Wral. Com. The good thing, elizabeth, is the weather will be nice. Oh, well have elizabeth in just a moment. Two communities are on edge, worried about water levels and the potential it catastrophic flooding. A voluntary evacuation is in effect fo downstream. Wrals bryan mims is live in moore county with more, and i understand that the area is completely on edge, bryan. Reporter yes. There are rattled nerves. Im along highway 690 that runs on to springlake and fort bragg. It is closed as you can tell from the cones behind me. And i noticed that the moore county fire Marshal Brian few other officials. They are about to go out to the dam to meet with safety engineers to see where things stand. But as you mentioned, houses along 690 have been evacuated as well as those in spring lake along the lower little river. Let me show you video from last night of the evacuation. The Moore County Public Safety Department said that a breach of the dam is, quote, highly likely but we are stressing occurred. And an official told the pilot newspaper that a small motion of the dam washed away and workers were mitigating it, and a breach remained a likelihood. Evacuees said that fire trucks went to their homes with someone on the loud speaker urging them to get out. We spoke with a woman who was outside her house when a fire my 11yearold was outside with me and she started shaking and was in tears. It scared all of us, and our neighbor, shes pregnant, really upset. Everyone jumped from their vehicles and grabbed our kids and ran to the dollar general. Mother nature is mother nature. Just be smart. When they say go, go. Reporter and something to note it was one of the largest high hazard dams in the state that received a poor rating from regulators. There were cracks in the concrete spillway and water seening seeping out of the earthen shore. E fire the scene and on his way out to the dam to meet with the engineers. We hope in the next little while well have an update on are told to stay away from the dam and little river. Lena and renee . Today will be the moment of truth for the folks in moore county. Thank you, bryan. The residents in princeville are on high alert. The tar river is expected to crest at 10 00. This isnt the first time they had to go through this. Julia sims is joins us live along the tar river neighboring tarboro. Julia . And apologize. Looks like were having audio issues. Well get back to that. Floodwaters have forced left hands to evacuate in Robeson County when a levee near lumberton broke. That levee is Still Holding but getting around it. There is concern that history will repeat itself from hurricane floyd even though the dam was rebuilt and reinforced and now, the call is out for donations and supplies. Of sun there, and the good news is we will get to see a good stretch of the nice weather for all the folks trying to clean up from the devastating flooding. I am sure they are enjoying this, elizabeth. I cant imagine if i had to stand and say we ha coming. Im glad thats not in the forecast. Extended period, looking into next week with no chance for rain. Everything is moving along here. Avent ferry and western boulevard here and brian will talk about places you cant get down the road because its washed out and a Flood Warning for eastern counties including wake county not for rain coming but for the continued flooding that is happening across the area. River basins. We have three river basins flooding across the area. Well let you know when the rivers are likely to crest and when they gallon down and well be out of flood stage. 45 in durham, and in many places, the coolest morning weve seen so far this season. 39 in fayetteville and goldsboro, and jacket weather by lunchtime, a high of 70 and after sunset, we drop back down into the mid60s. Brian shrader will talk about the closed roads. Yes, and we have the typicalled it morning commute worries, 40 eastbound is slow leaving chapel hill. Freeway. Earlier, 54 was a good alternate route but now that were seeing the delays easing on 40 eastbound, thats your best option, easing up on the south side of durham. Again, it appears to be sun glare, no accidents causing the problems. We had a report of an accident 40 westbound at lake wheeler contributing to the delays in the south side of raleigh up to west raleigh. 440 to wade, the 27 minutes. The good news is beyond that heading out to the airport and rtp, its 6 minutes. Lets talk about the situation with closed roads throughout central and eastern North Carolina. These icons indicate roads blocked due to flooding or washed out or trees down or other kinds of damage. Not just secondary roads but leave newton grove towards sampson. Signals are out and treat those intersections as allway stops. Many roads are closed, secondary and major roads and heavy traffic in town as people are trying to find alternates. And dont ignore the barriers even if they look dry. The d. O. T. Has to inspect them. Lena. Thank you, brian. To crest. And people are bracing for the possibility of crippling floods. Julia sims is joining us from the neighboring town of tarboro. Julia, hope we can hear you now. Reporter yeah. It helps to turn on the mic, doesnt it . Listen. Seriously, renee, the tar river has been inching up and is expected to crest about 35 feet, and the dike is at 37 feet. A lot of people are collectively holding their breath. 