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UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 5, 2019
Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks
Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. At least …
Sun., April 14, 2019
Storms sweep across the South, killing 6 and injuring dozens
Powerful storms swept across the South on Sunday after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least six people, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town. Three …
UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 28, 2018
Wild weather: Water rescues in South, heavy snow in Midwest
A powerful winter storm that brought blizzard warnings Friday across the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least three fatal crashes while flash flooding from rains in the South swept …
Sun., Dec. 9, 2018
Swath of South faces wintry mess: Snow, sleet, freezing rain
A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday – causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds …
UPDATED: Tue., March 20, 2018
Storms strike college, leave trail of damage across South
Daybreak Tuesday revealed widespread damage after a night of violent weather in the Deep South, with a college campus shattered by an apparent tornado and thousands of buildings and vehicles …
UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 25, 2018
Billy Graham had pride and regret on civil rights issues
The Rev. Billy Graham was single-minded when he preached about God, prefacing sermon points with the phrase “The Bible says …” Yet he had a complicated role in race relations, …
UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 12, 2018
Another round of winter weather moves into the South
A wintry blast coated parts of Kentucky and Tennessee with sleet and ice on Friday, forcing schools to close as the region braced for a second punch with snow. Deeper …
UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 3, 2018
Storm slaps coastal South with most snow in nearly 3 decades
A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in …
UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 2, 2018
Numbing cold taking toll in South; more frigid nights ahead
A prolonged stretch of brutal cold is taking a toll in the South, sending people in Atlanta to the emergency room seeking treatment for hypothermia and existing ailments made worse …
UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 9, 2017
Snow slows or shuts down much of normally sunny Deep South
An unusually heavy December snowfall across much of the Deep South tapered off Saturday, icy road conditions were still a threat and thousands remained without electricity throughout the region.
Sat., Sept. 30, 2017
Amid outcry over Confederate markers, new ones are going up
While Confederate statues and monuments around the nation get removed, defaced, covered up or toppled, some new memorials are being erected, by people who insist their only purpose is to …
Sun., Aug. 27, 2017
Kathleen Parker: Lost cause doesn’t merit statue obsession
Why should public lands play host to marble, granite and bronze images of men who tried to destroy our relatively new nation?
Thu., Aug. 17, 2017
Charlottesville shakes Trump presidency
The Republican Party is going to be allied with Trump on some things but not others. And right now, the president is somewhere I can’t go and where the Republican …
Fri., March 24, 2017
Storms could spawn tornadoes across parts of Midwest, South
Forecasters are warning of severe storms as a powerful weather system moves across the central United States. The bullseye for some of the most fearsome weather – including possible tornadoes …
Mon., March 6, 2017
New Orleans can remove three Confederate monuments, court rules
A federal appeals court cleared the way Monday for the city of New Orleans to take down three Confederate-era monuments that have been a source of tension in the Southern …
Mon., Feb. 6, 2017
Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘I had forgotten that I am black’
I had forgotten that we’ve been here before, that our history is a litany of people pushing us back after every forward step.
Wed., Nov. 30, 2016
Southern plagues: Drought, flood, fire and now killer storms
Tornadoes that dropped out of the night sky killed five people in two states and injured at least a dozen more early Wednesday, adding to a seemingly biblical onslaught of …
Sat., Nov. 12, 2016
Southerners wearing masks as wildfire smoke streams from mountains
Wildfires near the Georgia-North Carolina line are spewing smoke so thick that residents are being urged to wear special masks if they must do outdoor activities.
Thu., Nov. 10, 2016
Trump Train may have left GOP North Carolina governor behind
The Trump train that carried Republicans to victory all over the South may have left one car behind in North Carolina – Gov. Pat McCrory, who trailed by a few …
Sat., Sept. 17, 2016
Gas prices up, stations running out in South after pipeline spill
Lines formed at gas stations across the South on Saturday and drivers who were able to find fuel had to pay more for it in some cases, as prices edged …
Sun., Aug. 14, 2016
Rising floodwaters leave thousands homeless in Louisiana
Across southern Louisiana Sunday, residents scrambled to get to safety as rivers and creeks burst their banks, swollen from days of heavy rain that in some areas came close to …
Wed., March 30, 2016
Deep South bracing for heavy rain, severe storms
Strong storms could spawn some tornadoes as they dump heavy rain on several states across the South through Friday, forecasters predict.
Mon., Feb. 22, 2016
Fierce storms could bring strong tornadoes to Deep South
Forecasters say storms could bring tornadoes, hail and damaging winds to several states in the Deep South.