Wake County homes left damaged after Friday's severe weather
Heavy rain and severe storms moved through the area Friday, leaving behind fallen trees and damage to homes.
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The system currently has a 50% of development over the next five days. If it becomes a tropical storm, it would be Bonnie.
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The storm prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Dust Storm Warning for parts of Phoenix and areas south of it.
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Trapped visitors airlifted to safety after flash floods in national park, Utah cops say
Sixty people nearly had to stay at the park overnight.
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Tropics watch: National Hurricane Center monitoring tropical wave in Atlantic
NHC experts give it a 30 percent change of forming through the next 48 hours and chances for formation increase to 60 percent over the next five days.
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Summers Are Becoming Unbearably Hot Before They Even Start
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Out of season flooding hits Italy's Venice
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California’s largest reservoirs at critically low levels – signaling a dry summer ahead
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Monsoon brought dust storm, rain to various parts of Phoenix area
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