17 years ago, the memories of devastation of floyd is fresh. The whole town was swallowed in the floodwaters and they rebuilt but with matthew, well, you in 1999, we lost everything but our lives and this is round 2. Reporter i cant even imagine what the folks are going through. A lot of folks are keeping an eye on this river, and its expected to crest at 10 00 this morning. Well see how it plays out this morning, julia sims. Thank you. The impact of Hurricane Matthew is widespread and many where the boil water orders are cked me in a parking tried to stab me with an 8inch knife. But i carry a pistol. I fight back. Thats why im still here. Every woman has a right to defend herself with a gun if she chooses. Hillary clinton disagrees with that. Dont let politicians take away your right to own a gun. Narrator look up the facts on richard burr. The Insurance Industry gave richard burrs campaigns onepointone Million Dollars. Thats public record. And richard burr wrote a plan to privatize medicare. New profits for private insurers would be as high as sixteen to twentysix billion. But seniors would pay nine percent more for medicare. Richard burr is looking out for himself and the Insurance Industry. Not you. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Boil water orders are in effect portions of all of 23 excuse me, all 23 chatham, cumberland, duplins franklin, hoke, johnston, lenoir, robeson, sampson, wake, wayne, and wilson counties. If you lost power in the storm, you should boil water for at least a minute until the utility gives an all clear. We have news crews in areas where flooding is at risk, and we are tracking social media. There are a number of new postings. And we expect more throughout the morning. Bill leslie joinses with you a look bill . Upon. Sorry, bill. We havent able to hear you. There may be an issue with your microphone. Well get back to bill. Another new warning for galaxy 7 note owners. . . . . Geico motorcycle, welcome back. The time is now 8 15. Its been really incredible learn how rivers can crest at different points and the impact it can have on communities. Absolute we. We have river basins and the water starts at 1 spot and then rises and drops and moves on to the next place. Its a science that you are able to track. And thats where were headed first. All morning, we have been basins. Lets head over to the tar river in pamplico river basin. Typically, you have several different rivers in it, and one is the largest, will pamplico, and the tar runs through that, and rocky mount, the river has crested there, but they are likely to stay at flood stage through friday and it may be that conditions continue to improve, and then to tarboro where it l today and, of course, a lot of that high water moves down to greenville and eventually in the pamplico sound. Lets talk about the water level at tarboro and princeville. Everyone who remembers hurricane floyd remembers that princeville went underwater. So they built a dike to hold the water back and in looks like in this case it may work. Minor flooding, 19 feet, Riverside Park floods and major currently, at 32. 28. So we are just in the major flood. Its not likely going to be a record flood, and the crest may be up around 35. I would drop it down to 33 33 because it looks like the river has flattened out and may not climb to 35. 37 is when the river top the levee or dike and flood princeville. It may be that everything will be okay in princeville st be safe, down there to talk about whats happening there in tarboro but even at this rrent level we have streets flooding and princeville on the other hand is fine with flooding on the west side but the city of princeville should be okay. And, of course, they have evacuated the town just to be sure. Looking at nice weather, fortunately, no rain coming our way. The rdu skycam, nice and sunny, the coldest morning so far this season for many parts of the viewing area. The dew point, 44 and 41 in roxboro and it dropped down to 37 this morning and 49 in fayetteville and 46 in rocky mount and wilson. High pressure means dry conditions and a cold front back to the west that will warm us up thursday and cool us on friday but not bring us rain. Another cool morning tomorrow, and 88 is the record setback in 2010. The state fair will begin on thursday, but thursday is preview day. So the gates will open at 3 00. Lunchtime, 73, and 8 00, 67. If you are headed to the fair, take along a jacket if you are going to be there after sunset. We will have cooler temperatures and we warm things up into next week with the morning low back in the mid 50s. Footballfriday, a lot of the it out before you go out and events on the calendarfrom last weekend have moved ahead. One them is the tour de femme, an all wo to benefit those living with cancer. Ill be chill tow start. A wonderful event. Sounds great. Do you ride a bike . I do. You should come. I dont have a bike i could represent one. We should all be as a little bittive a little bit as active as our inspiration. Fayetteville policing looking the person they believe shot 3 people last night. 