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HUMPHREYS COUNTY, Tenn. — Catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee has left at least ten people dead and dozens missing as record-shattering rainfall washed away homes and rural roads. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis says more than 30 people have been reported missing. Davis says two of the bodies recovered were toddlers who had been swept away from their father.  The town of McEwen was pummeled with 17 inches of rain in less than a day….

More than 20,000 firefighters are currently battling some 100 wildfires in the U.S West. BOISE, Idaho — At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to save their homes and the valuable forests surrounding them. It’s not that simple, wildfire managers say, and the reasons are many, some of them decades in the making and tied to climate change….

Grace hit Mexico’s coast as a Category 3 storm Saturday. VERACRUZ, Mexico — Hurricane Grace hit Mexico’s Gulf shore as a major Category 3 storm before weakening on Saturday, drenching coastal and inland areas in its second landfall in the country in two days. At least eight people died, authorities said. The storm had lost power while crossing over the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday, swirling through Mexico’s main tourist strip, but it rapidly drew in…

Henri is expected to make landfall on Long Island or in southern New England on Sunday. Preparations for a storm grew more urgent Saturday as the newly upgraded Hurricane Henri closed in on the Northeast. The storm’s latest track put it course to collide Sunday with a long stretch of coastline, with hurricane warnings extending from near the old whaling port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, across the luxurious oceanfront estates of New York’s Hamptons, to…

Henri is expected to make landfall on Long Island or in southern New England on Sunday. The urgency of preparations for a monster storm hitting parts of the Northeast became a priority Saturday when Henri was promoted to a hurricane as the tropical system moved closer to landfall, expected to hit Long Island and Connecticut first. The National Hurricane Center said late Saturday morning that a hurricane warning for the southern coast of New England, including…

Evacuations began in Canton, North Carolina Tuesday as rising waters from the Pigeon River flooded the town. CANTON, N.C. — Two people are confirmed dead and another 20 are unaccounted for in Haywood County, North Carolina following flooding from Tropical Depression Fred Tuesday, WYFF-TV reported Thursday. In Canton, a town located in the western North Carolina county, evacuations began Tuesday evening as the Pigeon River rose to nearly 20 feet. Evacuation shelters remain open in…

Gov. Roy Cooper issued a state of emergency for the places heavily impacted by the weather. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Parts of North Carolina are recovering after severe weather tore through the state on Tuesday, Aug. 17.  Western North Carolina, and surrounding areas near Charlotte, were impacted by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred.  According to a news release from Gov. Roy Cooper’s office, North Carolina Emergency Management has deployed swift water rescue teams from across…

Several communities in Avery County were evacuated after the Linville River flooded during Tuesday’s storms. PINEOLA, N.C. — Homeowners, businesses and RV campers in Avery County spent their Wednesday cleaning up after overnight storms led to power outages, downed trees, and flooding. RV owners staying at Down by the River Campground in Pineola evacuated Tuesday after the Linville River spilled over its banks and into the campground. Steve Reese and his wife came to the…

Evacuations began in Canton, North Carolina Tuesday as rising waters from the Pigeon River flooded the town. CANTON, N.C. — More than 30 people are unaccounted for in Haywood County, North Carolina following flooding from Tropical Depression Fred Tuesday, WYFF-TV reported Wednesday. In Canton, a town located in the western North Carolina county, evacuations began Tuesday evening as the Pigeon River rose to nearly 20 feet. Aerial photos taken in the town after daybreak Wednesday showed…

The National Weather Service surveyed the damage from one of the first tornado warnings spawned by Tropical Depression Fred Tuesday. STONY POINT, N.C. — The National Weather Service has determined a tornado that caused damage in portions of Alexander and Iredell counties in North Carolina Tuesday was an EF-1 tornado. The National Weather Service sent teams across the Carolinas to survey the damage from Tuesday’s storms produced by Tropical Depression Fred.  The team of meteorological…

Damage was reported in Iredell and Alexander counties from possible tornadoes earlier Tuesday associated with Tropical Depression Fred. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Thousands in the Carolinas are without power after severe weather moved through the area Tuesday.  At 10:44 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for Alexander and Iredell counties until 11:15 p.m., but the warning was expired early at 11:05 p.m.  Just after 8 p.m., the NWS issued a pair of tornado…

Damage was reported in Iredell and Alexander counties from possible tornadoes earlier Tuesday associated with Tropical Depression Fred. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Just after 8 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a pair of tornado warnings: one for York County in South Carolina, the other in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Both warnings expired at 8:45 p.m. and were the latest in a set of warnings that popped up across the Charlotte metro throughout Tuesday. A Tornado…

Damage was reported in Iredell and Alexander counties from possible tornadoes earlier Tuesday associated with Tropical Depression Fred. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Just after 8 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a pair of tornado warnings: one for York County in South Carolina, the other in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Both warnings were expected to expire at 8:45 p.m. A Tornado Watch for much of upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina, including the greater Charlotte…

A woman and her grandchildren had charged phones and shelter as storms rolled through. ALEXANDER COUNTY, N.C. — As tornado warnings sounded off in the Carolinas, an Alexnader County family said they were prepared for emergencies even as the weather brought a tree down on their driveway. Tropical Depression Fred’s remnants crept up the Carolinas, spurring up storms in the Charlotte metro area. Just off of Lentz Road in eastern Alexander County,  Cindy Wessollek and…

Damage was reported in Iredell and Alexander counties from possible tornadoes earlier Tuesday associated with Tropical Depression Fred. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Tornado Watch for much of upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina, including the greater Charlotte metro area, has been extended until 2 a.m. The threat of continued severe weather is the result of Tropical Depression Fred, which has brought severe, tropical thunderstorms to the Carolinas. A Tornado Watch is in effect for…