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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Nearly six years after flood damage from Hurricane Matthew displaced Thad Artis from his home in Goldsboro, North Carolina, he has still not been placed in permanent housing. Living alone in a motel for the last two years, growing increasingly frustrated with what he considers empty promises of swift action from government officials, the 68-year-old spends every penny on his wife’s health care…

17 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — State lawmakers will hold a hearing on issues in the hurricane recovery process on the 4-year anniversary of Hurricane Florence. The state got hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid to help North Carolinians rebuild, but years later many storm victims are still living in motels and travel trailers. The agency tasked with leading the recovery, Rebuild NC, is expected to face questions about how it’s using…

By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Southern California welcomed cooler temperatures and spotty rain Saturday as a tropical storm veered off the Pacific Coast and faded, helping put an end to a blistering heat wave that nearly overwhelmed the state’s electrical grid. Thunderstorms were forecast for the Los Angeles region Saturday that could linger in mountainous areas on Sunday. But after Hurricane Kay made landfall in Mexico this week it quickly was…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — There are new details in a Troubleshooter investigation of a state program spending millions of taxpayer dollars. It’s money meant to help hurricane victims rebuild, but many of those victims tell us that they continue to get broken promises from the state, and it’s now taking a toll on their health and mental well-being. “I’ve had four different start dates, my start will come and go and nobody would come,” Lavonne…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Hurricane Danielle is expected to lose its intensity and be downgraded to a tropical rainstorm soon. The fourth named storm of the season is moving east-northeastward through the northern Atlantic to the northwest of the Azores. It will come in contact with cooler water and increased wind that will lead to a decrease in intensity. The system can still bring some rain to western Europe. Minor flooding is possible, but with…

By The New York Times, New York Times Hurricane Danielle weakened throughout Monday as it drifted across the central North Atlantic Ocean, posing no immediate threat to land, forecasters said. As of 11 p.m. Eastern, Danielle, the first hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season, was about 865 miles west-northwest of the Azores and moving northeast at 9 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 25 miles from the center. The…

By The Associated Press SUMMERVILLE, Ga. — Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia on Sunday, sparking flash flooding in some areas. Local news reports showed roads under water and homeowners struggling to keep water out. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon in Chattooga and Floyd Counties, directing all state resources to help with “preparation, response and recovery activities.” The National Weather Service said rainfall of up to…

By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press WEED, Calif. — Two people have died in a blaze that ripped through a Northern California town, said Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue. LaRue shared the news of the fatalities Sunday afternoon during a community meeting held at an elementary school north of Weed, the rural Northern California community charred by one of California’s latest wildfires. He did not immediately provide names or other details including age…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — As Danielle weakened while churning in the open waters of the North Atlantic, another storm developed to its south near the Caribbean and may bring flooding to the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Tropical Storm Earl became the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season on Friday, forming 185 miles east of the Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A weather system tracking toward the North Carolina coast has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next five days. It is one of three areas the National Hurricane Center is monitoring as we enter the Labor Day weekend. According to ABC11 Meteorologist Kweilyn Murphy, long-range forecasts show this system turning away from the coast and staying out to sea. If that changes at all, the First…

PAKISTAN — Nearly a half million people crowded into camps after losing their homes in widespread flooding and the climate minister warned Monday that Pakistan is on the “front line” of the world’s climate crisis after unprecedented monsoon rains wracked the country since mid-June, killing more than 1,130 people. The rains stopped more than two days ago, and floods in some areas were receding. But Pakistanis in many parts of the country were still wading…

Raleigh, N.C. — Two homes were damaged Sunday when a fire broke out in a northeast Raleigh neighborhood. Firefighters responded to Hartham Park Avenue, off Louisburg Road, before 7 a.m. There were at least eight firetrucks, and it appeared a van burned in the fire. Firefighters said everyone made it out of the homes safely.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — It’s been a relatively quiet hurricane season, but that could quickly change as we enter what is traditionally the busiest part of the season. Experts from Duke University say many communities have ideas on how to improve their infrastructure to be more resilient to storm damage, but a number of things stand in the way such as financial resources and other community needs. One of the biggest obstacles is the rush…

Environmental experts from Duke University on Wednesday discussed North Carolina’s hurricane season, including preparedness, flooding and the associated spread of contaminants. Despite the distraction of COVID-19, experts agreed there is more organized preparedness ahead of hurricane season in recent years, due in part to the catastrophic impacts from Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence. “A pandemic hits and suddenly, you know, all the community resources and the community planning has to be redirected toward a new…

By SAM METZ and JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press A levee was breached Monday in a small town near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the evacuations of 60 people after a weekend of flash floods across the American Southwest that also swept away one woman who is still missing in Utah’s Zion National Park. In Duncan, a rural Arizona town located about 180 miles (290 kilometers) from Phoenix, weekend rains overwhelmed a dirt-barrier levee built…