A rainy Easter Sunday
Rain is returning to the Carolinas just in time for the Easter holiday. Much cooler temperatures follow for the middle of next week.Β
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No widespread snow, but area-wide freezing temperatures ahead
A strong cold front early next week brings our first freeze of the season and even a few mountain snowflakes.
The biggest and brightest moon of the year happens tonight
The name "Beaver Moon" comes from the signaling when the beavers begins to build its shelter for the winter before the ground freezes. The Beaver Moon is the second of four supermoons which will allow to appear 14% larger and 30% brighter.
Survivors in Jamaica struggle to rebuild after Melissa
No food. No water. No shelter. That's a reality many Jamaicans are facing one week after Hurricane Melissa's devastating landfall.
Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa was grinding across Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.
Hurricane Melissa roars ashore in Jamaica at Category 5 strength, breaks Atlantic's modern landfalling pressure record
At 892 mb, Melissa is the most intense landfalling Atlantic storm since the infamous 1935 "Labor Day" hurricane. Wind gusts approaching 220 mph are among the strongest *ever* recorded on Earth.
Two more oceanfront homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks collapse
In total, 24 homes have been lost to the surf along this fragile stretch of coastline since 2020.
Residents and tourists trapped in Jamaica brace for Melissa
Jamaican residents and tourists trapped on the island are bracing for what will be the strongest storm to make landfall in the island nationβs 63-year history.
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 5 ahead of landfall in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 - the highest designation on the Saffir-Simpson scale - early Monday morning and is packing 160 mph core winds as it closes within 24 hours of making landfall in Jamaica.
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