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A bride-to-be turned to 5 On Your Side for help after a VRBO host refused to cancel her reservation. Caroline Davies is facing a significant financial loss after her bachelorette party at Big Bear Lake was threatened by a massive California wildfire. The rental home is just 0.18 miles outside a mandatory evacuation zone. Even with the entire county under a state of emergency and air quality warnings, the VRBO host, Ella Homes, refused to…

MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Francine weakened to a tropical storm late Wednesday after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that blacked out more than 275,000 homes and businesses, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flood fears in New Orleans and beyond as drenching rains spread over the northern Gulf Coast. The storm was forecast to be downgraded to a tropical depression Thursday as it churned northward over Mississippi, the National…

By Brian Murphy and Brett Kneese, WRAL Signs for Lenovo, a global computer manufacturer with a nearby headquarters, are being installed at the Carolina Hurricanes’ arena in Raleigh, one day before the authority that owns the venue is set to vote on a new naming rights agreement. PNC Bank held the naming rights to the arena since 2012. Its deal expired at the end of August. The name Lenovo Center was unintentionally revealed in a…

By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Raleigh, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes enter the 2024-25 season having made the playoffs in six consecutive seasons but are still vying to win their first Stanley Cup since 2006. Canes head coach Rod Brind’Amour is entering his seventh season as the team’s head coach. The Canes have twice made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, but got swept in 2019 and 2023. In a Wednesday interview with…

TRABUCO CANYON, Calif. (AP) — Apocalyptic-looking plumes of smoke filled skies east of Los Angeles on Tuesday as firefighters battled three major wildfires that erupted amid a blistering heat wave and threatened tens of thousands of homes and other structures. Evacuation orders were expanded Tuesday night as the fires grew and included parts of the popular ski town of Big Bear and the entire community of Wrightwood, with about 4,500 residents. Authorities implored people to…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hurricane Francine barreled early Wednesday toward Louisiana and is expected to make landfall in coming hours as forecasters raised threats of potentially deadly storm surge, widespread flooding and destructive winds on the northern U.S. Gulf coast. Francine drew fuel from exceedingly warm Gulf of Mexico waters to jump from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday night. The National Hurricane Center said Francine might even reach Category…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barreled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm Gulf waters as those in possible harm’s way rushed to complete storm preparations, filling sandbags, buying gas and stocking up on necessities for an expected landfall in the coming day. Residents, especially in south Louisiana, have a 24-hour window to “batten down all the hatches,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry warned at midday while Francine…

By Brian Murphy, WRAL The stadium home of the Carolina Hurricanes and NC State men’s basketball won’t be known as PNC Arena any longer. A new video game offers a clue as to what the arena could be called moving forward. The signage on the outside of the arena was being taken down Monday, and the Centennial Authority — which owns the arena — has scheduled a special meeting Thursday to approve a contract with…

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Torrential downpours hit North Africa’s normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend, causing flooding that killed more than a dozen people in Morocco and Algeria and destroyed homes and critical infrastructure. In Morocco, officials said the two days of storms surpassed historic averages, in some cases exceeding the annual average rainfall. The downpours affected some of the regions that experienced a deadly earthquake one year ago. Meteorologists had predicted that…

HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — An out-of-control wildfire in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles threatened ten of thousands of buildings and forced hundreds of residents to flee Sunday amid a days-long heat wave of triple-digit temperatures. The so-called Line Fire was burning along the edge of the San Bernardino National Forest, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. As of Sunday morning, the blaze had charred about 27 square…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At least 14 people have died and 176 others injured in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country’s north, state media said Sunday, as officials warned of heavy downpours despite its waning power. Described by Vietnamese officials as one of the most powerful typhoons to hit the region over the last decade, Yagi left more than 3 million people without electricity in northern Vietnam. It also damaged vital agricultural land, nearly…

In Fayetteville, part of Ramsey Street is closed again Tuesday near Wall Street due to high water. The N.C. Department of Transportation said the road is expected to reopen at 5 p.m. Flooding closes major road in Fayetteville Monday The road was closed on Monday. You can see how deep the water was under the bridge. Flooding closes major road in Fayetteville Monday The road has been blocked off and signs have been posted along…

Lingering rain from Sunday’s storms is causing more problems Monday. Severe storms moved through central North Carolina on Sunday, causing flooded roads and crashes across Wake County and in Raleigh. In Fayetteville, part of Ramsey Street is closed near Wall Street due to high water. The road has been blocked off and signs have been posted along the street. Flooding closes major road in Fayetteville Monday Flooding also poses a threat in Johnston County, which…

Lingering rain from Sunday’s storms is causing more problems Monday. Severe storms moved through central North Carolina on Sunday, causing flooded roads and crashes across Wake County and in Raleigh. In Fayetteville, part of Ramsey Street is closed near Wall Street due to high water. Flooding closes major road in Fayetteville Monday Flooding poses a threat Monday, with Johnston County under a flood warning until Tuesday night.

Nearly three weeks after Tropical Storm Debby barreled through North Carolina, one Raleigh nonprofit still feels its effects. Note in the Pocket provides clothing to students in Wake and Durham counties, with people donating clothes while volunteers sort the items to get the clothing out the door. Debby disrupted those services as it moved through the state, and the organization said they’re still struggling. According to the organization, the storm knocked out power, damaged a…