3 men were standing street when the suspt walked st one person it in critical condition. A black man, 58 and weighing 175 pounds and last seen wearing all dark clothing with a camouflage jacket. We are exactly 4 weeks away from election day and the campaigning continues in North Carolina when president obama visits greensboro. Wral will have complete coverage of the rally for hillary clin oak ampitheatre. The event starts at 6 00, and well hear from those running for governor. Governor pat mccrory and roy cooper will meet for a debate. Chuck todd from meet the press will moderator. Thats tonight at 7 00 and wral will host and produce another debate. David crabtree and laura leslie will host the hourlong debate. With cooper and mccrory. You can watch on wral and wral. Com. A reminder this friday is the Voter Registration deadline. The earlying Voting Period starts october 20th, but make sure you take care of things to vote by friday. Florida residents very an extra day to register to vote. A federal judge has extended the Voter Registration deadline until 5 00 tomorrow. The judges order comes after the Florida Democratic party sued governor rick scott for to the extending the deadline due to Hurricane Matthew evacuations which could have prevented people from registering. Scott said people had had enough time. Samsung is owners danger of catching 5. At least five fires are reported since the global recall. If you have othe phones, turn it off right now and you can return the phone and get a refund or exchange. It wasnt a storybook ending for red sox slugger david ortiz but he is off in retirement. The last trip to the mound did not neaped a homerun over the Green Monster base. The crowd at fenway park called for ortiz to make a curtain call, and he did just that. Blue bell is again recalling ice cream because of suspected listeria contamination including half pints of the cookie dough listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections. The time, 8 24. Concern in moore county that a after 20 years in washington, were learning lots about richard burr. First, he opposed a bill prohibiting Insider Trading by members of congress. Now we learn burr had over 100,000 in oil and gas stocks while he backed legislation giving tax credits benefitting gas companies. Anies donated over half a Million Dollars to burrs campaigns. Since hes been in congress. Thats making washington work for him. Its 8 00 8 26. Im lena tillett. Springlake issued an Evacuation Order for residents downstream from woodlake. They are concerned about the dam breaching and sending up to 3 more feet of water. And we are watching the tar river expected to crest at tarboro and princeville in Edgecombe County. Princeville has been evacuated the dike. Precarious, elizabeth. It is and at last check, it looks like it may be okay. The river levels have to get to 37 feet and i think right now its at 33. It may not get too much higher. A look the durham skycam, it looks nice. The cool temperatures, 37 earlier this morning in roxboro and up to 41. Goldsboro but still jacket weather. If you are sending the kids out the door to school, its cool out there. 74 on wednesday, and 78 on thursday, and again, the pretty weather stwith us through the weekend. Brian . Elizabeth, delays on 40 westbound due to an accident, 40 west at lake wheeler road and the u. S. 1 interchange. 20 minutes to make the trip and hearing about an accident on gorman at the i40 interchange. A lot of accidents popping up, and so 59 roads l closed and blocke and eastern North Carolina from flooding or downed trees, and in places, the road is simply washed away. Back to you. Thank you, brian. Governor mccrory think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell you. I would bomb the [bleep] out of em. I could middlell tell you. Of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. Get him out of here get him out of here priorities usa action is responsible now on fox 50, an Evacuation Order in effect. But first, several School Districts are closed. Clinton city, cumberland county, Edgecombe County and Franklin County schools closed. Halifax, harnett, hoke and Johnston County schools are closed. Lee, moore county, nash, and rocky sampson, wayne county, Wilson County schools are thresidents of princeville