Friday is going to feel like a completely different season. Sunshine will be with us all day, and afternoon temperatures will climb into the low 70s. A light breeze will keep things comfortable, but you’ll want to have a jacket handy Friday evening. Once the sun sets, those temperatures will quickly slide through the 60s and back into the 50s. Friday night football is a go, with zero issues from the weather this week.
The Charlotte area and Western Carolinas remain hot and mostly dry while Ida moves into Louisiana on Sunday.
New Orleans finds itself in the path of Hurricane Ida 16 years to the day after floodwalls collapsed and levees were overtopped by a storm surge driven by Hurricane Katrina. That flooding killed more than 1,000 people and caused billions in damage.
The final victim, who went missing after historic flooding in Haywood County due to Tropical Storm Fred, has been found, according to emergency services.
Ida forecast to become a major hurricane before making landfall along the LA/MS Gulf coast late this weekend.
The National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring three areas for possible development.
For the first time all season, we could have two hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin at the same time.
Governor Roy Cooper issued a State of Emergency for North Carolina on Wednesday in response to Tropical Depression Fred. He says this will activate the state's emergency operations plan and waive transportation rules to help first responders and the agriculture industry.
Check out photos of the flood damage in western North Carolina after Tropical Depression Fred rolled through.
