/tags/hurricanes Hurricanes en-US Copyright Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:45:03 GMT /live-updates/western-nc-braces-for-hurricane-helene-live-updates Initial impacts from Helene — which hit the Carolinas as a tropical storm — are over. Emergency workers toiled around the clock to clear roads, restore power and phone service, and reach people stranded by the storm, which killed at least 133 people across the Southeast, a toll expected to rise. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:45:03 GMT /live-updates/western-nc-braces-for-hurricane-helene-live-updates /environment/2023-08-11/noaa-chances-nasty-atlantic-hurricane-season-hot-ocean-el-nino NOAA is increasing how many storms forecasters expect, calling for between 14 to 21 named storms with six to 11 storms becoming hurricanes. Of those hurricanes, NOAA predicts two to five will become major hurricanes with winds of more than 110 mph. Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:33:32 GMT /environment/2023-08-11/noaa-chances-nasty-atlantic-hurricane-season-hot-ocean-el-nino Associated Press /news/2020-08-03/isaias-expected-to-reach-hurricane-strength-as-it-nears-nc-coast Updated at 4:15 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to regain hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall later tonight.… Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:28:30 GMT /news/2020-08-03/isaias-expected-to-reach-hurricane-strength-as-it-nears-nc-coast ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ News /health/2020-06-23/ecu-researchers-examine-link-between-hurricanes-premature-birth There’s an old wives’ tale about hurricanes having an effect on pregnant women that can cause a premature birth.However, according to a recent study from… Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:05:54 GMT /health/2020-06-23/ecu-researchers-examine-link-between-hurricanes-premature-birth Celeste Gracia /show/the-state-of-things/2019-11-04/photojournalist-chuck-liddy-stayed-in-front-of-the-news-from-behind-the-camera Chuck Liddy stumbled into a career as a photojournalist after he found out he could walk into high school football games for free if he had a camera… Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:07:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-11-04/photojournalist-chuck-liddy-stayed-in-front-of-the-news-from-behind-the-camera Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-11-04/photojournalist-chuck-liddy-stayed-in-front-of-the-news-from-behind-the-camera Chuck Liddy stumbled into a career as a photojournalist after he found out he could walk into high school football games for free if he had a camera… Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:07:00 GMT /arts-culture/2019-11-04/photojournalist-chuck-liddy-stayed-in-front-of-the-news-from-behind-the-camera Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /news/2019-10-21/north-carolina-has-hired-its-first-resilience-officer-to-plan-ahead-for-climate-change After hundreds of years of mainly focusing on the aftermath of hurricanes, this is the first hurricane season that North Carolina has a "chief resilience… Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:02:58 GMT /news/2019-10-21/north-carolina-has-hired-its-first-resilience-officer-to-plan-ahead-for-climate-change Jay Price /environment/2019-09-19/coastal-flooding-from-tropical-cyclones-on-the-rise-in-nc Coastal flooding from hurricanes and other tropical storms is getting worse, according to a recent study by researchers at the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute… Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:30:14 GMT /environment/2019-09-19/coastal-flooding-from-tropical-cyclones-on-the-rise-in-nc Elizabeth Friend /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-19/meditations-on-life-death-and-the-haitian-diaspora Edwidge Danticat is a renowned Haitian-American writer whose work is rooted in her native country. As a child in Haiti, she lived for many years in a… Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:12:45 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-09-19/meditations-on-life-death-and-the-haitian-diaspora Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-09-19/meditations-on-life-death-and-the-haitian-diaspora Edwidge Danticat is a renowned Haitian-American writer whose work is rooted in her native country. As a child in Haiti, she lived for many years in a… Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:12:45 GMT /arts-culture/2017-09-19/meditations-on-life-death-and-the-haitian-diaspora Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio