Officials are encouraging residents to take steps to prepare for extreme weather ahead of hurricane season. New data shows flood and wind risk is changing in the state.

Inland homes at risk for high winds, flooding during hurricane season. Here's what you can do now.

Holly Springs shed damage

More than a dozen former employees say understaffing at Brynn Marr Hospital contributes to what they describe as a dangerous place for patients and employees. Hospital officials say allegations of violence, sexual assaults, overmedication and lack of mental health therapy are unfounded.

Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse

Brynn Marr Hospital

FILE -- Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 16, 2018. A federal appeals court ordered the EPA on Aug. 9, 2018, to bar within 60 days a widely used pesticide associated with developmental disabilities and other health problems in children, dealing the industry a major blow after it had successfully lobbied the Trump administration to reject a ban. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)

Court Orders EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems