Name: Climate in Crisis: How extreme weather impacts the power grid
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Description: It's severe weather season, which means there's an increased chance of power outages across the state.

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It's severe weather season, which means there's an increased chance of power outages across the state. 

APPEAR BEFORE A CHILDREN'S COURT TODAY. >> WE HAVE NEW INSIGHT THIS MORNING ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR CHANGING CLIMATE AND POTENTIAL FUTURE IMPACTS WITH POWER OUTAGES. METEOROLOGIST AT THE BACK LEONE IS HERE WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT CONNECTION. ANTHONY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTREME WEATHER PLAYING A ROLE HERE. YES, CERTAINLY AS WE'RE IN THE KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER SEASON FOR US RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF MAY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, OF COURSE, A VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WATCH THE TRACK. WE TRACK POWER OUTAGES. WE HAVE WATCHES THESE STORM SYSTEMS COME THROUGH. >> THIS MAP IS IS HELPFUL. BUT I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE YEAR 2000, UP UNTIL 2, 2023, ITS FOCUS IS ON WEATHER-RELATED POWER OUTAGES. AND YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE RIGHT THERE. WE DEFINE IT AS A MAJOR POWER OUTAGE. SO FOR ONE OF THOSE TO OCCUR, WE NEEDED 50,000 PEOPLE TO BE WITHOUT POWER OR MORE. SO WITH THAT SAYING IS, OF COURSE, THOSE NUMBERS CLIMB THERE IN 2020 2022. BASED ON KIND OF THE STORM SYSTEMS THAT CAME THROUGH DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. NOT SURPRISING THERE. SEVERE WEATHER 58% OVER HALF OF THESE EVENTS WERE CAUSED BY SEVERE WEATHER. 23% FOCUSED ON A WINTER WEATHER OUTAGES. AND THEN THAT DROPPED OFF AS WE GOT DOWN TOWARD WILDFIRES. WE LOOK AT THE STATES THOUGH. THIS IS AN INTERESTING STATISTIC. NORTH CAROLINA. WE'RE THE 4TH HIGHEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR OUR RANKING WITH POWER BASED ON WEATHER, CALIFORNIA IS SECOND THERE. TEXAS WAS NUMBER ONE. MICHIGAN ALSO IS NUMBER 3 FOR THE OUTAGES RELATED TO WEATHER. WE LOOK AT TODAY. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER RISK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE MORE COMING OUT WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. SO SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON HERE AS WE GO THROUGH

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I'm meteorologist, Amy Wilmoth in the WRL severe weather center, taking a look at how much rain we've had over the last couple of days and most of the rain has been just north of Durham or just south of Wake County. Wake County, about a trace to half an inch of rain in the last two days. But some areas where you see the purples and the reds over two inches over three inches and a couple of spots. So some decent rain for many of you over the last couple of days. And we've kind of caught up to where we need to be after a fairly dry April. So far this month, we've had over 3.5 inches of rain at RDU that puts us over an inch and a half above the normal for May so far. So far for 2024 we've had just over 15 inches. We're still down by a little less than half an inch, but we're really starting to see some improvements with our rainfall totals. Thanks to a few systems swinging through. One of those is the cold front that is now pushing east of us the cold front that you see west of us that's going to pass us by to the north. We're entering a fairly quiet weather pattern. After some morning drizzle. Today, we'll have mainly cloudy skies and we'll stay dry for the next few days. It's just a 20% chance for rain. It's mainly this morning with some drizzle. Maybe a light shower. No rain chances Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. And then as we get to the end of the week, rain chances will pick up about a 30% chance for rain on Friday, a 40% chance for rain and storms on Saturday. So we'll have a few days to dry out today. One of those drier days, we'll have mainly cloudy skies with a few peaks of sun. Later this, this afternoon at lunchtime, we're at 67 degrees and then our high temperature today up to 74. So really overall a pretty comfortable day. If you want to head to our exposure or maybe got to B and C any of the outdoor events, the weather is looking pretty good, although it might be a little damp this morning as you head out. So 74 for the high today and then overnight tonight, we'll have some patchy fog. We'll get down to 59 79 for the high Monday, partly cloudy skies expected mostly sunny Tuesday and Wednesday with high temperatures back in the eighties and then we up to 90 degrees for a high temperature Thursday and then scattered showers and storms return as we head into Friday and Saturday.

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Good evening, I'm Tina. So in cash with tonight's lottery drawings for Saturday, May 18th, 2024. Here we go with the Carolina pick 31 is our first winning number followed by another one. Third pick 32 and our pick three. Fireball number tonight is eight. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick for check your tickets. Good luck. First winning number zero. Second pick for nine. Third winning number three. Our fourth pick for tonight is nine and our pick for fireball number is eight. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize is an estimated $120,000. Good luck first winning cash five tonight. 23. 2nd winning number 29 3rd cash five tonight. 44th winning number is 15 and good luck. Our final winning Carolina cash five. Number 43 the North Carolina Education Lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers every night right here on your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery. Thanks for playing.

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Johnson tonight, we have another life changing jackpot for you. It's worth an estimated $77.5 million. I get those tickets out. Let's play. That first number is 42. Followed by the number 59. Tonight. We're going to meet, keep on trucking who won $50,000 playing powerball. Now, for the rest of those numbers, we've got 3719, rounding it out with 36. Your powerball number tonight. Good luck. Everyone is 19 and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take a look at those numbers one last time. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Monday night. Good night, everyone. Favorite jackpot game. This is powerball. Good evening America. I'm.

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Good afternoon. I'm Gail. Hi, welcome to today's drawings for Saturday. May 18th, 2024. Well, let's get started today with our Carolina pick three. Our first winning numbers are two. Our second number is eight and the third number today. There it is this one and our pick three fireball number is three. Join me for this afternoon's joining is our auditor from M Conal and Jones L LP L to the Carolina pick four. Good luck. Everyone who's at first winning pick four number. It's lucky seven. Our second number is one third number today is three and our fourth number this afternoon is six and our pick four. Fireball number is five. The North Carolina Education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Get your winning numbers every day at three o'clock and again at 11:22 p.m. here in your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education Lottery. Thanks for playing.

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>> ACROSS AMERICA WITH MEGA JACKPOTS, IT'S MEGA MILLIONS WOODS UP AMERICA. I'M JOHN CROW. IT IS FRIDAY MAY 17TH AND TONIGHT'S MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT IS AN ESTIMATED A NEW TIES. 393 MILLION DOLLARS. AND WIN THAT JACKPOT. YOU MUST MATCH THESE 5 WHITE. PLUS THAT GOLD MEGA BALL NOW LETS SEE IF I CAN MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE TONIGHT. YOUR FIRST WINNING NUMBER TONIGHT IS 8 AND FOLLOWED BY 60. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 70. YOUR NEXT NUMBER IS 17 IN YOUR FINAL WHITE BALL NUMBER FOR THIS FRIDAY EVENING IS 40 NOW FOR THE MEGA BALL NUMBER. THAT IS 3. AGAIN. TONIGHT'S WINNING NUMBERS ARE 8, 60, 70

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