limits of Albemarle are currently closed due to flooding. Albemarle Fire Department, West Stanly Fire, and Stanly Co Rescue were all involved in the water rescues.  As of Thursday…

Cristobal unleashes life-threatening flooding in Mexico, Central America despite weakening Cristobal continued to dump heavy rainfall on southeastern Mexico and Central America as it regained tropical storm strength on Friday. Flooding and mudslide dangers are expected to continue as the sprawling system moves into the southern Gulf of Mexico. The government of Mexico upgraded tropical storm watches to tropical storm warnings from Punta Herrera to Rio Lagartos, Mexico, in the Yucatan Peninsula on Friday afternoon….

5 things to know about Tropical Storm Cristobal         

Cristobal has restrengthened into a tropical storm. Impacts could start by Saturday night. NEW ORLEANS — 1 PM  Update: Cristobal has restrengthened into a tropical storm. The center has moved back over water and will continue to organize more once it gets back over the Gulf waters Friday evening. This will continue all the way through landfall on Sunday night. Cristobal is expected to slowly strengthen as it moves across the Gulf on Saturday, but…

Mayor Vi Lyles and other city leaders met with hundreds of people Wednesday night after a video of CMPD’s tactics during protests went viral.         

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is meeting virtually with emergency management officials from the coast.         

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is meeting virtually with emergency management officials from the coast. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster will meet virtually with state and local emergency management officials from Horry, Charleston, and Beaufort Counties on hurricane preparedness procedures.   His comments are expected any time after 4 p.m. Thursday. The hurricane season began June 1st and already this year the Atlantic Ocean has seen three named tropical cyclones.  The NOAA’s outlook predicts an above-normal…

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is meeting virtually with emergency management officials from the coast. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster will meet virtually with state and local emergency management officials from Horry, Charleston, and Beaufort Counties on hurricane preparedness procedures.   His comments are expected any time after 4 p.m. Thursday. The hurricane season began June 1st and already this year the Atlantic Ocean has seen three named tropical cyclones.  The NOAA’s outlook predicts an above-normal…

It could weaken to a tropical depression soon. It could then re-strengthen when a potential turn northward happens on Friday. NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall on Mexico’s coast Wednesday morning with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph.  It’s forecast to weaken to a depression soon as it hovers just over land through Friday.  Then the National Hurricane Center forecast shows it becoming a tropical storm again on Friday. It starts its northward…

It will likely linger in the southern Gulf for most of this week before a potential turn northward into the central Gulf this weekend. NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Depression 3 has strengthened into Tropical Storm Cristobal in the southern Gulf of Mexico, or Bay of Campeche. This is the earliest third named storm on record in the Atlantic Basin. The previous record was Tropical Storm Colin which formed on June 5, 2016. Observations from the…