For the morning drive. Rain later monday. At least for tomorrow morning the showers kept across the mountains. I want to draw your attention to what will be going on across greensboro and triad. Northeast winds taking over, clouds thickening. Thats the carolina wedge, cooler air moving through that gets stuck over charlotte. When you have the cooler air masses battling each other with warmer air to the south, thats the recipe for strong thunderstorms. Thanks, john. Well be monitoring conditions overnight and whether it will impact your morning drive tomorrow. You can get traffic and weather every 10 minutes starting at 4 30 on Eyewitness News daybreak. Developing tonight, channel 9 was the only news outlet to get a copy of an email of the governor to a Charlotte Council we reported this as breaking news at 6 00. Since then weve been digging into both sides ahead of that crucial vote tomorrow. Here and speak for or against that ordinance even more are expected to rally outside of the go
That is right. We will see lots of sunshine through the day today. If you are heading out early grab that jacket. Temperatures just updated. Were in the upper 20s from as well. Going through the afternoon sunny skies. If you are heading out to the krispy kremey you might want a jacket. The polls are now open in South Carolina for the democratic primary. Eyewitness News Reporter elsa gillis explains the strategy the two have been using trying to win this primary. We are down to two very strong candidate. And all voters hitting the polls agreed. I just kind of tie between two. Reporter dr. Karen kadrawski says that both vying for the vote. Hillary clinton has a song relationship with the African American community but senator Bernie Sanders has worked to solidify that vote as well. Hes been raveling around to historically black colleges and universities. Hes been appearing in a number of African American churches. Reporter but this past week clinton and her husband have made several appe
The last 48 hours stretching from texas up to virginia and at least eight weatherrelated deaths and more than 70,000 people without power this morning. We have full Team Coverage tracking it all and we begin with abcs gio benitez in lancaster, pennsylvania. Good morning to you, gio. Reporter amy, good morning to you. The rain is still coming down and there is just so much debris all over the place. This house and barn just completely destroyed. And were seeing damage like this all across the east. Overnight, a tornado emergency. Twisters touching down along the east coast, state of emergency issued in virginia after a tornado went tearing through the farming town of waverly. Everything on main street is down, damaged, some houses. One house was caught on fire. Reporter four people were killed including a toddler. The search continues this morning for more victims. In north carolina, this twister caught on camera. It was pretty, pretty terrifying. Reporter seven houses ripped apart and
And local officials are taking. Reporter im still waiting to hear back from cms to see which schools will be closed or delayed. This view from Charlotte Hawthorne bridge shows smooth sailing along u. S. 74 but early monday forecasters warn that view could change. We dont get out unless we have to. Reporter officials with state and local d. O. T. Suggest other drivers do the same. Meanwhile crews have started brining roads in the foothills and city streets with plans to take on the interstate sunday morning. This mountain of salt showcases just some of their supply already this season state crews put down up to 10,000 tons. In the last few years weve had some extremes. So we are used to it. Safety first. Lakeisha bennett she will be ready. We have people that cant drive on the roads and dont care about anything else especially safety. Reporter they will decide when to call in city crews sunday night or monday morning. When they do they expect to call a condition b. That means 32 trucks,
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