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FLASH FLOOD Warnings; Severe weather outbreak brings life-threatening flash flooding Wednesday

FLASH FLOOD Warnings; Severe weather outbreak brings life-threatening flash flooding Wednesday

A hot and stormy pattern is setting up for much of North Carolina this week. Tropical Storm Chantal left a lot of tropical moisture behind and that combined with a surface low-pressure that was stretched out over the Piedmont Triad on Wednesday...

Ruidoso flooding updates: 2 children from El Paso among dead

Ruidoso flooding updates: 2 children from El Paso among dead

Three people, including two children, died after flash flooding swept through the village of Ruidoso, authorities said. The fatalities occurred as floodwaters surged through the area, driven by heavy monsoonal rains falling on burn scar terrain...

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN COUNTY 25-SP 001117-240

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN COUNTY 25-SP 001117-240

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN COUNTY 25-SP 001117-240 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Martin Wayne King and Brenda W. King, Mortgagor(s), in the original amount of...

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN COUNTY 25 SP

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN COUNTY 25 SP

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN COUNTY 25 SP 1104 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joseph Earl Holley, Sr. and Deidre Lynne Holley, Mortgagor(s), in the original amount of...

Two New Mexico Children Dead as Flooding Devastates Multiple States

Two New Mexico Children Dead as Flooding Devastates Multiple States

Flooding continues to destroy homes and businesses and kill people in multiple states, with heartbreaking reports out of Texas, New Mexico, and North Carolina. The Rio Ruidoso flooding in New Mexico has resulted in at least three fatalities: a man...

Donald Trump Plans To Tour Flood-Ravaged Texas, Assess Damage As FEMA Elimination Plans Draw Scrutiny

Donald Trump Plans To Tour Flood-Ravaged Texas, Assess Damage As FEMA Elimination Plans Draw Scrutiny

Washington, July 11: As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in...

Flood damage closes popular central NC parks: Check latest updates before visiting

Flood damage closes popular central NC parks: Check latest updates before visiting

Several state parks across central North Carolina will be closed due to the flooding damage caused by Tropical Depression Chantal and additional possible flood conditions due to continued rain. The following parks currently have closures in place:...

President Trump heads to Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding

President Trump heads to Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding

Audio By Carbonatix WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding. “Nobody ever saw a thing like this coming,” Trump told NBC News on Thursday, adding,...

Video: Dangerous flooding in North Carolina after Chantal

Video: Dangerous flooding in North Carolina after Chantal

Dangerous flooding was reported in parts of central North Carolina Sunday as Chantal rolled through. This footage comes from Camelot Village in Chapel Hill, where Chantal’s heavy rains caused Bolin Creek to expand. Video: Allison Bashor via...

Trump plans to tour Texas flood damage as the scope of the disaster tests his pledge to shutter FEMA

Trump plans to tour Texas flood damage as the scope of the disaster tests his pledge to shutter FEMA

WASHINGTON — (AP) — As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in...

Significant North Carolina flooding leaves 1 dead as over 100 people are rescued

Significant North Carolina flooding leaves 1 dead as over 100 people are rescued

N.C. state troopers responded after a vehicle was swept away in floodwaters, and the body of an 83-year-old woman was found inside. RALEIGH, N.C. — Several North Carolina counties are grappling with water rescues and evacuations after remnants of...

At least 1 dead as Chantal brings record-breaking flooding to North Carolina 2 hours

At least 1 dead as Chantal brings record-breaking flooding to North Carolina 2 hours

(CHATHAM COUNTY, N.C.) — Crews in North Carolina are “overwhelmed” with water rescues and search efforts on Monday after Chantal, then a tropical storm, made landfall a day earlier, causing record-breaking flooding in the central part of the state...

Halifax County roads slowly recover from severe flooding

Halifax County roads slowly recover from severe flooding

HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Road conditions in Halifax County are gradually improving following severe flooding earlier this week, which prompted a local state of emergency. Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Chantal caused Hyco Lake in North...

How the future supply of smart phones rests on a single mine in North Carolina...and why this crater in Devon could one day power Britain's war machine

How the future supply of smart phones rests on a single mine in North Carolina...and why this crater in Devon could one day power Britain's war machine

Take the road north from Plympton in Devon, just outside Plymouth, and after a couple of miles driving past fields and solar panels, you will see what looks like a big, artificial hill rearing up to your right. This mound may not look like much,...

Davidson County couple and friends trapped after flood wipes out road

Davidson County couple and friends trapped after flood wipes out road

FORECAST JUST A LITTLE BIT, CHRISTINE. ALL RIGHT, DAVE, THANK YOU. TONIGHT A DAVIDSON COUNTY MAN AND HIS FAMILY ARE LITERALLY CUT OFF FROM EVERYONE. LAST NIGHT’S FLOODING WASHED AWAY THE ONLY ROAD IN AND OUT OF THEIR PROPERTY. WXII 12 SARAH SOWERS...

National Weather Service confirms 4 tornadoes touched down in North Carolina during Chantal

National Weather Service confirms 4 tornadoes touched down in North Carolina during Chantal

BREAKING NEWS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED CHANTAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUR TORNADOES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING ONE EACH IN MEBANE AND SNOW CAMP. TWO OTHERS WERE CONFIRMED IN SANFORD, AND BOTH OF THOSE OTHER ONES IN SANFORD....

Raleigh hit with more summer flooding during torrential week across central NC

Raleigh hit with more summer flooding during torrential week across central NC

Raleigh residents are dealing with more flooding on Thursday during a week that saw a tropical depression and strong storms drop several inches of rain on the city this week. According to the National Weather Service, Raleigh saw nearly an inch...

These two restaurants will give 100% of profits to Texas flood relief on July 9

These two restaurants will give 100% of profits to Texas flood relief on July 9

Looking for a way to give back to flood victims in Texas? You can do it with your lunch or dinner. Two area restaurants — Bubba's 33 and Truckyard — will donate 100% of their profits from business on Wednesday, July 9, to charities benefitting...

3 things happening in North Carolina: The Scottish Highland Games returns

3 things happening in North Carolina: The Scottish Highland Games returns

Our weekly round-up of things happening in North Carolina, including this week’s historic flooding, a celebration of Scottish heritage in the Highland Games, and protest folk music. A lot of folks in central North Carolina are either taking stock...

Chantal vs. Hurricane Fran in North Carolina

Chantal vs. Hurricane Fran in North Carolina

HEAD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. I THINK MOST FOLKS ARE GOING TO STAY DRY AND BOY DO WE NEED IT. CHECK OUT ALL OF THOSE FLOODING REPORTS FROM YESTERDAY OVER ALAMANCE AS WELL AS ORANGE, CASWELL, CHATHAM, MOORE COUNTIES. AND THESE ARE THE COMMUNITIES...

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