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Hurricane Beryl has restrengthened into a Category 5 hurricane, reaching wind speeds of 165 mph.

Hurricane season 2024: Hurricane Beryl upgraded to category 5 storm, moving over southeastern Caribbean

I'm meteorologist Chris Michaels. Now for the past 12 hours, hurricane Beryl has been a monstrous category five storm. This is something that we ordinarily would talk about in August or September. This is the strongest July storm on record in the Atlantic basin. Previous record was Emily, that was uh 160 mile per hour at its center in 2005. The earliest that we had a storm with a 165 mile per hour sustained wind around the center that was Hurricane Allen in August of 1980. The 11 a.m. update has this storm as still a cat five with sustained winds 160 MPH, there's going to be a gradual weakening as it moves through the Caribbean gets closer to the Yucatan Peninsula by Friday morning. Let's talk about why. That's the case. We're plotting the wind shear and what wind shear does to tropical systems especially, is it kind of chops off or kind of disrupts the upper levels of the storm? So it becomes a little more disorganized and you see that as we go uh later in time and heading toward the weekend that wind shear kind of surrounds this system. So again, it is a cat five. As of the latest advisory, the next track comes out at 5 p.m. and then as we head into the weekend, it does look as though this should hopefully weaken behind that. There's another system with a 20 to 30% chance of development through that main development region, approaching the lesser and Tilly's uh next name on the list would be Debbie.

2024 Atlantic hurricane season update

Hurricane Beryl is now a Category 5 Hurricane 

'I just hope guilt eats you up inside': Mother of 2-year-old shot and killed in Durham speaks out

Mother of 2-year-old shot and killed in Durham speaks out

Heat takes a break Tuesday, heat index of 109 on tap for 4th of July weekend

Hour-by-hour temps Tuesday

4th of July safety: NC officials warn of fireworks dangers, share safety tips

4th of July fireworks safety

Sharpsburg mayor arrested for 4th DWI since 2018 

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âExtremely Dangerousâ Hurricane Beryl Grows to a Category 4

Man charged with rape, child sex abuse in Moore County

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A federal grand jury returned an indictment, filed on Friday, June 21, 2024, charging six Raleigh men with kidnapping, robbery, use of a firearm during a violent crime and conspiracy. Some of the individuals were also charged with separate gun and drug offenses.

Charges: Raleigh men tracked kidnap victim by GPS, tied trash bag over his head

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 -- The bottom line is clear: Donald Trump's fate (and potentially even the rule of law) is entirely in the hands of the American people. They alone will decide if he can be held accountable.

COLUMN: Supreme Court helps Trump -- and future presidents -- dodge accountability

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Another nail in democracy's coffin?

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will be in town Tuesday to take a look at how a federal grant will be used for a new project.

Durham receives $12M grant to improve downtown streets, pedestrian safety

Durham allocates $10 million for Fayetteville Street corridor

Be prepared for busy concourses and long lines at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) for the Fourth of July.

How to make 4th of July travel easier for you and your family as RDU prepares for record-breaking crowds

GOP leadership in Lenoir, Craven and Beaufort counties will nominate someone to take Perry's place until the winner of this year's election is sworn in in January. In the meantime Republicans will be just short of a veto-proof supermajority.

NC Sen. Jim Perry resigns. Kinston Republican served in leadership positions

Sen. Jim Perry, R-Lenoir

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) â Florida prosecutors knew the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted teenage girls two years before they cut a plea deal that has long been criticized as too lenient and a missed opportunity to imprison him a decade earlier, according to transcripts released Monday.

Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows

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Charles Gross Jr. is charged with nine counts of embezzlement of state property.

Raleigh man charged with embezzling $124,000 in state money from assisted living centers

Charles Gross Jr.

Joel Hopkins claims his Ram 1500 TRX was stolen in April while under the care of a Royal Parking Inc. valet service in North Hills.

NC man claims truck was stolen in North Hills while under care of valet service

A man accused of killing a family of three in a DWI crash on Memorial Day is now out of the hospital and in police custody.

Driver accused of killing Garner family of 3 did not appear in court

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The S-Line project is expected to be completed by 2029 or 2030.

Buttigieg, Cooper break ground on $1 billion direct rail connecting Triangle to Richmond, Virginia

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper attended Monday's S-Line groundbreaking event at 9230 Durant Road in Raleigh.

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Jockey's Ridge hides a secret castle beneath its ever-shifting sands -- remains from a 1970s mini golf course that was swallowed long ago.

Buried treasure: Old castle hidden beneath NC's largest sand dune fully visible again

Jockey's Ridge has a mini-golf course buried beneath the dunes -- and a sand castle has recently become uncovered.

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Celebrate Independence Day July 4 and the weekend leading up to it with this list of festivals, fireworks, parades and more.



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List: July 4 fireworks, festivals, food trucks in the Triangle 

Amazon has just announced that the annual Prime Day event will be taking place again this year running July 16-17! PLUS, there are excellent early deals available now on Music Unlimited (5 months FREE), Audible, Kindle Unlimited, home security, Amazon devices, tablets, coffee makers, vacuums, and more!

Mark your calendars: Amazon Prime Day July dates announced PLUS excellent early deals available now!

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Tickets are on sale for this year's North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival, which will return to Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre in November. 

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The already-historic Hurricane Beryl became Cat. 5 overnight. It's the earliest ever of that strength in the Atlantic.


Record-setting Beryl strengthens to earliest Cat. 5 hurricane ever

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Parents sue Panera after daughter's death

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Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg in Durham Tuesday to tour Holloway Street safety project

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NC plan could forgive medical debt for some families 

Cities, towns in Cumberland County scramble to hire school resource and traffic control officers

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The Karen Read murder case ends in a mistrial. Prosecutors say they will try again

When the weather doesn't cooperate for an outdoor day at the park, consider checking out one of these Raleigh indoor playgrounds and trampoline parks for your children.

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Celtics star Jayson Tatum agrees to 5-year, $314 million supermax extension, AP source says

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A man said his Ram 1500 TRX was stolen in April in North Hills while under the care of a valet service.

Customer claims truck was stolen while under care of valet service

Customer's truck stolen while under care of valet service

A luxury truck stolen from a local valet! The disturbing allegations -- and WRAL 5 On Your Side details who is responsible when your car is stolen while under the care of a valet. Monday night at 6 on WRAL News.

Stolen truck from a valet lot! 5 On Your Side tracks who's liable and the disturbing allegations

Stolen truck from a valet lot! 5 On Your Side tracks whoâs liable and the disturbing allegations

A Wake County teacher, James Rencher, has been arrested on 12 counts of assault following an investigation by WRAL News.

Wake County teacher arrested after WRAL investigation, charged with assaulting students

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The NC General Assembly passed Senate Bill 802 on Thursday, which would authorize Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy financing in North Carolina.

NC Senate passes CPACE funding program to make clean energy upgrades more accessible

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A Wake County teacher, James Rencher, has been arrested on 12 counts of assaulting students with disabilities following an investigation by WRAL News.

Wake County teacher charged with abusing students with disabilities

A Wake County teacher, James Rencher, has been arrested on 12 counts of assault following an investigation by WRAL News.


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Copy of Warrants: Gang leader indicted on federal charges, linked to Raleigh crimes dating back to 2019

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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts near its records as Tesla's jump offsets Nvidia's slide

Biden administration provides $504 million to support 12 technology hubs nationwide

Judge sides with 16 states, putting on pause Biden's delay of consideration of gas export projects

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