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Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote US islands in the Pacific with ferocious winds
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (791+ words) Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounded the Northern Mariana Islands for hours before daybreak Wednesday, slowing just to inflict more damage across the islands of Tinian and Saipan, home to nearly 50, 000 people. In the village Susupe on Saipan, the wind tore the…...
Your First Alert Forecast for Wed. evening Apr. 15, 2026
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (68+ words) WECT Your First Alert Forecast for Wed. evening Apr. 15, 2026 Your First Alert Forecast from Wed. morning, Apr. 15, 2026 South Carolina wildfire causing smoky conditions across SENC Your First Alert Forecast from Tue. Evening, Apr. 14, 2026 Your First Alert Forecast from Tue. morning,…...
Ingram Planetarium joins statewide Science Festival with Star Party
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (272+ words) SUNSET BEACH, N. C. (WECT) - Ingram Planetarium will host a free star party later this month as part of the North Carolina Science Festival, offering the public a chance to learn what they're seeing in the night sky. Chloe Bessette, a planetarium…...
Your First Alert Forecast from Wed. morning, Apr. 15, 2026
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (68+ words) WECT Your First Alert Forecast from Wed. morning, Apr. 15, 2026 South Carolina wildfire causing smoky conditions across SENC Your First Alert Forecast from Tue. Evening, Apr. 14, 2026 Your First Alert Forecast from Tue. morning, Apr. 14, 2026 Your First Alert Forecast from Mon. evening,…...
First Alert Forecast: toasty to chilly, needed rain elusive
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (142+ words) WECT WILMINGTON, N. C. (WECT) - Warm, dry, hazy and occasionally smoky weather's in your First Alert Forecast through the weekend. Burning remains an absolute no go; be extremely careful with every spark! Daily temps will continue to swell well above normal; Friday,…...
PHOTOS: Early morning Space X launch illuminates SENC sky
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (46+ words) WECT Bladen County wildfire burns 200 acres, prompts multi-agency response Wilmington police investigating shooting at 10th and Dawson streets Fire department responds to gas leak in downtown Wilmington Fire crews respond to fire at abandoned home in Kelly...
Your First Alert Forecast from Tue. Evening, Apr. 14, 2026
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (68+ words) WECT Your First Alert Forecast from Tue. Evening, Apr. 14, 2026 South Carolina wildfire causing smoky conditions across SENC Your First Alert Forecast from Tue. morning, Apr. 14, 2026 Your First Alert Forecast from Mon. evening, Apr. 13, 2026 Your First Alert Forecast from Mon. morning,…...
Wildfire smoke from South Carolina drifts into southeastern North Carolina
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (88+ words) WECT Wildfire smoke from South Carolina drifts into southeastern North Carolina Early morning Space X launch illuminates sky over Southeastern NC Tabor City police still searching for dangerous suspect wanted in NC, SC WECT INVESTIGATES: Did Pender County break state…...
North Carolina wildfire burn ban continues as 554 fires scorch 2, 200 acres
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (211+ words) WILMINGTON, N. C. (WECT) - More than 550 wildfires have burned across North Carolina since a statewide burn ban took effect March 28, state forestry officials said. The 554 wildfires have burned more than 2, 200 acres. The burn ban and enforcement will continue with little rainfall expected…...
South Carolina wildfire causing smoky conditions across SENC
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (197+ words) SOUTHEASTERN N. C. (WECT) - A wildfire burning in South Carolina is causing smoky conditions all across southeastern North Carolina Tuesday. According to the South Carolina Wildfire Map, a 200-acre wildfire is burning in Marion County. It is currently 100 percent contained. The fire…...