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(FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – The violence has got to stop. That’s the message from neighbors in one Charlotte community after a drive-by shooting that left two people injured.  Two people were shot at Northcross Townhomes on Griers Grove Road Saturday night.  Neighbors said the gunman was hanging out of the back window of a car firing shots. Several vehicles and homes were also struck.  One woman said a bullet came through her front door and…

A torrential downpour inundated Istanbul, Turkey, and other northwestern cities of the country on Saturday, resulting in the death of at least one person. The torrential downpour produced 110 mm (4.33 inches). The rain started to fall around noon local time, tapering off around 6 p.m., according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Courtney Travis. The downpour came just a few days after a heat wave that brought temperatures about 4 degrees Celsius (6 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit)…

HICKORY, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – A sunny afternoon changed in an instant in Hickory. For Chassidy Rowe, she saw the severe weather alert, and rushed home to be with her kids. She wasn’t home long when a tree landed on top of their house and car. “Something just told me something wasn’t right, so I got my son, my two-year-old son, who was asleep in his crib and as soon as I grabbed him,…

State emergency management officials are devising a new system for evacuating residents in the event of major storms. A pilot program is underway in three northeastern counties near Virginia, which already has such a system in place, according to Department of Public Safety Spokesman Keith Acree. “Pasquotank and Camden were very interested in piloting early because they’re right there on the border, they get all their news from the Norfolk, Virginia, media market and everyone…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A line of severe thunderstorms moving across the western North Carolina foothills and Piedmont have left behind a trail of downed trees and other damage. The line of storms, moving from the mountains of Tennessee towards the Charlotte metro area, brought heavy rain and winds upwards of 70 mph. Near Lake Hickory, trees fell on buildings along NC 127. Fallen trees were also blocking a portion of Snow Creek Road near St….

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A line of severe thunderstorms moving across the western North Carolina foothills and Piedmont have left behind a trail of downed trees and other damage. The line of storms, moving from the mountains of Tennessee towards the Charlotte metro area, brought heavy rain and winds upwards of 70 mph. Near Lake Hickory, trees fell on buildings along NC 127. Fallen trees were also blocking a portion of Snow Creek Road near St….

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Severe storms are expected to bring damaging winds to the entire Charlotte region Monday this evening.  First Warn Meteorologist Brad Panovich said a cluster of storms will move south and east across the area Monday. The storms, which are already bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the western North Carolina mountains, will arrive in Charlotte and the Piedmont during the evening rush hour. Panovich said the sunshine and very warm temperatures…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Severe storms are expected to bring damaging winds to the Charlotte-area later this evening.  First Warn Meteorologist Brad Panovich said a cluster of storms to our north is expected to drop down into the mountains and then move down across the Piedmont.   Panovich said the sunshine and very warm temperatures in the Charlotte-area is fuel for thunderstorms later in the day.  “The combination of hot humid air at the surface and cooler…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Severe storms are expected to bring damaging winds to the Charlotte-area later this evening.  First Warn Meteorologist Brad Panovich said a cluster of storms to our north is expected to drop down into the mountains and then move down across the Piedmont.   Panovich said the sunshine and very warm temperatures in the Charlotte-area is fuel for thunderstorms later in the day.  “The combination of hot humid air at the surface and cooler…

Saturday night’s tornado warning for Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln counties was an odd little storm. I can only assume we saw some kind of gustnado as it collided with an outflow boundary. The atmosphere was not really conducive for tornadoes, but these collisions can do weird things. The storm was moving almost due South, which was a little bit more South than the other storms Saturday. It was very isolated as were all the storms…

Saturday night’s tornado warning for Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln counties was an odd little storm. I can only assume we saw some kind of gustnado as it collided with an outflow boundary. The atmosphere was not really conducive for tornadoes, but these collisions can do weird things. The storm was moving almost due South, which was a little bit more South than the other storms Saturday. It was very isolated as were all the storms…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Booming growth along with aging infrastructure and heavy rains are likely to blame for flooding in South End earlier this week. A woman captured video of a stranded driver on Ideal Way during a rainstorm. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services confirmed the nearby storm pipe is broken. Satellite images show a large sinkhole running along the pipe. The pipe is on property that belongs to Marsh Properties. “The pipe is broken and the…