After hurricane matthew, officials worried about complete failure. At it last inspection in 2013, the dam was classified as high hazard and in poor condition. The state deq have been trying to get the dams owners to fix it but the firm went bankrupt and the dam was sold the new owners, resetting the clock on enforcement action. They had to go through the process again. Reporter size in the concrete spillway, which had eroded. We were getting to the point of getting that corrected when we had the flood. Reporter according to the u. S. Army corps of engineers, there are more than 1200 high hazard dams here in North Carolina. They say after matthew, we were lucky. Actually i think its more failures. We had very few actual breaches. Reporter of the many dams in the state, deq says 153 of them are rated poor or unsatisfactory and in need of repair. If you want to know where they are, we have the list of all 153 at wncn. Com. Waivers could allow schools to forego making up time missed during
Ewine nes. Major Players in the election here in our area tonh. And youll see what ach is saying a pair o earthquakes rattling italy. Where they happened the incredle video just in. And chaos in a train station. what happened at had passengers jumping out of broken windows. Eyewitness news starts right now. 13 days until 13 day until elect a new pridesent and heavy hitters are here in North Carolina. Forme president bill clintonin the sandihls campaignig for hi wife. And donald ump down east pitching his plan to supporters. This is battleground nort carolna. And that means well seeing the candidates d thr surrogates blanketing ou state. Powell. Ng, i in the eastern part of our state donald trump trying woo voters. In our area former presidnt bill clinton is we have Team Coverage of tonights campaigning. Lets start with greg barnes, live in fetteville. Clion at fay state nto this ase end of the line for bill clinons campaign bus stops across North Carolina. The 70 year old former presid
Is next on Eyewitness News a parents anguish. A little girl hit and killed by a car in wake county. what weve learned about the investigation. Plus. Dueling rallies. Hillary clinton and donald trump. Return to North Carolina. Their final push for your vote. And. A South Carolina woman missing since august found bound and confined. What she told police. That has them searching Eyewitness News starts right now. Its crunch time in the race for the white house and abc11 is your election hq. The final sprint a new nationwide abc News Washington post tracking poll gives Hillary Clinton a twopoint lead over donald trump. Both candidates are in North Carolina tonight. Where the race could go down to the wire. We have Team Coverage of the dueling rallies. Jonah kaplan is with Hillary Clinton. At walunt creek in raleigh. And angelica alavrez is with donald trump. In selma. We begin with angelica. Where trump turned some of his focus to the military tonight. Angelica . Crowd of what he says was 1
Little girl, a 3yearold little girl, the family friend says, darted into the roadway, and that was the moment she was hit. The family, as you might imagine, is absolutely devastated. Its a hard time. Just pray for the family. Reporter how are you doing . Yeah, were just trying to help them get through. Reporter were continuing to gather details, and as we do well pass them along to you. Adam county. And look for updates to this story on the 11 00 news on wral, and our morning news. New tonight the Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving a motorcycle and car near fayetteville on cumberland road. Troopers havent released details about injuries or what caused the crash. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this video carolina is to the president ial election. You see rocky mount prep candidate Donald Trump Republican candidate Donald Trumps plan taxiing down at rdu, not far from where Hillary Clintons plane was parked on the tarmac. Both in town to rally voters and suppor
Eyewitness news. The final stretch. A battleground state blitz for Hillary Clinton and donald trump. The candidates making a final appearance in North Carolina before the polls open. Plus. Rebuilding from hurricane matthew. The local organization keeping us safe that now needs our help. And the serial killer case in south carolina. The horrific New Discovery on the suspects property. what hes revealing to investigators. Eyewitness n the 2016 president ial race is now down to just a matter of hours. And the candidates are giving their closing arguments. good evening everyone from the abc11 election hq. Im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. 24hours from now. We could know the next president of the united states. The final abc clinton with a slight edge at 47. Donald trump at 43. Tonight, trump touching down in five battlegrounds. And clinton trying to keep her momentum going. Clinton. Just wrapping up an appearance in philadelphia. President obama. First Lady Michelle obama. And the bos