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A wildfire burning in Henderson County has burned 431 acres of land in the Edneyville community, and only 5% of it is contained. The Poplar Drive Fire burning in western North Carolina is now more than 10 times larger than it was Friday night. On Sunday Chief Robert Griffin with the Edneyville Fire Department said the fire ballooned over the weekend and has burned around 430 acres. In the face of devasation, the volunteer response…

The North Carolina Forest Service issued a burn ban for several counties in western North Carolina on Sunday. According to the Forest Service, the ban includes Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham Henderson Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain and Transylvania counties starting at 5 p.m. Sunday. The ban will be in place “until further notice.” “Several Counties in Western North Carolina are currently in a severe drought, and we are seeing wildfire activity increase…

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, bringing 165 mph (270 kmh) winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people. The hurricane was expected to weaken quickly in Guerrero state’s steep mountains. But the five to 10 inches of rain forecast, with as much as 15 inches possible in some…

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Norma strengthened slightly and dumped heavy rain after being downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved into mainland Mexico, while Hurricane Tammy left the Caribbean island of Barbuda with minor damage. Once a Category 4 hurricane, Norma came ashore Saturday as a Category 1 near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Tens of thousands were left without power….

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of people were being evacuated from their homes and schools closed in parts of Scotland on Thursday, as much of northern Europe braced for stormy weather, heavy rain and gale-force winds from the east. The U.K.’s weather forecaster, the Met Office, issued a rare red alert — the highest level of weather warning — for parts of Scotland, predicting “exceptional rainfall” Thursday and Friday that is expected to cause extensive flooding…

The GA Kohler wrecked along the Outer Banks in a 1933 hurricane. In the years since, the tides regularly uncover and rebury the wreckage. Cape Hatteras National Seashore posted a reminder of the cool but dangerous things that lurk just off our coast. The safest option is to observe from a distance and report anything unusual to a park ranger.

By Aaron Beard Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Defensemen Brady Skjei and Jaccob Slavin scored third-period goals that helped the Carolina Hurricanes push past the Ottawa Senators 5-3 in Wednesday night’s season opener for both teams. Skjei scored shortly after a turnover by Ottawa in its own end, one-timing a pass from Jesper Fast to beat Joonas Korpisalo for the go-ahead score at the 7:51 mark of the third. Slavin followed minutes later with…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Lidia made landfall as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm Tuesday evening with winds of 140 mph (220 kph) near Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Lidia’s eye appeared to have reached land near Las Penitas in the western state of Jalisco. The area is a sparsely populated peninsula. The storm is moving south of Puerto Vallarta, which could cushion the blow on…

It’s been nearly 11 weeks since an EF3 tornado damaged more than 100 homes and businesses in the Rocky Mount area. Organizers say after a slow start, the area’s largest relief fund has now raised more than $500,000 for victims of the storm. On July 19, Michael Poythress’s home in the town of Dortches was caught in the path of a historic EF3 tornado. He tried to take shelter in the bathroom with his wife….

By Brian Murphy, WRAL Major League Baseball seems likely to expand by two teams in the relatively near future. The owner of the Carolina Hurricanes wants Raleigh and North Carolina to be in that conversation. “It’s clear to me now that this works,” Dundon told WRAL on Tuesday. But it is early in the process of putting together an ownership group and identifying potential stadium locations, he said. It could be years not months. Dundon…

By Brian Murphy, WRAL Major League Baseball seems likely to expand by two teams in the relatively near future. The owner of the Carolina Hurricanes wants Raleigh to be in that conversation. “I know I’m biased, but I think Raleigh is the best place in the country for a new MLB team,” Tom Dundon said Monday night on the North Carolina Sports Network. “And when I say that, I think we have the facts to…

Monday, September 25, 2023 4:42PM ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WTVD) — Pfizer has restarted the majority of its manufacturing lines at the Rocky Mount facility that was heavily damaged in the tornado that came through back in July. The tornado injured 16 people and destroyed numerous homes and buildings. The sped-up restart is the first part of restarting production in a phased approach. Full production is expected to be back by the end of 2023. The…

Nearly a day after being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia still threatened parts of the Northeast on Sunday with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City, the National Hurricane Center said. As Ophelia weakened, a new tropical storm named Philippe brewed in the Atlantic. Even though Ophelia was downgraded Saturday night, meteorologists warned that swells generated by the storm would affect the East Coast for the rest of…

A couple got married Saturday as Tropical Storm Ophelia passed through Emerald Isle. It was an unforgettable wedding day, as Ophelia’s tropical winds and rain bands pushed through the area, just hours earlier resulting in power outages. “There’s only so much you can do when you wake up to a power outage on your wedding day,” the bride, Ashley Trexler said. No, amount of wind or rain, could stand in between this special day. This…

Tropical Storm Ophelia continues to impact North Carolina, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. We’re seeing flooding, power outages and storm damage across the state. Thousands of Triangle residents without power More than 27,000 Duke Energy customers are without power in central and eastern North Carolina. As of 9:30 a.m., there are about 6,000 customers without power in Durham County. Tree falls on Chapel Hill home One Chapel Hill family woke up Saturday…