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The start of hurricane season can send a shiver through eastern North Carolina, a region pounded in the last decade by two ...

Multiple communities in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties reported damage after severe storms resulted in heavy rainfall ...

At 8:28 p.m. on Friday, the NWS Raleigh NC released a flood advisory in effect until 10:30 p.m. for Forsyth and Guilford ...

Scientists have increasingly used tide levels to predict flooding on the coast. But two North Carolina professors showed that ...

We are heading into this hurricane season with more uncertainty than usual,” Stein said, because funding for FEMA and NOAA ...

A little more than eight months after Helene's rains caused extensive damage, Hendersonville's Harris Teeter is set to reopen ...

The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage.

NC Gov. Josh Stein was on the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and the conversation turned to Western North Carolina and Helene recovery.

The downpours can be beneficial for drought-stricken areas, but too much rain may fall too fast and lead to flash urban ...

Researchers installed sensors inside stormwater drains and cameras above them in three North Carolina communities. They found a startling amount of flooding.

Eventually my dad changed roles and was home for the hurricanes, and I’d slosh after him in the yard, clearing out our ...