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Rapid Reaction: Debby Drenches NC in Multi-Day Rain Event
An expected active hurricane season took its first swipe at North Carolina last week, with four days of rainfall from the slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby...
March Mayhem: Remembering the 1984 Tornadoes, Forty Years Later
Things that take a lifetime to build can be destroyed in mere moments. Case in point: March 28, 1984, when a line of tornadoes carved...
Rapid Reaction: Surprisingly Strong Ophelia Surges In
Short-lived but not short on moisture, Tropical Storm Ophelia snuck up to the coast on Friday and made for a wet and windy start to...
Twenty Years Ago, Isabel Punched Above Its Weight
Hurricanes and the Outer Banks go together like cats and mice. It’s not exactly a productive pairing for one of them, but it’s also hard...
Rapid Reaction: Idalia Ends August on a Wet Note
The first tropical storm of the season to affect North Carolina lashed the southeastern part of the state with rain and wind, but apparently caused...
Rapid Reaction: Smoky Skies Create Unhealthy Air Quality
Our summer started not with sun but smoke last week, which yielded the most widespread hazardous air quality episode seen in many years across the...
Rapid Reaction: Late-Season Nicole Offers Needed Rainfall
The tropics had one more surprise in store this season with Hurricane Nicole, which brought wet and windy weather as its remnants crossed North Carolina...