Month: March 2019

A massive storm developing in the Southwest is starting to head east — bringing blizzard conditions from Colorado to the Dakotas, flooding to the Plains and Midwest and potentially severe weather to the South. Here is the latest forecast: The storm is in the Southwest Tuesday morning, drenching Southern California, Phoenix and Las Vegas with rain. By Tuesday night the storm will move into the central Rockies with a cold front extending into western Texas,…

By Richard Adkins, WRAL photojournalist Pollocksville, N.C. — In the six months since Hurricane Florence hit eastern North Carolina, Tamra Church has been doing little more than cleaning up. “It takes a long time to clean up after a flood I’m finding,” she said standing in front of her home on Main Street in Pollocksville. Many homes in the area are still uninhabitable. The Trent River rose quickly here; the recovery here is much slower….

By Richard Adkins, WRAL photojournalist Pollocksville, N.C. — In the six months since Hurricane Florence hit eastern North Carolina, Tamra Church has been doing little more than cleaning up. “It takes a long time to clean up after a flood I’m finding,” she said standing in front of her home on Main Street in Pollocksville. Many homes in the area are still uninhabitable. The Trent River rose quickly here; the recovery here is much slower….

A massive storm developing in the Southwest will be tracking northeast into the central U.S., creating blizzard conditions, flooding and severe storms that may produce tornadoes. Snow already fell in southern California yesterday, just outside of Los Angeles and San Diego. Rain is falling in those cities now as well as in Phoenix and Las Vegas. This morning, 18 states from California to Wisconsin are under warnings or alerts, as the storm’s center delivers more…

Andrei Svechnikov had two goals and an assist, Petr Mrazek stopped 38 shots and the Carolina Hurricanes earned a rare win at Pepsi Center by beating the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Monday night. Defenseman Dougie Hamilton also scored as the Hurricanes won in Denver for just the second time in 13 games since Colorado moved into its longtime home for the 1999-2000 season. Mrazek’s fourth shutout of the season propelled the Hurricanes into a tie…

By Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter Wilmington, N.C. — It has been six months since Hurricane Florence roared through Wilmington, and one of the biggest challenges in some of its neighborhoods after the storm is getting contractors. That’s why people are relying heavily on volunteer groups to get back on their feet. “We are recovering, but we are still in a recovery process,” said Lynetta Karlson. “We’re not 100 percent.” Since the day Florence hit, Lynetta…

Storms over the weekend produced 11 tornadoes in five states — Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee — and more than a foot of snow accumulation from the Dakotas into Minnesota. That same storm tracked into the Northeast, where it delivered rain and snow. A new storm out West already is delivering rain, hail and snow in parts of California. Twelve states this morning, including California, are under alerts for high winds, snow or flooding….

Carolina Hurricanes (37-24-7, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Colorado Avalanche (30-27-12, 10th in the Western Conference) Denver; Monday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado into a matchup with Carolina. He’s fifth in the NHL with 87 points, scoring 35 goals and recording 52 assists. The Avalanche are 15-12-6 on their home ice. Colorado averages 4.2 penalties per game, the most in the Western Conference. Ian Cole leads the team with 33…

Sometimes a team needs something to rally around to spur it on during a long season. The Carolina Hurricanes were a good team and firmly in the playoff hunt three weeks ago, but now they have a mantra for extra motivation in the stretch run of the season. Don Cherry, the irascible former NHL coach turned analyst, referred to the Hurricanes as “jerks” for their big goal celebrations. Instead of taking offense, the Hurricanes leaned…