That refreshing pattern sticks around on Thursday with wall-to-wall sunshine and afternoon highs topping out around 87 degrees. Thanks to the lower humidity and a light breeze out of the north, it will feel much more comfortable than what we normally expect this time of year. Thursday night brings another cool and quiet night with lows once again settling into the mid-60s.
As hurricane season starts Monday, most of North Carolina’s coastal counties are grappling with shortfalls or concerns about equipment and resources as they balance the dual threat of tropical weather and the COVID-19 pandemic.
SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company.
The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with less than 17 minutes to go in the countdown Wednesday because of thunderclouds and the risk of lightning.
The latest on Tropical Storm Bertha and possible impacts.
Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall on South Carolina’s coast Wednesday morning shortly after it formed, becoming the second named storm before the official start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when an earthquake struck during a live television interview Monday morning.
Highs should remain in the 70s for much of the week ahead.
For more than a century, New Orleans has depended on canals and pumps to get rid of stormwater in a city where about half the land is below sea level.
