Home of the nba finals. Around the clock mission to restore power. The areas where crews are making the most progress. How many days it could take for families to escape the dark and cold. How firefighters saved a 98yearold grandmother in her home. And a blizzard bearing down. Abc Eyewitness News at 11 00 starts now. Black ice and power concerns blasting the northeast dumping two feet of snow. It is a busy saturday night. Im tisha powell. Im steve daniels. Youll find the closings and delays on our website, abc11. Com, and first tonight, how the black ice could impact you going to sunday service. Chris hohmann is in the storm center. We are at or below freezing in about allocations. 31 at rdu. A few spots are in the upper 20s. 31 in fayetteville. The skies will clear after midnight and temperatures will fall by morning in the low and mid 20s. Wind chill is 23 in the triangle. 22 fayetteville. That wont be accumulating. Blockbuster storm moving out, still a little light snow in the the n
Closer i got to work. This is on highway 55, a state highway. Anthony they havent gotten to it yet. Theyre working on it, but be aware, there are a lot of main roads impasseable. Steve 147 completely dry, and you get lulled into going normal speed limit and all of a sudden, something comes up on you. You dont want to get there. Yeah. Notice, the roads will get wet and will start melting things, but theres enough ice around. Its going to refreeze again tonight. So well have issues the next couple of mornings, guys. 27 in roxboro. We dropped from 29 at rdu. 23 in san ford and southern pines. Had some clouds overnight. Those are starting to move out. With clearing skies probably dropping a little bit more before the sun gets up, so a cold start to the day today. Winter weather advisory for black ice for basically the entire viewing area until noon today. Tomorrow too, and a lot of sunshine for you today. Temperatures getting into the upper 30s. Well be warmer tomorrow by about 10 degrees.
Im anthony wilson. Caitlin and im caitlin knute. It feels good to be inside after driving around on those nasty roads. Steve t. W. Alexander, i made a mistake of going that way this morning. Caitlin and . Steve thats the way i always go. It was just complete ice. I was about five miles an hour. I have a good four wheel drive car. I grew up in the mountains of colorado and i was a little nervous and i saw three cars off the edges on t. W. , so if you can avoid that one, thats a good idea. Anthony neighborhood streets. Steve my neighborhood was not as bad as t. W. , but if you can make it to the big one, its okay. If you dont have to get out today, wed like to you stay indoors and not be one of those folks we have to report on later on this evening. It will be another cold day today. Satellite shows whats left of the clouds moving on out. Temperatures will probably fall a little bit more. There is a Winter Weather advisory, but for black ice, for basically the entire viewing area. If you
Of snow. Light icing, certainly slick roads, and then this afternoon our winds will be strong gusting up to 30 Miles Per Hour. We have numerous Power Outages already and with winds gusting this afternoon that situation may become worse. The eastern part of the viewing area under a winter advisory until 6 oclock with light icing and also some gusty wind. Our temperatures got cold overnight last night 24 durham and wake forest, 24 in cary and raleigh springs. Town by town roxborough, 25, 23 south hill, 28 clinton, everywhere temperatures are below freezing. In your planner today, expect flurries or some light drizzle that would be freezing drizzle through the day. 28 in the morning, 30 at lunchtime, and a high of 32 this afternoon. It stays cold and cloudy. When we left her yesterday hotel it was slushy. About 31 degrees, it was possible with great care, but as elizabeth showed us those temperatures dropped into the mid to lower 20s overnight and it has frozen over. Even though it looks
All of these breaking stories tomorrow morning. New tonight, to durham men facing charges for a terrifying home invasion. Theyre both charged with burglary, armed robbery, and kidnapping. Authorities say six people busted down the door of the home just before 5 00 this morning and demanded money. The suspects got away with cash and a cell phone. Durham police say they were able to track the suspects to the to a hotel thanks to the cell phone. They are not ruling out the possibility of that this breakin is related to a string of robberies targeting asian business owners. A durham family still seek seeking closure after their friend was let one was gunned down in the middle of the street. He was killed in a driveby shooting. Home when the bullet started flying. Officers later found him on a sidewalk. Investigators are still working the case. New tonight, the search for a Bank Robbery Suspect in the new hampshire. He rubs the four oaks bank on garner station boulevard last month. He is ch