41 seems to be a popular number from shelby, morganton, rock hill, charlotte, monroe, albermarle, salisbury and statesville, colder in boone at 29, not getting reports out of lancaster and chester, they had Power Outages this way. Partly to mostly sunny, windy, wont be damage like yesterday but still wind gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour in the piedmont, 55 Miles Per Hour in the mountains and afternoon temperature of 56 degrees. Remember, youre never more than and traffic on wbtv news this heres chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, first alert traffic this morning is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. And were getting going early with the morning accident here just down to the south of gilead road, that is mccoy atkin see avenue, ifat kinseyavenue, new in the last 5, 10 minutes. I77 at west boulevard, freeways once again volume light, running clearly this morning so you see a whole lot of green out there 485, 77, 85 look okay, providence road, independence, no problems as
The records to 1980 to ronald reagan. Every time since then they had a South Carolina primary, except for 2012, the winner of the South Carolina primary has gone on to secure the nomination. You have names like ronald reagan, george hw bush, bob dole, george w bush, john mccain in 2008. The only exception 2012 when Newt Gingrich won with 40 of the vote. He did not to secure the nomination, that is why this is so important for the gop nominees this time around. You have people coming in, donald trump leading the way with 36 of the vote, that average poll and ted cruz right behind him, it is a race for those two guys at this point but it is a very big point for them to secure South Carolina. That is why it is so important for them to win here, will start tonight at the forum, over at burns auditorium, from 6 00 to 9 00. Each has 30 minutes to speak. Right now two people have is ben carson and also you have ted cruz will be here, but i do want to just briefly talk about how big of a deal
Good information here. Reporter good morning, john. Yeah, a lot of these things are common sense but we spoke with experts at michael son, they say people forget to do it all time and ends up costs thousands of damage to the home. Get right to it, the folks at michael son tell us you should let the faucets drip if they are on an outside wall. Also leave your cabinets open so the warm air cancer can can circulate. Garden hosts should not be connected to the faucets. This is the no. 1 device that will freeze and cause an issue. Get out there and disconnect the hoses. Lastly, if a disaster does happen, know where the main shut off valve is to your home, that way all the tips put together you can protect yourself until below freezing weather. Reporting live in uptown charlotte, Ashton Pellom, wbtv on your side. John wherever you plan to go weather app with you. You can check the forecast right on your mobile device. Christine now to campaign 2016, were nine days away from the republican pr
It is gigantic. It is out here laying across two lanes heading away the city of charlotte. Crews cut down the right hand part of the tree heading queens road northbound lanes. Cars could head in the city but the rest of it, obviously still here this morning. Well have to look at alternate routes because you obviously cant get through if youre leaving the city i want to send it over to chris larson in the traffic center. How do you get around the big tree . Chris traffic is sponsored by toyota of North Charlotte. So again as mark said, if youre heading northbound on queens road, no problems, it is southbound toward more head where we have the obstruction so likely hermitage down to Edge Hill Road would get you around that. Or could you take baxter street through the cherry neighborhood that would get you back over to kings drive. These are outbound heading toward morehead street where we have that block age there. Lets take a live look, i77 at clanton road, volume is light up here in th
Rock hill, 55 in gastonia and lower 50s from boone, morganton, salisbury, albermarle, a little bit cooler but not by much, still in the 60s, may have a few breaks of sunshine, better chance for rain later in the day and temperatures will probably fall this afternoon across the i40 corridor. A lot more rain to the south of us heading in our direction, talk about it in the seven day forecast. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. As we roll in monday morning commute, take a live look here i77 west boulevard, volume through center city pretty light rate now, everything running along smoothly. As you check out the mapping system, a whole lot of green our major interstates, 77, 85, 485 all running in the clear with no problems. Quick check of drive times, rock hill, uptown, 21 minutes, 64 miles an hour. Concord to center city, lake norman southboun