Wilmington North Carolina News

6 minutes ago (AP)—The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Saturday, bringing to an end a season that saw 11 hurricanes compared to the average seven, and death and destruction hundreds of miles from where storms came ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Meteorologists called it a “ crazy busy ” season, due in part to unusually warm ocean temperatures. Eight hurricanes made landfall, in the U.S., Bermuda, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Grenada. Here…

10 seconds ago Flooding from Helene in Asheville, NC (Photo: MGN/WGRZ-TV) (ABC NEWS) — When Angela McGee fled her home in Asheville, North Carolina, on the night of Sept. 27 to escape the ravages of Hurricane Helene, she never imagined the destruction the powerful storm would bring. McGee and four of her eight children who were with her that night grabbed essential items from their trailer near the Swannanoa River in the western part of…

9 minutes ago RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen is expected to miss at least two months because of knee surgery. The Hurricanes announced Thursday that the 35-year-old netminder will have surgery Friday with a projected recovery time of 8 to 12 weeks. That comes roughly a week after coach Rod Brind’Amour said the team had originally hoped for Andersen to be week to week but was now facing a “way longer” timeframe with…

6 minutes ago FILE – Laura Hogshead, director of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency, answers questions from lawmakers about delays in the state’s hurricane recovery efforts during a hearing at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File) RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The top official for North Carolina’s efforts to rebuild communities after natural disasters is no longer working in the position just a few days after…

22 seconds ago The official White House Christmas tree, a 20-foot Fraser fir, is seen at the Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Newland, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco) NEWLAND, NC (AP) — The Cartner family had known since last year that one of their farm’s Christmas trees would be headed to the White House this winter. But then Hurricane Helene struck, unleashing a deadly deluge across western North Carolina, including Avery County, where Cartner’s…

6 minutes ago Photo: NOAA MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara formed Thursday in the Caribbean Sea and was expected to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across portions of Central America, including Honduras, forecasters said. The storm was expected to stall and meander near the coast of Honduras through the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Heavy rain also is forecast for Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala and western Nicaragua. The storm is…

5 minutes ago Photo: Junaluska Fire Department WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A driver has died after going around a barricade and driving off the edge of a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a symbol of Hurricane Helene’s destruction. Photos of Interstate 40 with multiple lanes washed out by Helene near the Tennessee state line drew widespread attention after the storm as the region was largely cut off by numerous road closures. Emergency workers from Tennessee…

1 hour ago WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — One brewery in Wilmington is facing an uphill battle to stock their own beer after their brewing facility in Asheville was damaged by Hurricane Helene.  Asheville-based Hi-Wire Brewing has taprooms throughout the state, including in Wilmington. The facility where the company brews their beer in Asheville’s River Arts District was left devastated by ten feet of flooding.  The company’s Wilmington location is set to host the opening for the…

13 seconds ago Photo: MGN CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire northwest of Los Angeles burned out of control for a second day Thursday after destroying dozens of homes, but officials said firefighters could get a break with fierce winds expected to subside by evening. More than 10,000 residents remained under evacuation orders as the Mountain Fire continued to threaten some 3,500 structures in suburban neighborhoods, ranches and agricultural areas around Camarillo in Ventura County….

8 minutes ago Photo: NOAA HAVANA (AP) — Rafael strengthened Wednesday into a powerful Category 3 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in western Cuba, where it was forecast to bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods. The storm, which knocked out power and dumped rain on the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, churned past the Isle of Youth and was expected to make landfall in the coming hours on Wednesday. Even before the storm…

8 seconds ago Photo: NOAA SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new tropical storm was expected to form Monday in the Caribbean and bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening to a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said. The storm would be named Rafael. Later in the week it also is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Florida and portions of the U.S. Southeast, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center…

6 minutes ago Kerry Washington (Photo: ExtraTV/MGN) (AP) — The cast of ABC’s hit political drama “Scandal” may need to brush up on their snappy, speedy delivery known as “Scandal-pace,” because they’re reuniting for a good cause. Its stars including Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young will take part in a live virtual script reading on Nov. 17 to raise money for hurricane relief in western North Carolina. Beginning Friday, fans can go online…

5 minutes ago Donald Trump makes a campaign stop in Asheboro on Aug. 21, 2024 (Photo: Pool) RUTHERFORDTON, NC (AP) — Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President Donald Trump on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation, but he said he was not concerned that the aftermath of Hurricane Helene would affect election results in the battleground state. Trump was asked whether it was helpful to criticize hurricane…

13 seconds ago NEW MEXICO (CBS NEWS) — The New Mexico National Guard continued search and rescue operations Sunday in Roswell after record rainfall produced severe flooding in and around the city and Chaves County and left at least two people dead. The flooding even forced a local sheriff to seek safety on top of his police truck when it became stranded in water that rose up to the windows. Guard officials said 309 people…

7 minutes ago Trump supporter, Renee Kyro of Lake Lure, North Carolina at the Team Trump bus tour across North Carolina, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 in Rutherfordton, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek) RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) — Renee Kyro already has voted for Republican nominee Donald Trump for the third consecutive presidential election. But she plans to volunteer for the first time, reaching out to her neighbors in hurricane-battered western North Carolina to make sure they have a voting…