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Large trees fell Wednesday in several Raleigh neighborhoods during the time that a tornado warning was issued for the area.

Trees uprooted in Raleigh neighborhoods, students shelter in place as tornado warning passes through Wake County

THE LANES ACCORDINGLY AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THOSE SAFE BRAKING DISTANCES. ALRIGHT, CHELSEA DONOVAN IS RIGHT AT LEESVILLE ROAD AND MILLBROOK ROAD RIGHT NOW IN CHELSEA. I KNOW YOU TALKED TO SOME FOLKS AROUND THERE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN SOME THANKS. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. METEOROLOGIST AIMEE WILMOTH CONFIRMING THERE WAS SOME ROTATION IN THIS AREA. AND CRAIG MORROW WHO LIVES IN RALEIGH SAW IT ALL. WALK ME THROUGH YOUR MORNING AS YOU ARE HEADING SOUTH. WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST COMING TO OR FROM CRABTREE VALLEY MALL AND I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG HERE AND WE WITH A WARNING CALL ON THE RADIO. >> AND LITERALLY WITHIN 10 SECONDS. RAIN WAS JUST COMING DOWN LIKE CRAZY ELSE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION HERE OF THIS BILL AND ALSO TO ALL THESE RANCHES STARTED BLOWING. MY CAR BLEW A LITTLE BIT OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE AND WE SAW SOME MOVEMENT AND THEN WITHIN LIKE 10 SECONDS, IT WAS SO IT WAS GOT TO JUST FRAZEE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND IT WAS. THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU'RE LIKE AT THIS INTERSECTION BRANCHES? HE SAID WE'RE COMING AT YOU, YOUR CARS KIND OF SHIFTED. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF FOR THE 20 OR SO LIKE I SAID, JUST SHIFTED BY CAR LITTLE BIT. BUT >> THINGS WERE FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND LIKE I SAID, LEFT ABOUT. >> 10 SECONDS. AND THEN EVERYTHING BECAME PUBLIC. AND YET YOU SAID YOU PULLED INTO THIS PARK AND ARE ACTUALLY PULLED INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN HERE WHERE IN A MINUTE WE'LL SHOW YOU FOLKS THAT THERE'S A TREE COMPLETELY BLOCKING THAT AREA. AND THEN WHAT? WELL, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO TURN OF THE DRIVEWAY TO SURROUND THE BACK OF THE WAY. AND THAT WAS JUST A BIG TREE DOWN AND >> DOWNPOURS ABOUT A 30ND. SOME OF THE RAIN STOPPED AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID TO ME, CRAIG, WAS YOU GOT THE WARNING. IT SAID THE STORM WAS NEAR RDU THOUGHT, OKAY, I'M FINE. BUT THIS SPEAKS TO JUST HOW QUICKLY THIS BAND IS MOVING THROUGH HERE BECAUSE >> IT HIT YOU VERY QUICKLY. >> I SAID IT CAME WHEN IT WAS DRIZZLING AND THEN 10 SECONDS LATER THIS YEAR AND TO THIS WALL OF WATER AND THEN CLEARED AND THEN STUFF STARTED LOCAL ROUND BY CAR. BUT A LITTLE BIT. SO A LITTLE BIT OF MOVEMENT, THE STREET AND THAT WAS OVER >> WE'RE CERTAINLY GLAD YOU'RE SAFE. WHAT A WHAT AN EVENTFUL TRIP TO THE MALL TO OF YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED I DID IT WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU WALK OVER HERE WITH AND SO WE CAN SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING. THIS IS THE INTERSECTION THAT HE WAS AT HERE AT LEESVILLE AND MILLBROOK. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, THIS IS WHAT AN A I'M SORRY. WHAT MEADOW PARK. ALL RIGHT. SO THESE ARE THE BRANCHES HE SAID CAME DOWN VERY QUICKLY. YOU CAN SEE HERE NOW BACK BEHIND ME, THOSE TREE BRANCHES DOWN AS WELL. THE LIGHTS HERE ARE ALL WORKING. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. BUT YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY EVIDENCE OF ALL THAT DEBRIS COURTESY OF THAT ROTATION HERE IN THE ROADWAY. WHAT CRAIG WAS TALKING ABOUT IS ONE STREET DOWN AND WE'LL HIT THAT IN A MOMENT. THERE'S A VERY BIG TREE AND POLICE AND ACTUALLY A TREE CREW ALREADY AT WORK HERE WITH THAT IS ALL COME DOWN HERE IN THIS. ALL JUST HAPPENED AS YOU HEARD, CRAIG, IN JUST A MATTER OF SECONDS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS OK, HEARING THAT WARNING SAYING, OKAY, THERE MAY BE SOME ROTATION OVER AT RDU. IT WAS GOING HOME. AND NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN, HE SAID THAT WALL OF WATER AND THAT DEBRIS COMING AT HIM VERY QUICKLY. GOOD THING THAT HE IS SAFE. OBVIOUSLY, THOUGH, WE'LL GET CONTINUE TO KIND OF CHECK OUT SOME OF THE DAMAGE IN THIS AREA AND BRING YOU OUR LIVE REPORTS. WE'RE LIVE AT

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Tom Llamas will take over as anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News" after Lester Holt steps down this summer, the network announced Wednesday.

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The March 4 speech was long by historical standards -- about an hour and 40 minutes -- and it inspired more opposition party pushback than any in recent memory.

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WASHINGTON (AP) â President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, as worries persist that the newly launched trade war could crush domestic manufacturing.

Trump grants one-month exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada

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WRAL News reached out to Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash and Wake school districts to ask how they're preparing and whether they will consider closing for the severe weather.


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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is dropping its lawsuit against the company that runs the Zelle payment platform and three U.S. banks as federal agencies continue to pull back on previous enforcement actions now that President Donald Trump is back in office.

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ATLANTA (AP) â Powerful storms that killed three people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town charged eastward Wednesday, spawning tornado warnings near the East Coast while heavy snow struck the Midwest and dry, windy weather fanned wildfires in Texas.

Powerful US storms create blizzard conditions and threaten to spawn more tornadoes

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Michael Strickland Jr. faces several charges after the State Highway Patrol said he was speeding at 104 mph in a 65-mph zone along Interstate 40.

NC man accused of going 104 mph in 65-mph zone along I-40 in Wake County

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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Michon Griffin, 46, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and making false statements on her tax returns.

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President Donald Trump's new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China have officially taken effect, sparking potential changes in consumer costs across the United States.


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From 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. on March 7, you can call and talk directly to a lawyer about a legal question you have. 

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WRAL reporters and viewers are submitting photos of severe weather damage on March 5, 2025.

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Schedule and sees for the ACC women's basketball tournament, which begins Tuesday in Greensboro.

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Wednesday marks North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick's first news conference since he got hired in December.

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The Wake County Sheriff's Office announced late Thursday that Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo was extradited from Mexico to the U.S., where he will face a murder trial.

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Allegations of fraud or waste in the federal government have grabbed the attention of conservative voters, leading state politicians to show they're minding expenses, too.

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