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Life in the Time of Hurricanes

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from the first chapter of Life in the Time of Hurricanes by Rod Davis, out this month from TCU Press. It is republished here with permission. “And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the…

It is now peak hurricane season: What to expect for storms in the Atlantic

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

9 minutes ago Photo: NOAA (ABC NEWS) — Don’t be fooled by the lack of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin. The peak of hurricane season is here, and activity could soon ramp up, despite the relative quiet currently occurring in the tropics, according to meteorologists. The climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is Sept. 10, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October, on average, according to the National Hurricane Center. Historically speaking,…

Historic Hurricane Floyd to be featured on North Carolina highway marker

Posted on September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

5 minutes ago Hurricane Floyd caused massive flooding around North Carolina in 1999 RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — A storm that brought historic destruction and flooding to eastern North Carolina will soon be permanently remembered with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The marker commemorating Hurricane Floyd will be unveiled Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. during a small roadside ceremony. It will be placed near Powell Park on NC 33 by the Tar River bridge…

Texas braces for drastic temperature drop amid cold front, tropical storm

Posted on September 5, 2025September 8, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Photo of cloudy skies. Annett Engelhardt / 500px/Getty Images/500px Now that August is behind us, it’s really time for it to start feeling like fall. While it typically takes until nearly the start of winter to really feel a significant cool down, a cold front sweeping across Texas is bringing the autumnal feels early. If there’s anything we can expect from Texas weather, it’s to expect the unexpected. For the northern half of Texas – sorry…

Hurricanes alumni preparing for Carolina Beach charity event in late September

Posted on September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WWAY) — A massive charity event for a noble cause is on its way to Carolina Beach for the first time, and some notable athletes are a driving force behind it. The Savannah Boats Classic King Mackerel Fishing Tournament will be held September 26-27 at the Silver Dollar and other Carolina Beach businesses. (Photo: Colton Emswiler/WWAY) Tens of thousands of dollars in prize money is up for grabs. Organizers hope to have…

See where flooding happens: Central NC gets expanded water prediction tools

Posted on September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

People living in central North Carolina now have expanded tools to help them better understand where flooding might happen in their area. The National Weather Service’s [NWS] experimental service is called Flood Inundation Mapping [FIM], which serves about 60% of the U.S. population. The maps are experimental and may not represent actual flood content, according to the NWS. However, the maps provide water prediction services and real-time actionable information to emergency managers, decision-makers and the…

Black storm: Carolina Hurricanes show off new road uniforms

Posted on September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

The Carolina Hurricanes will take to the road in the coming season in a storm of black and red. The team showed off new road uniforms Wednesday on Twittter. The uniforms feature the trademark hurricane swirl in black, edged in red, on a white sweater. The sleeves are red on the top, with a black stripe at the elbow and white on the forearms. They include red pants, helmets and gloves. The uniform drop came…

Flood Watch issued as thunderstorms could ruin Labor Day plans in San Antonio

Posted on August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Did anybody else get randomly soaked while at a high school football game last night? Well, whether you were or not, rain was all over the San Antonio area on Saturday night, August 30, and it looks like there may be that and more on the way. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch is in effect beginning noon on Sunday, August 31 that will last until Monday, September 1. What a way…

Flood watch in effect for the Austin area from noon Sunday until noon on Monday

Posted on August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Rain is in the forecast for a large area of Texas for the remainder of the long Labor Day weekend, including the Austin area and the Hill Country. The National Weather Service says there could be enough rainfall over a long enough period of time to cause flooding. The NWS has issued a flood watch that is in effect from noon Sunday until noon on Monday. A slow-moving cold front is expected to move through…

A Texas congressman is quietly helping Elon Musk pitch building $760M tunnels under Houston to ease flooding

Posted on August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. This article is co-published with The Texas Newsroom, the Houston Chronicle and ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on how power is wielded in Texas. Also, sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The devastating flooding in Houston caused by…

TribCast: How will Texas protect its campers from future floods?

Posted on August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor talk to Texas Tribune climate reporter Emily Foxhall about the emotional pleas Camp Mystic parents made to state lawmakers and analyze the proposed new laws in…

San Antonio Zoo to disburse 20,000 complimentary tickets to folks affected by Texas floods

Posted on August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / San Antonio Zoo The recently renovated front entrance greets visitors to the San Antonio Zoo. The San Antonio Zoo will disburse 20,000 complimentary tickets to people affected by the deadly July 4 floods in the Texas Hill Country as part of its Zoo Cares: Together for Texans campaign, officials with the attraction said. “The success of this effort reflects the power of Texans helping Texans,” Zoo President and CEO…

Hurricane Erin leaves rough seas with 2 swimmers dead and a search underway for a missing boater

Posted on August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

10 seconds ago Photo: Freepik/vecteezy/MGN SALISBURY, Mass. (AP) — Hurricane Erin never made landfall but left behind rough ocean conditions along the U.S. East Coast. At least two people died after they had been swimming in the heavy current, and a search continued Monday for a man who was missing after his boat capsized. Beaches were beginning to reopen Friday after Erin, twice the size of an average hurricane, had weakened into a post-tropical cyclone…

Parts of Highway 12 along Outer Banks remain closed, days after Hurricane Erin

Posted on August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

August 25, 2025 Sand on Highway 12 (Photo: NCDOT NC 12) OCRACOKE, NC (WWAY) — Highway 12 on the north end of Ocracoke remains closed Monday morning, days after Hurricane Erin passed by. The NCDOT says they did not receive any substantial ocean over wash Sunday night, but the high tide did erode the new dune a bit. Crews are working to fortify the dunes more to protect the roadway, and hoping the incoming high…

'North Carolina dodged a bullet': Gov. Josh Stein tours Outer Banks to see Hurricane Erin damage

Posted on August 22, 2025August 22, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Gov. Josh Stein was among the state leaders on Friday who toured the damage in the Outer Banks after Hurricane Erin. Stein spoke Friday afternoon from the Dare County Emergency Operations Center. “We didn’t have the absolute best [outcome] because when we were down in Hatteras, we saw some businesses that took it on the chin [and] some homeowners experienced real damage to their property,” Stein said. “But goodness, North Carolina dodged a bullet with…

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