Like a monster. Its very symmetrical. It has a well defined eye. Both indications that it is a very strong storm. So the latest track, actually nudged it in a couple different directions. The next 48 hours it got nudged a little to the east. But where were concerned days four and five got nudged to the west. The previous track is the yellow line. You can see just how much of a nudge to the west it got. That means as we could have a category two hurricane anywhere from charlotte to a few hundred miles off shore. Something we need to start thinking about. Ill talk about what the impacts could be here coming up in just a few minutes. And heres a lack at what its like in haiti right now. Four people including two fishermen have already dined the rough seas as Hurricane Matthew approaches. Island the as we said, governor pat mccrory has declared a state of emergency for if counties. For the storm. Cbs North Carolinas beau minnick is live at the Emergency Operations center with more on hour
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff reports are just beginning to trickle in tonight, but already its clear, Hurricane Matthew has sent longsuffering haiti even deeper into misery. Theres word of at least seven dead and widespread wreckage. This is matthew pray for us woodruff its one of the fiercest caribbean storms in years, and its powerful core roared over the southwestern tip of haiti before dawn, with winds of 145 miles an hour. Emergency officials reported major damage trees were torn out of the ground, and roads and bridges were under water. Forecasters had said the storm would dump as much as 40 inches of rain on the poorest country in the americas. A reporter from the mi
The mosaic plant is in a really bad spot. It sits right in the middle of a massive gypsum stack. Thats the stuff that comes out of the plant after the company produces phosphate fertilizers and animal feed ingredients. Workers monitoring water levels discovered a drop. When it was first noticed, we installed pumping systems to move water out of that compartment on the gypsum stack to recover the water. Reporter the water is contaminanted with phosphoric acid, but so far its not believed to be making it to wells. They are monitoring wells and further out there are more. Were confident the wells we started up are capturing that water pulling it back. Reporter the closest homeowners who are all several water without worry, but if they have concerns mosaic will test it. So far the Company Maintains all is okay. We monitor the stack 24 hours a day seven days a week to insure that theres no safety or Environmental Concerns on top of the gypsum stack itself as well as around the rest of the p
Back to you. All right, paul, thank you. And heres a look at some of the damage right around charlotte county. We have seen from the ground. This is the deep creek subdivision. You can see the storms causing the pool enclosure to collapse. Heres another view, roofs of buildings and homes ripped off, large trees torn apart, power poles push add side. Do we have the other video . Here we go. From what we can tell at this point, no one has been hurt from this storm but the clean up process is going to take a while. Its now under way and the tornado threat is over. Thats the good news. Steve jerve joining us now in the forecast center which has been a very active place all day. Did you see the cars, steve . I mean, they were supposed to be in the driveway and they are in the yards and up against the house. This thing really hopscotched and moved around. Yeah, thats what tornadoes can do. If its an ef0 or an ef1, it can certainly move those cars television and warnings you about tornadoes w
The resources that the teachers need, they are not getting. The textbooks the kids need they are not getting. Reporter last week the School District letter blasted windsor for deteriorating finances, teacher turnover, a lack of curriculum, incomplete inventory records and unsubstantiated consulting fees in excess of 300,000. 300,000 in consulting fees that they cant explain . Exactly. That is our major points because this is misuse of funds which could be going back to our academics for our school and our faculty and staff. Reporter windsor principal veronica fly refused to meet with us today. We are here to see miss fly. Camera. Heres her information. Reporter the principal later sent an email insisting the districts letter is grossly inaccurate and insisted the 300,000 represents education partners. The School Budget shows 568,000 allotted for board consultants this year. Man, come on. We are not blind, you know, and we are not stupid. Reporter where is the of this . Its nearly 1 mil