Eyewitness news. historic flooding. Parts of the sandhills remain underwater after record rainfall the School District cancelling classes. And the dams in jeopardy of failing. And breaking right now a Major Development in the Erica Parsons case. The discovery made in south carolina. The latest details just in. And. A familiar face from tg it here on abc 11 hits the campaign trail here in the triangle. E starts right now. A flash flood emergency in the sandhills. Historic rainfall putting lives at risk. An abc11 eyewitness capturing a fort bragg soldier checking on flood victims caught off guard by high water in fayetteville. That powerful image. Just one of the many coming in from viewers. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. County and the city of fayetteville remain under a state of emergency after more than ten inches of rain fell. Heres the latest rescue crews made more than two dozen emergency evacuations. Fayetteville Police say more thatwo dozen roads remain closed by flood w
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Concerns coming in around the sand hills. Portions of the sand hills have received between 6 and 9 inches of rain. So certainly a flooding concern there that we are taking very seriously. Two flash Flood Warnings. 8 45 this morning and in effect for moore and another one thats set to expire at 9 0 in effect in for harnick this morning. And thats where weve been seeing the heaviest rain were seeing whats falling right now. 6 01 this morning. Heavy rain moving in from johnson into portions of johnson. Into portions of Cumberland County. Still look at all of that crowd to ground lightning. Rock fish. It was about two hours ago that we had a number of streets already closed because of flooding. This heavy rain has continued since then. We can expect that things have only continued to get worse. Your temperatures mid60s in both raleigh and wilmington. And as youre planning your day those wet roads are going to be a concern. 76 at lunchtime. Could see more storms this afternoon and some of t
Its going to be worse, right . A degree hotter than yesterday so, yeah, hot is the word. No storms. We have some showers up in virginia but none moving here. Those are rotating southeast. You see 70 as cross the board for the most part and mountains but thats where we expect it to be a little cooler. Its not coming our way. Theres the satellite, i95 corridor, few clouds but clear from fayetteville westward, bright, dry, 78, 90 at noon, a big day. Early voting plans for 3. 3 million voters will be good morning. The question is whether millions will have the option to vote early. Certain counties have made the decision but for those that have not, the board of elections will decide. Judge have rule the 2013 Voting Rights law were made to target minority voters and restrict them. Decreasing early voting d they will be back for 10,000 people who called on the state board of election to keep it intact. Some say its going to be cut down and disenfranchise minority voters. Republicans who pac
Jeopardy still as we head spoo the daytime hours today as the water starts to recede, it could cause as many problems as when the water was rising. We are also looking at a Flood Warning until 10 45 this evening for those areas shaded in green. Remember, spring lake, rock fish received close to 10 inches of rain yesterday morning so the water there still across some roads. Please be careful if you are heading out the door early this morning. We have a river Flood Warning in effect for the lower throughout the Early Morning hours of our saturday. Alltime flooding happened yesterday, crested at 31 feet rather. Still moderate flooding there this morning chl now, as we look at our satellite radar composite, thankfully we are drier. Just a passing shower around person county. I will walk you through your day ahead, and when we could see a few more storms coming up in your complete storm team forecast. Good morning, alyssa. Happy friday to you out there. I40 at barbie road, very quiet 540, o