Sunday morning a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook the state with it’s most powerful quake since 1916. According to the National Weather Service, that quake was a 5.2 magnitude and hit Skyland in Buncombe County. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS AND/ OR VIDEOS YOU CAPTURED FROM THE EARTHQUAKE Although the quake happened near Sparta, NC, […]

A 2.2 magnitude earthquake hit near the Triad and felt in some of the Triangle. According to the National Weather Service, a 2.2 magnitude earthquake hit near Randolph County around 12:30 a.m. ABC 11’s Big Weather said earthquakes are not common in our area, but they do happen. He said some effects from the quake were […]

Friday morning it lasted only 30 seconds and in that time the magnitude-7.2 earthquake buckled roads caused streetlights to crash to the ground and had Alaska’s residents in a panic. Officials said there were no reports of deaths or serious injuries the quake did crippled southern Alaska’s infrastructure and could take awhile to repair the […]

“The town isn’t here anymore” is what Sergio Pirozzi, the mayor of Amatrice had to say.  The quake took place in central Italy early Wednesday, devastating the town and the death toll keeps rising. The magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:36 a.m. and some say it felt like it lasted about 30 minutes. Read more at […]

ef=”http://dev.oomphcloud.com/hiphopnc.com/files/2011/08/lg_breaking_newsa7bd08f8-f8ad-420b-a175-5fac1661bfdb.jpg”> In a breaking news report this afternoon, initial updates are beginning to swarm in on an earthquake that just shook up our nation’s capital and other parts of the easter seaboard. The quake ranked 5.8 in magnitude was felt 87 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. with aftershocks felt as far south as Raleigh, throughout […]

When disaster strikes we all want to know how to help. The people of Japan will need help for a long time to come. They may have just suffered the worst disaster in their countries existence. The following organizations are ready to help. Here is how to help you can do in addition to praying. […]

Three Lillington siblings from the well-known gospel quartet called The Taylors are home and sharing their story of survival.

HONOLULU, March 10 (Reuters) – Hawaii ordered evacuations of its coastal areas and braced for a possible tidal wave set off by Friday’s earthquake in Japan as a tsunami warning was extended to most of the Pacific basin, including northern California and Oregon. Some 3,800 miles (6,200 km) from Japan, the main airports on at […]

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Fresh aftershocks sent masonry tumbling among rescuers in New Zealand’s quake zone and a cat sparked false alarms Saturday of a possible survivor, as the disaster’s death toll rose to 145 with more than 200 missing. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Booker T. Washington Grim assessments emerged for the fate of the […]

...Every once in a while a more clever atheist will pose a question like this, “If there is a God, then why is there so much suffering in the world? Why was there, like, that earthquake in Haiti?”