Eyewitness news. Hurricane hermine gaining strength and heading for the florida coast. The latest on the path. And when we might begin feeling the impact here in North Carolina. Our state already bracing for impact from hermine. A look at the emergency preparations now underway. And. The issue pitting the Durham Rescue Mission against the city it serves. Eyewitness news starts right now. Hurricane hermine getting stronger. slamming the gulf coast of florida. And heading right for North Carolina. The category one hurricane making landfall laster tonight. And then itll move up toward us. Governor mccrory declaring a state of emergency. And getting briefed by emergency officials. mandatory evacuations are underway for visitors on Steve Daniels and im tisha powell. This hurricane is the first to hit florida in more than a decade. Chief meteorologist Chris Hohmann in the first alert raleigh storm center. Chris what are the latest models showing . Hermine is a minimal hurricane with winds of
Minutes. We are in a neighborhood near a creek prone to flooding due to heavy rains how they are embracing for the storm. Conditions are deteriorating arizona the storms move closer. The Sunshine State is seeing pounding rain, strong storm surge and flooding. Causing damage across that state tonight. We will have a live report ahead at 10 30. We begin our coverage with mike maze tracking hermine in the Hurricane Center mike what is the latest. The storm as expected intensified. The top winds are at 80 miles an hour. Lets start with the storm. It is about 40 miles southeast. You can see the pink showing up those are tornado warnings. There is a potential for tornadoes with this. In the last hour automated it will cross over tallahassee and perry and getting up in southern georgia. That will happen overnight and it will spread the heavy rains and the strong gusty winds and the potential for tornadoes as well. Here are the latest numbers for the Hurricane Center that just came in. 80 mile
East. Both in Johnston County and also to the northeast, halifax and North Hampton county. Nothing severe but its possible going into tonight. Outside of that, the big story today Tropical Storm hermine becoming hurricane hermine. Winds now up to 75 miles per hour. Rain continues to batter the florida coastline as its moving north, northeast at 15 miles per hour. No major changes in the track. Therefore no big forecast. Expected to make landfall as the first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years. The change 1 hurricane. It will weaken as it goes over our area of saturday. Heres a closeup view. The cone is getting more narrow because were getting closer and closer to that time. There is the compare sornings the red and comparison, the lets head to the coast. Our own aj janavel is covering hurricane hermine from the coast. Reporter you want have any idea theres a big storm. Its a beautiful beach day. Were looking to get a pretty nice sunset. The people are there is some noticeable differe
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Reporter on any given College Football weekend more than 57,000 fans pack Carter Finley stadium. Nc state police now have a new weapon to help keep fans safe. It is a explosion detection program. Reporter knines patrolling the stadium on game day. The k9s have the ability to detect the odor of explosives coming off of individuals and to trace that source and alert all of the individuals that the ordis coming from. Reporter the chief says most bombsniffing dogs are going to conduct searches. Rarely do ney go back to the k 9s. Some welcome the add security although most say they feel safe. Definitely want to be more secure. I can say i never felt like i how do you feel about the k 9s . I guess it would be a good thing. I know they are doing something new with the bags. Not able to take in a big bag anymore. Reporter they are designed to prevent any threats during oncampus events. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our students and the safety of the spectators that come to