Tropical storms and hurricanes are known to be destructive, even deadly, in North Carolina from the coast to the low-lying areas along our rivers and even as far inland as Raleigh and Durham.

Every North Carolina resident and visitor should be weather aware – tracking the tropics for what is coming and preparing your home and family to weather any storm.

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Hurricane season runs from June 1 and ends Nov. 30.

What's active in the tropics?

Hurricane Gabrielle, the seventh named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is now a major, Category 4 storm. However, the storm is expected to stay far out in the Atlantic, so there is no threat to land, according to WRAL meteorologist Grant Skinner.

Behind that, there are two systems to watch with a 50% and an 80% chance of d

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