With the latest, steve . Ice its a three letter word with a four letter meaning, staging crew haves been here in and out ebb and flow trying to make sure theyre where theyre needed. The temperatures continue to drop. All these trucks that are still here, youll notice they all have their buckets extended. The simple reason for that, they dont want to have those mechanisms freeze and then have them unavailable when they need them to try to restore the electricity. And earlier today, the rain turned to ice. And when the ice began to fall, thats when things got messy. Ice conditions certainly make it more treacherous. Especially with the travel issues. But our crews will be getting out there assessing the damage and then doing what they need to do to get as many people back up and online as possible. We just continue to urge everyone to stay prepared, make sure you have your emergency supplies handy and make sure you have a plan, because were into the weekend. And because its going to be a multiday event, duke energy says theyll continue to bring in crews from out of state to make sure they have enough people to restore the electricity as the evening progresses, youre seeing thousands more are losing their electricity, so be prepared, it may happen to you, if it does, take precautions, reporting live, wncn news now. Thank you steve. Heres a live look at i40 and wade avenue in raleigh. Were seeing more carsen the road than we saw earlier today. But as you can see by the headlights, theyre moving the d. O. T. Responded to more than 1,000 accidents across the state. Amy cutler has been on the roads all afternoon. Shes live in the wncn mobile news tracker. Hows it looking now . Well, sharon, those secondary roads are still slick and slippery. The main roads though, the highways have been salted and plowed. We are headed eastbound on 40. We just saw a car off the road. Weve seen a lot of cars spinning out as well. At this point, the precipitation has stopped. It seems more that the water on the roads are kind of pooling. Its not ice or snow. What we saw earlier. So thats the good news. Unfortunately, its likely to so d. O. T. Says theyre prepared. They have employees working 12 hour shifts. They have 3200 employees working to clear the roads. And they have hundreds of trucks out there. We saw a lot of plow trucks today salting the roads, clearing the roads, and that is likely to continue since as you guys said, were only half way through the storm. Live in raleigh, amy cutler, wncn news now. The slick Road Conditions caused a deadly crash this morning on i95 in johnston county. It came after a tractor trailer truck jackknifed. At the scene. Troopers identified the victim as 65yearold larry elder of virginia. A major challenge tonight is trying to keep the roads clear. Wncns bo minnick joins us live in raleigh with the effort to do just that. Bo . Sean, weve been seeing d. O. T. Trucks coming in and out of the yard here all day. Thats going to continue into the night. There are 70 d. O. T. Workers that are out right now on roads in wake county. Theyve been putting down the salt and sand and once the roads get slushy, they then put down those plow blades. But the issue has been this constant precipitation. It impacts how the crews can treat the roads. If theyre not scraping, theyre more than likely applying the salt. What we have to do is let the salt do its job. It doesnt start melting until the salt actually dissolves into the solution on the ground. Once that happens, after a particular time frame we come plows and push it off. Youll hear a similar response across the state as crews will be putting the blades out. If theyre actually able to make progress clearing the roads, now back out here live, i wanted to show you this, look at this fence here by the d. O. T. Yard just covered really in a sheet of ice. This is what theyre dealing with. This situation, certainly out there on the roads. You can see the ice there. Thats what theyre facing on the roads. So theyll be working on it. Tonight, into tomorrow, trying to deal with this winter storm. Live in raleigh, bo minnick, wncn news now. The snow started falling earlier. But its since turned to sleet. Wncn is live in roxboro. Youve been out there all day. Whats going on now. Well were just seeing sleet right now. Like you guys mentioned. It snowed earlier in the day. That stopped around 1 00. Theres been three to four inches of snow and sleet. U. S. 501. If you look here, this mess minutes ago. A woman lost control on the road and crashed into this curb right here. Any photographer dan and i had to help push her out. It shows the dangers of driving in these conditions. Jesse walker owns a Convenience Store down the road and he says theyre used to driving in these conditions. He says it would take a lot more than just snow to close his store down. We had me and my wife came this morning. We didnt have a problem. I think you have a four wheel drive, you can get out. You know. Drive right. Youll be all right. If you get out here act like a fool, youre going to get hurt. Reporter sound advice there. We spoke with highway president obama a little while ago. They havent had any serious accidents here in the area. But if youre heading out, if you have to head out, take it easy, take it slow, and jesse walker says if you head out, you might as well get some of the weather leading to widespread cancellations at Rdu International airport. Michael joins us at rdu with the latest. Reporter just a few flights are scheduled to get out today. Most of the action has been at the delta carrier all day. Its owe only Major Carrier operating at rdu today. People have been here all day hoping theyre among the lucky few