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Moon (Photo: Glenn Beltz / CC BY 2.0) NEW YORK (CNN) — Coastal communities in the United States, be forewarned. A “dramatic” surge in high-tide floods is just over a decade away in the US, according to NASA. The rapid increase will start in the mid-2030s, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by the climate crisis, found a new study led by the members of the NASA Sea Level Change Science…

BERLIN (AP) — At least 100 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, officials said Friday, as rescue operations and the search for hundreds still unaccounted for continued. Authorities in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate said 50 people had died there. In neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia state officials put the death toll at 43, and Belgium reported 12 dead. – Advertisement – Rescuers were rushing to help people trapped in…

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — With more than 140 days remaining in the 2021 hurricane season, now is the time to prepare for the next big storm. The Cape Fear has been impacted by two named tropical systems over just the past month, with a lot of time still remaining in the season. – Advertisement – Insurance professional George Trifoli says these weaker early season storms are good reminders to check on your current coverage. “When…

(Photo: WWAY) BOILING SPRING LAKES, NC (STARNEWS) — It’s been nearly three years since Hurricane Florence drenched Boiling Spring Lakes with 30 inches of rain over four days, bursting four dams and washing away Alton Lennon Drive. Residents in this Brunswick County town have since seen the iconic Big Lake run almost completely dry, with people in lakeside homes now living by a shallow creek overrun with vegetation. – Advertisement – “I knew it would take time…

Updates on Tropical Storm Elsa’s impacts as the system moves across North Carolina.

Visitors at the Fort Fisher Aquarium (photo: Peyton Furtado) NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — With so many outdoor activities across the Cape Fear, tourists took museums and the aquarium by storm. “We can’t go in the pool, can’t go in the ocean. We’ve got to find something,” said one mom. “It’s way better than watching cartoons at the hotel.” – Advertisement – Cape Fear Museum’s Amy Thornton said it was no surprise Tropical Storm Elsa…

Across the Triangle, the impacts of Tropical Storm Elsa were felt as the storm passed through the state on Thursday.

(Photo: WWAY) CURRIE, NC (WWAY) — The historic Canetuck Rosenwald School, which is now the Canetuck Community Center, was scheduled to open for tours today. The tours were canceled because of today’s hazardous weather, brought to the area by Tropical Storm Elsa. The school played a significant role in educating African-American students in rural Pender County. Tours will be held every Thursday from 10 am to noon, and will be led by alumni and volunteers….

Updates on Tropical Storm Elsa’s impacts as the system moves across North Carolina.

A weakened Tropical Storm Elsa dumped rain across Florida’s northern Gulf Coast early Wednesday but appears to have spared the state significant damage and widespread power outages.

Tropical Storm Elsa track LELAND, NC (WWAY) — Tropical Storm Elsa will be bringing some of those impacts to the Cape Fear Region today. As of 8 a.m., we could see churned up surf at North Topsail Beach with the temperature in the lower 80’s and signs that the tropical air mass has already reached our region. – Advertisement – A Tornado Watch is in effect until 9 a.m. for all of WWAY’s coverage area…

Credit: NOAA & Pixabay SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – A weakened but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa has left at least one person dead in Florida and injured several at a campground at a Navy base in Georgia. The storm was churning through southeast Georgia on Wednesday night, hours after making landfall in Florida. – Advertisement – One person was killed in Jacksonville, Florida, when a tree fell onto a car. And a spokesman for Kings Bay…

Donna. Hugo. Fran. Floyd. Florence. Hazel. We know how much damage the destructive winds and floods can cause in modern times. But how much damage did these monster storms cause in the centuries before hurricanes had names? How did pre-Revolutionary colonies planted right on the coastline respond when they saw those distinctive gray clouds rolling down the horizon?