have been through this before. The floodwaters of hurricane floyd in 1999 wined out that town and they are hoping that n julia sims joins us from tarboro where the river is expected to crest. Lena, we have changed location. Princeville is the other side, and you can see folks are starting to gather this morning to watch this river. A lot of anxiety, and residents are bracing for another blow, and this is a matter of wait, watch, and pray. This is a view of the tar river from sky 5. You can see yesterday, it was swolen and 10 00 this morning. The dike is at 37 feet. And the crest is 35. Its not a lot of wiggle room, and princeville is a lowlying town with 2000 advise dents. A mandatory evacuation was issued on sunday, and its believed that people heeded that warning and left town, and folks are gathering on the have been coming and going talking with people and they tell us that this reminds them of floyd back in 1999 and they are just worried sick that Something Like that could happen again and everyone is hoping for the best. From here well go down to my colleague bryan mims in moore county where officials no of the w oodlake dam. Bryan . Reporter julia, good news. We heard from the town of spring lake a few minutes ago. Engineers announced that the dam has stabilized and will be further assessed this morning to figure out what the current or future risks are to people who live downstreams and again, stabilized. No further evacuations are planned and detail updates will be coming from spring lane and moore county about the situation, what kind of risk there is at the dam. But lets sw you video from last night of the evacuation. Officials are urging people to get out because a dam breach spwith a number of evacuees. They described firefighters and fire trucks going door to door and firefighters speaking through a loud speaker to everybody urging them to get out, and we spoke with one woman who says that hehad to get out and leave as soon as possible, and a couple of spring lake and one in moore county. Engineering are at the dam assessing the situation and we are expecting an update later. But no further evacuations are planned. It looks like the dam was stabilized which is welcome news for all of these people in moore county and spring lake. Back to you. Bryan, will be people be able to go stay in their shelters . Reporter well, were hoping that we can figure that out once we speak with local officials but they still want to check out the dam and see what other risks present themselves at the dam but it has been stabilize ed and doesnt look leak a breach is imminent. So that is that is relieving. Thank you, bryan. New information with bryan telling us that Wood Lake Dam is holding up. Thank you. President obama has declared North Carolina a major disaster area, 31 counties impacted are now eligible for federal aid and this will help to supplement state and local efforts in motion. Fema said that damage surveys are continuing, and additional forms of assistance may be designated after the assessments are in wayne county, several people are escaping from rising water. Votesand humvees are on lassiter road. Crews rescued a young girl who needed medical attention and crews got a deer trapped by flood waiters, able to get the animal to safety. In goldsboro, people are using boats to escape. The water was seen moving quickly past the home. From matthew is worse from hurricane floyd 17 years ago. More images of the storm damage from the outer banks. High winds broke apart docks and pathways in hatteras. The storm knocked over power poles and lines and left debris all over the road. Siding and parts of roofs were officials announced only residents and essential personnel will be allowed to assess the damage. The south port fort fisher ferry route will continue today. They were waiting for the high water to go back down before bringing back the ice. Incredible the how flooding, and that is something that will take weeks, months for the communities to recover. It certainly will, but good news from spring lake, elizabeth. Absolutely and glad to hear that. Happy to let you know that we dont have more rain in the forecast. We shouldnt have anything adding to the water coming down the river. Well talk more in about 6 or 8 minutes about some of the other river basins and how they are faring and where the wate be rising next. Durham skycam, lovely and its been cool. 46 in rocky mount and 48 in roxboro, and its jacket weather out there this morning in marlboro, but warming up into the 60s this afternoon. Upper 60s to near 70 and if you are in downtown durham, 63 at lunchtime, a nice, nice afternoon with a temperature of 69 for the afternoon high. Across the region and more on what cent forecast looks like. Renee . Thank you, elizabeth. Thousands are still without power. In some cases, nearly whole towns are in the dark. More on the push to bring back power to thousands in North Carolina. And the animals impacted by a man attacked me in a parking garage. Tried to stab me with an 8inch knife. Thats why im still here. Every woman has a right to defend herself with a gun if she chooses. Hillary clinton disagrees with that. Dont let politicians take away your right to own a gun. Donald trump supports my right to own a gun. Narrator what would you do if you were sent to washington . Cut the debt . In washington, richard burr has made his own life better. Richard burr took 1. 