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Two storms off the East Coast are combining in the Mid-Atlantic to create dangerous conditions on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the National Hurricane Center said. It gets worse, too. Once … Click to Continue »

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Raleigh construction worker plans to use his $100,000 winning lottery ticket to help victims of Hurricane Dorian. Jerry Wood bought a Mega Cash scratch-off ticket for $20 on Tuesday at the Quality Food Mart on South Main Street in Wake Forest. After taxes, he took home $70,756. He said he plans to spend part of that helping people on Ocracoke Island, which experienced severe flooding from storm surge during the hurricane….

October is too early for Christmas sales, songs and decorations. And it should be too late in most places for summer weather, summer wear, and summer hurricanes, right? While the flip flops certainly should be flipped, hurricane season is far from over. Several of the most deadly, destructive hurricanes have struck the United States in October, including Hurricane Michael last year, which has its one-year anniversary on October 10. “Michael and Sandy are the two…

WASHINGTON — We’re tracking Hurricane Lorenzo in the tropics. LORENZO:Lorenzo was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane Saturday night. There has never been a hurricane this strong east of 55°W Longitude. The storm will continue to weaken in the next few days. After passing Flores Island (Açores) as a weaker hurricane Wednesday, the storm will then head toward the British Isles, but as a post tropical storm. RELATED: Donations for Dorian: DC community members pack…

As fall progresses, it’s not typical for the south-central United States Plains to experience an extended tornado season. Tornadoes in October and into November would be more likely to occur along the Gulf coast, but that’s not where the action could be this year. Instead, the Plains may be ground zero in a battle of northern cold fronts and southern warm air, which “could just create a lot of havoc,” according to AccuWeather Lead Long-Range…

A 2-pound prehistoric clam shell is being cited by Cape Lookout National Seashore as an example of the larger-than-average seashells washing up on the Outer Banks after Hurricane Dorian. Photos … Click to Continue »

WASHINGTON — We’re tracking Hurricane Lorenzo in the tropics. LORENZO:Lorenzo was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane Saturday night. There has never been a hurricane this strong east of 55°W Longitude. While this is a historically strong storm, it poses very little threat to any land areas at this time. The storm will continue to weaken in the next few days. The storm will impact Flores Island (Açores) as a weaker hurricane Wednesday. RELATED: Donations…

These pods are finding a new purpose for survivors of a brutal disaster.         

We’re tracking hurricane Lorenzo in the tropics.  RELATED: Donations for Dorian: DC community members pack supplies for those impacted by hurricane RELATED: Weather Forecast for DC metro area LORENZO:Lorenzo was upgraded to a category 5 hurricane Saturday night. This is the strongest a hurricane as ever been east of 55°W Longitude. While this is a historically strong storm, it poses very little threat to any land areas at this time. The storm will continue to…

An intense hurricane is gaining strength over the Atlantic Ocean, but the storm is going largely unnoticed due to its remote location. Hurricane Lorenzo, currently spinning over the central Atlantic, first became a hurricane on Wednesday, but by Thursday afternoon, it had rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane. On Thursday evening, Lorenzo was packing maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, but AccuWeather Meteorologists believe that it could continue to strengthen and eventually become…

A confirmed tornado on Tuesday night in Wisconsin caused heavy damage to vehicles and a home. Striking near the Chippewa-Dunn County line, west of Eau Claire, at least three semi-trucks were overturned according to officials. The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that the tornado struck near Elk Mound and Wheaton at 7:53 p.m. CDT. In response, Elk Mound High School opened its building as a shelter for any residents who needed it. “In the morning,…

The North Carolina Port Authority worked to prepare for Hurricane Dorian, public records show — but the storm still made an impact, knocking out power and suspending service temporarily at the coastal logistics hub.

Tropical Storm Karen is strengthening in the Caribbean as it tracks toward a predicted hard left into the southeastern United States early next week. However, National Hurricane Center experts are … Click to Continue »

CEDAR ISLAND, N.C. — A North Carolina wild horse manager says more than half of one herd is thought to be dead after Hurricane Dorian storm surge slammed their island home. Manager Woody Hancock told McClatchy news that 28 of the 49 horses on Cedar Island, between the Outer Banks and the mainland, are suspected dead. He says the herd is lesser-known than the Corolla heard on the northernmost parts of the Outer Banks. That…

The same terrifying wall of water that blasted Ocracoke Island during Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 6 is being blamed for washing 28 wild horses to their deaths in North Carolina’s … Click to Continue »