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Dangerous heat across the Triangle has prompted a heat advisory and a WRAL Weather Alert Day.

More heat, Level 1 risk for storms Monday after hottest day of the year

Good morning. I'm meteorologist, Elizabeth Gardner. It is all about the heat, of course, all week long. However, we do have a little twist today. We have a chance of some showers and thunderstorms in our south and eastern counties. If you're safe from Durham northward and westward, you're unlikely to see any rain this week. But some folks may especially for today. And again, Thursday temperatures will be in the mid nineties. We hit 100 yesterday, so a little cooler, I'm not cool enough that you're going to notice a difference, but it does keep us out of a heat advisory. Heat advisory would feel like 105 or hotter and it's not going to quite be there, but it will feel like 100. So you do still need to be careful out there radar showing a cold front dropping in on us and that's going to drop our humidity just a touch just enough to keep us out of that heat advisory for today. Here's future cast and you can see that front moving through by around lunch time, an isolated shower south or east of the triangle Fayetteville, Clinton, Goldsboro, Rocky Mountain even say around Southern Pines or even Lee County might see a stray shower. This is basically over by the time we get to six or seven o'clock in the evening and then it won't be until say Thursday before we have a better chance. Again. 75 the muggy meter this morning. And that is just incredibly high, around 10 degrees higher than it was last week. You know, we got to Friday and Saturday and it got really sticky on us. But, um, you know, much of last week was still pretty comfortable. So with that cold front today, we're going to drop it down a little bit back to around humid, maybe even tolerable Tuesday. But by the time we get to Thursday, we've pumped it back up to tropical. So we'll be watching Wednesday and Thursday, in particular for the potential for another heat advisory. Right now, the heat advisories are well to our rest across parts of the Midwest and the plains and nothing much on the east coast for today. Normal highs 89 but we'll see 895 today. 96 Tuesday will be close to 100 for Wednesday and we did hit 100 on Sunday and then we're back into the mid nineties, Thursday and Friday with a chance of some showers and storms. So that heat index will be 98 to 100 today and Tuesday. But then potentially in that danger zone for Wednesday and Thursday, maybe even Friday. So a close eye on that best chances for rain, of course, this afternoon in our south and eastern counties of 40% and then a 60% chance on Thursday. And that will be a little better, more widespread chance across the area.

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CAIRO -- More than 1,300 people died making the Islamic pilgrimage of hajj in Saudi Arabia this month, the vast majority of whom the Saudi government said did not have permits. Many walked for miles in scorching heat after paying thousands of dollars to illicit tour operators.

Pilgrim deaths in Mecca put spotlight on underworld hajj industry

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A 21-year-old woman is charged after hitting four people with a car, killing one, according to the Alamance County Sheriff's Office (ACSO).

Woman charged with hitting 4 people with car, killing one in Alamance County, deputies say

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Millions of Americans sweated through yet another scorching day as temperatures soared Sunday across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest, including in an Iowa town where the flood gauge was submerged. One person was killed during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said.

Millions swelter as temperatures soar across the US, while floodwaters inundate the Midwest

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A local group of athletes will represent North Carolina this summer on the national stage at the Special Olympics North American Games.

Wake softball team gearing up for Special Olympics North American Games

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According to the Raleigh Police Department,  officers responded to a shooting around 1:45 p.m. at an apartment complex on the 4800 block of Crockett Court near Interstate 440.

Witnesses: Man shot during argument outside Raleigh apartment

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The enormous piece of secular art sits gracefully amid the campus' historical buildings, providing contrast between the new and old.

'Meant to be explored:' Enormous sculpture weaves through Dix Park, drawing crowds

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Andrew Capobianco, a silver medalist at the Tokyo Games in synchronized springboard, won the men's 3-meter springboard event at the U.S. Olympic diving trials in Nashville on Sunday.



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The Charlotte Fire Department hosted its annual "Camp Ignite" this weekend. The camp gives girls the experience of being a firefighter so they can pursue, and excel, at it.



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Highs around the Triangle reached 98 degrees, two degrees short of the record set in 2022. Highs are expected to stay in the mid-to-upper 90s throughout the weekend and well into the follwoing week.

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Cary firefighters dealing with heat wave during gas leak

When Simon An and his family heard screaming from a store next door to their family taekwondo studio on Wednesday outside Houston, Texas, they knew they had to find out what was happening.

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Country singer Willie Nelson will not be performing at the Outlaw Music Festival this Sunday at Coastal Credit Union Music Park.

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It could feel as hot as 105 degrees this weekend in Raleigh. Here are some places to cool off.



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For a moment, 2-year-old Mila's parents thought the worst after she was found lifeless in their pool. Then a miracle happened.

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Two people are in custody after a chase and crash on Sunday in Wake Forest. It is the second chase that ended in a crash since Saturday.

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This week marks the first dangerous heat wave of the year and it's hitting earlier than usual, according to Kathie Dello a climatologist with the North Carolina State Climate Office.

Climate change driving more frequent and intense heat waves

With the end of the state's 2024 legislative session looming, Senate Republicans hit the gas Thursday on efforts to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina.

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A heat wave will bake the Triangle this week, with above normal temperatures projected throughout the month. Climate change is driving longer and more intense heatwaves across the country.

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With each legislative chamber uninterested in hearing the other's spending proposal, North Carolina lawmakers look ready to go on hiatus after next week while a stalemate simmers between Republicans over how to adjust the current two-year state budget.

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Dale Folwell is being investigated for potentially using government vehicles for personal errands. Former State Auditor Beth Wood, who resigned last year after pleading guilty to similar charges, says enforcement is inconsistent.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) â With each legislative chamber uninterested in hearing the other's spending proposal, North Carolina lawmakers look ready to go on hiatus after next week while a stalemate simmers between Republicans over how to adjust the current two-year state budget.

North Carolina legislature likely heading home soon for a 'little cooling off' over budget

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