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Comfortable Evening with a Warming Trend Moving In

We start New Year’s Day on the chilly side, with morning lows dropping into the mid-30s. but don’t let that scare you as sunshine takes over fast. By the afternoon, temperatures rebound nicely to around 60 degrees, which isΒ  about eight degrees warmer than normal for early January. Winds stay light, with just a passing breeze at times, and the dry air makes it feel refreshing rather than cold. Weather wise it’s a pretty great way to kick off 2026!

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Floodwaters Inundate Lake At NC Power Plant, Raising Alarm

Duke Energy activated a high-level emergency alert at a retired coal-fired power plant in North Carolina as floodwaters from the nearby Cape Fear River overtopped an earthen dike at the facility and inundated a large lake, raising concerns of a potential breach.

Frustration Builds As Carolina Residents Wait To Go Home

Exhaustion and frustration are building in the Carolinas as thousands of people wait to go home days after Hurricane Florence unleashed epic floods blamed for at least 37 deaths, including those of two women who drowned when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility was swept off a road.

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