The first attempt to launch SpaceX's Demo-2 may have been scrubbed, but that didn't keep us from celebrating the return of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station from United States soil. Tony Rice joins us from Raleigh to discuss the mission, which hopes to launch this weekend from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. We explore the weather rules that govern the launch criteria: How lightning scrubbed Wednesday's launch and more storms in the forecast could be troublesome this weekend. And... surprise! A tropical storm came ashore in South Carolina Wednesday morning before quickly bringing a flood threat to other portions of the Palmetto state and into North Carolina. Brad Panovich joins us from Charlotte, where flash flood warnings were issued when Bertha's rainfall caused already high rivers, creeks, and streams to overflowing their banks; saturated soils lost the grips on more trees. Brad explains how our week of rain caused an already-tropical system to influence even more flooding. And Scotty Powell, with a look at NASCAR's rainy return to Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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