Published: 2021-03-15 05:23:00Updated: 2021-03-19 11:57:08WeatherTags:By WRAL Severe Weather Center — Tornado surveyors from the National Weather Service will be in Orange County on Friday to assess damage from Thursday's severe weather. Early on Friday, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said 37 structures within the county were in the path of the storm.Blackwood detailed some of the devastation done to buildings, vehicles and vegetation in the rural parts of the county."We saw roofs removed from homes, we saw trees broken off, up in the air," Blackwood said. "We saw trees completely...…Published: 2021-03-15 05:23:00Updated: 2021-03-19 11:57:08WeatherTags:By WRAL Severe Weather Center — Tornado surveyors from the National Weather Service will be in Orange County on Friday to assess damage from Thursday's severe weather. Early on Friday, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said 37 structures within the county were in the path of the storm.Blackwood detailed some of the devastation done to buildings, vehicles and vegetation in the rural parts of the county."We saw roofs removed from homes, we saw trees broken off, up in the air," Blackwood said. "We saw trees completely...WW…

Published: 2021-04-17 06:06:00Updated: 2021-04-23 12:04:13WeatherTags:By WRAL Severe Weather Center — Raleigh beat a record set on April 23, 1986, on Friday morning when temperatures plunged to 31 degrees. Fayetteville recorded a low of 35 degrees Friday morning, tying a record from 1927.The majority of central North Carolina was under a frost advisory from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday morning while a freeze warning was in effect for counties north of the Triangle.After the chilly start, Friday will be sunny and mild, with a high in the mid to upper 60s. Sensitive plants can be uncovered or...…Published: 2021-04-17 06:06:00Updated: 2021-04-23 12:04:13WeatherTags:By WRAL Severe Weather Center — Raleigh beat a record set on April 23, 1986, on Friday morning when temperatures plunged to 31 degrees. Fayetteville recorded a low of 35 degrees Friday morning, tying a record from 1927.The majority of central North Carolina was under a frost advisory from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday morning while a freeze warning was in effect for counties north of the Triangle.After the chilly start, Friday will be sunny and mild, with a high in the mid to upper 60s. Sensitive plants can be uncovered or...WW…

Published: 2021-04-19 16:48:00Updated: 2021-04-20 13:14:55Tags:By Mike Maze and Aimee Wilmoth, WRAL meteorologistsMany of you head to the coast during the summer months, and perhaps you have noticed a lot of dead trees as you get closer to the coast. Researchers at Duke University have now tied what they call these “ghost forests” to climate change.More than 70 square miles of forest along the North Carolina coast has virtually disappeared when comparing what the coast used to look like in 1984.A team of researchers at Duke has discovered that these forests are dying off due partially due...…Published: 2021-04-19 16:48:00Updated: 2021-04-20 13:14:55Tags:By Mike Maze and Aimee Wilmoth, WRAL meteorologistsMany of you head to the coast during the summer months, and perhaps you have noticed a lot of dead trees as you get closer to the coast. Researchers at Duke University have now tied what they call these “ghost forests” to climate change.More than 70 square miles of forest along the North Carolina coast has virtually disappeared when comparing what the coast used to look like in 1984.A team of researchers at Duke has discovered that these forests are dying off due partially due...WW…

Published: 2021-03-15 05:23:00Updated: 2021-03-19 11:57:08WeatherTags:By WRAL Severe Weather Center — Tornado surveyors from the National Weather Service will be in Orange County on Friday to assess damage from Thursday's severe weather. Early on Friday, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said 37 structures within the county were in the path of the storm.Blackwood detailed some of the devastation done to buildings, vehicles and vegetation in the rural parts of the county."We saw roofs removed from homes, we saw trees broken off, up in the air," Blackwood said. "We saw trees completely...…Published: 2021-03-15 05:23:00Updated: 2021-03-19 11:57:08WeatherTags:By WRAL Severe Weather Center — Tornado surveyors from the National Weather Service will be in Orange County on Friday to assess damage from Thursday's severe weather. Early on Friday, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said 37 structures within the county were in the path of the storm.Blackwood detailed some of the devastation done to buildings, vehicles and vegetation in the rural parts of the county."We saw roofs removed from homes, we saw trees broken off, up in the air," Blackwood said. "We saw trees completely...WW…