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.

Fifteen flights at RDU Airport were listed as canceled this evening, and more than 20 Wednesday morning flights also were scratched.

The affected destinations included New York, Chicago, Boston, Hartford, Detroit, St. Louis and Indianapolis.

Expect more cancellations as snow and ice pile up on airport runways in the Midwest and Northeast. Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.

Heaps of snow in the northeast caused airline delays and cancellations at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but most flight schedules returned to normal in the afternoon.

The snow forced the Carolina Hurricanes to spend the night on Long Island after their 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders Wednesday.

But they won’t be late to their own party – the NHL All-Star Game scheduled Sunday in the Canes’ RBC Center.  The team’s charter plane left Long Island's Republic Airport for RDU late Thursday morning.

It's snowing some more in the Northeast, and that's affecting flights in and out of RDU Airport.

At least 20 departing flights this morning have been scratched, mostly to Boston, Hartford, and the New York area.  Other affected destinations include Orlando and Washington.

Expect more cancellations. Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.

With Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools closed Wednesday due to lingering icy conditions, the evening’s sports activities have been called off.
Chapel Hill High moved quickly to reschedule its conference-opening basketball games with Cardinal Gibbons to Saturday. The JV (2 p.m.) and varsity (3:30 p.m.) play at CHHS Gym; the JV and varsity girls play at the same times at Cardinal Gibbons’ gym on Saturday.
Also, the wrestling match between CHHS and East Chapel Hill has been re-scheduled for the CHHS Lower Gym on Friday. That’s going to make for a busy 18 hours for the wrestlers; CHHS already is scheduled to be at the Northwood Duals at 9 a.m. Saturday along with Carrboro; East Chapel Hill is scheduled to be at the DSA Duals in Durham at 9 a.m. Saturday.
No word yet on when the East Chapel Hill basketball game at Carrboro High School will be played.

With Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools closed Wednesday due to lingering icy conditions, the evening’s sports activities have been called off.
Chapel Hill High moved quickly to reschedule its conference-opening basketball games with Cardinal Gibbons to Saturday. The JV (2 p.m.) and varsity (3:30 p.m.) play at CHHS Gym; the JV and varsity girls play at the same times at Cardinal Gibbons’ gym in Raleigh.
Also, the wrestling match between CHHS and East Chapel Hill has been re-scheduled for the CHHS Lower Gym on Friday. That’s going to make for a busy 18 hours for the wrestlers; CHHS already is scheduled to be at the Northwood Duals at 9 a.m. Saturday along with Carrboro; East Chapel Hill is scheduled to be at the DSA Duals in Durham at 9 a.m. Saturday.
No word yet on when the East Chapel Hill basketball game at Carrboro High School will be played.

A few dozen flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport are canceled today, many to destinations in the northeast.

New York, Boston, Chicago and Washington Dulles are among the cities most affected by about 40 cancellations posted at flightstats.com. Atlanta also is affected. RDU's runways have stayed open during this week's icy weather.

Flights are landing this morning, and most flights are still scheduled to operate.

Expect more cancellations. Check your airline. Check RDU's flight status page.

Triangle Interstates were clear Tuesday afternoon, and DOT crews began working on state highways and some secondary roads with salt and sand.

“They’re worn out,” Gov. Bev Perdue told reporters at a DOT maintenance yard in Raleigh. “A lot of people have worked 24 hours, 36 hours. But the bottom line is we’ve done it and done it fairly well all over the state. There are still some back roads that are really icy.”

Perdue urged drivers to stay off the road tonight.

“If you’re out and about, be very careful.  We know it will refreeze tonight and the roads will be very dangerous. So if you can, go home early or stay home. And start again tomorrow when the weather looks a bit better.” ... [MORE]