RALEIGH, N.C. — Central and eastern North Carolina is bracing for possibly detrimental impacts from Hurricane Ian late this week. Ian, expected to make landfall in Florida Wednesday, was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane early Monday morning. Ian moved near the Cayman Islands and closer to western Cuba early Monday on a track to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week. The storm is forecast to become a Category…

RALEIGH, N.C. — Central and eastern North Carolina is bracing for possibly detrimental impacts from Hurricane Ian late this week. Ian, expected to make landfall in Florida Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane early Monday morning. Ian moved near the Cayman Islands and closer to western Cuba early Monday on a track to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week. The storm is…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Ian is now a Category 1 hurricane as it moves closer to the Unites States. Impacts from the storm could be seen in North Carolina starting Friday with increased rain totals. Monday morning, the storm system was moving toward Cuba and forecasters expect it to rapidly strengthen to major hurricane status by the time it reaches the western part of the country. It has maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Ian is now a Category 1 hurricane as it moves closer to the Unites States. Impacts from the storm could be seen in North Carolina starting Friday with increased rain totals. Monday morning, the storm system was moving toward Cuba and forecasters expect it to rapidly strengthen to major hurrican status by the time it reaches the western part of the country. It has maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — American Red Cross of Eastern North Carolina are signing up to help those in need before Tropical Storm Ian makes landfall in the United States. Florida is already preparing for the worst. Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for the entire state. Red Cross workers from the Triangle are standing by to head to Florida. “We’re only going to send a certain number of volunteers forward, on the…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Tropical Storm Ian is gaining strength and shifting its path slightly west, details that are bad news for the forecast in North Carolina Sunday morning, the storm system was located just over 600 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour and it was moving west-northwest at 12 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. Those details represent a…

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of Florida on Saturday as Tropical Storm Ian gains strength over the Caribbean and is forecast to become a major hurricane within days as it tracks toward the state. DeSantis had initially issued the emergency order for two dozen counties on Friday. But he expanded the warning to the entire state, urging residents to prepare for a storm that could lash large…