Chantal brought heavy, flooding rain and dangerous beach conditions to the Carolinas over the weekend, setting off life-threatening flash flooding Sunday in central parts of North Carolina that killed at least one person.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The North Carolina Department of Transportation is gearing up for this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season. Assistant Division Maintenance Engineer Jessi Leonard says the NCDOT is inventorying equipment like signs and barricades, and making sure trucks and chainsaws are ready to go.

Tropical depression Chantal brought flooding to North Carolina and spurred water rescues before moving over Virginia overnight Monday.

Beacon Village, a neighborhood in Swannanoa, North Carolina, is seeing progress with some neighbors finally able to move into their homes.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation Highway Division 3 — which consists of New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Brunswick, Duplin, and Sampson counties — started preparations for hurricane season in late May or early June, a time they call the preseason.

Top experts from Colorado State University released an updated forecast for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

Rising North Carolina musicians are set to take the stage at a benefit concert following the Wyndham Championship's opening round, with proceeds aimed at supporting communities affected by Hurricane Helene.

Storms like Chantal are categorized based on one danger marker. Lower category storms are still extremely dangerous due to other potentially deadly hazards