This afternoon mostly sunny and 55 degrees. About 15 to 20 degrees cooler by the afternoon. We will talk more about that and we have a very, very nice sevenday forecast. That is in a couple of minutes. Barbara in a few hours experts from the National Weather service will head to oxford to take a closer look at what used to be the homes on huntsboro road. A tornado destroyed them. It will be up to the National Weather service to determine the strength of the twister. Wind speed aside a tornado is a frightening experience and this morning joel brown is talking to a survivor. Look at this. It is not real. Reporter but it is all too real. Pam mcwilliams looked at what is left of her home. This was the front porch . This is the front porch. Reporter the house torn apart. 500 feet into the field feel the living room wall on the sofa where her husband usually rests. He had a serious hearing problem. He left the house minutes before the tornado for dog food. With his hearing problems he never would have heard it. So eye thank god, god told him to get dog treats feel reporter a cattle farm and dairy farm ripped apart. Thomas was milking cows when it started and he headed to the basement. Got the children there. It was pretty terrifying. Reporter down the road dale harris in a hallway. Very scary. Felt like the whole house was shaking. Sounded like a big train coming through. Reporter the damage glowed in the moonlight but everyone here counting their blessings. It is amazing that no one is hurt with all the damage. Barbara that was joel brown. In the next half hour we will check in with Gloria Rodriguez in oxford and she will show us any new damage she discovered. John those scientists will also look to see if there is damage from the same tornado as it moved into henderson. This video sent from an abc eyewitness and captures the funnel cloud near Will Jefferson road. We had reports in vance county baseball sized hail. We expect chainsaws crews clearing trees like this large one that is responsible for smash being the roof of a house on dalewood drive. We saw the cleanup beginning last night. Caitlin there are plenty of fairway limbs down. We saw trees uprooted with the tree balls up in the air and this scene behind me this tree that landed on a car. It is amazing we are not talking about injuries here given the damage we are seeing. This is actually a pretty near miss for the woman living here. She apparently in just gotten home and rushed only for the tree smash the car not 10 minutes later. Her husband said she took her dog and hid under a closet. He said she is fine, just shaken by the experience as are many others here. Many of the neighbors similar scenes cleaning up debris in the front yard who said they too ran and took cover as the storm m hit. I immediately ran to the hallway closet and grabbed a i was in there like a baby praying like the house wouldnt go like that wizard ofwizard of oz. Caitlin a little humor there and we can laugh because nobody was hurt but it was scary for these residents not knowing how bad this would be. Many were without power for a time but we understand that the power was restored about 9 00. Busy day for them today as they get ready to tackle the cleanup process. Back to you. Barbara glad we can have a little levity. Right now about 57,000 duke Energy Commerce with power outages. 1,800 in wake county. Durham that is about 1,200. Orange county 550 or so. Most of the power problems are in the triad. Duke energy is reporting 14,000 in forsythe county . John power back on in fayetteville. The same couldnt be said about 1,000 customers last power along sky beroad after the roof from a skibo road after the roof blew on to a little substation. There was no significant damage to the substation. Barbara Virginia State police are confirming the death of a man who was missing since a funnel cloud destroyed his home in appomattox county. That is the total number inside. I didnt see nothing. They said the trailer is gone. Barbara 25 were trapped in storm debris in the town of tappahannock. Rescues played out with many of them recovering in the hospital. Schools in essex county, john a dramatic drive giving passengers a White Knuckle drive. A flight hands unexpectedly. Barbara the new reason for concern with spreading zika virus. Don as we head out the door we look at the Doppler Radar and not seeing anything around here. We are seeing snow in the we will talk about don welcome back. Taking a look at the commuter forecast we will see a mixture of clouds and sunshine. Still will be breezy if you drive a high profile vehicle, i drive a low profile vehicle an old pontiac and i feel the wind. Watch for that. Temperatures across the region 43 roxboro, oxford could be a while before you see a temperature again. Lost it in the storm yesterday. Have to wait until it is repaired. 4 44 chapel hill. 43 southern pines. 46 fayetteville. 46 clinton. Still windy and mainly clear, 44 degrees. Partly sunny by lunchtime and 53 degrees. It will be cooler with highs in the mid 50s. That is where they should be. We are a little below normal tonight no tomorrow. John the sam storm system that hit us leaving a path of destruction up and down the east coast. In florida at least three tornadoes ripped through de soto and charlotte counties knocking down power lines and tree limbs after it moved through pensacola tuesday night. No major injuries or deaths reported there. Barbara further up the coast strong storms moved through building collapses, tearing roofs off homes and towning trees and power lines. Lancaster county reported most of the damage. No twister has been confirmed. No injuries reported but you can see residents will have plenty of clean up. John a different weather issue in the midwest. Snow causing massive Flight Cancellations at chicago airports, school blowing off Lake Michigan could bury it in up to 18 inches. Barbara a United Express flight is diverted after losing cabin pressure. It was going from washington to dallas. It diverted to dallasfort worth and landed safely. John fire damages a house in fayetteville. Mental crews respond emergency crews responded to quincy street just after 10 00 last night. Kitchen and spread into the attic. Firefighters were able to sop the flames and limit the damage to the house. No one was home at the time of the fire. Barbara it is 4 42 and 46 degrees. Mitt romney taking a jab at donald trump. How the current republican frontrunner is responding. Supreme court shakeup. The possible candidate president obama is looking at to fill the spot on the high court. Barbara last but certainly not least. The president s final white house tribute to a musical your heart loves omega3s. But the omega3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. By your body. Megared. Barbara