As Hurricane Erin churned off the North Carolina coast this week, its powerful waves destroyed most of the remaining sea turtle nests on Emerald Isle, dealing a blow to what had been shaping up as a successful nesting season.

A massive hammerhead shark was discovered at a North Carolina island around at the northern end of Carolina Beach near the Clamshell access.

New aerial imagery of damage by Hurricane Erin in North Carolina has been released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for public viewing.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced an additional $28 million in federal funding for North Carolina's ongoing recovery from Hurricane Helene and other disasters, bringing the state's total recovery reimbursements to $124 million for August alone.

The Carolina Hurricanes are designating their Sept. 24 preseason game against the Florida Panthers as a community benefit game, with all the ticket revenue from that game going directly to local nonprofit organizations and community programs per team president Doug Warf.

Hurricane Erin is entering the first stages of a post-tropical transition as it continues to move away from the eastern coast of the United States.