Hot weekend with record-challenging heat, but there’s a glimmer of hope for cooler weather mid-October
We’ll likely have to wait until at least Oct. 15 for temps below 90°
Month: October 2024
Hospitals prepare for disruption of IV fluids and dialysis solutions shipments from North Carolina plant
Some hospital associations around the country are warning that they face a disruption of intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions due impacts on a medical production facility in North Carolina. Baxter International, an Illinois-based healthcare company, said its facility east of Asheville in western North Carolina suffered significant impacts from Helene, with many roadways and bridges left impassable following the storm.
Fredericksburg wineries report strong grape harvest following spring, summer rains
Parts of the Texas Hill Country remain in a drought, leaving many residents searching for more rain. If you travel a little farther north, however, you’ll find that the drought ends just before reaching the Fredericksburg area.
North Carolina family ‘thankful to be alive’ after being rescued off roof during Helene floods
John Zara said he and his family are busy mucking out their Swannanoa, North Carolina, home after they were saved from the roof during Heleneâs horrific flooding.
Dolly Parton, Walmart donate more than $10 million to Hurricane Helene relief efforts
Country music icon Dolly Parton, her East Tennessee businesses and Walmart are partnering to donate millions of dollars to assist victims of Hurricane Helene floods.
Butterfly offers solace to family searching for missing Impact Plastics employees: ‘We are here. Find us’
Rosy Reynoso, a 29-year-old devoted wife and mother of two, continues to offer solace to her family even in death.
North Carolina family reeling after mother swept away from husband’s arms in Helene’s floods
Ashby, a seventh-grade teacher, was with her husband Rod at their newly completed dream home in Elk Park near the Tennessee border when Heleneâs torrential rains began Friday and swept their home into a nearby river.
One-mile-long floating barrier installed in East Tennessee lake to catch Helene flood debris
The Tennessee Valley Authority is installing a one-mile-long boom in Douglas Lake to collect debris that was washed into the lake by Helene.
Bryan Norcross: Gulf development still possible with heavy Florida rains likely
The ingredients are: an elongated area of disturbed weather across the Gulf that includes an area of low pressure offshore of the Mexican coast, a large low-pressure system over Central America, and the remnants of a tropical depression from the Pacific Ocean.
A lucky few may see a shower late today, tomorrow
A stray shower or two will be possible late this evening and tomorrow across South Texas.