Her question relates to a claim being spread around social media that the government is allegedly paying for 100% of the damage in California, but not in North Carolina. WBTV’s

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They came from New York and Washington, North Carolina and Southern California, New Jersey and Newcastle, and even Europe and China.

The federal response to the California wildfires has so far mimicked the government’s response to Hurricane Helene hitting North Carolina in September 2024. In both instances, President Joe Biden declared disasters and later increased the percentage of costs the federal government would absorb for emergency work to 100%.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Scientists say climate change has likely contributed to the unprecedented and devastating wildfires ravaging Southern California. One factor is the increasing amount of dry vegetation. It is fueling larger and more destructive wildfires. NC State Professor Joseph Roise says there's another issue.

More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

Wildfires recently ravaged Southern California communities, displacing hundreds of people from their homes and destroying neighborhoods in swaths. We can help, even from all the way across the ...

Naomi Girma is reportedly on the move. With its eyes on securing the club's first UEFA Women's Champions League title, Chelsea Women broke the women's football transfer fee record to obtain her services in the backline.

Climate change is in the headlines. From the chill of northern Alaska to the heat of Arizona, here are the coldest and warmest cities in each U.S. state.

A 2-year-old boy died after a Tuesday night crash in Stanislaus County, the California Highway Patrol said.

The president cited the disasters during his inauguration speech Monday as examples of an insufficient federal response to communities in need.