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By Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter Five years ago on Friday, Hurricane Matthew unleashed its fury on North Carolina. The storm killed 25 people in the state and caused more than a billion dollars in damage in one of the costliest disasters the state has endured. Swollen rivers inundated homes and businesses across eastern North Carolina. In communities like Goldsboro and Grays Creek, the rebuilding may be done, but memories are still fresh. Sounds such as…

By JAY REEVES, Associated Press PELHAM, Ala. — Terrified drivers climbed out of swamped cars and muddy floodwater flowed through neighborhoods after a stalled weather front drenched Alabama for hours, leaving entire communities under water Thursday and killing at least four people, with still more storms possible. Dozens of people had to be rescued Wednesday night in central Alabama, where the National Weather Service said as much as 13 inches (33 centimeters) of rain fell,…

By WLOS Black Mountain, N.C. — While $2.2 million in FEMA funding has been approved in Western North Carolina, a local animal rescue said its application for financial assistance was denied. Full Moon Farm Wolfdog Sanctuary is a rescue organization for wolfdogs, currently housing more than 30 dogs. It sits on 17 acres of land in Black Mountain and rescues “abused and refused” wolf hybrids that cannot be placed into homes for the remainder of…

A water main break sends tons of water gushing onto Roxboro Street in Durham. The source of the break is located on Roxboro Street near Denfield Street. Drivers headed south into Durham on Duke Street will have to remain on that road for a bit longer instead of merging left onto Roxboro Street. The water has been gushing onto the street since around 4 a.m. Crews are on the scene trying to shut off the…

In the past, hurricane hunters have flown into the storms’ eyewall to not only collect data, but also offer a glimpse at one of the earth’s most destructive weather phenomena. But what about the inside of a hurricane, and at sea level? As luck would have it, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has released footage from the inside of Hurricane Sam, the Category 4 storm barreling across the Atlantic, through a lens…

By The Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Very heavy rainfall has caused flash floods in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana that interrupted a theatre show, surged inside homes, hospitals and other buildings, and forced hundreds of interventions by emergency crews, authorities said Thursday. The sudden storm caused the floods overnight after huge quantities of rain fell within a short period of time, officials said. Slovenia’s environmental authorities described the rain as a “once in two centuries event.”…

By The Associated Press MIAMI — Beachgoers along the east coast of the United States should beware of life-threatening surf and rip currents this weekend as Hurricane Sam turns northward, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday. Forecasters expect the Category 4 hurricane to remain at sea, but with top winds of 130 mph (215 kph), it’s already sending dangerous ocean swells to islands hundreds of miles (kilometers) away. “Right now we’re not forecasting it to…

The tropics are quite active as September draws to a close, but at this time none of the disturbances pose an imminent threat to the United States. A bevy of disturbances are churning away in the Atlantic. The strongest of which is Hurricane Sam, which has reached Category 4 status. Fortunately, Sam is not expected to make it to the United States. Instead it looks to turn north and stay out to sea. Although, the…

By OMER FAROOQ, Associated Press HYDERABAD, India — A cyclone flooded parts of India’s eastern coast with heavy rains and uprooted thousands of trees and power poles, knocking out electricity, before weakening to a deep depression Monday. Heavy rains lashed the town of Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state on Sunday, swamping roads and marooning hundreds of villages, local official Shrikesh Lathkar said. One fisherman was missing and another was injured when their boat was hit…

By The New York Times, New York Times Hurricane Sam strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it moved west across the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said Saturday. The National Hurricane Center said the storm was “small but dangerous” and was forecast to become a Category 4 hurricane by Sunday. “Additional strengthening is expected over the next day or so,” the center said. The hurricane was just under 1,100 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Hurricane Sam has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and it will rapidly intensify in the coming days. Sam is located about 1,500 miles east of the Leeward Islands. It has maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and is moving west at 15 mph. Over the weekend, Sam is forecast to slow down and get stronger. It will likely be a major hurricane by Saturday. Strengthening will continue into next…

By Zach Maloch, WRAL meteorologist Hurricane Sam formed Friday morning and is forecast to become a major hurricane by 8 a.m. Saturday. At 5 a.m., Sam was a Cat. 1 hurricane moving west at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds at 75 mph. “Sam will continue to intensify,” explained WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch. According to Maloch, many models show a turn to the north by later next week, but some models keep Sam a little…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — The key piece of equipment at Thursday’s practice for the Hurricanes? A name tag. Carolina has a bunch of new players, making this year’s training camp vital. Of the twenty on the opening night roster, almost half will be new faces. Captain Jordan Staal isn’t worried about them fitting in. “I feel like a lot of the new guys came in quite early so we’re getting to know them quickly,” he said….

By Hannah Gard, CNN Weather (CNN) — This year’s busy tropical season continues as more activity ramps up in the Atlantic. Tropical Depression Seventeen intensified into Tropical Storm Rose Sunday afternoon, about 370 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, says the National Hurricane Center. The other active storm currently in the Atlantic basin is Tropical Storm Peter, which is the 16th storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Peter also strengthened into a storm Sunday…

By The New York Times, New York Times Tropical Storm Peter formed in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Caribbean on Sunday, forecasters said, announcing the 16th named storm of the 2021 season. As of 9 a.m. Eastern on Sunday, the storm was about 470 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and expected to pass “well north of the Lesser Antilles,” according to the National Hurricane Center. The center said that rainfall around the…