Governor Cooper Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Winter Storm
Governor Cooper today declared aΒ State of EmergencyΒ for all 100 counties as North Carolina prepares for a major winter storm expected to hit the state starting Saturday.
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Governor Cooper today declared aΒ State of EmergencyΒ for all 100 counties as North Carolina prepares for a major winter storm expected to hit the state starting Saturday.
Weather Channel Meteorologist Jim Cantore says he is coming to Asheville this weekend as the area braces for what could be a significant winter storm.
Many parts of the Carolinas are expected to experience snow and icy conditions over the weekend, and AAA Carolinas urges motorists to be prepared. Severe weather can be both frightening and dangerous for automobile trav
Transportation crews have been working around the clock keeping people safe as the winter storm makes its way across the country.
More than 20 million people in the northeast are under winter weather advisories as a snowstorm makes its way east, creating more travel headaches over the next few days.
Blue Ridge Energy and visiting line crews continue working tonight, battling downed trees across the service area, to restore power to a remaining 818 members as of 9 pm Friday.
The first snowstorm of the season has given way to rain and high winds in the New York City area, as commuters here and across New Jersey and elsewhere were facing slow rides to work.
Blue Ridge Energy crews and over 100 additional line and tree technicians continue battling outages from overnight winds coupled with Thursdayβs ice storm that have left nearly 4,000 members without power this morning.
Officials say all lanes on Providence Road have reopened to traffic.Β
From the deep South to New England, a deadly winter storm is dropping a messy mix of snow, sleet and ice.
Detectives in Union County say they filed criminal charges against a mother for driving around barricades on NC 218 during Hurricane Florence that resulted in the tragic drowning death of her one-year-old son last month.
Winter looks wet and especially mild for much of the country, thanks to a weak El Nino brewing, U.S. meteorologists said.
On the ground, and in the air. crews. Working tirelessly to clean up the mess Michael left behind in Mecklenburg County.Β
One person is dead after a tree fell on a car in Iredell County.Β
Hurricane Michael is now blamed for 11 deaths throughout the southeast, including five confirmed in Virginia and one in Iredell County.
Thousands of people are without power in both North Carolina and South Carolina as a result of Tropical Storm Michael.
