Patchy fog on city avenue this morning and lots of clouds upstairs. Dewpoints in the 70s. Dover, 74. Cape may, 75. Millville, 72. Trenton, checking in at 74 degrees. Heres satellite and radar, if you look towards the lefthand side of the screen you see the clouds and green starting to pop up there, theres an area of low pressure that will swing through later this afternoon and with the tropical moisture in place with the heating from the sun that will be the ingredients needed for showers and storms. Some of the storms will produce heavy, drenching downpours where areas could pick up 2 to 3 inches of rain in an hours time. If you get underneath one of the storms the possibility is there for low lying flooding in poor drainage areas. Cloudy and warm, 87. Its not a wash this afternoon, but if youre in an area that picks up the storms youll see heavy, drenching rains and strong gusty winds. Future tracker by 5 00 p. M. Showing the activity to the west, but the the air is unstable in the d
Eyewitness news. dangerous flash flooding in raleigh. A woman stranded in the rushing water. how she managed to escape. Plus. Delta delays. The countrys second largest airline. Grounded. What caused the meltdown. And how it will continue to impact passengers. And. A 10 yearold boy killed in a horrific accident on the Worlds Largest waterslide. what weve learned about the investigation. And how he died. Eyewitness news starts right now. breaking news in wake county right off the top at ten a fiery crash involving several vehicles shuts down part of i 540 for the second time tonight. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. This is westbound i540. Near leesville road. at least one car caught fire. That area was closed for more than an hour. A few hours earlier there was a rainsoaked crash zone on 540. In that same area. At least 10 cars wrecked in one pileup. Then this fedex truck left mangled and charred after a crash and wreck. And a big rig jackknifed as well. Sto
Good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check our Team Coverage of the deadly storms continues now from one of the hardest hit areas in state waverly. Surveying the damage all morning. Rico what are you seeing . Curfew in waverly has been lifted residents are also asked to stay at their residences, as First Responders are going doortodoor overnight to make certain all residents are accounted for. Town and county residents are asked to avoid travel overnight due to debris and downed trees in the roadways. Previously reported at approximately 2 40 p. M. , Virginia State police began responding to incidents of severe storm damage in the town of waverly along route 40. A 50yearold male, 26yearold male and 2 yearold male were killed when their mobile home was destroyed in the storm. All three were yards from the mobile home. The bodies were transported to the office of the medical examiner in norfolk for positive identification. State police are still working on next of kin notifications no names
510mph. Tonight mostly cloudy with periodic showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds sse 515mph. Tuesday morning rain, then tapers by early afternoon as sun comes out. Highs will be near 60. Winds south west 1020mph. The snow from this morning is gradually being replaced by rain from se to nw across our viewing area. A wintry mix will continue from the western portions of the southside up to the Northern Neck through early afternoon before completely switching over to rain. From that point, periods of rain will be possible through tonight as a warm front continues to lift north of our area. Also warming our temps into the midupper 40s by midnight. So, any snow on the ground will be washed away by this evening. An area of low pressure slides across our area early on tuesday, and itll keep likely rain chances in the forecast until a cold front crosses around midday. From that point, the showers taper off. With some afternoon sunshine expected. Highs 60 before the cold front crosses. Updates w
Nats fire chief a 911 call was received around 330 this afternoon that there was a fire at the old dan river plant, Randall Johnson is the fire marshall for campbell county. He says there are about 7590 firefighters on scene battling the flames. Johnson says this fire is unusual because of how massive it is, its engulfing the 355 thousand square foot facility. The biggest challenge to fight the fire getting resources like water to put it out. Randall johnson campbe ll county fire chief because we are limited to hydrants there are none in the factory in a proper it itself and also in the beginning we had several small spot fires that started in the grass surrounding the plant that we had to deal with, johnson says right now he feels there arent any toxic chemicals in the former site. The property was a textile plant. But was shutdown. For the past six months a recycling plant has been in the process of tearing it apart. Piece by piece. Cross after today i dont think they are going to ha