WILSON COUNTY, NC (WITN) - A tornado ripped through a middle school in eastern North Carolina Thursday morning, according to WMBF News’ sister station, WITN.

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.

T ropical Storm Chantal (shahn-TAHL) has made landfall in South Carolina and has tracked into North Carolina bringing flooding rains and tornadoes to Central North Carolina Piedmont counties between ...

The 600-yard-wide tornado touched down Wednesday afternoon at around 12:30 ET near Dortches, a tiny town in North Carolina's Nash County, just outside the city of Rocky Mount. From there, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

North Carolina has seen tornadoes rip across its landscape from the mountains to the coast. More than 330 of them have touched down in the state from 2010 through 2019, killing 30 people and ...