Wilmington North Carolina News

A tornado watch has been issued for all of southeastern North Carolina until Sunday, 7 a.m. WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A tornado watch has been issued for all of southeastern North Carolina until Sunday, 7 a.m. A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable to produce a tornado in and around the watch area.  If you live within the watch area, be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible…

A tornado watch has been issued for all of southeastern North Carolina until Sunday, 7 a.m. WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A Tornado Watch has been issued for all of southeastern North Carolina until Sunday, 5 p.m. A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable to produce a tornado in and around the watch area.  If you live within the watch area, be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings….

A Tornado Watch has been issued for all of southeastern North Carolina until Sunday, 5 p.m. and has been extended in Bladen County until 11 p.m. (Source: Pixabay) WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A Tornado Watch has been issued for all of southeastern North Carolina until Sunday, 5 p.m. and has been extended in Bladen County until 11 p.m. A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable to produce a tornado in and around the watch area.  If you…

A Tornado Watch has been issued for Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties until 5 a.m. WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A Tornado Watch has been issued for Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties until 5 a.m.  A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable to produce a tornado in and around the watch area.  If you live within the watch area, be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. In…

Wilmington sees strongest wind gust since 1958 SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Hurricane Florence became a deadly storm Friday, claiming three lives in Hampstead and Wilmington as it roared into, and stalled over, the Wilmington region. Wilmington police confirmed Friday afternoon that a mother and infant were killed when a tree crashed through their home on Mercer Avenue. And a woman suffered a heart attack Friday and emergency responders were not able to get to her in…

Wilmington sees strongest wind gust since 1958 SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Hurricane Florence became a deadly storm Friday, claiming three lives in Hampstead and Wilmington as it roared into, and stalled over, the Wilmington region. Wilmington police confirmed Friday afternoon that a mother and infant were killed when a tree crashed through their home on Mercer Avenue. And a woman suffered a heart attack Friday and emergency responders were not able to get to her in…

A roundup of news concerning Hurricane Florence’s assault on the Carolinas. How much rain? How many without power? Where’s the most damage so far? And what about the zoos? It’s about the water, not the wind, with Hurricane Florence making an extended stay along the North Carolina coast. Forecasters say “it cannot be emphasized enough that the most serious hazard associated with slow-moving Florence is extremely heavy rainfall, which will cause disastrous flooding that will…

Wilmington sees strongest wind gust since 1958 SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Hurricane Florence became a deadly storm Friday, claiming three lives in Hampstead and Wilmington as it roared into, and stalled over, the Wilmington region.Wilmington police confirmed Friday afternoon that a mother and infant were killed when a tree crashed through their home on Mercer Avenue. And a woman suffered a heart attack Friday and emergency responders were not able to get to her in time,…

A section of the Carolina Beach Fishing Pier appears to have been destroyed by Hurricane Florence. (Source: WECT) CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WECT) – The Carolina Beach Fishing Pier appears to have been significantly damaged as Hurricane Florence slammed the New Hanover County shoreline throughout Friday. Some of the pier’s broken pillars could be seen jetting out from the ocean water as the rough waves continued to hammer the Pleasure Island landmark. The pier was initially built in 1946…

NC State university is currently evaluating the best course of action by which to follow through on Keatts’ directive, weighing options that include both collecting donations themselves as an athletic department or through directing people in the NCSU community and department to one particular charity.

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hurricane Florence rolled ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, killing at least two people and trapping hundreds more in high water as it settled in for what could be a long and extraordinarily destructive drenching. More than 60 people had to be pulled from a collapsing cinderblock motel. Hundreds more were rescued elsewhere from rising water. Others could only wait and hope someone would…

Hurricane Florence made landfall in Wilmington Friday as a Category 1 storm, and its impact will be felt across North Carolina through Friday, much of Saturday and into next week.