Wilmington North Carolina News

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp PNC Arena, home of the Carolina Hurricanes (Photo: Ed Clemente / MGN) RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The home of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes sustained $250,000 in damages after a water leak was discovered in the room where video replays are controlled for the overhead scoreboard. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports some team employees returned to PNC Arena in Raleigh earlier this month to find the leak in the CanesVision…

BOILING SPRING LAKES, NC (WWAY)–Stephanie Bodmer and her husband Robert Gosnell have brought an iconic landmark in Brunswick County back to life. The couple purchased the Boiling Spring Lakes Motel in December of 2018. In September of 2018, the motel was flooded with over a foot of water in Hurricane Florence. Nearly two years later the ‘Mom and Pop’ motel has opened their doors, something Bodmer’s late father would be proud of. “He always asked…

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Contractors were out in Wilmington on Friday planting trees in areas hit hard by Hurricane Florence.  The city says they are planting 285 trees, which are wind resistant, predominantly large-canopied trees of different sizes that best fit available spaces. Funding for the trees comes from charges paid by developers that cut down trees rather than save or replant them, or fines paid for illegally cutting down trees without a permit, according to…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Damage left behind from Hurricane Dorian of a school in Ocracoke in Sept. 2019. (Photo: Ocracoke School Campus) OCRACOKE, NC (AP) — A new school is set to be built on a North Carolina barrier island that was hit by a hurricane last year, leaving the former building heavily damaged. News outlets have reported that Hurricane Dorian struck the Outer Banks’ Ocracoke Island in September 2019, sending more than 5 feet…

The threat for severe weather dropped from a Level 2 to a Level 1 risk overnight, lessening our chance for tornadoes and damaging storms Monday morning.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Iota is now a dangerous Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered this month by powerful Hurricane Eta. Iota rapidly intensified overnight into a mighty system over the western Caribbean, headed toward Nicaragua and Honduras. – Advertisement – The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Air Force hurricane hunters flew into Iota’s core and measured…

Floodwaters from a nearby river overtook recreational vehicles at a North Carolina campsite Thursday, killing four people and leaving a child missing, an official said.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) — Just as the remnants of Tropical Storm Eta finally blow out to sea, another storm is brewing that could follow its path of death and destruction into Central America this weekend. Hurricane experts are closely watching the Caribbean, where Tropical Depression 31 could be named Iota by Saturday. – Advertisement – They expect it to power up quickly, to near major hurricane strength on approach to…

Flooding in western NC on Nov. 12, 2020. (Photo: WSOC) RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — Flood warnings remain in effect Friday morning for much of central North Carolina and along rivers across the state, after a cold front interacting with moisture from Tropical Storm Eta caused widespread heavy rainfall yesterday across North Carolina. While many rivers across western and central NC will crest Friday or are currently receding, rivers across eastern North Carolina will continue to…

The aftermath of Thursday’s storms and flooding disrupted traffic patterns along the busiest north-south route through North Carolina, Interstate 95.

While there was not flooding on Interstate 95 in Johnston County, the North Carolina Department of Transportation believes water from underneath the roadbed pushed it up, causing the pavement to buckle.

The aftermath of Thursday’s storms and flooding is still disrupting traffic patterns along I-95.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Green Hill near Quail Ridge (Photo: Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook) BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office is warning drivers of flooding on roads from heavy rain Thursday. According to an alert from the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, there is water across the road in the 1500 block of  Ocean Highway W. in Shallotte. – Advertisement – There is also water across roadway at Anglers Marine. The 400…

Heavy rain and flooding conditions worsened throughout the day on Thursday, according to WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, but much of the rain should be out of the area by this evening.