Winter Weather

Officials say scores of sea turtles stunned by cold temperatures along the North Carolina coast have died. The North Carolina State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology says it took in 109 cold-stunned sea turtles from Cape Lookout on Sunday, but only 36 survived.

The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings and high wind advisories for many parts of North Carolina today due to a strong storm system on the East Coast. Gov. Roy Cooper has declared a state of emergency, and many schools have either closed, dismissed early or chose to operate fully remote today.

The northeast is preparing for a weekend winter storm that threatens to dump a messy mix of snow, rain and ice.

The hazardous weather comes as a major winter storm hits much of the East Coast this weekend.

A winter weather system moving through the U.S. is expected to wallop the East Coast this weekend with a mix of snow and freezing rain. But forecasters say it's too soon to say which areas will get snow and which will get rain and how much.

Winter White Flag shelters, which include three facilities in Raleigh, are open to help people escape cold temperatures.

Older adults and people with disabilities are now able to apply for the state’s Low Income Energy Assistance Program.

The storm could cause travel problems and power outages across a wide part of the Eastern United States from late Friday through early next week. The system is referred to by some as an ominous-sounding "bomb cyclone."

The National Weather Service says heavy snow and strong winds were forecasted to begin in parts of the Carolinas and Appalachia on Friday evening. The system will then intensify as a nor’easter off the East Coast and bring snowy conditions up through New England.

Freezing rain began to glaze parts of North and South Carolina late Friday afternoon.