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Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp (Photo: LACounty Fire PIO) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles is approaching 156 square miles, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern California wildlife sanctuary in foothill desert communities. Across California, authorities say Sunday nearly 19,000 firefighters continue to fight more than two dozen major wildfires. – Advertisement – Officials are also investigating the death…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Hurricane Dorian’s Eye Seen from the International Space Station (Photo: NASA) HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Beta was expected this week to bring heavy rainfall to parts of the upper Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana, adding to the stress and worry residents and officials have already dealt with during a busy hurricane season. The National Weather Service said Sunday while Beta could bring up to 20 inches of rain in some…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Federal officers response to Portland protests (Photo: ZUMA/MGN Online) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters have returned to the streets of Portland, Oregon, following a dayslong pause largely due to poor air quality from wildfires on the West Coast. Police say in a statement an unlawful assembly was declared Friday night near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. Photos show smoke was used to clear the crowd. KOIN-TV reports a police…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp ORANGE BEACH, AL (AP) — A second death from Hurricane Sally was reported Friday in Alabama, where the storm sloshed ashore Wednesday, brining wind and flooding rain. Baldwin County coroner Dr. Brian Pierce said the death in the Foley area and was of someone who was involved in storm cleanup. – Advertisement – He gave no other details on the death. Another person in the county died Wednesday morning as the…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp SAN BERNARDINO, CA (AP) — A firefighter has died battling a wildfire in California that officials say was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby’s gender. The U.S. Forest Service says the death occurred Thursday in the San Bernardino National Forest as crews battled the El Dorado Fire. – Advertisement – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, has said that wildfire was sparked by…

A flash flood watch has expired for the Triangle and much of central North Carolina after an active night of rain and some storms from the remnants of Hurricane Sally.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Flooding on Main Street in Shallotte on Sept. 17, 2020 (Photo: Carly Pyatte) BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Several roads are closed tonight in Brunswick County, because they are impassible due to flooding. The Brunswick County Sheriff’s office posted a list of roads on Facebook that are impassible. – Advertisement – The post said Wall St. and Main St. in Shallotte, Club View Lane in Calabash and Wildwood Village and Ocean…

As homeowners and business owners in Fayetteville prepare for the remnants of Sally to pass over tonight, forecast to bring high rainfall totals, they have another memory of flooding in their minds: Hurricanes Florence and Matthew.

A flash flood watch is in effect for most of North Carolina from 2:00 p.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Friday. Counties south of Raleigh are under a Level 2, or elevated, risk for severe weather.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp BERLIN (AP) — Satellite images show that smoke from wildfires in the west of the United States has reached as far as Europe. Data collected by a European Union monitoring service found smoke from the fires had traveled almost 5,000 miles through the atmosphere to Britain and other parts of northern Europe. – Advertisement – The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts said the fires in California, Oregon and Washington state…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp PENSACOLA, FL (AP) — Hurricane Sally has lumbered ashore near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, with top winds of 105 mph. The coast is being pummeled with sideways rain and beach-covering storm surges. Sally’s northern eyewall raked the Gulf Coast for hours before the center finally made landfall, delivering punishing wind and rain from Pensacola Beach, Florida, westward to Dauphin Island, Alabama. – Advertisement – The National Hurricane…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp GULFPORT, MS (AP) — Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that’s enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land. Forecasters now expect landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday near the Alabama-Mississippi state line. – Advertisement – Rainfall is increasing in the two states, where some coastal roads have been closed because of flooding. Forecasters say the…

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY/AP) — Wildfires are continuing to rage in several states out West and a number of North Carolina Forest Service firefighters are on the front lines battling the blazes. Shane Hardy a forrester for the N.C. Forest Service’s District 8 region which encompasses New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Duplin, Columbus and Bladen counties. – Advertisement – For the last 20 days, Hardy has been working to battle wildfires in Oregon. This week, he’s working…