Wilmington North Carolina News

7 minutes ago WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — As recent floods and wildfires devastate communities across the country, the American Red Cross is in need of volunteers.  Red Cross volunteers are often some of the first people on site of a disaster, providing food, shelter, and water to those who need it.  That mission continues as the federal government plans to roll back support from FEMA in the coming years.  Cape Fear Red Cross Executive Director…

7 minutes ago CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY) — The Carolina Beach Town Council held a workshop Tuesday for an update on the Sunny Day Flooding Project, which focuses on flooding events that happen outside of major storms.  The researchers from NC State held workshops to identify flood resilience strategies preferred by the community.   These strategies included a higher minimum bulkhead elevation, floodwater pumps, both of these combined. As well as a drainage canal or…

6 minutes ago Texas flooding (Photo: WPLG Local 10/MGN) KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — For a second straight day, rain forecasts hampered the search Monday for people still missing after deadly floods pummeled Texas, as officials made plans to drain reservoirs in the search for victims and lowered the number of people they said remain missing. While some official crews resumed the search along the Guadalupe River in and around Kerrville in Kerr County, others held off or…

22 seconds ago A firefighter carries a drip torch as he ignites a backfire against the Hughes Fire burning along a hillside in Castaic, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire that tore through a historic Grand Canyon lodge and raged out of control Monday had been allowed to burn for days before erupting over the weekend, raising scrutiny over the National Park Service’s decision…

7 seconds ago Great Food Truck race hits Wilmington (photo: Ava Dorn/WWAY)Great Food Truck race hits Wilmington (photo: Ava Dorn/WWAY) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — We now know when a new season of a reality show that stopped to shoot an episode in Wilmington will air. The Great Food Truck Race hosted by Tyler Florence pushes nine talented teams to the culinary limit as they road trip up the Atlantic coast in pursuit of a $50000…

6 minutes ago Texas flooding (Photo: WPLG Local 10/MGN) WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in charge of disaster relief. The Trump administration isn’t backing from its pledges to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency and return disaster response to the states. But since the July…

5 minutes ago Wildfires (Photo: CAL FIRE_Official / (CC BY-NC 2.0) ) JACOB LAKE, Ariz. (AP) — Visitors and staff at two national parks in the U.S. West have been evacuated because of wildfires. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, about 260 miles (418 kilometers) southwest of Denver, closed Thursday morning after lighting sparked blazes on both rims, the park said. The wildfire on the South Rim has burned 2.5 square miles (6.5 square…

31 seconds ago NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The North Carolina Department of Transportation is gearing up for this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season.  Assistant Division Maintenance Engineer Jessi Leonard says the NCDOT is inventorying equipment like signs and barricades, and making sure trucks and chainsaws are ready to go.  Division three—covering New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Onslow, Duplin, and Sampson Counties — usually faces the most storms during hurricane season.  Leonard says staff plan for…

6 minutes ago Photo: ABC News/MGN SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed when monsoon rains triggered flash flooding in a New Mexico village, sending walls of water, mud and debris rushing down mountainsides that have been repeatedly scarred over recent years by wildfires and post-fire flooding. A man, a 4-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy were swept away Tuesday by floodwaters, the village of Ruidoso said in a statement. The village is about 130 miles…

7 minutes ago CHADBOURN, NC (WWAY) — Tropical Storm Chantal swept through the Cape Fear over the Fourth of July weekend, bringing flooding and a tornado in the Kings Grant area of Wilmington. One area of the Cape Fear that received significant rainfall was the town of Chadbourn. One couple. Holly and Corey Floyd woke up early Sunday morning to an all-too familiar sight. “I lifted the blind up and I just couldn’t believe all…

24 seconds ago Texas flooding (Photo: WPLG Local 10/MGN) WASHINGTON (AP) — Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives. After torrential rains and flash flooding struck Friday in the Texas Hill Country, the weather service came under fire from local officials who criticized what they described as inadequate forecasts, though most in the Republican-controlled state stopped short…

5 minutes ago An employee surveys the damage at the Great Outdoor Provision Co. after it was flooded during tropical storm Chantal, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Heavy rain and flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal forced dozens of people to flee their homes in central North Carolina, officials said Monday. The Chapel Hill Fire Department and neighboring agencies completed more than…

6 minutes ago Deadly Flooding (Photo: MGN) KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — With more rain on the way, the risk of life-threatening flooding was still high in central Texas on Monday even as crews search urgently for the missing following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people, including children at summer camps. Officials said the death toll was sure to rise. Residents of Kerr County began clearing mud and salvaging what they could from…

7 minutes ago WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down early Sunday morning in the Kings Grant area of Wilmington. The tornado was rated EF0, the weakest rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with estimated peak winds of 70 miles per hour. According to the NWS damage survey, the tornado was on the ground for approximately four minutes, traveling a path of 1.68 miles and reaching a…

22 seconds ago Deadly Flooding (Photo: MGN) KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Rescuers were searching Saturday for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others still missing after a wall of water rushed down a river in the Texas Hill Country during a powerful storm that killed at least 27 people, officials said. Among the dead were nine children. The destructive fast-moving waters along the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet (8 meters) in just 45 minutes…