welcome back. 4 457d 4 45. A tornado in Granville County is one story making headlines. Experts will head to oxford this morning to talk a closer look at the damage where it ripped through and determine the strength. In virginia four deaths reported in the wake of the weather. A man missing since the funnel cloud destroyed his home found dead. A 2yearold killed. The powerful storm system knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes in the region. Apple c. E. O. Says it would be bad for mark if his america if they helped unlock a gone. He is prepared to take the dispute to the u. S. Supreme court. He also says he will try to make his case directly to president obama. John to vote 2016 and donald trump hitting back at mitt romney feel the 2012 republican nominee suggesting a bombshell is hiding in the tax returns so far. Trump taste romney is just playing the tough guy. Trump endorsed romney in 2012 but has been critical of the former Massachusetts Governor losing stressed her commitment to help flint while campaigning with south carolina. Barbara president obama possibly crossing party lines to find a Supreme Court nominee. He is considering the nevada governor. The nomination would be seen as an attempt to please the republicans. Mitch mcconnell said they will not hold hearings or vote on the he is a former federal judge who supports abortion rights. A fee at the center of the lawsuit of affordable care. Suction states are six states are suing the Obama Administration over it. They are taking issue with the Health Insurance provider fee which covers federal subsidies. It says nothing in the language provided notice that the states would also have to pay the fee. Concern for three pregnant women that tested positive for the zika virus. All believed to be travel. It is rapidly spreading in latin mark. Scientists are studying the babies born with unusually small heads. 32 cases have been report the in florida of zika. John musical night at the white house with a contribute to ray charles. Celebrating the iconic music man from georgia t. Is the 16th and final music Tribute Program to take place at the white house during the Obama Administration. It featured performances by usher, lee on bridges, demi lovato and others. Barbara what a lineup there. John much calmer today. Barbara yes. Don nice day shaping up. It is still windy. You may feel them pull on your car but we are not seeing any rainfall and thats good. Looking at temperatures the next several days, we see temperatures going down after today. Tomorrow and saturday did he low normal around 50 and then above normal on sunday and gradually climb to the mid 60s next week. A look into downtown raleigh and right now 44. Dew point is 32 with a southwest wind 15 miles an hour. Looking into fayetteville, temperature 45, west weekend nine miles an hour. Numbers from across the area. 43 roxboro, 44 chapel hill. 43 southern pines. 46 fayetteville. 45 goldsboro. 47 wilson and 45 roanoke rapids. Clouds up to the north where we are drying out. Not seeing any rainfall across the region today. We will see the clouds break up through the day. Big storm pulling up to the north and east. Lots of strong storms up into maine and boston. That is the line that was with us. Look at the snow in chicago, ohio, indiana. Flying through midway or ohare call ahead. You may have delays. Clear skies today. Lunchtime partly sunny, not much to show you. 5 00 tonight partly sunny to mostly sunny skies and clear tonight and storms stay out of here. There will be snow in the weather. Otherwise we stay dry with a few clouds off the mountains. As we go through tomorrow clear skies are still with us. That dome of High Pressure back to the west slides east and will take five days it cross our region so that means a lot of dry air. The rest of today in raleigh partly sunny and windy. 46 by 9 00 and by lunchtime 53. Into the afternoon mostly sunny and cooler than yesterday by 15 to 20 degrees. From across the region, 54 siler city. 55 durham. 56 smithfield. 55 holly springs. Near 60 fayetteville. 57 pinehurst, 56 sanford, 57 goldsboro. 50 south hill today. 51 roxboro and 57 tarboro. Tonight with clear skies it is chilly. Down around freezing for the low. Clear and cooler. 35 fayetteville and 33 in durham. First alert sevenday forecast powered by accuweather showing a very long stretch of dry weather. 49 tomorrow the coolest day of the next seven. Coolest morning will be saturday. We will see temperatures on saturday morning only in the 20s. By saturday afternoon 50s and sunday 60s and sunshine and temperature staying in the 60s into next week. As we next week we will go into march and looks like we will do it like a lamb. Barbara i like it. Don that is good news. John we want the lamb to stay there. Don we want the lamb throb at the end of the month. One of thew Chris Barbara with the oscars approaching the world will watch chris rock and how he handles the diverse ityity controversy. What we can expect and many include the diversity. John you can watch the Academy Awards on abc11 sunday night beginning 7 00. Barbara it is 4 56 and 46 degrees. Still to come, we are on damage patrol this morning. John we are giving you a fresh look at granville and durham counties and other areas where i opened front door and i saw the house in front of us i couldnt believe it. I started shaking thanking god that im safe. John survival stories from wednesdays Severe Weather outbreak. With the powerful storms again we can see what kind of mess we are dealing with. Caitlin knute and Gloria Rodriguez and the team in the heart of the storm zone this morning. John good morning, carolina, welcome on thursday february 25, 5 00 and 46 degrees. Im john clark. Im barbara gibbs. Thank you for joining us. Video is why we spend so much time warning you about the weather. Meteorologist don schwenneker. The forecast was spot on and he has a look at the day and what is ahead for today. Don good morning, barbara and john. We are seeing a weekend advisory this morning and that is heads up that any time today you could see winds up to 40 miles an hour. We will wait to see if they extend that because i think we could see gusts into the 30s at least if in the close to 40. Current numbers, 40s, 41 roxboro. 45 wilson. 45 smithfield. 4 fayetteville and 43 southern pines, 46 clinton. Roanoke rapids, oxford and sanford. A look at the day ahead. 43 windy. By lunchtime 10 degrees warmer but cooler than yesterday. Partly sunny, 53. This afternoon 55. We will talk more about that and we have the sevenday forecast minutes. Thank you, don. A virginia mans body will be taken to the medical Examiners Office today to be identified after he became that states fourth storm victim
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