Primary roads. Jaclyn this is a problem in Haywood County, highway 226 is shut down near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Its not drivable because after snow and ice. I checked in with dispatchers and they are not sure when it will reopen so if you live in Haywood County in that area avoid that spot if you can. Now, there are some areas of slowing, too, i want to talk about in asheville if you are ed haing out towards i240 eastbound on the morning commute. Watch out for slowdowns there as you head into the downtown area. Also, another problem spot is here on i40 east through asheville. We are seeing some minor delays between hendersonville road and Sweeten Creek road. So, keep that in mind for your morning drive. Thats look at your ontime traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer solution. Jay and holly, back the to you. Holly parking fees in downtown asheville resume following the weekend snow. Jay absolutely. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live in downtown asheville with the updat
Johnny bland who recently had neck surgery was sitting in a chair when the roof fell on the tree fell on the roof. I was underneath itit. I had to climb out from under there and crawl to the kitchen part. Glens daughter who was on the other side made it out safely as well. The red cross is helping the family as bland looks for another place to live. The blizzard of 2016 left a lot of problems in its wake. Power and road crews have been working nonstop from the carolinas to new england. Some places buried in record snow fall. 80 million peopleen the east coast buried by the blizzard of 2016. I was in complete panic mode. Breaking snow that left major cities including philadelphia, d. C. And new york city paralyzed. A lot of cleanup to do. It is not going to be entirely safe. We are working very hard to get d. C. Government open tomorrow. 29 in baltimore and in one town in west virginia, 42 inches. The storm being blamed for more than 30 deaths including a new jersey mom and a 1yearold s
As Western North carolina thaws out, candler house of prayer dries out. Pastor Malcolm Mc Carson is still stunned. I dont understand. I know. Lord, i know. John on monday, a missions poster discovered the aftermath of pipes frozen and burst. The ceiling collapsed and so the water was running all the way in to the church. John it flooded the nursery, too. We never had this problem before in the colder weather. John the water was three inches deep. Of course its a reaction to sadness. John the amount of water being removed from inside is staggering. By this morning, some 1200 gallons. And that was just the tip of the iceberg. Some Insurance Companies call so were just looking for an act of god to make the building bigger and better. John as the clean up continues, they can only hope and pray for the best. Dont know exactly why it happened but it did. John wondering what part of their house of prayer even has a prayer. Settling for at least a trickle of good news. Service will be held at
Miles an hour in hendersonville making it feel like 12. It feels like seven in asheville. As we go forward we will continue to see this icy kind of cold mess stick around a little bit longer. You can see low temperatures expected to be 19 asheville. 26 greenville bringing the wind chill in the asheville and henderson i will have to below zero. We will have more and how much your town saw in a few minutes. Patrick thank you, chris. Thousands remain without power across the upstate and Western North carolina. Take a look here and it shows more than 2,600 Duke Energy Customers are currently without power and majority of them in greenville cut. More than 1,400 are without power the blue ridge members most of them in pickens and currently 116 members with laurens electric. Duke power says greenville has South Carolina. Greenville is where we find Stephanie Trotter who joins us live. Whether are you finding . Stephanie more than 7,000 Duke Energy Employees a canvassing the carolinas trying t
About an hour from now, running until 10 00 in the morning wednesday for the North Carolina counties, most of the counties the bord tennessee. We are only talking about a trace, maybe 2 10 of an inch of ice on the trees and roads. It is not a big deal, but it only takes a trace of freezing rain or drizzle on the roads to cause them to become slippery and dangerous. Be car earlier tomorrow morning and overnight tonight. Otherwise, wakeup weather looks like this. Expect cloudy skies with light rain likely in the upstate, temperature 42 degrees. Patches of light rain or drizzle, maybe a few areas of freezing drizzle or rain. 33 degrees. We start to warm up time towards the week bigtime towards the weekend. Michael tonight marked a snowrelated deadline for Property Owners in the city of asheville. The city ordrdance requires Property Owners to shovel the snow on the public sidewalks that run in front of their homes. Public works Officials Say owners have until 48 hours after the end of a s