Any time on wral. Com but right now we want to know what elizabeth thinks of all this. Boy, we do. This is so interesting. This storm has been affected so much by the steering currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere and sometimes, its cut and dried. But in this case, there has been a lot of moving parts, and we are trying to figure out which one will affect us, and even now, the track of the storm has shifted and in this case, potentially shifting back closer to North Carolina. This is a look at the the storm, and we get a new track update at the top of the hour and little has changed, moving northeast at 14 Miles Per Hour and coming past Cape Canaveral with reports of 107 wind gusts, 101 Miles Per Hour for the wind gusts in Cape Canaveral and strong winds stretching across a good bit of florida. Taking over the satellite goes. It will continue to hug the coast of george georgia and South Carolina. And here is the forecast track, closer to the coast of North Carolina saturday ni
Rains many on the brink good evening everyone. Here is what we know right now. Tonight governor mccorey is urging everyone to stay home he says the roads are too dangerous. At least a half million customers are without power across North Carolina. The fayetteville is sanford areas are under a boil water order. Live Team Coverage across North Carolina storm zone first the latest on the tract and rain totals from chris in first alert stormcenter. These totals are incredible. Rivalling numbers from floyd in 1999 especially south and east of the triangle lets show you the good news rain litenned up around the triangle, even to the east across the i95 corridor. Coastal plain heavier. Light rain, raleigh, durham, fayetteville dry, in terms of anything coming from the sky this rain will not add to a whole lot more misery we have hours, dry around fayetteville, light rain, rally, durham, virginia board raleigh, durham, virginia border. The overall trend is for it to go on out. Check out these
Today. Sampson county we mentioned, wayne county closed today and tomorrow. And Wilson County schools. A full list is scrolling at the bottom of your screen and wral. Com. Hurricane matthew unleashed its fewery this morning and dropped massive amounts of rain triggering flooding in roads and neighborhoods. Hundreds of rescues in Cumberland County and more today. At least rescued. Bryan mims is live along the Cape Fear River. And bryan, you have seen so many dramatic scenes over the weekend. Reporter and i must say that the Cape Fear River looks dramatic this morning. Its a monster. Ill put it that way, a brown, roiling monster. I have never seen it this high in 10 years living in the area. Downstream. From this standpoint, its usually 40 to 50 feet down. And look at the water, almost up to the bridge and a railroad trestle. Its touching that. A number of traffic lights are out and power remains out for most businesses. And let me show you video from lena was talking about the rescues,
Wral. Com. The good thing, elizabeth, is the weather will be nice. Oh, well have elizabeth in just a moment. Two communities are on edge, worried about water levels and the potential it catastrophic flooding. A voluntary evacuation is in effect fo downstream. Wrals bryan mims is live in moore county with more, and i understand that the area is completely on edge, bryan. Reporter yes. There are rattled nerves. Im along highway 690 that runs on to springlake and fort bragg. It is closed as you can tell from the cones behind me. And i noticed that the moore county fire Marshal Brian few other officials. They are about to go out to the dam to meet with safety engineers to see where things stand. But as you mentioned, houses along 690 have been evacuated as well as those in spring lake along the lower little river. Let me show you video from last night of the evacuation. The Moore County Public Safety Department said that a breach of the dam is, quote, highly likely but we are stressing occ
And im stefan chase. Several School Systems in our viewing area remain closed again today because of the impact from Hurricane Matthew. Cumberland, halifax, harnett, moore, nash, rocky mount all closed today. And lee county is on a onehour delay. We have more School Closings on our website wncn. Com. For right now lets go straight to Storm Team Meteorologist Alyssa Corfont. Good morning to you at mentioned are still under Flood Warnings as we progress throughout this morning. Flooded roads and rivers continue, full creeks and streams, even clogged storm drains. We have a number of road closured because of high water and storm damage from this past weekend. Well continue to watch these. They continue through 10 30 this evening if not extended by the National Weather service. Lets go ahead and take a look at our satellite and radar composite. Not a lot going on locally. Likely in the 40s, and thats where well start around 8 a. M. , 48, 65 at lunchtime, 72 our high. Normal is close to 74.