ALREADY SOME WET WEATHER IS BEGINNING TO INUNDATE THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY, AND THERE’S SOME HEAVY POCKETS OF RAIN NOW MOVING INTO THE MOUNTAINS ... that North Carolina residents boast ...

A burn ban is in place for all of North Carolina, including Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Carolinas are still battling some of the worst wildfires in the nation; however, there could be ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Hundreds of people have been asked to leave their homes in North Carolina and South Carolina as a half-dozen large fires are burning in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Smoke from those ...

This year, the incoming "Brood 14" cicadas will primarily affect the mountains and western North Carolina — emerging as soon as late April or early May. After this summer we'll get a break from ...

Spring is typically when blazes happen, according to Kathie Dello, North Carolina's state climatologist. This season, the Blue Ridge Mountains are dry, having received only about two-thirds of the ...

Rainfall on Sunday helped North Carolina firefighters keep control of a trio of wildfires that have now burned 7,672 acres in Western North Carolina, the N.C. Forest Service said. Additional rain ...

Months ago, a washed-out bridge damaged during Hurricane Helene’s flooding temporarily blocked Matthew Rogers from returning to his beloved North Carolina ... on nearby mountains in the past ...

Firefighters from North Carolina and across the U.S. get breakfast after they gather for a morning coordination meeting Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Mill Spring, N.C. Allison Joyce - FR170575 AP ...