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Scattered storms continue to move across Central NC in overnight hours
Sunday brought another day of high heat and a chance for severe storms.Temperatures reached the high 90s in some areas and reached 100 degrees in Raleigh.Storms will continue to move out of the area overnight and usher in cooler temperatures for Monday.Looking AheadMonday and Tuesday look to be pleasant. Still warm, of course, but not unbearable.That heat will ramp up again just in time for the 4th of July. Highs for the holiday will be near 100 degrees and humidity will also be elevated.But the good news is the storm chances for the 4th of July are very low. Right now, it looks like the July 4th Fireworks Celebration at Dix Park will be hot but not wet.
ALERT DAY: Sunday expected to bring rain & storms to central NC
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The CBS 17 weather team has declared Sunday a Storm Team Alert Day ahead of possible severe weather in the afternoon and evening. A cold front will move through the Triangle on Sunday, which will deliver some much needed rain to the region. Unfortunately, it will also bring the risk of severe thunderstorms.
A chunk of space debris found in N.C. came from a SpaceX capsule, NASA says
A large chunk of space debris was discovered last month in North Carolina. NASA has confirmed that it came from a SpaceX capsule that journeyed to the International Space Station and returned in March. The piece was from part of the vehicle that was jettisoned and expected to burn up...
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 storm on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada
A dangerous and extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on the Caribbean island of Carriacou after becoming the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.Winds up to 150 mph (240 kph), just shy of a Category 5 storm, blew off roofs, uprooted trees and caused other damage on Carriacou, one of the islands of Grenada, and elsewhere in the southeast Caribbean."This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation," the National Hurricane Center said.Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as thousands of...
North Carolina legislators leave after veto overrides, ballot question, unfinished business
The North Carolina General Assembly wrapped up this year's chief work session Thursday after overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes, putting a constitutional amendment about citizens and voting on the November ballot and sending to Cooper's desk many additional bills.
Cooper approves changes to State Bar reviews, signs other bills into law
Lawyers who are being investigated by the North Carolina State Bar now have more legal protections under the law. The Bar group is in charge of licensing, regulating and disciplining lawyers statewide. Critics of the Bar have said its investigations are sometimes politically-motivated and its punishments can be too heavy-handed.
Triangle families react to Supreme Court's rejection of opioid settlement
Families in the Triangle are reacting after the Supreme Court's rejection of a controversial settlement that would have sent billions of dollars to treatment programs and victims of the nation's opioid epidemic.While the court's decision could be seen as a setback for some families whose loved ones have been affected by the opioid drug crisis, one woman is still hopeful that the work that's being done to combat the opioid epidemic will not go in vain.It's been eight years since Wake County mother Freida MacDonald lost her son to a fentanyl overdose, but in those years she's been busy putting...
North Carolina becomes seventh state to add citizenship requirement for voting amendment to Nov. ballot
Voters in North Carolina will join those in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin in deciding a ballot measure to prohibit non-citizen voting. The ballot measures would amend language to their respective state constitutions to provide that only U.S. citizens can vote in elections. All seven ballot questions were placed on the Nov. 2024 ballot by Republican-controlled state legislatures.
ECU professor weighs in on presidential visits to NC
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — We’ve seen several visits from President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden here in North Carolina over the past few months. That included a visit on Friday. With North Carolina being a swing state, political experts said this is to be expected. Since Biden is falling behind in some of […]
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