Alive. Stay with abc 11 for the latest updates on this breaking story. Also developing right nowthousands of families living in limbo. A week after Hurricane Matthew. Their homeare stil underwater and for some the water may not recede for several more days. From the raleigh Eyewitness News centerim dejuan hoggard. Heres the latest information just into our newsroom. Right now the death toll from Hurricane Matthew stands at 26with two new storm related deaths. The victims were found in submerged vehicles in cumberland and wayne counties. Tonight. Three townsprincevill e, fair bluff and lumberton remain underwater. The lumber river will remain above major flood level until monday. The neuse river isnt expected to drop until wednesday. Being used to remove wer out of the town of princeville. My coanchor Heather Waliga is there with a look at the relief efforts happening now in Edgecombe County. The National Guard brought in two more pumps tonight. Thats 6 total. That will allow them to dr
Eyewitness news. Boiling point. flood victims being kept away from their homes now demanding answers. Their confrontation with town leaders. Plus. Danger at their fingertips. A local Police Department reports startling new statistics about sexting. Their new warning for all parents and. President obama returns to Jimmy Kimmel Live. Youll hear what the president admits to doing during the recent debates. Eyewitness news flood frustrations. boiling over in one of the states hardest hit communities. Good evening, everyone im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. Dozens of angry residents confronted princeville town leaders tonight. Eyewitness News Reporter Heather Waliga tweeting this photo from offices about his departments desperate situation. Heather waliga is live outside the Edgecombe County administrative building in tarboro with more on the towns growing frustrations. Heather . So many people showed up here that dozens of them had to wait outside in the hallway. Many are still stayin
Not really. Eyewitness news. Protests in the triangle transform into arrests. What theyre demanding and what landed them behind bars. Death and destruction. The raging wildfires torching a popular tourist destination. Blue cross blue shield nc takes steps to make some customers think twice before heading to the emergency room. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news center with a ruling on legislative maps that is shaking things up in north carolinas political scene. Just a couple of hours ago federal judges ordered our state to redraw those controversial state election maps. And heres the kicker every Single Member of the General Assembly just elected to office earlier this month thier terms were just shortened to one year meaning theyll be up for reelection not in two years panel is giving our state legislators until march to re draw the maps. If lawmakers are unable to do so the federal judges say the court may. The architects of the maps representative david lewis and senat
Eyewitness news. dangerous flash flooding in raleigh. A woman stranded in the rushing water. how she managed to escape. Plus. Delta delays. The countrys second largest airline. Grounded. What caused the meltdown. And how it will continue to impact passengers. And. A 10 yearold boy killed in a horrific accident on the Worlds Largest waterslide. what weve learned about the investigation. And how he died. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news in wake county right off the top at ten a fiery crash involving several vehicles shuts down part of i 540 for the second time tonight. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. This is westbound i540. Near leesville road. at least one car caught fire. That area was closed for more than an hour. A few hours earlier there was a rainsoaked crash zone on 540. In that same area. At least 10 cars wrecked in one pileup. Then this fedex truck left mangled and charred after a crash and wreck. And a big rig jackknifed as well. Sto
But witnesses and the Surveillance Video would indicate it was going much faster as it came over this rise on 76th street and slammed into the truck as it crossed over here with disastrous results. The scene show with how much force the car struck the truck, tboning it as it crossed over 76th. I was sitting in the office doing some paperwork. After that, there was a big boom. Car was underneath the truck. Richard fisher says as soon as he got to the car, he realized there was nothing he could do to help except return to his business and call 911. The injuries were so severe. I did not even know a female was in the car. Police say the man driving the car was critically injured and died later at the hospital. His 20yearold female passenger died instantly. There were two men inside the police are investigating how fast the car was going, and they may have some help. Two nearby businesses have surveillance cameras pointing towards the street, and police even now are reviewing the video to