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For the seventh consecutive year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season for 2022. The NOAA’s 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook predicts 14 to 21 named storms, meaning winds 39 mph or higher, with 14 being the average. “NOAA is predicting an above normal 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which would make this year the seventh consecutive above normal season,” NOAA Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad said. “Specifically, there’s a 65%…

By WRAL News Chapel Hill, N.C. — Hundreds of customers in Durham and Chapel Hill were without power Tuesday morning after severe storms with downpours and strong winds brought down trees Monday evening. Statewide, more than 4,000 were without power, according to Duke Energy’s outage map at 8 a.m. Residents on Tuesday were cleaning up after severe weather ripped through the Triangle, leaving some neighborhoods in shambles. Durham and parts of Orange County were some…

By Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter More than 3,000 customers in the Chapel Hill area were without power Tuesday morning after severe storms with downpours and strong winds brought down trees Monday evening. Residents on Tuesday were cleaning up after severe weather ripped through the Triangle, leaving some neighborhoods in shambles. Durham and parts of Orange County were some of the hardest hit areas, with numerous trees down onto houses and…

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — People in the Triangle woke up without power on Tuesday morning after another round of severe storms. The storms brought flooding rains, forced trees onto homes and a lightning strike could be to blame for a fire that left several people without a place to stay in Chapel Hill. People in the Grove Park neighborhood in Durham are going to be busy cleaning up Tuesday. Wind took off the tops of…

Severe storms wreacked havoc as they made their way through central North Carolina on Monday afternoon. Wind damage and heavy rain pounded the Triangle, with reports of downed trees and power outages all across the area. Lawns and roads across central North Carolina were scattered with branches, limbs and even full trees. A tree on Hamilton Road, about a mile and a half away from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, snapped in…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A strong line of storms pushing east into central North Carolina are causing severe weather alerts to pop up around the region. Click here to view the latest weather alerts. A tornado warning was issued just before 3 p.m. for parts of Chatham, Lee and Moore counties. That warning lasts until 3:30 p.m. LIVE RADAR This line of storms is associated with a cold front moving into the area. This will…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A new flood warning system will help NC Department of Transportation monitor road flooding during the next big storm. The system allows NCDOT to monitor flood levels from 400 different gauges on area rivers and streams. Those gauges will help NCDOT more quickly respond to areas where flood waters are threatening bridges, roads or culverts. In addition to helping NCDOT and local emergency officials more quickly respond to dangerous problem areas,…

By The Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh — Pre-monsoon deluges have flooded parts of India and Bangladesh, killing at least 24 people in recent weeks and sending 90,000 people into shelters, authorities said Monday. Both heavily populated nations in South Asia are prone to frequent floods and are considered major victims of climate change. The deaths have been reported since April 6 in India’s northeastern region, with Assam state continuing to experience floods. Those who have…

NEW YORK — Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, Igor Shesterkin stopped 43 shots, and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 Sunday in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series. Chris Kreider and Tyler Motte also scored as the Rangers cut their deficit to 2-1 in the best-of-seven matchup. Game 4 is Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. It was just the Rangers’ second win against Carolina in the teams’…

By The Associated Press GAYLORD, Mich. — Nearly all of the power lost following a deadly tornado that killed two people and flattened parts of a northern Michigan community has been restored, state police said Sunday. Police also said that everyone has been accounted for in Gaylord where Friday afternoon’s EF3 also left more than 40 people injured. Authorities had said Saturday that they were not able to account for one person. Cleanup continued Sunday…

By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE, Associated Press GAYLORD, Mich. — A rare northern Michigan tornado tore through a small community on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40 others as it flipped vehicles, tore roofs from buildings and downed trees and power lines. The twister hit Gaylord, a city of about 4,200 people roughly 230 miles (370 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, at around 3:45 p.m. Mike Klepadlo, who owns the…

RALEIGH, N.C. — Brendan Smith scored a shorthanded goal late in the second period while Antti Raanta finished with 21 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 2-0 on Friday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series. Smith’s goal off a feed from Sebastian Aho marked his first postseason goal in nine years, and it was the difference in a tightly defended game by both teams with little…

By Kristin Nelson, Patrick Lloyd and Michael Owens, WMBF News Conway, S.C. — A former South Carolina deputy has been convicted in the deaths of two mental health patients. Stephen Flood, an ex-deputy with Horry County, was found guilty Thursday on all counts, including two counts each of reckless homicide and two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Nicolette Green, from Myrtle Beach, and Wendy Newton, Shallote, North Carolina. Flood was transporting the…

