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A Wet Weekend With Showers & Storms
Last Updated: 12:28 PM 05/18/13 - LOCAL 8 WEATHER ALERT continues. More showers with an isolated storm possible. Fog will form in some low places too with temps dipping into the mid to low 60s.
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Last Updated: 5:13 AM 05/09/13 -
Tiny earthquake recorded just outside Maryville
Last Updated: 3:31 AM 05/10/13 - The USGS reported the tremor struck right around 5:00 a.m. about three miles east of Maryville, 13 miles south of Knoxville. Preliminary measurements recorded it at 2.3 Magnitude.
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8 Day Forecast
National Weather Service gets big upgrade in Morristown
Last Updated: 5:30 AM 04/17/13 - You may have noticed warnings about dangerous storms have gotten a lot more accurate. That's due in part to improvements to the National Weather Service radar in Morristown.
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After storms pass, clean up begins in Monroe Co.
Last Updated: 7:19 PM 04/12/13 - Clean up is underway in Monroe County after strong storms blew through East Tennessee Thursday night.
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NYC, New England brace for up to 2 feet of snow
Last Updated: 2:48 AM 02/08/13 - A storm poised to dump up to 2 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday could be one for the record books, forecasters warned, as residents scurried to stock up on food and water and road crews readied salt and sand.
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Power boat missing in rough Caribbean seas
Last Updated: 4:34 PM 10/29/12 - A search is under way in the eastern Caribbean for a power boat with up to seven people on board missing amid heavy swells caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Remnants of Sandy may bring snow to higher elevations
Last Updated: 10:48 AM 10/28/12 - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The landfall of Hurricane Sandy along the eastern coast is expected to bring snow to the higher elevations of East Tennessee beginning Monday morning.
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Hurricane Sandy on the move after killing 40 in Caribbean, en route to US coast
Last Updated: 6:10 PM 10/26/12 - Some East Coast residents still recovering a year after being battered by Hurricane Irene are bracing for an even bigger storm.
Sandy becomes hurricane on way to Jamaica
Last Updated: 6:04 PM 10/24/12 - Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain and a powerful storm surge as it headed for landfall.
As the Tide rolls in, so does the business
Last Updated: 6:47 PM 10/19/12 - It's the third week in October. Old friends get together, restaurants are packed, and the Crimson Tide comes to town.
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Gettin' Snuggie With It
Last Updated: 2:29 PM 10/11/12 - Heather Haley and Amanda Hara prepared for a cold Wednesday night
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Walter P. Taylor demolition set to begin
Last Updated: 2:03 PM 08/23/12 - Knoxville's Community Development Corporation is planning to tear down 183 of Walter P. Taylor's 500 units starting Friday at 8 AM.
NOAA raises prediction for named storms
Last Updated: 9:45 AM 08/09/12 - The Atlantic Ocean may have a couple more named storms this year than first predicted.
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TN Valley Fair youth volunteer opportunities
Last Updated: 5:15 AM 06/14/12 - If you are a high school student in grades 9-12, you might want to consider a volunteer position with the Tennessee Valley Fair.
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Accused kidnapper leads police on chase with 2 children in the car
Last Updated: 7:19 AM 06/12/12 - It was a scary scene on the road for some drivers in Lenoir City Saturday afternoon.
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Effort to save lives through organ transplants goes viral
Last Updated: 12:45 PM 05/04/12 - More than 100,000 people are waiting for hearts, kidneys or liver transplants in the US. Hundreds have died waiting.
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Beryl to bring rain, winds to southeast US coast
Last Updated: 7:12 AM 05/27/12 - The National Hurricane Center says a subtropical storm called Beryl is crawling nearer to the U.S. Southeast coast and is expected to make for a rainy finish to the long Memorial Day weekend on beaches from north Florida to South Carolina.
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"Rhythm N Blooms" is a taste of East Tenn. Music
Last Updated: 9:11 PM 04/20/12 - East Tennessee's tradition of great music...from the Carter family to Sevier County's own Dolly Parton...is a big inspiration for the annual Rhythm N Blooms concert series.
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Beer sales battle brewing in Jellico
Last Updated: 8:28 PM 03/23/12 - On first reading, an effort to repeal a decades old law...keeping alcohol sales farther away from churches and schools...has passed.
Hawkins County Sheriff's, TBI investigating arson, homicide
Last Updated: 8:42 PM 03/21/12 - TBI and Hawkins County Sheriff's are investigating who killed a man and tried to get rid of the evidence by setting his home on fire.
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Making progress: Farm houses more vets suffering from PTSD
Last Updated: 8:54 PM 03/21/12 - Community donations provide a much needed boost for a farm run by a marine who has dedicated his post-military life to helping others suffering from PTSD.
