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Just before noon Friday, the town of Fort Mill announced a boil water advisory has been lifted after water quality tests show the water is safe to drink. Robert Willett Just before noon Friday, the town of Fort Mill announced a boil water advisory has been lifted after water quality tests show the water is safe to drink. Robert Willett

Voters in 28 counties impacted by Hurricane Florence will have more flexibility to vote using absentee ballots. Kim Strach, the executive director of the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, has issued an emergency order to address concerns that displaced residents could find it harder to vote this year. The order allows more time for absentee ballots to be received by county election offices. While the ballots must still be postmarked by Election Day,…

In the wake of Hurricane Florence, North Carolina’s culinary and hospitality community has raised hundreds of thousands of relief dollars through a series of meals and events. The latest aims to help North Carolina’s fishermen and shellfish growers impacted by the storm. This Saturday, “Gone Fishing” will feature more than a dozen North Carolina chefs — including several James Beard nominees and winners — from Wilmington to Pittsboro at the new Junction West in Raleigh’s…

Some of the work had started before Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers arrived. Peppers spent Tuesday, his day off from football, in Marlboro County, two hours east of Charlotte, helping United Way and Americorps volunteers muck and gut houses damaged by Hurricane Florence. The storm made landfall near Wrightsville Beach on Sept. 14, then lingered for days, dumping rain that caused widespread N.C. and S.C. flooding. It was Peppers’ second trip to an affected…

NC State player gives Clemson fan a big lift N.C. State’s Terronne Prescod (70) helps fan Beth Hadley from Greenville, SC get onto the field after Clemson’s 41-7 victory over N.C. State at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C., Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. (No Audio)

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Willa has weakened to a tropical storm but torrential rains will continue in west-central Mexico. The meteorologists said Wednesday that Willa is moving toward the northeast at speeds near 20 mph (32 kph), movement expected to continue during the next 12 hours. The Hurricane Center added that the government of Mexico has discontinued all coastal tropical cyclone warnings for the country. Willa came ashore about 50 miles (80…

Hurricane Willa began losing power overnight after roaring over a stretch of beach towns, fishing villages and farms on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Sinaloa state as a Category 3 storm. Damage assessments were scanty during the night because of darkness and poor communications, but federal officials said power had been knocked out in some spots and there were early reports of flimsy structures with tin roofs sustaining damage. Before hitting the mainland near Isla…

SPRING LAKE, N.C. (WTVD) — Nearly a month and a half after Hurricane Florence slammed into North Carolina, the town of Spring Lake is still feeling the impact in the form of a major trash problem. “I think it’s pretty bad. look at all that stuff from that one house,” said resident Curtis Laviscount. “It shouldn’t still be here. It’s time to get a move on things Spring Lake. Whoever is running the show: it’s…

Hurricane Willa swept onto Mexico’s Pacific mainland with 120 mph (195 kph) winds Tuesday night, threatening a major resort area along with fishing villages and farms after roaring over an offshore penal colony. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said dangerous Category 3 storm hit near the town of Isla del Bosque in Sinaloa state. There were no early reports on damage. Willa came ashore about 50 miles southeast of Mazatlan, a resort city that is…

By Gilbert Baez, WRAL reporter Houses damaged from Hurricane Matthew two years ago are just now being repaired even though more recent storms means more people are now in need of home repair. That means some residents in Cumberland County may be waiting awhile before their homes are repaired and livable again. On Tuesday, the United Methodist Disaster Recovery Team turned its attention to fixing about 50 houses in Cumberland County that were in need…

With yet another hurricane expected to bring heavy rains to North Carolina, several Triangle high schools have moved Friday football games up a day. Hurricane Willa, a Category Four hurricane approaching the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to drop up to two inches of rain on the Triangle Friday through Saturday morning. Six Wake County high school football games have already been moved up to Thursday night. Two games — at Northern Durham and Green…

A day after a second deputy passed away from wounds sustained from a deadly shootout in Florence County, investigators charged the alleged gunman with her murder, according to a statement from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Frederick T. Hopkins Jr. was charged with murder for the shooting of Florence County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Farrah Turner, who died after multiple surgeries and spending weeks in critical condition, according to the statement. Turner died Monday after spending…

By Matt Rehbein and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Mexico is bracing for what’s expected to be one of the strongest storms ever to hit its Pacific coast. Hurricane Willa is aimed at the coast’s center, where it is forecast to hit Tuesday afternoon or evening. As of Monday night, it was hurling maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and threatening to bring life-threatening storm surge and torrents of rain ashore. The storm has…

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — Hurricane Willa, a powerful Category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall in Mexico sometime Tuesday, but Big Weather said the Triangle will see remnants of the storm on Friday. Winds from the storm have been recorded at 155 mph, just two mph below the Category 5 threshold. While Willa should bring a life-threatening storm surge and rain to Mexico, it should also bring rain to North Carolina, which was recently…

It has been a busy hurricane season for the Carolinas. And it is not over yet. Although Hurricane Willa was churning through the Pacific Ocean Monday, the Category 4 storm could still bring impacts to South Carolina and North Carolina before this week is over. The major storm is forecast to make landfall Tuesday, when it slams into Mexico’s coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. Willa is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, wind…