Lets get you back out on the roads for an update on the traffic news. Independence boulevard. We had reports of an accident at 2000block. I looked at the d. O. T. Cameras heading inbound towards the john belk and brookshire and im not spotting anything blocking any lanes. Drive time technology, not picking up on any slow downs as well as we look near briar creek. Green conditions heading inbound. 48 miles an hour. 14 minutes from matthews. No big issues. There we had reports of malfunctioning traffic lights. Were en route to check that out. It looks like they may have turned back on but well make sure. Weve been monitoring the hundreds of outages in Mecklenburg County. It has been two days since this storm hit. Lets look at this map from duke energy. You can see the number of outages have dropped dramatically. You can see where folks are affected here on 118 in south charlotte. Different locations. And crews have cut the number in half since we talked to you at 11 00 last night. We hav
Through the area. Beatties ford at miranda road weve got an accident. The good news is im not seeing a big delay here, but its something well continue to monitor for you. And then angela hong, shes just a few minutes away from an accident a road closure, i should say because of standing water this. Is on hawthorne just north of Central Avenue. Well have live reports, more information coming up on this . Just a few minutes. John. Take a look at your screen here. We just got video in from reporter dave ferraday, this is from airport road in morganton. Take a look. Wow a huge tree fell across the road, took down power lines with it there. Big problems. The firefighters are working to get it cut up and moved off the road. Its just one of many problems up there. Weve been telling you that highway 7 is closed in both directions because of power lines down there too. County officials told us about a half an hour ago that half the town of morganton is without power. We just got updated power o
Funnel cloud as it developed this afternoon. Meteorologist john ahrens is in Severe Weather center 9 where things are a lot calmer now, but the threat of strong wind is still out there. Thats right. And some showers as well, scott as we look at the one thats coming through now in southwest charlotte into belmont and up through gastonia, live Early Warning doppler 9 showing you a big pocket of rain and gusty winds out of this. I dont want you to get scared. But this is packing strong winds and very good rain right now. Just south of the airport as you travel passed through the white hall communities of steal creek as well. Lets peel this back. And look at the winds coming out of this. This is not a severe storm and not showing any kind of rotation. But menacing as the wind speeds are going up to 50 Miles Per Hour in southwest charlotte. Tracking it for you now on live Early Warning doppler 9. Cornelius will be involved with this between now and 6 30 this afternoon and evening. Denver, a
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You can jump on Beatties Ford or i77 but something to look out for. Drive Time Technology showing both interstates rolling along. 85 from the University Area. Near 70 miles an hour heading the interchange. 77 southbound. If youre coming from north lake towards uptown charlotte. 63 miles an hour and about a nineminute commute. John . Breaking news right now, duke energy restored power to more than 1,000 customers overnight. But still about 800 without power right now after wednesdays storm. It will be tonight before everyone you see on this map here gets their power back on. You can see most of those outages, theyre centralized in south charlotte. That is where were seeing the bulk of it. Duke energy says yesterdays strong wind delayed the crews because they werent able to safely go up in the bucket trucks to make the repairs because the wind was whipping so hard. They made it a priority to restore power to several schools that closed yesterday because of power outages. Governor pat mcc