Could Hurricane Isaias, which strengthened in the Gulf on Thursday, deliver the destruction of 2024’s Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains?
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This Burke County family has lived along the Catawba River since 1948. Helene destroyed their homes.
“I thought, ‘This can’t be true.’ I just laughed. I laughed. And this morning I woke up weeping. ... Then I couldn’t do anything but weep," Jim Morgan said.
Jim Morgan gives a tour of the home he shared with his wife, Libby, until Hurricane Helene tore through Burke County and destroyed it. Jim built the house from the ground up about 50 years ago.
Tropical Storm Helene plowed through Burke County on Thursday night and Friday morning knocking down trees, snapping power poles and blocking roadways. By Friday afternoon, riding water along the Catawba River was threatening to flood parts of Morganton and Burke County.
Storms swept through southern Wisconsin on Saturday. Argyle Lutheran Church was destroyed, and the congregation is meeting there Sunday to pray and talk.
Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move through on Monday.
Several rounds are ahead with a final batch on Monday before a break in humidity.
The Osage County town of Barnsdall took a direct hit from a large tornado Monday night, initial reports indicate.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for damaging thunderstorms in the coming few hours.
Several waves of rain and severe storms area ahead through late Thursday afternoon
Damaging storms are not likely, but some minor damage cannot be ruled out.
Severe weather, including tornadoes, threaten the Great Plains and Midwest Monday into Tuesday.
Showers and thunderstorms will be numerous both days this weekend
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Photos of pictures and mementos being found far from Nebraska's tornado zone.
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Temperatures will bounce back into the 80s on Sunday
Saturday will be the better of the two days to be outside.
Storms will clear the way for a sunny and warmer weekend
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