Mikaya thurmond is monitoring the power outages. Im lena tilllet. Thank you for joining us. Ts take a look at the school closings. Lets take a look at the school closings. Here we go. Clinton city, Cumberland County schools, Edgecombe County schools are closed. Nation, harnett you county, hoke county closed, and a 1 hour delay moore county, nash, rocky mount, delayed 2 hours. And wayne county schools, so much flooding in the goldsboro area, theyre closed and Wilson County closed again as well. You can find a complete list at the bottom of your and on wral. Com. Weather for a long time for those with the flooding and power outages. The tarboro is expected to crest in the next now hour and also for the neuse river, well take a look at those numbers ming up in a bit. That is pressing in the goldsboro area and then expected to drop down and then coming up in about 15 minutes, well check fayetteville for the Cape Fear River and th opping quickly, good news for Cumberland County. But beaufui
56 fayetteville. Some patchy fog t this morning at 5271 at noon and 78 the afternoon high. More on the recast in a little bit. The big picture we dont see much. No major accidents on the main highways. Moving smo ocourse we still have a trouble spot on 95 and that is the southbound and northbound directions closed from the Cumberland County area southward toward South Carolina. Find an alternate route. 301 is not a good option because that is still closed to general public as well. Only local traffic and emergency crewargetting through on 301. And then 401 r Hurricane Matthew has had an impact on the area. 20 people across the s are dead and many dealing with major flooding issues. One of the hardest hit is Edgecombe County. Is a live a lot to watch out the officers around here have blocked off many streets the usin the dangerous situation that continues in Edgecombe County behind me is the bridge that nnects tarboro and princelle. The water has reached the bottom of the bridge in this
Eyewitness news. entire towns devastated by flooding. The shocking imag many people are returning home to find. Plus matthew dealing a heavy blow to farm how they are coping with the flooding. And donald trump hits back hard against his accusers at a rally in greensboro. Eyewitness news starts right now. devastating devastating images coming out of flood ravaged communities across North Carolina. People returning to their homes to find they have nothing left. Good evening im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. Heres the latest information just in to our newsroom. The death toll from matthew has risen twenty four in north continues to rise tonight in lenoir county. Meanwhilethe dot reopened a seven mile stretch of i40 tonight near benson. But at least three parts of i95 remain closed in Cumberland County and lumberton due to flooding. The flooding danger is still not over. The neuse river is expected to peak tomorrow in kinston. 150national guard troops are in the city helping with emer
People. Candace sweat is in the news room, and we heard from pena himself today . Yes he was quite choked up after the verdict, calling the decisions he made that night awful, and the consequences gruesome. This case is about a 20year old man who got drunk and despite the best efforts of his friends, killed three people and injure aid 9yearold girl. Report mention words sentencing the man to up to 15 years in prison. Prior to the judges final words, the jury delivered a verdict, finding him guilty on three counts of manslaughter. He drove the wrong way down interstate 85 after a night of drinking killing three people, he expressed remorse for his actions. Not a day goes by where im not reminded of my decisions and my gruesome consequences. I wish it would have been me that died. Im the only one deserving of this heart break and misery. Reporter he also faced charges of seconddegree murder, but was found not guilty. The trial was taxing for both family, and many families, and many over.
Skycam where you can see sunshine behind the courthouse. 61 in cary and Holly Springs. 61 in fayetteville and 58 degrees in south hill. These temperatures are well above normal for this morning and we will see well above normal temperatures this afternoon as well. Sunshine across the board with a high of 84 and temperatures up near record highs we will see a big crash in our temperatures and we will talk about the front that will create that and how much rain we may or may not see also a little wave in the tropics. In the meantime brian is here with some slow spots on the roads. We are seeing some good news but also some bad news on the east side of raleigh. This is an durham on the southbound durham freeway. And that has cleared up all lanes are open with some Police Activity on the shoulder. Lets take a look at your typical delays starting to build on 40 westbound through gardner. You can see the delays starting in advance of 42 continuing toward the clayton bypass and it looks like