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Emergency responders in Southport worked through the night after flash flooding left several drivers stranded between late ...
National Weather Service in Wilmington (NWS) issued a Flash Flood Warning for Southeastern Brunswick County in southeastern North Carolina until 2 a.m.
Parts of North Carolina still recovering from Helene could see 5 inches of rain. Flash flooding concerns stretched into Pennsylvania.
Additional rainfall will be about 1 to 3", with locally higher amounts possible along the I-95 corridor. More rai ...
The weather pattern that soaked parts of Texas and Louisiana earlier this week will shift to the east before stalling, setting up days of severe weather and a prolonged flash flood threat through ...
At 3:08 p.m. on Monday, the NWS Wakefield VA issued a flood watch valid from Tuesday 2 a.m. until Wednesday 5 a.m. The watch is for Western Currituck and Eastern Currituck as well as Pasquotank and ...
North Carolina is preparing for heavy rain, with eastern areas already receiving 2 to 4 inches, prompting a flash flood warning. The National Weather Service warns of life-threatening flash ...
An updated flood warning was issued by the NWS Blacksburg VA on Tuesday at 4:02 a.m. in effect until 9:15 a.m. for Watauga County.
After four months of, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate. Yet, local residents remained ...
Rising water levels led to dozens of rescues and the evacuation of an elementary school. A boy in Virginia was found dead after being swept away by floodwaters, officials said.
Western North Carolina is again being targeted by hazardous rainfall that forecasters say is expected to lead to its “first noteworthy flood threat” since last September’s deadly Hurricane Helene.
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