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Hurricane Milton weakened slightly Tuesday but remained a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on the populous Tampa Bay region with towering storm surges and turn debris from Helene's devastation 12 days ago into projectiles.

Tampa Bay hasn't been hit directly by a major hurricane since 1921. Milton may be the one

<p>AREAS, RESIDENTS WILL DIE IF THEY DO NOT LISTEN AND LEAVE. &gt;&gt; AND WE'RE TAKING A VIDEO OF NORTHBOUND LANES OF I-95 LEADING STRAIGHT OUT OF FLORIDA. PRETTY MUCH TELLS THE STORY. THE ROAD IS PACKED WITH FLORIDIANS EVACUATING AHEAD OF HURRICANE MILTON WRAL'S GILBERT BAYS IS LIVE AT A REST STOP IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. WE TALK WITH PEOPLE FROM FLORIDA FLEEING THAT STORM. GILBERT. &gt;&gt; YEAH, JEFF, YOU KNOW THE THE STORIES THAT WE'RE HEARING A PRETTY AMAZING IN THEIR HEARTFELT IN THE STORM HASN'T EVEN ARRIVED. BUT THAT IS POINT OF AN EVACUATION AHEAD OF THE STORM WITH THIS REST STOP RIGHT HERE. THIS ISN'T JUST BEFORE YOU GET THE EXIT. 49, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF MOTELS AND HOTELS HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY JUST OFF INTERSTATE 95. YOU CAN SEE THE CARS BEHIND ME HERE JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THESE CARS BACK HERE AS A LICENSE PLATE FROM FLORIDA. NOW PHOTOJOURNALIST MIKE TRAVEL ALONG THE INTERSTATE. 95 HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY FOUND THAT THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC WAS RELATIVELY LIGHT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE MANY OF THE PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE SPOKE SAID THEY LEFT FLORIDA ON SUNDAY TO AVOID THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. WE MET ENTIRE FAMILIES WITH LITTLE ONES, PETS AND SUPPLIES HEADED NORTH. WE BUMPED INTO AND HE SHOWED US ON THE CELL PHONE THAT THE PATH OF HURRICANE MILTON WAS COMING RIGHT THROUGH HIS HOME. &gt;&gt; I'VE LIVED IN TEXAS. IT'S GOLF COACH, BUT THIS ONE LOOKS TO BE PROBABLY I DON'T. MY GUESS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS ONES US HAS SEEN 3 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT AREA. &gt;&gt; SO THE EXODUS CONTINUES WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HEADED NORTH TO STAY WITH RELATIVES OR IN HOTELS AND MOTELS UNTIL HURRICANE MILTON MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH FLORIDA. THE MAIN FOLKS WE TALKED WITH TODAY SAID THEY WERE PLAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO LANE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THEY SAY THAT THAT GAVE THEM EXTRA INCENTIVE TO GET OUT AHEAD OF AHEAD OF HURRICANE MILTON REPORTING LIVE HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, GILBERT BAYS, WRAL, NEWS. &gt;&gt; GLAD TO SEE THOSE FOLKS MADE IT TO SAFETY WITH THE THREAT. A BACK-TO-BACK HURRICANES LOOMING IN PARTS OF FLORIDA. CREWS ARE SCRAMBLING TO HALLWAY. HURRICANE HELENE'S DEBRIS BEFORE MILTON MAKES LANDFALL. NBC'S JESSE KIRSCH ISN'T SARASOTA WHERE SOME OWNERS FEAR DEBRIS COULD BECOME FLYING PROJECTILES. LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AGO. YOU CAN SEE HURRICANE HELENE BROUGHT THE WATER LEVEL ON THIS HOME TO AROUND MY WAIST HEIGHT. BUT WITH THIS NEW STORM, MILTON FOR POTENTIALLY GOING TO SEE TWICE AS HIGH OF A STORM SURGE. &gt;&gt; AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONCERNING ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS DEBRIS FROM THE LAST STORM THAT IS STILL OUT IN COMMUNITIES ALL OVER FLORIDA'S GULF COAST. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS DEBRIS COULD BE PICKED UP IN THE AIR BY THOSE POWERFUL WIND GUSTS. IT ALSO COULD BECOME ESSENTIALLY A BATTERING RAM IN STORM SURGE, WHICH AGAIN COULD BE TWICE AS HIGH IN AREAS LIKE WHERE I AM IN SARASOTA. SO ALL OF THAT DEBRIS PICKUP THAT WE'RE SEEING IS GOING ON. 24 7, THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE STATE SAYING THAT HUNDREDS OF TRUCKLOADS OF ALREADY BEEN PICKED UP. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUING. BUT EVEN WITH THE PICKUPS, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S STILL A GOOD AMOUNT OF DEBRIS OUT IN THESE COMMUNITIES. ANOTHER CHALLENGE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE AHEAD OF A MAJOR HURRICANE WHICH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, CALLS FOR EVACUATIONS. PEOPLE STOCKING UP ON ITEMS LIKE FOOD, SANDBAG DISTRIBUTION, PEOPLE BOARDING UP HOMES AND BUSINESSES. ALL THIS AS THIS AREA IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER</p>

Florida residents head north to get away from Hurricane Milton

Floridians brace for Milton as many begin evacuating north

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Weatherby Locums Inc., which employs 374 people in North Carolina, is considering an expansion that would add 155 jobs in Raleigh, state commerce officials said. 

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Doctors turned to an experimental device - a titanium artificial heart powered by magnets made by BiVACOR - that would replace Donavon Harbison's heart.

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Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 -- Legislators have an opportunity to show they are serious about helping communities in Western N.C .recover from Helene's devastation. More significantly, they can also show they are serious about meeting the REAL needs of the state, truly support public schools, promote wise growth policies and giving ALL a voice on Election Day.

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"We want to emphasize that the Campus Y will likely no longer be a safe space for students [this] week," the organization said on Facebook. "We expect that police will be targeting students they find 'suspicious,' which has historically been people who are Black, Brown and visibly Muslim."

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Tuesday marked one year since Hamas launched an attack on Israel

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) â With many western North Carolina residents still lacking power and running water from Hurricane Helene, a hearing began Monday on the insurance industry's request to raise homeowner premium rates statewide by more than 42% on average.

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