As the East Coast gears up for another Atlantic hurricane season, this one coming 20 years after Isabel devastated parts of Hampton Roads, meteorologists locally and nationally are looking for signals of how 2023 may go. Here’s how they do it.
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According to a statement from Carnival, the man’s travel companion had reported him missing late yesterday afternoon aboard Carnival Magic.
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A 14-year veteran of the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office has resigned after being charged with crimes related to driving under the influence.
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Police say preliminary investigation revealed the mother and child were at the self-checkout station when an unknown woman “walked up, took the child out of the cart and attempted to walk out of the store.”
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Ross Brockwell, a Virginia Beach native, is one of four crew members selected to embark on the mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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NOAA scientists said several factors went into the prediction, including sea surface temperature and a strong possibility for El Nino, or a phase associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific.
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According to a briefing from the weather service Thursday, “unsettled conditions” will linger over the weekend, with widespread rain showers beginning Saturday into Sunday and early next week.
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As part of a long-term response to the 2012 crash of a Navy fighter jet into an apartment complex, department and city leadership have invested in testing all current firefighters ages 21 and older, along with retirees who responded to the Good Friday crash.
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The Wakefield office of the National Weather Service will see major improvements to its KAKQ WSR-88D radar, prompting a two-week outage in the meantime.
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Public works director Earl Sorey told the City Council that he expects to get the plan submission for the repairs early next week, and his expectations are currently at about 30 days to make the full repair.
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