On when that arrives coming up. Today nc d. O. T. Crews will be deciding how to treat the roads for mondays Winter Weather. They say treating roads for freezing rain is different than for snow. Trucks will start tackling highways and interstates. More crews are on call if we get more than we anticipate. We have dozens of pieces of equipment just within Mecklenburg County alone. We also have potential for 90 contractors that can we can bring on site. Nc d. O. T. Crews say crews have already used 24 million worth of materials on storm preps this year. That is already more than half the states budget for the entire year. And you can always stay informed on the weather in your neighborhood by using the wsoc tv weather app. You can use the interactive radar and get Severe Weather alerts. Learned ash county schools will not have a half day today. It was supposed to make up for days missed during the recent Winter Weather. Several School Districts including cms are going to use monday, presid
Safe and warm. Eyewitness News Reporter joe bruno continues our Team Coverage over on wilkerson boulevard. It is 20 degrees over there. Heating up were seeing drivers coming in. You can see lots of the buses are heating up. Many drivers preparing to head out on the routes. Theyre preparing to pick up children right now. The cms officials bringing them early to heat up the buses, if they arrive at the school early, they will wait in the lot and keep kids inside so they dont have to wait in the cold crews are working, the frigid overnight temperatures not enough to stop them from continuing on the i77 toll lane project. On the streets of uptown, we spotted people in huge blankets trying to sleep. Many of the homeless shelters were at full capacity. From the bus station outside the epicentre there, were plenty of people trying on stay warm before they make it home. Were not used to this cold. This is the coldest weve ever had. Cold for us is 82. And we spoke with aaa and a representative
Closer look at the struggles to get the lanes open. Reporter scott, likely until about 4 00 tomorrow afternoon is what we were cold, just before 5 00 newscast. Ncot had hoped to have this area cleared about two hours ago. But its patchwork on this slick spot behind me didnt work. So now cones are blocking it off. And its going to be up to charlotte water to fix it, which has been busy, fixing leaks all over the county today. Reporter it started with a series of wrecks over the weekend. And then there was this accordion of cars, smashed together like a sandwich this morning. That put antoine bonds behind. I mean, literally not moving inches for 30 and 40 minutes, caused me to be late for work. Reporter before ncdot took action on the slick spots, some drivers couldnt avade. Avoid. Just inconvenient. Reporter crews found a water line had burst and was seeping onto the road. But that was only a temporary fix. The water is continuing to seep in. So the work that we did is not correcting th
Becker is live on that scene have been able to determine no Credible Threats here. It was something supposedly that was posted on facebook. But Mint Hill Police say they posting. Still, weve been here for about an hour now. And theyve seen a steady stream of cars as parents have come to pick up their students at rocky river high school. Those parents told us they began to hear rumors of the threat at the school this morning from children or other parents. And several students here told us that a shooting. At this point, we must stress theres no reason to believe that threat is real. But the principal here sent out a message to parents saying that they had heard rumors of that incident and had brought on extra security as a precaution and several of the parents we spoke with said they made the decision to come here simply to be safe. My first intentions was to but then after, you know, the multiple communications and i called up to the school. And they were mentioning what was going on.
Today nc d. O. T. Crews will be deciding how to treat the roads for mondays Winter Weather. They say treating roads for freezing rain is different than treating for snow. After they make a decision today they will be tackling highways. More crews are on call if we get more than we expect. We have dozens of pieces of equipment just within Mecklenburg County alone. We also have potential for 90 contractors that we can bring on site. Nc d. O. T. Says that crews have already used 24 million worth of materials for storm preps. That is more than half of the states budget for the entire year. You can always stay informed on the weather in your neighborhood by using the wsoc tv weather app. You can use the interactive radar, get Severe Weather alerts and hourly forecast. Just download the app. Its free on your android or apple devices. Over night channel 9 not have a half a day today. Students were supposed to make up for days missed during the last round of Winter Weather. Several School Dist