3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (52+ words) The City of Norfolk and the City of Virginia Beach are asking residents to limit their non-essential water use as drought conditions persist across the commonwealth. The City of Norfolk and the City of Virginia Beach are asking residents to…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (299+ words) The Fall season has arrived, but the persistent below-average rainfall since late Winter and Spring has kept a good chunk of the Carolinas in a notable drought situation. Despite a number of days with scattered thunderstorms and localized heavy rainfall,…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (359+ words) Smoke from a prescribed burn at Angel Island State Park drifted over Richmond Tuesday afternoon, prompting the city to issue an alert informing residents that there was no emergency. The city sent a Nixle alert at 3:28 p.m. advising residents not to…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (194+ words) A new pollution alert has been issued for the Norfolk coast amid heavy rain. Hunstanton is the latest beach to be affected, with the Environment Agency (EA) advising against bathing due to a short-term pollution risk. The warning follows similar…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (719+ words) Dare County has released a new video calling for greater state support to address coastal erosion, protect N.C. Highway 12, and strengthen Hatteras Island’s long-term resilience. The roughly 10-minute video, titled “Building Support for Hatteras Island,” features Dare County Board of Commissioners…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (310+ words) 🌩️ SHOCKING SURVIVAL: A Staten Island man is lucky to be alive after being directly zapped by a lightning bolt while walking along the sidewalk last week in New York. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – A startling incident unfolded in Staten Island,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (235+ words) A 24-year-old Staten Island man survived being struck by lightning after he walked out of his front door and was heading to a dentist appointment. The moment was caught on a doorbell camera and the man, Thomas Fahmy, said it…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1707+ words) The boat ramp at Grassy Creek Day Use Area is closed as USACE curtails boater access on drought-stricken Kerr/Buggs Island Lake. Below, the Grassy Creek beach area has expanded as lake levels creep downward. The Buggs Island Lake shoreline…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (325+ words) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (VINnews) — A 24-year-old Staten Island man who survived being struck by an electrical charge from lightning is speaking out about the frightening experience, which was caught on video. Thomas Fahmy of New Springville told the Staten Island Advance…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (259+ words) A Staten Island staffer for US Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is alive to tell the tale after a lightning strike dropped him in the street just steps from his car—and it's... Video Shows New York Man Getting Struck by Lightning…...