Pender County residents continue cleanup efforts following weekend storm

Pender County residents continue cleanup efforts following weekend storm

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Some residents in the Cape Fear are cleaning up damage after a strong storm made its way through the area Sunday night. One area that was hit hard was Pender County, where an EF1 tornado, with wind gusts up to 95 mph, traveled more than 3 miles on the ground near Burgaw. Just before 7:30 pm, a tornado touched down just south of Herrings Chapel Road and moved northeast. The tornado knocked down many trees along its path…

Centre County Continues to Deal With Impacts of Sunday Storm

Parts of Centre County were still feeling the impacts of Sunday's damaging storm more than 24 hours after it ended. Strong winds accompanying heavy rain took down trees and power lines in every corner of the county on Sunday afternoon and evening, causing power outages for more than 11,000 homes and businesses and leading to one death. As of 8 p.m. on Monday, 1,491West Penn Power customers remained without electricity. The utility company "expec…