FLORIDA CITY/MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Florida allowed some residents to return on Tuesday to areas hammered by Hurricane Irma winds and storm surge, while the death toll rose in the second major hurricane to hit […]
RALEIGH/FORT MYERS/MIAMI – Packing 130-mph winds, Hurricane Irma knocked out electricity to more than 1 million Florida homes and businesses on Sunday as it headed towards the state’s Gulf Coast, threatening potentially catastrophic flooding. After wreaking havoc […]
RALEIGH – Gas prices surged over the holiday weekend after flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas shut down almost a quarter of the nation’s refining capacity and fears of shortages raced through communities. In N.C. […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across northern Caribbean islands on Wednesday with a potentially catastrophic mix of fierce winds, surf and rain, en […]
RALEIGH – The National Weather Service said Tuesday that while it is still too early to make definitive projections, it “looks increasingly possible” that Category 5 Hurricane Irma could impact the western part of North and […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 — President Donald Trump will pledge $1 million of his own money to relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Thursday. “I am happy to tell you […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Businesses closed and lines of cars streamed out of coastal Texas as officials called for residents to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Harvey, expected to arrive about midnight as the most powerful […]
RALEIGH Lawmakers unanimously passed legislation on Wednesday to direct the $100 million of disaster recovery funds that were allocated in the state budget, which was vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper only to be quickly […]
COLLEGE PARK, M.D. – U.S. weather forecasters on Thursday predicted more tropical storms than normal for the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which last year brought one of the deadliest recorded storm systems, killing several hundred […]
RALEIGH Although few votes were held while lawmakers were in Raleigh this week, bills were filed or referred to committee that could attend to lingering disaster relief and gauging fiscal storm clouds populating the […]
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