Posted: 6:17 PM The second named tropical storm of the season formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday afternoon.

Updated: 3:57 PM Now that the dust has settled, it's time we take a look what Tropical Storm Andrea brought to Eastern Carolina and how we fared.

Updated: 7:52 PM Strong winds from Tropical Storm Andrea have made ferry travel between Ocracoke and both Cedar Island and Swan Quarter too dangerous, so the afternoon trips on those routes have been cancelled.

Updated: 8:03 PM The Highway Patrol says fortunately none of the 32 children on the Bertie County Schools bus were injured.

Updated: 8:09 AM Several Eastern Carolina school systems are delaying or closing schools on Friday because of Tropical Storm Andrea.

Updated: 12:29 PM Tropical Storm Andrea is expected to track over the east tomorrow, bringing with it several inches of rain, along with possibly rip currents and tornadoes.

Updated: 8:42 AM Tropical Storm Andrea has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone and is moving away from eastern Carolina.

Updated: 10:36 PM In Atlantic Beach and Morehead City residents and business owners are preparing for the start of hurricane season which runs from June 1st to the end of November.

Posted: 11:27 AM Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.

Updated: 8:23 PM Gov. Pat McCrory is scheduled to hold a news conference Thursday to discuss preparing for hurricanes. Saturday marks the start of the hurricane season.

Posted: 11:27 AM Gov. Pat McCrory is set to talk about hurricane preparedness as North Carolina faces the 2013 Atlantic season.

Posted: 11:27 AM The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon.

Updated: 10:14 PM As we face the start of another hurricane season in just a couple of weeks, some in the east are still rebuilding after hurricane Irene nearly two years ago. A Pamlico County church is looking for some help.

Posted: 11:25 AM Senator Kay Hagan announced Tuesday North Carolina will receive $12.3 million in federal funding to repair damage caused by hurricane Sandy.

Posted: 10:44 PM Looking ahead to the 2013 hurricane season which is just over a month away, the National Weather Service says, much like last year, they expect this season to produce 12 to 13 named storms.

Posted: 7:33 PM The National Weather Service is considering how it issues severe weather watches and warnings.

Updated: 10:49 PM Friday marked the last day of a busy Atlantic hurricane season with 19 named storms well above the average 12 named storms a season. Ten became hurricanes.

Posted: 9:21 PM Crews from the N.C. Department of Transportation are looking at the impacts of the nor'easter on parts of N.C. Highway 12 that were already damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Updated: 2:29 PM A coastal storm is developing off our coast and passing by our coast today, strengthening in to a strong Nor'easter off the New England coast by late tonight into Thursday.

Updated: 5:23 PM Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that fully resolving the shortages at gas stations could take a few days.

Posted: 9:52 PM A group of 18 volunteers from the Eastern Red Cross region packed up vehicles Thursday morning to head to New York.

Posted: 7:47 PM State officials have activated an emergency ferry route between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe to assist residents trying to return to Hatteras Island.

Updated: 5:15 AM The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 8.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing more than 50 deaths in the U.S.

Updated: 9:07 AM WITN News Anchor April Davis' friend Kim Kane is one of the lucky New Yorkers with power and called in to speak with April and Dave Jordan on WITN News at 11 Tuesday.

Updated: 11:49 PM Residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy along the Outer Banks will soon see more response heading their way.