April 16 Storms
Tornado warnings are fast and accurate, but still ignored
Residents have more ways than ever to receive National Weather Service warnings about tornadoes; scientists are still trying to understand how best to get them to take cover
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Surprise! The Millers are home for Christmas
When a tornado upended their lives in April, a home for the holidays seemed an impossible wish for the Miller family. But if this year taught the family anything, it is to expect the unexpected. Theirs comes in a new 2,000-square-foot home finished just in time for Christmas.
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Raleigh streams to be cleared of debris from April tornado
The city has hired a contractor to remove storm debris left in streams by the April 16 tornadoes, the latest step in a cleanup eight months in the making.
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Raleigh hires cleanup crew for storm-damaged cemeteries
The City Council has hired a company to clean up storm debris at three city-maintained cemeteries damaged by the April 16 tornadoes.
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Holly Springs to get new fire station
Firefighters have operated out of a cramped trailer since an April tornado caused irreparable damage to one of the town's fire stations.
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Part 3: Bertie County had a tough year
Bertie County was declared a disaster area three times in the past year, and the tally could have been five. But the drought - ended only by the deluge from a hurricane - wasn't harsh enough, and the damage from the earthquake was minor.
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New homes offer protections
Some victims of the April 16 tornadoes are getting new homes that will make them among the safest in the nation from future twisters.
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Part 2: Recovery still elusive for some in Lee County
The tornado that pounded Lee County on the afternoon of April 16 hit like the random blows of a giant hammer. Recovery from the twister has been hit-or-miss, too.
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Part 1: A family's troubles land on daughter
Since April, Allison Miller has lugged around a backpack full of details she needs to make her family whole. Its contents - binders full of receipts and insurance forms and paint swatches - capture every step of her family's journey since tornadoes upended their lives. But, the weight of it shows...
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Insurance woes keep Earp's Seafood closed
The April tornadoes crushed the fish shop Mary and Herbert Earp built on South Saunders Street nearly a half-century ago. But it's been insurance adjusters and modern building codes that have kept Earp's Seafood shuttered ever since, the owners say.
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Faithful friends at Stony Brook
At the start of this year, hundreds of families, mostly immigrants, quietly struggled to carve out lives in the Triangle, living side by side in Stony Brook North Mobile Home Park.
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