All of Tuesday's athletic events in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system were cancelled or postponed due to the threatening weather across the district.

That includes four varsity events for Carrboro, three of which have been rescheduled for Wednesday.

Carrboro's cross-country team and tennis teams both will host conference events at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, and the Jaguar volleyball team will host Raleigh Charter at 6 p.m.

Tuesday's non-conference soccer match between Jordan and Chapel Hill has been moved to Oct. 20. School officials also opted to switch the site of a match next Monday with Cedar Ridge to Chapel Hill's home field.

A field hockey match between Carrboro and East Chapel Hill has not been rescheduled at this time.

Other events already scheduled for Wednesday — like Carrboro's soccer match at East Chapel Hill High School — are set to go on as planned.

The Homestead Aquatic Center will open at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, Aug. 27) after a morning closure due to a power failure. The power failure was caused by downed power line during the high winds. The power issue has since been resolved, and the facility is operational.

Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation staff are prepared to reopen the facility and resume its normal schedule. For pool schedules, visit http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=1123

Hurricane shelters are opening Friday in Brunswick, Craven, Duplin, Halifax, Hertford, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Pender and Wilson counties.
 
The state is coordinating with the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, N.C. Baptist Men and N.C. Social Services to shelter and feed evacuees. Mass Care Support trailers and mobile animal trailers are on standby in Halifax and Northampton counties to support those shelters.

The University of North Carolina has cancelled its “Meet The Heels” football event, scheduled for Saturday (Aug. 27) evening in Kenan Stadium. The university cited the potential for inclement weather and dangerous winds from Hurricane Irene.

With the season starting the following week, the event will not be rescheduled.  Carolina opens its football season versus James Madison on Saturday, Sept. 3.

Among the casualties of Hurricane Irene even before it hits North Carolina will be The Brittany Soccer Showcase. That means Carrboro's boys soccer match with a talented Swansboro team, originally scheduled for Friday night in Wilson, is cancelled.

Most Triangle high school football teams are still scheduled to play Friday night, but many of those playing farther east or south are opting to play Thursday night or postponing for a later date to avoid the heavy rainfall expected along the I-95 corridor over the weekend.

For example, Durham Hillside at Fayetteville E.E. Smith has been moved to Thursday.

The Brittany for the Boys soccer showcase in Wilson, which was scheduled for Friday and Saturday, was also canceled. It's traditionally been a major draw for prep soccer, bringing in scores of teams every year.

Mike Petty, a spokesman for The Brittany organizing committee, said the decision to cancel was made so that traveling teams would be able to change their motel reservations, chartered buses and dining plans.

“To allow them to make their cancellations in time to avoid charges, it is necessary to make our ‘go, no go’ decision now rather than waiting for later weather updates and the right decision is to cancel,” Petty told the News & Observer. “If we err, we choose to err on the side of caution.”

The Chapel Hill News and the News & Observer's Preps Now blog will update you on changes to high school schedules as they are received.

Google has made planning a trip a bit easier by adding a weather layer. You can read more at Google's Blog or watch the video below.

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Royal nuptials aren't the only thing kicking off tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. That's also when Time Warner Cable and News 14 Carolina begin their telethon to raise money for American Red Cross tornado recovery efforts in North Carolina.

Who needs Will and Kate when you can call and maybe chat with NASCAR legends Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson, or retired Tar Heel announcer Woody Durham? All while helping an extremely good cause.

Durham Hillside's baseball game with East Chapel Hill, originally set for today, has been postponed to 5 p.m. Thursday. Standing water on the campus after Monday night's severe storm left the field unplayable for Tuesday.
In other high school baseball news,  Jordan won 13-1 at Orange on Monday, and Riverside has a game at league-leading Roxboro Person (5-2, 4-0) this evening. Jordan (13-1 overall) has won five straight since a 4-2 loss to Person.
 

Rain has forced  cancellations Thursday for area sports teams. Orange and Cedar Ridge have called off just about everything that was scheduled for today.
The Cedar Ridge High School tennis match at Science and Math is rescheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday in Durham.
Orange High's indoor track awards have been postponed to 6 p.m. on March 16 in the school cafeteria.
Cedar Ridge’s home softball and baseball games against N.C. Science and Math have been rescheduled for March 21.
The Cedar Ridge lacrosse match at Durham Jordan also has been postponed to March 21.
Orange High’s tennis match with Chapel Hill and soccer match against Person both have been postponed and are not rescheduled at this time.

As a huge storm of snow and ice covers much of the Midwest and Northeast, more than 40 RDU flights to Chicago, New York and other cities have been scrubbed so far today.

Most of the cancellations posted online were scheduled before noon.

Expect more cancellations this morning and later in the day as snow and ice pile up on airport runways elsewhere in the country -- while the Triangle enjoys an unseasonably warm, damp day. The RDU temperature at 6:45 a.m. was 64 degrees.

Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.