HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A tornado touched down at a North Carolina beach earlier this week. According to the National Weather Service, the EF-0 tornado started as a waterspout over the Atlantic Ocean and moved onshore at Holden Beach on Thursday at about 5:45 p.m.

Tornado tears through North Carolina, killing at least 3 An apparent tornado killed three people and injured 10 others as it struck a coastal North Carolina town, authorities said.

A tornado watch is also in effect until 8 a.m. Friday for a few North Carolina counties south of Raleigh. These include Sampson, Cumberland and Hoke counties in CBS 17’s viewership area.

WILSON COUNTY, N.C. — Tropical Storm Debby's death toll rose Thursday after North Carolina search crews found a body in a home destroyed by a reported tornado in Wilson County. According to ...

Tropical Storm Erin is likely to become a hurricane in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center on Aug. 12.

In 2019, the National Weather Service estimated that North Carolina sees about 31 tornadoes per year. A 2023 study by N.C. State University said the state averages about 29 tornadoes per year.

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina has had nearly 1,500 reported tornadoes since 1950, and around one-third of those happen in April and May. With the Carolinas in turbulent springtime weather, WCNC ...

It was the first EF-3 tornado in central North Carolina during the month of July, the weather service said. The EF scale runs from 0 to 5 and rates tornadoes after they’ve hit by assessing ...

Meteorologists are closely tracking the projected path and forecast of Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year.