Jackie Rigby-Crawford has been touched by the devastation in the Bahamas because although she might be living in Wake Forest, she grew up in the Bahamas. She was born in Nassau and raised in Freeport. So Rigby-Crawford is partnering with others in Wake County to do something for her homeland. The plan is to load […]
Hurricane Dorian simply demolished portions of the Bahamas as it stalled over the area last week. The Bahamian death toll is currently at 44 and experts believe that number may jump into the thousands. Sidney Poitier, 92, grew up in both the United States and the Bahamas with many of his relatives still living there. […]
This morning Hurricane Dorian is a Category 3 storm tracking up the Southeast seaboard toward North Carolina. AT 5 a.m. the National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Dorian was located 50 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. Dorian is expected move toward NC Thursday afternoon and move close to the coast Thursday into Friday morning. […]
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Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian, Gov. Cooper is urging residents to start preparing now for the storm. In the meantime NC is making some changes from lessons learned from Florence. “The preparations you make now could save your life later,” Cooper said. “Please make sure your family is prepared and include your pets […]
Hurricane Dorian is quickly growing in strength. According to the National Hurricane Center the hurricane became a Category 3 storm on Friday as it continued to grow in the Atlantic Ocean on a path to the southeastern United States early next week. The center said the storm sustained maximum winds at 115 mph Friday afternoon pushing […]
