Forecasters predict a 35 percent chance of an above-normal season, a 40 percent chance of a near-normal season, and a…
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- North Carolina's electric cooperatives are reporting approximately 100,000 outages from Hurricane Irene, whose destructive winds and…
Living in North Carolina, I have been following Hurricane Irene closely. She came onshore at Cape Lookout, NC at about…
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) are warning residents in…
*Updated 11am 8/28* Irene, now a tropical storm, made her 1st landfall at Cape Lookout, North Carolina at about 7:30am…
ATLANTA, May 24, 2011 — When Hurricane Katrina shut down the majority of oil refining capabilities in the…