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KEITHVILLE, La. — A vast and volatile storm system ripping across the U.S. killed at least three people in Louisiana, spinning up tornadoes that battered the state from north to south, including the New Orleans area where memories of 2021’s Hurricane Ida and a tornado in March linger. Elsewhere, the huge system hurled blizzard-like conditions at the Great Plains. Several injuries were reported around Louisiana by authorities, and more than 40,000 power outages statewide as…

A state hurricane relief program is under fire for its lack of progress. Wednesday State lawmakers demanded answers as to why Rebuild NC, a state-run program is not doing more to help those homeowners hit hardest by the hurricanes get back into their homes years after being in the program. During a legislative hearing on Wednesday, State Senator Jim Perry said, “This is a failed hurricane recovery program as we see it.” Over the last…

RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the leaders of the state’s disaster recovery program about why residents who suffered hurricane damage are still waiting for relief. Willie and Geraldine Williams are among them. Their home in Pitt County was damaged in Matthew and Florence, and they are still in limbo, living in a hotel. The last time the disaster recovery oversight committee met in September, lawmakers told leaders of the state program, Rebuild…

RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the leaders of the state’s disaster recovery program about why residents who suffered hurricane damage are still waiting for relief. The last time the disaster recovery oversight committee met in September, lawmakers told leaders of the state program, Rebuild NC, that they wanted all families back in their homes by this month. Out of the 100 families who’ve waited the longest, 18 have been able to return…

RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the leaders of the state’s disaster recovery program about why residents who suffered hurricane damage are still waiting for relief. The last time the disaster recovery oversight committee met in September, lawmakers told leaders of the state program, Rebuild NC, that they wanted all families back in their homes by this month. Out of the 100 families who’ve waited the longest, 18 have been able to return…

DALLAS — A destructive storm marched across the United States, spawning tornadoes that touched down in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, where two deaths were reported, and it delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and threatened more severe weather Wednesday in the South. A young boy was found dead in the Pecan Farms area of Keithville, Louisiana, where his home was destroyed Tuesday after a tornado hit about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from…

Progress is being made by a state-run program that is meant to help hurricane victims get back into their once storm-damaged homes, but is it enough? “I’m really frustrated because I think I should be home now,” Danisa Raye said to ABC11 Troubleshooter Diane Wilson. Raye contacted Wilson in August after seeing several of Wilson’s investigations into the NC-run program called Rebuild NC, which is a program run by the North Carolina Office of Recovery…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as much of the central United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest braced Tuesday for blizzard-like conditions. An area stretching from Montana into western Nebraska and Colorado was under blizzard warnings, and the National Weather Service said that as much as 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow was possible…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Much of the central United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest was braced Tuesday for blizzard-like conditions, while states farther to the south saw tornado warnings from a massive storm blowing across the country. An area stretching from Montana into western Nebraska and Colorado was under blizzard warnings, and the National Weather Service said that as much as 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow was possible in some areas…

WETUMPKA, ALA. — Tornadoes damaged numerous homes, destroyed a fire station, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Mississippi, while two people died as a tree crunched their mobile home in Alabama, authorities said Wednesday. The National Weather Service had warned that strong twisters capable of carving up communities over long distances were possible as the storm front moved eastward from Texas. They were fueled by…

Overall, there were 14 named storms, eight hurricanes and two major hurricanes, making it a near-normal hurricane season. As the hurricane season comes to an end, Hurricane Ian will go down as the deadliest tropical cyclone this season. The storm killed over 100 people, and Ian tied the record for the fifth strongest storm to make landfall in the U.S. It gained strengthen as a Category 4 hurricane with winds at 15 mph in September….

RALEIGH, N.C. — On Nov. 28, 1988, a deadly EF-4 tornado ripped through Raleigh. It has been 34 years since the tornado touched down around 1 a.m. near Umstead State Park and Ebenezer Church Road, flattening a Kmart and destroying Asbury United Methodist Church. No severe thunderstorm or tornado watches or warnings had been issued for Wake County. The tornado remained on the ground for more than 80 miles, leaving destruction in several counties, including…

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. — NASA’s moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a hurricane at the pad and is on track for its first test flight next week, a top official said Friday. “Right now, there’s nothing preventing us” from attempting a launch on Wednesday, said NASA’s Jim Free, an associate administrator. The wind never exceeded the rocket’s design limits as Hurricane Nicole swept through Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, according to Free. But…