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By WRAL Severe Weather Center The rip current risk off the North Carolina coast could be a hazard over the holiday weekend, when Hurricane Larry is expected to strengthen into a Category 4. Hurricane Larry, the third major storm this Atlantic Hurricane season, strengthened into a Category 3 late Friday night, reaching maximum sustained winds of 115 mph. Steering currents will help keep Larry off the United States coast, but North Carolina’s coast could experience…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Hurricane Larry, currently way off in the Atlantic, is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend. Late Friday night, Larry strengthened to major hurricane status, turning into a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 miles per hour. Larry was moving west/northwest at 16 miles per hour. Larry could reach Category 4 strength by Sunday, according to WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch. Larry could impact portions of Bermuda by mid-week…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Hurricane Larry, currently way off in the Atlantic, is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend. Late Friday night, Larry strengthened to major hurricane status, turning into a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 miles per hour. Larry was moving west/northwest at 16 miles per hour. Larry could reach Category 4 strength by Sunday, according to WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch. Larry could impact portions of Bermuda by mid-week…

By MIKE CATALINI, WAYNE PARRY and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press ELIZABETH, N.J. — Police went door to door in search of more possible victims and drew up lists of the missing as the death toll rose to 49 on Friday in the catastrophic flooding set off across the Northeast by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The disaster underscored with heartbreaking clarity how vulnerable the U.S. is to the extreme weather that climate change is…

By Keely Arthur, WRAL reporter Canton, N.C. — Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers said the community has been in a “bureaucratic purgatory” waiting for financial assistance. While Smathers said he’s confident state funding promised by Gov. Roy Cooper will kick in, he’s calling on President Joe Biden to do the same. “We are still waiting on the federal [disaster] declaration from President Biden,” said Smathers. “President Biden, I’m asking you as mayor of a small town.”…

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Louisiana to survey the damage after promising full federal support to Gulf Coast states and the Northeast, where Ida’s remnants dumped record-breaking rain and killed dozens of people from Virginia to Connecticut. RELATED: 60 dead in 8 states after Hurricane Ida’s remnants bring historic flooding to NYC, Philly region At least 13 deaths were blamed on the storm in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, including…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Hurricane Larry, currently way off in the Atlantic, is expected to become a major hurricane this weekend. The 5 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center shows Larry as a Cat. 1 storm moving west-northwest at 20 mph with wind speeds at 90 mph. Larry is forecast to become a major Cat. 3 hurricane by 2 a.m. on Saturday and could reach Cat. 4 strength by Sunday, according to WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch….

MULLICA HILL, N.J. — Officials in southern New Jersey are reporting devastating storm damage after a tornado swept through the region on Wednesday. Video captured multiple homes destroyed in the Mullica Hill section of Gloucester County. Troy Bonnenberg and his children were in the basement. Minutes later, the family emerged unharmed, but their belongings were scattered throughout the South Jersey neighborhood. Bonnenberg soon realized he lost the back half of his home due to the…

NEW YORK — At least nine deaths were reported in New York City and New Jersey as relentless rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida sent the New York City area into a state of emergency early Thursday and the storm carried into New England with threats of more tornadoes. Police in New York City reported eight deaths, including a 50-year-old man, a 48-year-old woman and a 2-year-old boy who were found unconscious and unresponsive…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN New York — At least eight people were killed in New York and New Jersey due to flooding as the Northeast was slammed by torrential rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, officials said Thursday. Across the entire Northeast, roads were transformed into fast-flowing rivers, the nation’s largest subway system was almost at a standstill and water rescues were reported after the record-setting downpour. States of emergency were declared for New…

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN New York — At least six people were killed due to flooding as the Northeast was slammed by torrential rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, officials said Thursday. Five of the deaths were reported in New York City and a sixth in New Jersey. Across the entire Northeast, roads were transformed into fast-flowing rivers, the nation’s largest subway system was almost at a standstill and water rescues were reported after…

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The remnants of Hurricane Ida brought heavy winds, drenching rains and at least one tornado Wednesday as the storm battered Pennsylvania and New Jersey, collapsing the roof of a U.S. Postal Service building and threatening to overrun a dam on the way. The National Weather Service confirmed at least one tornado and social media posts showed homes reduced to rubble in Mullica Hill, a southern New Jersey county just outside Philadelphia. Other…

By The New York Times, New York Times Tropical Storm Larry formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean early Wednesday, becoming the 12th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season and the fourth in the past week as the season enters its busiest period. The storm was about 275 miles south of the Cape Verde Islands, off the west coast of Africa, moving westward at about 22 mph with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph,…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Remnants from Ida will bring rain and storms to central North Carolina beginning Wednesday afternoon. WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said scattered showers and storms could move in after lunchtime and may not clear until after midnight. Rain could be heavy at times, and storms could become severe with isolated tornadoes possible. The threat for severe weather will be greatest close to the Virginia line, where Hertford and Northampton counties are…