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Ashlea, crews still have a ways to go. Ashlea yes. Were in south asheville. This is azalea road. As you can see on the street there is inches of snow and slush covering the roads. Dot officials said today if youre dealing with Something Like this, sit tight, they havent forgotten about you. Were working 12hourr shifts. Were going around the clock and we continue to be working. Ashlea this weather event isnt over yet. Just be patient. Were working to get through all the roads throughout the county. To do that as expeditiously as possible. Ashlea the dot breaks buncombe county in to nine sections. In any given time right now, there are about 35 trucks crawling all over each one. But its a slow go to clear a it usually takes two passes by a plow and then a salt truck. In fairview, crews still have a ways to go. Its treacherous. I mean, theres snow and slush andering andering and everything. Royal pines drive, which i live on is actually still pretty bad. Ashlea dustin duckers road was an
The mountains are still slick with ice, heavy snow or mud right now. Frank and thats a problem not just for the folks who live there but work there as well. Anchor hope, this has been a responders. Hope it has, ashlea. As we found out today, the weather can be an issue for them even when they get off the road. No matter how slick or slushy or stubborn or snowy, Emergency Responders like these have t t find a way around it. Youve got some roads who are dry and dont have salt. And some that do. It makes a decision tough whether or not we keep the trucks trained. Hope more than once, they rolled right up to it. We actually had to use our atv a couple of times. We have to be careful walking up and down the steps. Hope those firefighters came to the rescue of jana bowman and her little sidekick, easter. She was suffering extreme stomach pain but couldnt make it out of her house. There was snow and there was like a layer of ice on top of that. So you could just slide all the way down. One of
Temperatures are going to continue to drop back below freezing. We can see on the lester carpet sales sky cam network, still plenty of snow on the ground. Some of it melting off today with the temperatures going well above freezing. But tonight, as we fall below freezing, this is going to refreeze in the form of black ice making for very slick road conditions. Radar right now we can see its all clear. Clear skies we enjoyed today. The winds still a little bit breezy in some locations. In asheville light winds out of the north at 6 miles per hour. Your evening planner should include bundling up. Were going to cool back down. Down to that freezing mark at 9 00 and into the upper 20s by 11 00. Widespread black ice anywhere in the mountains as we go on into the late night and on into tomorrow morning. We look at the evening planner in the up state. Bit longer to drop down to that freezing mark but youll get there before the night is over. 37 by 9 00. 34 by 11 00. Some patchy black ice not
Drop below freezing overnight. You will stand a chance of running in to some icy spots where the w wer is running across the road. Karen five dot trucks had mechanic problems causing delays in clearing roads in henderson county. But he says the department is doingg all it can to make the roads as safe as possible. Were working around the clock to get these worked on and to try to get them cleared for people. It has been difficult due to the amount of snow that weve had. Karen without the roads being completely clear, henderson and transylvania counties were out for a day today. Most other districts went ba k to school. Thats sometimes the toughest thing to do on slick roads. Thats why we want to make sure that the roads are good before we start running those busses. Karen and he says most of those unpaved secondary roads should be cleared some time tomorrow. Live in henderson county, im karen wynne, news 13. Larry and some local School Districts have announced when theyll make up schoo