Of governors was currented about, quote, civil rights protections in North Carolina. As mentioned, a total of seven championships will now take place in other states. That includes the division i mens Basketball Championship set to take place in greensboro. The state Democratic Party wasted no time in releasing statement which reads in part, what a disappointment for basketball fans. Add this to thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of Discrimination Bill have cost North Carolina. Gubernatorial candidate roy cooper had this to say. It seems that almost every day we learn of a new consueeqe of house bill 2. The executive director for the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance estimated an economic boost of about 5 million when recally hosted the mens basketball regional in 2014. I reached out to governor mccrory for his response to this latest news an we have not statement saying in part, under the ncaas logic, colleges should make cheerleader and Football Players share bathrooms, showers
Carolina coast where Tropical Storm hermine is now bearing down. You can see the former hurricane is now continuing its track north towards us. Good evening im vanessa welch. And im blair milner for Mark Ockerbloom tonight. It is Labor Day Weekend sorn is wondering how the storm will impact their plans. Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski joinsis now. This possible storm is going on to get stronger again . Yeah, were going to have to really watch as it pushes off of the carolina coast over this week running into warmer Ocean Temperatures and that may just intensify the storm and bring some very strong winds as well as some gusty conditions. Now wind speeds 50 Miles Per Hour right now its in northeastern parts of south carolina. A lot of the rain through North Carolina right now forecast to actually push off of the coast by this weekend still is a Tropical Storm. And then it is going to just begin to meander south of our area through the weekend. By monday and while youre seeing low pressure
Coverage starts right now. This is the fox25 morning news. Gene good morning, everybody, thursday morning, september 1. A brandnew month. Lets make it a good one. I am gene lavanchy. Sara and i am sara underwood. A cooler day to start off the month of september, and happening right now in florida, a Tropical Storm is making a beeline for florida, and is growing stronger hour by hour. Rain and lightning has already hit parts of tampa north to tallahassee. Dozens of counties have states of emergency in place as forecasters warn it could become a hurricane before landfall tonight or early tomorrow morning. Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski is in the fox25 Storm Tracker Weather Center with a look at the forecast and how the Tropical Storm, sara, could affect our holiday weekend. Sarah we will have to watch the track very closely, sara, because could be impacts into labor day. The impacts greatest across there are hurricane warnings in place for Tropical Storm hermine that is moving north, nor
After the gulf coast was pounded with heavy rains and winds. Today, people in savannah, georgia, are seeing the effects of hermine. The storm damaging homes and ripping down trees, leaving thousands of people without power. Vanessa hermine making its way toward the carolinas, where residents there are bracing for heavy winds and flash flooding. I. I new information just came in on the storms track. Fox 25 Storm Tracker meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski joins us now with how this will impact our labor day sarah the hurricane did make landfall today in florida, the first hurricane to make landfall in the Sunshine State since wilma if 2005, that occurred around 1 30 a. M. This morning. What im expecting is for the storm to weaken, but stall to our south this weekend. There are still some uncertainties on exactly the strength it will be and the exact track. How far north. That means, its going to be some areas seeing some rain and some areas may luck out and not. Definitely going to be there
Police believe this was simply a tragic accident, but they are still investigating. Neighbors tell us, they barely heard anything until police arrived. Now, back out here live on the scene, we are waiting for police to give us an update. We have learned there is a lot more that they have learned here on the scene while investigating. They are expected to release a press release, some time later this afternoon, so we are awaiting those details and as soon as we learn them, well be sure to bring them to you. Live here in quincy, mccarthy, fox 25 news. Blair also breaking here tonight, another crash in starrow street. No injuries and crews had to close one lane to traffic to clear up that mess. Vanessa now to the weather, through georgia and into south carolina. We are watching the impacts of what is Tropical Storm hermine as it moves forward new england. Blair fox 25 Storm Tracker meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski joins us now, watching the storms developments closely and the coast guard is