still flying out or theyre making alternate plans. Earlier today, we talked to devon who drove here from the charlotte area and was planning to go to england. Since then her flight was canceled. She planned to connect to new york and could have been stranded there. Shes been rebooked. But she was looking forward to getting stuck. I thought getting stuck in jfk might have been fun. Im flying out with a friend. I thought, you know, maybe wed get a hotel and find good new york pizza and then head out. Looking ahead. Flight aware. Com. While same airlines including jet blue and southwest canceled all flights on saturday, others are having limited operations tomorrow. At rdu, michael highland, wncn news now. The Carolina Panthers did not let the Winter Weather stop them from practicing. They braved the snow this morning in charlotte to prepare for the nfc championship game sunday night against the cardinals. People flying to the game may have trouble though due to the thousands of Flight Cancellations as michael mentioned along the east coast. And were just Getting Started with our Team Coverage tonight. Next at 7 00. Well check on the conditions in durham. The ice and freezing rain causing big problems in lead count. But first, heres a live look at i40 and i5 40. Slowly. While some of us may have just experienced a lull in the frozen precipitation, theres another batch to come. Coming up in your forecast, ill take you hour by hour through the night and tomorrow. And well take you outside and stil on air, online, wherever you are, this is wncn news at 7 00. Were back with a live look from boone, the doubt area is covered in snow tonight the downtown area is covered in snow tonight. This is king street. At all. The area saw several edges of snow today. That will be good for ski resorts. Heres a look at conditions in asheville. The snow making for slick conditions on the roads. Causing cars to spin out. The Winter Weather is effecting more than 1 4 of the u. S. Population. 10s of millions of people up and down the east coast tonight. Heres a live look at our nations capitol. Washington dc is under a blizzard warning tonight and could see 2 feet of snow by the time its all said and done. Back here in our area, the ice, freezing rain, and sleet made for tricky driving conditions. This is what it looked like earlier today in durham. The roads are coated in snow. For the latest on whats happening now, we continue team conch with par you boone whos live tonight. Mario . I can tell you the latest here is we have light snow flurries falling. I just got an update from three dozen or so accidents today. Lets take a look at the roads. You can see maybe about 10 minutes ago, another snowplow came through, and cleared the street. And look over there, a few people out walking, but the streets for the most part remain clear. People are heeding advice to simply stay home. Over here. Because about an hour or so ago we saw city work crews on tractors plowing the sidewalks and for the most part theyre still clear, of course the concern tonight as the temperature drops down, and let me tell you, its cold out here, were worried about this stuff turning into ice. One more thing, one of the only restaurants still open if Downtown Durham is right here, right across the street from where were going live. You can see there are folks sitting in there actually eating. A moment ago, the owner was so nice, he came over and offered us to come grab food. Journalist never turn down free food. Well check that out in a moment. I talked to a guy who was out he didnt want to be out here. But he had to come out. I want you to listen to what he explained was the reason he had to be on the streets in this bad weather. I prefer to be sitting at home on my couch. But somebody got in trouble, stuck on the side of the road in a ditch. So i had to get my chains and come help them out of a ditch. Reporter back live, taking a live look at the roadway again. Another quick update. Durham transit is shut down for the night. Theyll resume tomorrow at 10 00 a. M. And again, you see a few cars out. But for the most part, roads are clear, and police urging you to stay in if you can. Well be out all night monitoring the roads. Well have live updates and you can get the latest on wncn. Com. Reporting live in Downtown Durham, mario boone, wncn news now. Meanwhile sleet and freezing rain was the story today in the sand hills. Slippery roads caused several accidents. Nate rogers has been monitoring the conditions and he joins us reporter were in lee county, and i tell you in the last couple hours since weve been here, weve seen several spin outs happen right at the road right there just cars trying to turn and slow down. But somehow theyve lost control. No doubt snow accumulation here. But most of all, the roads covered in sleet. That couple with ice is whats causing several accidents, Highway Patrol tells us theyve had more than a dozen weather related crashes today. Although some people were transported to area hospitals their injuries dont appear life threatening. Throughout the day, roads were barren as most people obeyed advice from officials to stay homement we caught up with one guy who took advantage of this wintery mess. Take a listen. Despite the messy roads, despite the cold temperatures, youre still getting your work out in, huh . Tell me about it. Just, you know, got to work out, cant stop cant let the weather stop me. Im preparing for the army. Now, although the freezing rain stopped, temperatures have dropped. Were seeing more salt trucks come through to treat the roads. Just another reminder from department of transportation, once theyre out trying to clear the roads, put the salt