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A coastal North Carolina highway will stay closed for the rest of the week. The Department of Transportation said N.C. Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island will stay closed until at least noon on Saturday. This past weekend’s stormy weather closed the highway from the National Park Service Pony Pens to the ferry terminal at the north end of the island. Sand and overwash on the road continue to be a problem, according to the Department…

On Monday, the director of the National Hurricane Center discussed what North Carolinians could see from the 2024 hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has not released its official forecast for hurricane season. but Dr. Michael Brennan with the NHC said the combination of rising sea surface temperatures and a developing La Niña pattern make this year’s forecast “concerning.” In 2023, the NOAA predicted a “nearly-normal” hurricane season. The most notable storm to…

On Monday, the director of the National Hurricane Center discussed what North Carolinians could see from the 2024 hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has not released its official forecast for hurricane season. but Dr. Michael Brennan with the NHC said the combination of rising sea surface temperatures and a developing La Niña pattern make this year’s forecast “concerning.” In 2023, the NOAA predicted a “nearly-normal” hurricane season. The most notable storm to…

On Monday, the director of the National Hurricane Center discussed what North Carolinians could see from the 2024 hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has not released its official forecast for hurricane season. but Dr. Michael Brennan with the NHC said the combination of rising sea surface temperatures and a developing La Niña pattern make this year’s forecast “concerning.” In 2023, the NOAA predicted a “nearly-normal” hurricane season. The most notable storm to…

LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — The three people killed when several tornados roared through Ohio last week all died from storm-related injuries, authorities announced Monday. Darla Williams, 70, and Marilyn Snapp, 81, both lived in the Geiger Mobile Home Park in Lakeview, while Neal Longfellow, 69, lived in nearby Orchard Island. The two communities were among the hardest hit by severe weather that spread destruction across parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas and injured dozens…

Severe storms with probable tornadoes tore through several central U.S. states, damaging homes and businesses and killing at least three people, with more bodies likely to be discovered, authorities said. As the sun rose Friday, officials scrambled to assess the extent of the destruction with the power out. The three deaths came in Logan County, Ohio, according to the sheriff’s office there. Thursday night’s storms also left trails of destruction in Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas….

The communities of Orange County and Chapel Hill have recently experienced massive floods that have resulted in flash flood warnings and school cancellations. On Jan. 9, there was a flood watch for both areas. Many public schools in Orange County and Chapel Hill were closed or delayed due to students not being able to get to and from school. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill moved to a Condition 1 status, which is…

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Planes dropped fire retardant over the Texas Panhandle on Sunday and a small community was ordered to evacuate as firefighters kept up efforts to stamp out the largest wildfire in state history while contending with new blazes. Strong winds spread the flames further, prompting an evacuation order to be issued in Sanford, a town of a little more than 100 residents, according to the Amarillo office of the National Weather Service,…

A viewer reached out to WRAL News to say he lost $260 while trying to buy Carolina Hurricanes tickets in a Facebook group. Another person in the group said he lost $180 for two tickets. The Better Business Bureau warns people to be smart with online ticket purchases, which is a problem the agency has seen for years. The bureau urges buyers to use a trusted seller that the team partners with instead of a…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest in a series of wet winter storms gained strength in California early Monday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days. Gusts topped 30 mph (48 kph) in Oakland and San Jose as a mild cold front late Saturday gave way to a more powerful storm on Sunday, said meteorologist Brayden Murdock with the…

By The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sebastian Aho scored 3:40 into overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 1-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. Aho knocked a rebound of a Martin Necas shot out of midair past New Jersey goalie Vitek Vanecek for the only goal of the game. “It was a good play by (Necas) to cut through the middle and get a shot off,”…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a La Niña watch on Thursday. We remain in an El Niño period for now, but it is weakening. We are expected to briefly go into an El Niño neutral period during the spring and then La Niña could take over during the June-July-August time frame. What to look for out of La Niña. It’s very common to have a quick transition from an El Niño to a…

A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the possibility of more in the future has led some experts to propose another category of major hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest tropical storms are getting more intense because of climate change. So, the traditional five-category Saffir-Simpson scale, developed in 1971, may not show the true power of the most muscular storms, two climate scientists suggest in a Monday…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed more than 300 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half of the city’s seasonal rainfall in just two days, and officials warned Tuesday that the threat hadn’t passed yet. The storm continued to pose new hazards Tuesday, with the National Weather Service issuing a rare tornado warning for inland parts of San Diego County until 12:15 p.m.,…

A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest tropical storms are getting more intense because of climate change. So the traditional five-category Saffir-Simpson scale, developed more than 50 years ago, may not show the true power of the most muscular storms, two climate scientists suggest…