By Lora Lavigne, WRAL reporter Lucama, N.C. — Thousands of customers were without power in Wake and Wilson counties Friday morning, and strong winds ripped the roof off a Lucama home overnight. While not everyone experienced damage from overnight thunderstorms, areas east of Wake County are feeling the biggest impacts Friday morning. In Lucama, winds ripped the metal roof off a mobile home on Bass Road. Panels came off the home and blew across the…

RALEIGH, N.C. — Ian Cole beat Igor Shesterkin at 3:12 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 2-1 Wednesday night and take Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. The defenseman’s second career playoff goal capped a late comeback by the Hurricanes after they trailed most of the night. Sebastian Aho finally pushed one past Shesterkin in the final minutes of the third period to send the game into OT….

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The Carolina Hurricanes are serving up some controversy before round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs begins Wednesday night in Raleigh. The team is restricting ticket sales to games at PNC Arena, only to residents of the Carolinas and southern Virginia. That is determined by the credit card billing address. Orders outside the region will be canceled without notice, but refunds will be given. The policy is not unheard of and…

By WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press GAUHATI, India — At least 11 people have died in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in India’s remote northeast region, officials said Tuesday. Several railway stations were closed because of floods, said Nazreen Ahmed, a senior official in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. She said nearly 200,000 people in the district were cut off from the rest of the state as roads and bridges were either blocked by landslides…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The Carolina Hurricanes will face the New York Rangers in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Game one will be in Raleigh on Wednesday at PNC Arena. Game time is at 7 p.m. Game two is taking place on Friday with the puck dropping at 8 p.m. The series then moves to New York for games three and four. Game three is Sunday at 3:30 p.m. and game four…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The Loudest House in the NHL lived up to its billing Saturday afternoon, as 19,513 fans, the most ever for a Hurricanes home game, packed PNC Arena for the team’s pivotal Game 7. After a tightly-contested start, Carolina broke through with a Teuvo Teravainen goal with 1:24 minutes left in the first period, burying a pass from Jacob Slavin. To start the second, the Hurricanes failed to convert on a 4-minute…

BOSTON, MA — The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in game seven. The Canes will move ahead to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs This is a breaking story. Check back for further game details shortly. -previous story- The players dream of it. The fans look forward to it. Game 7. And on Saturday, there will be three of them. The NHL is wrapping up the first round of the playoffs…

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins earned themselves a seventh game with another dominating performance at home. The problem: The clincher will be at Carolina, where the Hurricanes have been just as unbeatable. “Everybody loves a Game 7,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said after the Bruins won 5-2 on Thursday night to even their first-round playoff series against Carolina at three games apiece. “We’d rather be at home, I’m not going to lie to you. “But…

By Chelsea Donovan, WRAL reporter Raleigh, N.C. — Dozens of Carolina Hurricanes fans have taken to social media in an uproar, with many saying they caught COVID after attending last week’s playoff games, which were packed with at least 20,000 screaming fans. Masks are considered optional inside the PNC Arena. One woman posted on Twitter that she, her husband, and at least 12 other people came down with COVID after attending the game. Travis O’Neal,…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes took a 3-2 lead in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a dismantling of the Boston Bruins. The Canes returned to Raleigh after dropping the last two games in Boston. The power of home ice seemed to be just what the doctor ordered for Carolina. On offense and defense, the Hurricanes looks completely dominant on all aspects of the game. The team took an early 2-0…

By Mike Maze, WRAL meteorologist Is the 2022 hurricane season going to be off to an early start just like it has over the past seven years? The odds are in favor that. Even though hurricane season officially begins on June 1, we could see our first named storm this month. We already have our eyes on two weak systems, one off the southeast coast and another weak wave off the coast of Africa. The National…

By CEDAR ATTANASIO and BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. — With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town, residents of this small northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy Saturday as their rural neighbors hunkered down amid predictions of extreme fire conditions. Shops and restaurants reopened, the historic center was no longer just populated by firefighters, but there was a widely felt sense of…

By Cory Dinkel, WRAL multiplatform producer and Leslie Moreno, WRAL multimedia journalist Mebane, N.C. — Severe storms, including an EF1 tornado in Orange County, caused damage Friday evening across central North Carolina. Three buildings in Orange County sustained damage from heavy winds that could have been the result of a tornado, according to Orange County leaders. While it is not a confirmed tornado by the NWS, Orange County Emergency Services Director Kirby Saunders said several…