and is and down, theyre asking all drivers to please give them some room thats the latest, nate rogers, wncn news now. Now your wncn weather forecast. All right nate, thank you very much. Its friday night in central north carolina. One of our busiest interstates is a ghost town. Temperatures at 31 degrees. And while weve had a lull, some of us in the precipitation, you can see behind me its filling back in with rain south of the triangle. Freezing rain, sleet, and snow from the triangle on north. Yet another batch is getting ready to move through over the next couple hours. And i tell you what, i know its been a long day of kind of but weve got another night and day of this before we can start to even think about driving somewhere without ending up in the ditch. Now, it hasnt been the biggest snow storm weve ever had. It hasnt been the biggest ice storm either. But its been a little bit of both. And its been gnarly on the roads. Look at some of the totals, sleet and snow. Over 3 inches in pierson county. Thats in bethel hill and roxboro. In warren county, you got three inches. Orange county, evelyn, two inches there. Carrie, an inch and a half. Not huge snow totals. Theres been sleet mixing in. Pile up. Sleet is not. Its very compact. Thats why some totals have been lower. Because we have more sleet. Cold. Triangle. 31 in raleigh. Above freezing south of the triangle. Which is why it was rain showing up. But one of my concerns tonight, not only as the frozen and your tree, your power line in your backyard might have a little bit of ice on it. And it might be able to hold. But as these winds continue to go to work on that tree or power line, and even pick up, thats when they could come down. And plus, if you have to walk outside for anything, look at our windchills, 11 degrees in roxboro and sylar city. Its not going to warm up much in the next several hours. Temperatures will hold. Including those and windchills. The frozen precipitation will stay frozen. But then as we get passed midnight, a lull again in the precipitation. But winds turn back out of the north, temperatures drop. And then more precipitation as we get into saturday morning and that would be snow. Not a lot. But there is more to come. Both frozen and snow precipitation. So heres what the weather map looks like right now as we go forward, you see rain mainly east and south. By that wintery mix of freezing rain and sleet continues for a early in the morning, as the low speeds by up the coast, a little bit of a lull. But then on the backside as colder air moves in. 20s. Look what else drops back in. More snow. Its not expected to be heavy. It could be 1 to 3 inches by lunch time that snow retreats a little to the north and stays by the virginia border. Even through the afternoon. But as we get into the evening tomorrow, this snow and clouds move out. And weve got sunshine on sunday. We do not have that tomorrow. Itll be a cloudy and a cold day. Winds will continue. More Power Outages will be possible. As a wintery mix continues over night and snow tomorrow morning and early afternoon. We start to see improvements on sunday. But i dont think itll be until the afternoon until roads will improve. 48 monday and were in the 50s on tuesday. With a cold front tuesday and wednesday. That will bring us rain. And nothing more. But itll be chilly by the end of course the entire wncn weather team has been here all day keeping an eye on this storm, including bill ray. Hes now outside to talk more about whats going on with the trees and maybe some of that ice thats under your feet. Bill . Thats right, wes, as a matter of fact, i have my temperature out here. Were at 31. 5 degrees right outside the studio. Winds peeked at 14. 5. So the windchills a factor. And also whats happened today. Let me grab this. This tree branch looks pretty impressive. Look at the ice on there. Look at that. Thats about 1 4 of an inch almost. 1 8 of an inch. Whats going to happen, if we get more of that over night like is forecasted, this will get heavier and heavier. It could snap and fall. You see the tree behind me, i dont think that tree is going to fall but trees could fall. Power lines could fall. We have to be careful with that. The other thing is, even though its below freezing here, its slushy on the ground. But this is ice on top. When we get cold tonight, this when the snow falls, you wont see this, i think one of the most Dangerous Things to do guys is just when youre stepping outside, your front stoop, or your front porch, thats an accident waiting to happen. Please be careful. Things arent going to get better any time soon. Sean . Thank you for that. Exciting snow vide welcome back. Snow starting falling in roanoke virginia around 3 00 this morning. This is time lapse video showing a portion of the accumulation. The areas specking 18 to 24 inches of snow there. Meanwhile, as most people werehuddled up inside today, we found someone who used a creative way to brave the elements. Wncns emma wright shot this video of a moped in raleigh. As you can see, they were not phased by the cold temperatures. I would be heres a final look at the radar that continues to have rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow, and while some of you may have had a lull there for a bit. We expect it to pick back up for another couple hours tonight. Another break over night. But then some snow on top of all of this ice tomorrow morning and early afternoon. Itll be another cold and windy day. Sunshine and 40 thank goodness on sunday. Guys . All right. Thank you. We have much more coming up well be here i cut the internet off cause i caught em with lewd conduct. 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