Shane Bouie and his family just wanted a unique family getaway. But their rental home in Rodanthe Beach swayed as wave after wave crashed under the stilted house, though specialists reassured them it was stable. "They said everything was doubled up as far as stability," Bouie told AccuWeather's Jillian Angeline. "They added secondary posts and they said about a month ago or so the engineers looked it over." Last year, four oceanfront homes collapsed into the ocean in Rodanthe, part of the Outer
It's been a challenging week for residents who live along the upper Mississippi River. Snowmelt from a record-setting winter snowfall in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan sent a deluge of water into the Mississippi River this spring, flooding several cities and towns. AccuWeather experts warn it will take some time for the water levels to recede fully. The floodwaters have put cities like Davenport, Iowa, on the national map. And that's because the Mississippi River in Davenport has bee
Darien McGee had been heading to the bathroom when winds akin to "a force of God" knocked him to the ground. The EF4 tornado that struck Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on March 24 roared overhead, tearing McGee's house to rubble. "It was like a force of God. The same force that came through here is the same force that got me out," Darien McGee told AccuWeather National Reporter Jillian Angeline. He hadn't made it into the bathroom a place typically regarded as one of the safer rooms to take shelt
A house on Sanibel Island designed by Joyce Owens withstood the fury of Hurricane Ian while surrounding homes were severely damaged. COURTESY PHOTOS “Paradise isn’t lost,” says Joyce Owens. “We can always rebuild paradise. We can build it back better and stronger.” The Fort Myers modernist architect, principal of Architect Joyce Owens LLC, recently went
Architect Joyce Owens with Brad Nickel on Sanibel Island, in front of one of her houses under construction and still standing. COURTESY PHOTO “Paradise isn’t lost,” says Joyce Owens. “We can always rebuild paradise. We can build it back better and stronger.” The Fort Myers modernist architect, principal of Architect Joyce Owens LLC, recently