Reports of fallen trees since this morning. On this massive tree in south charlotte. Eyewitness News Reporter, vicki graf continues our Team Coverage there. Vicky, what are you seeing . Reporter well, this massive tree fell on this home or in this yard, in elizabeth, around 9 00 last night. You can see this tree is in the yards. Thankfully, nobody was jmpletd the tree barely scraped the front side of the house and fell on top of this car. It could have been a lot worse. We talked to one woman who was home when the tree fell on her yard. Everyone is fine. But my car is totaled. But yeah, luckily nobody was hurt, which is wonderful. Reporter and megan also told me she had owners come out at this time last year to check on her yard and they said this tree was fine. Heavy rains led to 131 wind damage reports across the carolline as, including this one in elizabeth. And as you can see, its still windy right now i was just looking at the wind gusts on our wsoctv weather app. And winds were g
Dozens of students who today. And several more were sent home after getting sick. And were pressing the district officials to find out how they plan to keep the norovirus from spreading to other schools. Eyewitness News Reporter Alexa Ashwell is live where crews are trying to clean up all afternoon. And the classes have been canceled for tomorrow. Alexa . Yes, scott, erica. Health Officials Say the district has been given specific cleaning supplies to get rid of this virus. And not only are they including this, but its buses as well. Metro School Officially closed after students dismissed from school today. Were told 63 were absent. And an additional 7 with norovirus. Thats 70 students out of a population of 250. Today, the countys Health Director said this outbreak is a specific concern. Because of helping students some with other health issues. Norovirus, as you know, is a gastrointestinal cure. They said one of the biggest concerns with this virus is dehydration. He also said it lik
U. S. 440 instead, and then 595 to the turnpike southbound, that is also blocked off, and as you saw, cleanup is under way but is still going to take more time, so you are avoiding all these areas as you are making your way towards broward county. You can takeroward and sunrise boulevard, and any other major side streetsp except for griffin road, and we will let you know on air and online. We had a Traffic Alert as you were approaching red road, that exit to west 57th avenue, and another accident blocking your right lanes. Emergency crews are leaving the scene. And on to our first alert cameras, this is on i95 northbound right at pembroke road. Now to your first alert forecast with your meteorologist, ryan phillips. Good morning as we kick off our monday morning. Not a whole lot of activity going on. E humidity came up over the overnight hours so isolated showers trying to kick off across the area, and not adding up to much, a sprinkle or two across the area and the roads will stay mai
We have another nice day on tap. We have some frontal boundary press through yesterday that did bring a little breeze and some clouds but storm scan is still empty and it will continue to stay that way, here in the Delaware Valley. Looking at the rest of the afternoon temperatures not as warm as yesterday. It is still a mild morning all things considered, cooler by comparison by 5 degrees or so in spots here. Fortynine current temperature in ac. Fortynine in trenton. We are at 52 in philadelphia a. Mid 40s generally speaking. 50 degrees in palmyra. It is a jacket kind of morning for sure but looking forward in the forecast under mostly sunny skies, tad breezy at the shore but overall a are, very Pleasant Spring day unfolding. Expect mostly sunny skies, 70 degrees in the city. Sixty in the poconos. Cooler by comparison with ocean water but regardless a really nice day coming up. This may continue for another day. We will have your full forecast later in the show. Meisha, back over to yo
Clouds, but not a lot of rain. Showers off to the west. That will fill in a bit today and tonight. Just a gray day, the jackets with the liners needed. Temperatures no better than the mid to upper 50s. Take along the umbrella you may need that from time to time. Lets find out about the drive. Heres lauren. Just one trouble spot on the roads. This is over on 202 206, southbound lanes are closed out by route 22, this is because of an accident with a downed poland wires. Something else which is better for team people, alternate side of the Street Parking rules are suspended today. New this morning, police spent the night searching central park for a man allegedly offering up a child for sex. Today in new yorks tracie police are telling us. I checked in with police, they say tourists from california who called this in are being questioned by detectives after being offered sex with an 11yearold boy. This led to a massive search in central park a few hours ago. The Aviation Unit was overhead