Floodwaters surged through parts of central North Carolina after Tropical Storm Chantal dropped several inches of rain in just a few hours. WRAL reported that areas of Moore, Orange, Chatham, and Durham counties experienced what researchers call a “500-year to 1,000-year flood” — an event with just a 0.1% to 0.2% chance of happening in…
Flooding in North Carolina prompted water rescues in Chapel Hill and other parts of the state after the storm Chantal dumped heavy rainfall. More than 23,000 customers in North Carolina were without power on Monday morning, according to poweroutage.us. Officials were warning people to be cautious on the roads as authorities across multiple counties assessed the…
July 5 (UPI) — Tropical Storm Chantal formed in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and is projected to reach South Carolina’s coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said. South and North Carolina are already encountering dangerous rip and surf conditions during the Fourth of July holiday weekend Chantal, the third named storm of the…
NOAA on Atlantic hurricane season NOAA predicts above-normal Atlantic hurricane season 03:34 Tropical Storm Chantal formed Saturday morning about 150 miles off the coast of South Carolina, prompting tropical storm warnings for portions of the Carolinas. The National Weather Service in Miami said the storm was located south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina and about 240…
Plane part found in North Carolina driveway Piece of plane found in North Carolina driveway may belong to Delta flight 00:27 A missing wing flap from a Delta Air Lines jet was found in the driveway of a Raleigh, North Carolina, home after the plane landed Tuesday night at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the Federal…
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Using a cell phone during class is now prohibited in North Carolina. That goes for any wireless device. The goal of House Bill 959, which was signed into law Tuesday, is to have students pay attention in class and spend less time on social media. Governor Josh Stein spoke on…
Five people were taken to a hospital Sunday night from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, where their American Airlines flight from Miami had landed safely after experiencing turbulence, officials said. American Airlines said in a statement that the plane’s seatbelt sign was turned on when it encountered the rough patch, which the airline called…
An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude jolted parts of the southern U.S. on Saturday morning. The quake hit about 13 miles from Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles south of Knoxville, the U.S. Geological Survey said, around 9 a.m. local time. Residents in Atlanta and parts of western North Carolina reported on social media…
NEW BERN, N.C. — New Bern won a challenge against the U.S. Census Bureau, city officials said Thursday. The city challenged population estimates that the federal agency releases annually, saying they did not accurately reflect the municipality’s population. The census originally showed slowing growth trends for the city in 2021 and 2023 and a negative…
John Gutierrez had been thinking about buying a new laptop for the past year. The Austin, Texas, resident needed a computer with faster processing and increased storage for his photography work and had his sights set on a product from a Taiwanese brand. Then President Donald Trump announced expansive new import tariffs Wednesday, including a 32% tax on imports…