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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Dorian continues to strengthen as it moves toward the Virgin Islands and is expected to not make a direct hit on Puerto Rico.  As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dorian has sustained winds of 70 mph and gusts of 90 mph. The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to make landfall as a major category 3 hurricane when it reaches Florida early next week.  1. The current forecast path  The fact…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Storm Dorian strengthened slightly Wednesday morning as it makes it way toward Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Authorities warned of landslides, widespread flooding and power outages. President Donald Trump declared an emergency Tuesday night and ordered federal assistance for local authorities.  Maximum sustained winds have increased to nearly 60 mph, with higher gusts, and the storm is moving northwest at 13 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory….

(FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – We may have a damp Labor Day in the Carolinas as Tropical Storm Dorian continues its current path. Dorian was located about 300 miles southeast of Puerto Rico Tuesday night. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said it had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, and it is forecasted to strengthen during the next 24 hours as it moves west-northwest.  It’s possible that the Florida coast could be impacted as early as…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — WCNC NBC Charlotte First Warn Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich will be answering your questions about Tropical Storm Dorian, Tropical Depression Six, your Labor Day weekend forecast, and more in a live stream tonight. We will send a push notification to the WCNC news app when it starts. Tropical Storm Dorian is headed towards Puerto Rico and could reach the southeastern portion of the United States by Labor Day – – if it…

Tropical Storm Dorian, as seen by a GOES satellite Tuesday morning. Puerto Rico is in the upper-left of the image. (NOAA/NESDIS image.) Tropical Storm Dorian, as seen by a GOES satellite Tuesday morning. Puerto Rico is in the upper-left of the image. (NOAA/NESDIS image.) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Tropical Storm Dorian dumped rain on the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday, gathering power on a path to brush past Puerto Rico’s…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The tropics are getting more active as we track Tropical Storm Dorian and Tropical Depression Six, the latter of which formed Monday off the Carolina coast. Tropical Storm Dorian formed Saturday evening. Dorian has a window to continue strengthening between now and Wednesday before it encounters more wind shear and encounters higher terrain. Those harsher conditions could impend the storm’s ability to strengthen. The current forecast track from the National Hurricane Center…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – Business owners in South End are calling on the City of Charlotte to help fix a continued flooding problem. One business owner says it has been a battle against the city for more than two decades. The big question business owners have for city stormwater leaders is how many more floods have to damage their business before someone steps in? You may remember FOX 46 Charlotte covered a similar…

A supertanker, an aerial firefighting airtanker, throws water in the fight against forest fires in the surroundings of Robore in eastern Bolivia. (Photo by AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images) A supertanker, an aerial firefighting airtanker, throws water in the fight against forest fires in the surroundings of Robore in eastern Bolivia. (Photo by AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images) SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia – A firefighting plane from California made its way to South America on Friday to help local authorities fight the massive wildfires burning up…

Tropical Storm Dorian strengthened again Monday morning with sustained winds of 60 mph with gusts of 70 mph as it moves west toward Barbados.  According to the National Hurricane Center, Dorian is 135 miles east-southeast of Barbados and moving west-northwest at 14 mph.  Dorian is expected to strengthen to a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall around the Dominican Republican Thursday morning. First Warn meteorologist Iisha Scott said Dorian will likely continue to weaken after…

HARRISBURG, N.C. (FOX 46 WJZY) – Water gushes into a Kensington Forest neighborhood in Harrisburg. “It shouldn’t be that way,  but I lived long enough to know things got to be straightened up, one way or another,“ said Thomas Edward.  “I wouldn’t say it’s unsafe, but it could potentially ruin our homes.“ said Tate Burgess. The problem — water coming off Rocky River Road and the neighboring development pour into their backyards causing them to flood. “My biggest…

FoxNews.com – Leonardo DiCaprio has joined with other philanthropists in pledging $5 million through their environmental foundation to aid the Amazon as massive wildfires continue to burn across the region. The 44-year-old actor announced Sunday that Earth Alliance, an organization he formed last month with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth, has formed an emergency Amazon Forest Fund. In addition to its $5 million pledge, the alliance also was seeking donations to help repair the…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — G-7 countries have agreed to an immediate $20 million fund to help Amazon countries fight wildfires and launch a long-term global initiative to protect the rainforest. The announcement came from French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of this year’s meeting of G-7 leaders, and the Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. Macron said that the Amazon represents the “lungs” of the planet and that leaders were studying the possibility of similar support…

MIAMI (AP/FOX 13) – Weather forecasters say the fourth tropical storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will strengthen as it moves through the Lesser Antilles. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday that Tropical Storm Dorian could intensify to near hurricane strength over the eastern Caribbean Sea by Tuesday. “It has a couple of things working in its favor,” FOX 13 Meteorologist Brittany Rainey said. “This will be over some warm water, the wind…