How Duke Energy decides when to open floodgates in Carolinas
That’s exactly what happened after Helene. With rainwater pouring into the system from the storm’s aftermath, Duke Energy had ...
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Wildfires prompt evacuations and an emergency declaration in the Carolinas
Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation in one North Carolina county as emergency crews fought separate fires in an area of the state still recovering from Hurricane Helene, while South Carolina’s ...
UPDATE: Flood warning in place for Pitt County until Monday morning, says the NWS
An updated flood warning was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Saturday at 8:59 p.m. in effect until Monday at ...
Helene's historic wrath: $214M in NC timber damage, $83 in SC
The National Hurricane Center publishes a report after every tropical system with this report denoting numerous historic ...
Another $524M for North Carolina Helene recovery OK’d by legislators
North Carolina lawmakers have agreed to spend another $524 million on still-pressing needs from Hurricane Helene’s historic ...
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NC lawmaker proposes bill aiming to make political discrimination in disaster relief a felony
North Carolina already makes many kinds of discrimination in disaster relief illegal. Now, a lawmaker wants to make ...
Voters flood town halls with fears of Social Security cuts, putting heat on GOP over Musk and DOGE
People across the political battleground of Michigan and elsewhere in the U.S. say they're worried about cuts to Social ...
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Dozens evacuated in Italy's flood-hit Tuscany
Italian authorities ordered dozens of people in Tuscany to leave their homes on Friday after heavy rains swelled rivers and ...
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Woodsongs brings gift of music to North Carolina flood victims
IMG_4920.mov When musician and host, Michael Johnathon, asked fans to step up and donate instruments to give to people hit by deadly flooding last September in North Carolina, they did not disappoint.
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NCDEQ now accepting grant proposals to address flood resiliency, water-based recreation
Aerial view of Hatteras Village. Image from Dare County. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources is now accepting proposals for projects that address flood ...
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How does flooding occur and why does it kill more people each year than tornadoes?
PREPAREDNESS WEEK HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. SO METEOROLOGIST BRIAN SLOCUM HAS MORE ON TODAY’S TOPIC. FLASH FLOOD SAFETY. BRIAN. YEAH, IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU NORMALLY THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU THINK ...
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Cheers! These North Carolina cities rank among the nation’s best for beer lovers
The mountain town of Boone ranked No. 3 and Bryson ... which ravaged parts of Western North Carolina with catastrophic flooding in September. Before the storm, a food and drink website named ...