5 deaths blamed on weather

More rain forecast in Triangle

The Triangle is expected to get one small burst of rain today from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida before the skies brighten this weekend and temperatures reach the 70s.
Modified: 11/13/09 05:47:09 AM

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Heavy rain causes Carrboro sewer spill

An Orange Water and Sewer Authority crew responded to an untreated wastewater spill from a sewer manhole near Rosewalk Lane and Berryhill Drive around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Modified: 11/11/09 09:46:11 PM

Much more rain headed our way

The Triangle could see as much as 2 inches of rain before the passing storm finishes late Thursday night.
Modified: 11/11/09 05:14:14 PM

Rains hitting Gulf Coast ahead of tropical storm

Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm that was crawling toward the Gulf Coast blew in heavy rain Monday as residents hunkered down mostly at home to ride out high winds and anticipated flooding.
Modified: 11/10/09 03:15:15 AM

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Forecaster Todd Kimberlain of the National Hurricane Center says a hurricane warning has been issued for the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida.

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Mark Cooper, the director of Louisiana's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency because of the approaching Hurricane Ida.

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Forecaster Todd Kimberlain of the National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ida is not expected to hit New Orleans, although he cautions that the storm could always change course.

Ida takes out homes in Nicaragua

Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua's Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical storm.
Modified: 11/05/09 09:15:14 PM

Drought's back, but not dire

Record-low rainfall has landed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport so far this year, and the middle third of the state, including the Triangle, is in a moderate drought.
Modified: 10/31/09 06:09:47 AM

Eastern plains snowstorm ices roads; flights canceled

An early blast of winter walloped some western states with deep snow and slowly pushed into Nebraska and Kansas Thursday, bringing blizzard conditions to the eastern plains and causing treacherous roads, closed schools and hundreds of canceled flights.
Modified: 10/29/09 10:56:50 PM

Triangle air quality improved this summer

North Carolina's air quality this summer was the best it's been in more than three decades.
Modified: 10/08/09 02:35:25 PM

Flood victims urged to watch out for germs and debris

Georgia residents returning Wednesday to homes soaked by days of torrential rains were warned of a hidden danger -- disease-causing bacteria and jagged debris harbored by stagnant, murky water.
Modified: 09/23/09 08:08:27 PM

Memories of Hurricane Hugo still fresh after 20 years

Twenty years after Hurricane Hugo pounded the South Carolina coast with 135-mph winds, driving inland and then sweeping into North Carolina, memories from the storm are still vivid.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:25:42 AM

'The flood' 10 years later: Ruin, renewal

In the places where the storm did its worst, people don't call it by its name, Hurricane Floyd. When they talk about it at all, it's just "the flood," as if there had never been another. As if there never could be again.
Modified: 09/22/09 07:51:42 AM

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Photo gallery and audio: Hurricane Floyd, 10 years later

Too dry in west; too wet at coast

As the Charlotte metro region slides slowly back into drought conditions, parts of the North Carolina coast are trying to recover from a Labor Day of heavy rain and flooding.
Modified: 09/22/09 08:02:38 AM

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Dead fish wash up along Neuse River

Nearly 2 million dead fish have washed up on the shores of the Neuse River in Craven County.
Modified: 09/22/09 12:50:45 AM

Farmers warned to get ready

Even if global temperatures rise slowly, climate change could slash the yields of some of the world's most important crops almost in half, according to a new study co-authored by an NCSU scientist.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:28:39 AM

Search ends for boy, 12, off Outer Banks

The Coast Guard has called off its search for a 12-year-old boy who disappeared in rough surf along the Outer Banks caused by what was then Tropical Storm Danny.
Modified: 09/22/09 12:58:57 AM

Tropical Storm Danny forms; may clip coast

Forecasters say the storm has top winds of 45 mph and is moving to the west-northwest at 18 mph. The storm could get stronger in the next two days and could approach our coast.
Modified: 09/22/09 08:00:08 AM

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Storm stokes fear on Bald Head Island

Hurricane Bill made no direct impact on the North Carolina coast, but seas the storm churned up have caused worries for some homeowners.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:31:08 AM

Storm stirs up high surf, rip currents on coast

Storm swells more than 10 feet high and 8-foot waves were reported on the North Carolina coast on Saturday as Hurricane Bill made its way up the East Coast.
Modified: 09/22/09 08:00:08 AM

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Drought strikes seven counties

It may feel like South Florida around here lately, with storms almost every afternoon, but the U.S. Drought Monitor reports that drought conditions have re-emerged in parts of the Triangle for the first time since early May.
Modified: 09/22/09 08:04:47 AM

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