The city of Norman was prepared to build an automatic flood warning system this year, the same kind of early warning system ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people ...

During Tropical Storm Chantal, a mother worried for the safety of her daughter, who is still grappling with the trauma of ...

FEMA determines areas at high-risk for flooding. UNC-Chapel Hill researchers see evidence of additional and repeated flooding ...

A majority of households damaged by Tropical Storm Helene have been designated as making over 20% below median income in Western North Carolina ...

These events damage homes and businesses, raise insurance costs, and endanger lives. Emergency crews respond as '1,000-year' flood devastates North Carolina first appeared on The Cool Down.

Earlier Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) for San Antonio warned that a "dangerous situation is occurring" in areas ...

Ticas’ death marked the second time in a week in which someone died at a North Carolina waterfall. On July 6, a climber died ...

Hurricane Helene made landfall in the southeastern U.S., later downgrading to a tropical storm causing strong winds, flooding ...

A new study from UNC-Chapel Hill reveals that repetitive flooding in North Carolina is far more common and more widespread ...

Jim Starlin spent years as a firefighter and paramedic and served as an emergency preparedness coordinator at Duke University ...

During threatening weather, avoid camping or parking your vehicle along streams, rivers or creeks, North Carolina Emergency ...