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Hurricanes
Calm in the eye of the storm center
Though he downplays his role as the National Hurricane Center’s “mouthpiece,” retiring director Bill Read is credited with helping tamp down internal tempests at the agency
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Farmers get access to more help after Irene
North Carolina farmers affected by Hurricane Irene last August and by tornadoes in April can get more help from the federal government with more loan options and payments to recover from crop losses.
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Farmers get access to more help after Irene
North Carolina farmers affected by Hurricane Irene last August and by tornadoes in April can get more help ...
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2 damaged cemeteries reopen
Two of the three city cemeteries damaged by last spring's tornadoes have reopened to the public, and the th...
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DOT may give N.C. 12 a lift
Bridges one option for coastal highway
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Hurricanes
When it comes to hurricanes, climate change effects may be “a wash”
Another hyperactive hurricane season has ended but a new report from top scientists finds the climate chang...
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Tornadoes in Southeast kill 6 and flatten homes
Grandmother, tot die in N.C.
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Raleigh hires cleanup crew for storm-damaged cemeteries
The City Council has hired a company to clean up storm debris at three city-maintained cemeteries damaged b...
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Post-Irene aid for N.C. reaches $64 million
More than $64 million has been approved for disaster aid in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Ir...
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