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NC State researchers: 2013 to have active hurricane season
Top researchers at N.C. State have concluded that the Atlantic Basin, which includes the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, is bound to have an active hurricane season.
Updated April 18 | Read Blog Post
Rebuilding NC 12: Saving a vital link or throwing money in the ocean?
Since the early 1990s, taxpayers have spent more than $30 million repairing a vulnerable stretch of N.C. Highway 12 after storms battered the Outer Banks. Some areas have been fixed multiple times. Critics say the state is wasting money in a relentless battle between nature and man, while supporters say it is a vital link that must be saved.
Updated November 19, 2012 | Read Story | 76 comments
NC-based Samaritan's Purse reaches out to Sandy-ravaged victims
Samaritan's Purse, out of Boone, is helping provide relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey.
Updated November 14, 2012 | Read Story | 16 comments
Did climate change cause Hurricane Sandy?
Gary Lackmann, a professor at North Carolina State University, has written three papers on climate change and continues to study the subject. WRAL chief meteorologist Greg Fishel visited him to get his opinion on whether climate change caused Hurricane Sandy.
Updated November 12, 2012 | Read Story | 89 comments
New model could improve hurricane forecasting
New hurricane forecasting model uses more variables and is 15 percent more accurate than current methods, researchers said.
- Link to 'Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery' journal
Updated November 1, 2012 | Read Story

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nsj: Radar suggesting areas in/around Roanoke Rapids have gotten 2+" of rain in just the last hour. http://t.co/Hz855D2pmJ
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:18 PM
mazewx66: RT @TimWilliamsCBS: #BREAKING: Damage was found from Moore, OK tornado that indicates it was an EF-5. Largest on the tornado scale. #okwx -…
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:06 PM
nsj: BREAKING: @NWSNorman rates Moore, OK, tornado an EF-5. Max winds est. 200-210 mph. On ground 17 miles; 1.3 mi wide. http://t.co/GzUnRHidA2
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:01 PM
nsj: RT @NWSNorman: At least one area of EF-5 damage was found by survey crews. Details to follow later. #okwx
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:49 PM
nsj: RT @sheologian: I like thunder. This is fortunate, since the skies have been vociferous today.
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:49 PM
WRALAimee: Shepard Smith just told storm chaser Jeff Petrowski that he should get on Xanax...
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:45 PM
nsj: RT @BobRyanABC7: March 1952 Harry Volkman -first public statement on TV about possible tornadoes-almost arrested-FCC&WB banned warnings-How…
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:19 PM
wralweather: RT @nsj: Feeling sticky? RDU recorded its first 70°F+ dew point just after lunch. 40s-50s is comfy, 60s is getting muggy. 70s is nasty! (h…
— Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:53 PM