RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — In Week five of Tracking the Tropics, we head out to Houston to discuss June storms and take a look back at the devastation of Hurricane Hazel which birthed the nickname ...

In our hometowns this hurricane season, it’s been a quiet season. But 71 years ago, it was quite the opposite. On this day, October 15, 1954: Hurricane Hazel rolled through Virginia after making ...

Ah, October: Pumpkins, falling leaves, Halloween decorations … and hurricanes? Yes, October is still hurricane season, and there have been no shortage of destructive, deadly storms in past Octobers.

The earliest hurricane to impact the Cape Fear region brushed the coast on June 25, 1945. Hurricane Hazel, the strongest to hit North Carolina, landed in Oak Island on October 15, 1954. The Wilmington ...

The Associated Press Sep 12, 2018 Sep 12, 2018 0 Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch North Carolina has seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind of more than 130 mph ...