Tropical Cyclone
Severe rotating storm system in tropical regions
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2026 Atlantic hurricane season breaks 60-year record Saturday
We haven't had a single hurricane so far this season. Since the Satellite Era began in 1966, we've never gone until September 12 without a hurricane in the Atlantic.
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Ask the Meteorologist: How does current storm in the Gulf differ from Bertha of 1996?
A tropical depression in the Gulf will soon become Tropical Storm Bertha. How does this storm differ for us from what Hurricane Bertha brought in 1996?
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Ask the Meteorologist: What is a Potential Tropical Cyclone?
The National Hurricane Center began using this terminology in 2017 to issue advisories on non-tropical systems near land.
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Ask the Meteorologist: What are the odds a tropical system forms before June 1?
Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1, but storms can and do
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Ask the Meteorologist: What stood out about the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season?
Sunday is the final day of the Atlantic hurricane season. Although total numbers were below average, there were a few things that stood out.
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Ask the Meteorologist: Why did Monday's storm never get a name?
The storm looked, felt and sounded like a tropical storm. So why did it never get a name?
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Carolina Beach woman's home floods
Karen Begalla took this video of her Carolina Beach home flooding.
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Ask the Meteorologist: What's a 1,000-year flood?
The flooding in Carolina Beach is being called a 1,000-year flood. WRAL meteorologist Chris Michaels explains what that means.
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Drone video shows Outer Banks homes at risk of collapsing into Atlantic Ocean
Drone 5 shows beachfront homes in the town of Rodanthe that are at risk of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean.
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State of Emergency declared for NC coast as PTC 8 prompts more than 100 water rescues, dozens of evacuations
Carolina Beach received more than 20 inches of rain since Sunday night, resulting in life-threatening flooding and a historic event that happens once every 1,000 years, on average.