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Knox County community complains blighted houses are hangouts for homeless
Last Updated: 2:47 PM 03/19/12 - Blighted houses aren't just eyesores. One Knox County neighborhood is complaining abandoned homes have become hangouts for the homeless.
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Bumper stickers for Trooper Lowell Russell
Last Updated: 11:13 AM 03/19/12 - Soon you'll be seeing Trooper Lowell Russell's picture on cars around town.
Great Smoky Mountain Park Rangers search for missing man
Last Updated: 1:42 PM 03/19/12 - Rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been searching for missing man.
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Horses in abuse case find new homes
Last Updated: 8:50 PM 03/17/12 - A case of animal abuse is one step closer to a happier ending.
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Local business backs Pat
Last Updated: 8:32 PM 03/16/12 - It's a way to enjoy some pizza, March Madness and support Alzheimer's Tennessee.
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More than 100 homes damaged as tornado hits Mich.
Last Updated: 3:16 AM 03/16/12 - More than 100 homes were damaged but no one was injured after a tornado ripped through a rural southeastern Michigan community.
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March Madness fun kills productivity, boosts business
Last Updated: 3:43 PM 03/15/12 - People skipping class, work to enjoy March Madness
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Robbery could be motive for double homicide
Last Updated: 2:29 PM 03/14/12 - The District Attorney's Office in Greenville has reported robbery may be the motive for the murder of Terrence Stewart, 21, and Cortney Thompson, 20.
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Protect your children from sex offenders
Last Updated: 2:41 PM 03/14/12 - After investigators discovered a sex offender in Powell High School we wanted to know who is responsible for a sex offender being on school property.
Inmates at Cocke County Jail baptized
Last Updated: 8:22 PM 03/12/12 - Twelve women doing time at the Cocke County Jail are 'saved' and baptized.
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Powell man keeps list of more than 20 teenagers who come to his home
Last Updated: 2:29 PM 03/12/12 - The man arrested Friday for violating the sex offender registry had a list of more than 20 teenage girls that visit his home.
Branson hit hard by storms
Last Updated: 6:42 PM 02/29/12 - Storms tore a path 8 miles long through Branson, Missiouri Wednesday night.
Storms rip through Kentucky
Last Updated: 6:32 PM 02/29/12 - Wednesday night's storms rolled through parts of Kentucky destroying dozens of homes..
Frigid temperature cause homeless shelters to fill up fast
Last Updated: 4:39 PM 02/12/12 - Bone chilling weather is blowing hundreds of homeless folks into local shelters in our area.
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Tropical Storm Katia gathers momentum in Atlantic
Last Updated: 9:05 PM 08/30/11 - Tropical Storm Katia is racing west-northwest across the Atlantic and forecasters say it's likely to become a hurricane on Wednesday.
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FEMA diverts some Joplin money to East Coast
Last Updated: 7:55 PM 08/29/11 - Some federal money pledged to tornado-ravaged Joplin and other disaster sites is being diverted to help victims of Hurricane Irene.
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State-by-state look at dangers, prep for Irene
Last Updated: 6:19 PM 08/26/11 - A state-by-state glance on how Hurricane Irene is predicted to strike states all along the Eastern Seaboard as of Friday evening.
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Hurricane Irene brings rain, heavy seas to coast, NYC mayor orders mandatory evacuations
Last Updated: 11:26 AM 08/26/11 - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered mandatory evacuations for residents in low-lying coastal areas ahead of Hurricane Irene.
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Heat building again as August begins
Last Updated: 7:33 AM 08/02/11 - After a weekend during which summer heat was tempered by rain, Tennessee is heating up again as August begins.
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Greenback tornado scares woman in car and home
Last Updated: 8:00 PM 03/24/11 - The National Weather Service has confirmed that it was indeed a tornado that touched down in the Greenback community.
Update: Bad weather causes issues for East Tennessee
Last Updated: 9:11 AM 02/25/11 - Overnight storms cause power outages and other issues the area.
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Stormy Weather: October 26, 2010
Last Updated: 6:24 PM 10/26/10 - Much of East Tennessee is under a tornado watch until 10pm tonight. It's been a wild and windy day. WVLT's Chief Meteorologist David Aldrich is on top of things to keep you safe. For the latest closings in East Tennessee click here.
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Kentucky flooding leaves residents displaced
Last Updated: 9:35 PM 07/18/10 - PIKE COUNTY, Kentucky (WYMT) - A few dozen people are temporarily living at a high school gym after flash flooding in Kentucky on Saturday night. Most say they left their homes quickly after seeing the flood waters coming their way.
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