Wouldnt have lived through it. Reporter next door the sound of chain saws and whipping wind, massive pine trees, piered the roof as the elderly homeowner hid in her bathtub. Its a miracle. Reporter the National Weather service now surveying the damage. Tracking the tornados intensity this is the most impressive damage. Reporter cleanup could take weeks even months. Power crews are still in the area trying to get power back on. When you take a look at the damage behind me, it is amazing that no one was hurt. Residents continue to say, things can be replaced, people cannot. The only loss were told, three cows killed during the storm at a cattle farm just down the road. Heather waliga near oxford tonight. Center assessing the damage to his building. A huge tree went crashing through the roof of the fruit of the labor World Cultural Center on lake ridge drive. The building that houses a church does have significant damage. The owner spent the day with contractors getting quotes for removin
When he agreed to have his bail cant, he would only say charges were misunderstanding. Ed crump now in raleigh. Reporter the guy driving the box truck crashed into the chevy van you see while changing lanes. Both drivers were thrown out after vehicles ended up in the median. A total of five people went to the hospital. Anchor now to a crime alert in wake county. The puppy was stolen from a car parked outside of a restaurant. Elaina athans now in garner. Reporter the owner is offering a reward. She has been passing out flyers hoping to find a puppy that was snatched in this parking lot. Im so upset. She is my dog. Reporter charlie is five months old rescue from the Harnett County shopper. A couple of coworkers left charlie in the car when they went to grab a quick bite. When they came back after eating the door was open and the dog gone. Taylor is pleading with whoever stole the puppy to return her to the carolina ranch animal hospital. Anchor we are learning more about the tragic workp
Eric mcleish made his first appearance at the Cumberland County jail. He is one of the teens charged with trashing this house. Light fixtures ripped out, holes punched into the wall, doors and stair rails ripped apart, water faucets turned on. And what the judge when the judge told the 16yearold he could face years in prison, his mother you asked we not show her face or username was devastated. He is a little boys soon. Greg her son had been for bitten from hang around with Ryan Alexander parker. Her son had been forbidden from hanging around with Ryan Alexander parker. He is the second suspect. Eric remains under a 15,000 secured bond, while Alexander Park was released into the custody of his mother and hour and a half ago. He has a first appearance of the Court Detention Center Tomorrow afternoon. Greg barnes, abc 11 Eyewitness News. Anna you can understand why that mother is so upset. Tonight, the naacp demands transparency. They have asked for any and all records regarding the hiri
Sifting through the debris looking for precious valuables ripped out of these homes. 24 hours after the storm residents are cleaning up. Cutting through massive trees that pierced the roof. The wind whipping as they sort through the rubble. Memories now scattered on the lawn. Next door, they search for anything worth saving. Feel like im standing in the middle of the trash dump. Reporter her husband left to get dog food before the tornado. He had been home. He would not have lived through it. Reporter the tornado touchdown wednesday. Crews surveyed the damage tracking its path and intensity. It toppled two silos overturning equipment, emotional family members left picking up the pieces. It is sad. It represents a lot to our family. It could have been worse. Reporter that seems to be the sentiment among this community. It could have been much worse. No one was injured. The only loss, three cows were killed during the storm down the road. Joel we are all grateful no injuries. The cleanup
Low 20s down to the south. We will jump ahead. Snow closer towards sunday. We will start to see another system off our coach coast. The chance of snow will not last too long but here is our first alert predictor. It starts off drive. Light snow, along east interstate 95. It lasts for a wild and moves off to the east. Any accumulations would be very light, mainly a dusting. Then it gets cold for the weekend. We talk about that and more wintry weather next week. Tisha thank you. Stay ahead of any weather events but the first alert weather app. Download it now. Get an hourly forecast. Investigating a crash involving one of their own. The crash blocking at least two lanes of traffic. You can see our breaking news crew the middle of it all was bumpertobumper traffic. They smashed in on the backend, the trooper taken away on a stretcher appeared to be conscious. Another person was put in an ambulance. We are working to find out their condition. You can look for what is new on the story. We w