1 Million Dollars from the Insurance Industry and wrote a plan to privatize medicare. The Insurance Industry would make billions, while you pay more. Richard burr. Twenty years in washington. Serving himself. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. We have an update this hour. A man reported missing during Hurricane Matthew has been found safe. 43yearold boris abbey was ed d and again, he has been found 157,000 Duke Energy Customers in our state still do not, however. We spoke with the Duke Energy Spokesperson a short while ago who counties are give estimated restoration date of sunday, he doesnt think it will take that long for more customers. In wake county, 30,000 customers are in the dark and robeson, 20,000. And Johnston County, and harnett and sampson counties, 9,000. Today, the city of raleigh will open Community Centers for those who dont have power so they can get a d 4 Community Centers will provide daycare for 10 between 8 00 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. Thats at jaccee park and green road and john chavis and abbott creek and john chavis very a cookout with chips and drinks carousel. The u. S. Coast guard came in to help rescue people in edg are closed throughout North Carolina. One of those spots lumber don in Robeson County where highwaisheavy ng the road is covered wood and debris floating by means drivers must find another route. Still ahead, waiting for help. The efforts to get these animals to safety. And how technology is helping Emergency Management officials pinpoint arsenic, mercury, lead. Thats what you got. Bills to pay for cleaning up their mess. And what will you get . R ecc a chilly start to the morning. Needed the coat today. I dont know if im this excited for the cool weather, either. You know, i think ill mis miss summer a little. I always miss summer. Welcoming in the fall. It is. And fall is always beautiful, of course, and i would think beautiful if we had more snow. Youll learn that about me. I on a Facebook Page called the snow levels lobby. And thats in responseto brians antisnow. Lena, i thought we would be friends. Maybe not. [laughter] all right. Lets talk what is going on. Talking d where the rivers may here is the neuse sin. The neuse river trail along the east river, very, very lar, the stretch of greenway, and the neuse river rises in Durham County just outside thand littl forms at falls lake and gets dammed up. The lake is very high and well above normal and theyre downstream, but at some point, they will let the river out and well let you know if that is something that does happen. And yesterday, we were talking about flooding in smithfield, and goldsboro will be above flood stage for quite sometime and eventually, it will move down. So lets talk about these stages. The neuse river at goldsboro. Normally below 17 feet and end of the Seymour Johnson air force base gets flooded at 24 feet. It doesnt flood the runway but just the lights at end of the runway. Check, 28. 3 and them to hold there until it drops in a week or so. That stage res a look at the flooding expected with 28 feet. It is right now, and you can see here is the e base runway. Yolittle bit of flooding there. Buildings not too far along westbrook and this the blue be inundating. And certainly, something to let you know about. Online and they come from the flnuation alert map website. And you can check them out in your area any i am too. Any time. And lets check out the weather here, 45 is the current temperature and the dew point at 44. We check out temperatures across the area, a chilly morning but temperatures are starting to comeback pressure is keeping things dry even though we have approaching cold front that is not likely to brrain but temperature on thursday. At lunchtime, 73, and at 8 00, 67. And the weather looks beautiful aural the d any events that you planned should be fine. Lot of people cleaning up from now through the weekend and beyond. It looks like for quite sometimes. Brian is here to talk about the roads still closed. Indeed. Its 8 49, and we are looking at congestion around the triangle, typical morning commute traffic. And you can see that 40 eastbound on the south side of durham leaving chapel hill heading towards rtp is congested, easing up a bit, and we are in that time of where the eastbound traffic on 40 and out of rtp will be backed up because of sun glare. You need to keep th starting now and