The weekend brings even better news for outdoor plans. Both Saturday and Sunday will deliver plenty of sunshine with just a few passing clouds. Temperatures rise into the low to mid-70s each afternoon, a few degrees above normal for this time of year.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring two areas north of the Caribbean for potential tropical development over the coming days - one of which could impact the Carolinas early next week.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle will likely become only the second Atlantic hurricane of the year as it swirls northeast of the Caribbean this weekend.
Erin is not the strongest nor the largest storm to develop in the Atlantic, but it is part of an alarming trend.
Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of Erin, the yearβs first Atlantic hurricane.
Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane early Sunday as a tropical storm warning was issued for the Turks and Caicos Islands and winds and heavy rains whipped the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
After undergoing rapid strengthening overnight Friday into Saturday, Hurricane Erin is now a Category 5 storm with core winds approaching 160 mph.
Erin strengthened into a hurricane on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean, prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides.
A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car during heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday.
