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Photos from the WRAL Hurricane Center show the location and timing of Hurricane Ian, expected to make landfall in Florida Wednesday and impact North Carolina Friday through the weekend. Web Editor: Jessica PatrickPosted 12:16 p.m. Today — Updated 12:16 p.m. Today

Gas experts say it’s unlikely Hurricane Ian will have a direct impact on our supply of gas and how much we pay in North Carolina. Many drivers are wondering how Ian, a Category 4 storm headed for Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday will affect gas prices and the travel industry. After seeing a steady decline for weeks, some gas prices are trickling back up. The national gas price average is up 8 cents compared to…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The latest projected path of Hurricane Ian shows it heading towards the North Carolina mountains on Saturday. At 5 a.m., Wednesday, Ian was upgraded to a Category 4 storm before making landfall in Florida. WATCH: Hurricane Ian’s strength captured by International Space Station Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday, knocking out power to the entire country and leaving 11 million people without electricity. Its exact track could…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Hockey was back at PNC Arena Tuesday night as the Carolina Hurricanes hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning in NHL preseason action. A lot of Bolts fans came out to take their minds off Ian, the major hurricane bearing down on their home state. “It’s coming in pretty quick down there,” said Dan Helotie, who drove in from Charlotte for the game. He grew up outside Tampa. “Thankfully my friends are prepped,…

HAVANA — Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday and left 1 million people without electricity, then churned on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters amid expectations it would strengthen into a catastrophic Category 4 storm. Ian made landfall in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters, evacuated 50,000 people, and took steps to protect crops in the nation’s main tobacco-growing region. The U.S….

Hurricane Ian is quickly gaining monstrous strength as it moves over oceans partly heated up by climate change, just like 30 other Atlantic tropical storms since 2017 that became much more powerful in less than a day. This turbocharging of storms is likely to become even more frequent as the world gets warmer, scientists say. After getting 67% stronger in less than 22 hours from Monday to Tuesday, Ian is bearing down as a likely…

By Brian Murphy, WRAL sports reporter Hurricane Ian is already forcing changes to this weekend’s college football schedule across the Southeast. But, so far, no moves have been made to two big ACC games that could be impacted by the storm. No. 10 NC State is scheduled to play at No. 5 Clemson on Saturday night. No. 22 Wake Forest visits No. 23 Florida State on Saturday afternoon. Officials at NC State and Wake Forest…

More than 2.5 million people are under evacuation orders in Florida, as Hurricane Ian moves in for a direct hit on the Sunshine State. Tampa International Airport has already closed to commercial flights, and many North Carolina travelers have had to change up their vacation plans. Airport traffic at RDU on Tuesday was relatively par for the course. However, the airport received its fair share of passengers from Florida who left the state, fleeing from…

RALEIGH, N.C. — Central and eastern North Carolina are bracing for possibly detrimental impacts from Hurricane Ian late this week. Tuesday, Sept. 27 Hurricane Ian blasted across Cuba as a major Category 3 storm on Tuesday. The models bring the storm ashore again in southwestern Florida, through central Florida and on a track through Georgia and the Carolinas through the weekend. Heavy, steady rain is expected to being in the Triangle on Friday and could…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Hurricane Ian continues to strengthen in the Atlantic and is expected to hit Florida and possibly parts of Central North Carolina later this week. The Triangle-area could see rain from Ian as early as Thursday evening and Friday. Event planners, area schools and colleges are already making decisions to keep people, players and staff safe. Some are moving or postponing events. Some have not made their decision yet. Here’s a list…

The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida Wednesday afternoon. ByKatherine Faulders via 13 minutes ago WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed because of Hurricane Ian, according to sources familiar with the decision. The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida at about the same time as the hearing was to take place. “In light of Hurricane Ian bearing down on parts of Florida, we have…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — With Hurricane Ian strengthening and forecasts becoming more confident that it will hit North Carolina, the Bluegrass festival scheduled for Raleigh this week is making some changes. According to organizers, IBMA Bluegrass Live! will move all music and activities planned for Friday and Saturday inside. The performances, which were supposed to take place at five different stages on Fayetteville street will now happen at the Raleigh Convention Center. The 115 vendors…

After a somewhat of a quiet start, the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is fully underway as Hurricane Ian makes its way toward the U.S. The storm is expected to make landfall on Florida’s west coast or its panhandle by midday Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Ian is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane Monday night and is forecast to strike to become a Category 4 hurricane. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a…

lebrownlow: RT @therealdcunna: #Hokies head coach Brent Pry on UNC QB Drake Maye: “He’s taken some big hits. … But he’ll sit in there and throw the b…— Tue 1:04 p.m. giglio_OG: RT @murphsturph: NC State, likewise, has not changed its travel plans for Clemson game. Told the Wolfpack are “monitoring the situation clo…— Tue 12:41 p.m. joeovies: FWIW if they play the game in those conditions so be it. It’s football and playing it…

As Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba early Tuesday morning, Floridians were keeping an anxious eye on the rapidly intensifying storm. That included the operators of Florida’s popular theme parks. Here’s a status report of where things stand as of 11 a.m. ET Tuesday with various major theme and water parks and other sites of interest to tourists: Busch Gardens (Tampa) Ian’s path remains uncertain, but on Tuesday morning, the Tampa Bay Area seemed…