through the rest of the fall. Easing up 540 westbound and 40 west clearing up nicely through raleigh. Owle you the rest of the region because of so many roads still closed. And all the icons indicate lot of thwashed out r or until they can get those things repaired. Interstates that are closed dir 95 blocked between dunn and fayetteville and 40 westbound o benson and the adow area. Thats still blocked towards highway 96. Scoot over towards 64is still c as you head through the southern part of wilson,and with those roads closed, you can expect will be ading into town through wilson and other towns along 95 as people look for alternate routes. Our map is indicating 64 out of rocky mount towards tarboro is closed in spots there. Back to you. Thank you, brian. The North Carolina general election is november 8th and with the states top office on the ballot, we asked the candidates to let you know where they stand on the important issues facing our candidate lon cecil addressing the Top Priorities he would address if elected governor. Reporter im lon cecil, libertarian candidate for governor. Voters tell me that they want choices for vocational, starter, private, education. Funding reques taxpayer money and it doesnt follow the child to the classroom. Voters want jobs. Economic growth can provide services and goods within a few months of we may relax regulations and tax burdens if they are new businesses and providing jobs in the first year and voters are demanding clean, underground, and surface water supplies. To see all the position statements by the candidates, go to wral. Com and search vote. Hope mills is one of the the family here has lived here for 26 years and the first ooof less than two weeks ago with the heavy rainfall and then Hurricane Matthew came in and lifted the home off the d turned it 180 degrees. The water receded yesterday and the full scope of the damage became clearer. The homeowner didnt want to be on camera but hold wrals debra morgan how hard it was to see the devastation. A rescue of a kind in cumberland county, a horse named bob. Bob was staying in a livestock pen when the floodwater came in. Rescuers got him out and loaded him on a trailer and took him to another facility and now, they are working to find bob a place to live. Pet finder said you can have him for 125 and hope he finds out if a group of deer standing in the floodwaters were rescued in wayne county. Sky 5 flew over this scene of the deer on the virt yawrl island made by floodwater. We called the Wildlife Commission to tell them about the deer. People being told to get out before the water rises, and all those decisions are based on technology. State leaders invested in better flood plain mapping, the flood inundation mapping and alert network, and it can predict what areas will flood and when to get to the evacuations sooner. They used this system in lumberton yesterday afternoon. Based on each of those buildings and first floor elevations and what the water over 900 buildings are flooding and the cost to repair that is 29. 2 million, so we have an accurate understanding of whats going on. Just type in your personal address to get the alert and you can go to wral. Com to find out how. We are just minutes away time now is 8 56. Im renee chou. And im lena tillett. Here is the top story, the situation is dire in robeson hundreds of people were evacuate and many in shelters after being rescued their they are pleadihelp and the red cross willanoohelp you a few high, thin cirrus clouds over rdu and the temperatures are the cooler temperatures. The sunshine is starting to afternoon at 69 and mid70s wednesday and nearly 80 on thursday and temperatures cool brian . 8 57, elizabeth, and a lot of us will be dealing with closed roads through the day, and thats what were looking at here on the live commute map with the icons shing the probm spots on interstates and secondaried roads. Westbound is blocked from newton road to benson. A lot of signals are still out and tersections as allway stops. You. Thank you, brian. To see if the waters will rise. Well be live at noon with the latest. Plus, we will check in with a representative from the d. O. T. For a storm damage upda. Thats our news for now. The next newscast on wral at noon. Remember. The governors next update on announcer its time to play family feud give it up for steve harvey [captioning made possible by fremantle media] [applause and cheering] steve how are yall . How is everybody . I appreciate you, now. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Well, welcome to family feud, everybody im your man, steve harvey. We got a good one for you today. Returning for their second day, from augusta, ga, thats on i20, thats the home of the godfather of soul, the great james brown [applause and cheering] its the nd thats right steve and from tampa, florida, its the barnett family
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