Tracking the tropics. The threat brewing in the gulf that could now impact the Holiday Weekend here. The latest on the path of Tropical Storm hermine. Plus. Ambulances parked for good. After decades in service. A private Ambulance Service shutting down. What will happen to the workers, and the patients they serve. And, from the classroom to the campaign trail. The dispute over teacher pay in the race for governor. Eyewitness news Tropical Storm hermine. gaining strength and heading our way. It became a Tropical Storm this afternoon in the gulf of mexico and the impact is already being felt in florida. Where theyre getting heavy rain and flooding. The Florida Governor declaring a state of emergency before hermine makes landfall tomorrow. Good evening im steve daniels. Storm changed course today. Chief meteorologist Chris Hohmann is in the first alert storm center. Chris youre tracking hermine. How could it impact us here in Central North Carolina Tropical Storm hermine has strengthened
The dad came meand attempts sav life. She was determined dead at the scene. Now unless estrada can post that 100,000 bond, she will be in jail. We are learning about a Involuntary Manslaughter charges. Officer Jesse Santifort tased Alex Thompson after a high speed chase. Thompson died days later at the hospital. We also learned 27 cases against santifort have been dropped. The Wake County Sheriffs Office says they found no evidence of a crime at the pool shot and drowned this weekend. Rachel rosoff was a lifeguard at the poo. Deputies are working with the department of labor and county inspections to determine what caused the water to be electrified. The heat has returned, temperatures in the mid90s today and it will get hotter. Chief meteorologist Wes Hohenstein is here. Good evening. Its september, right . Its supposed to be gett cooler. Fall starts two weeks from tomorrow. No one passed that message along to whoever is causing these temperatures. Were back to dry and hot. Temperatur
This is a birds eye view of matthew. Hurricane hunters are flying in and out of the storm. Matthew is now the strongest hurricane in the atlantic since felix in 2007. Rick knabb, director of the National Hurricane center says florida could be threatened next week so residents should buy supplies and be prepared. And you can track the monster storm in the caribbean right alongside our team of accuweather section. Of abc 11 dot com and scroll down to the hurricane tracker. You can also find it on our abc 11 weather app. Its a Free Download at the app store and on google play. A day of cleanup in the sandhills. Several communities in cumberland and harnett counties are working to get back to normal after historic flooding. The rain left several homes and roads underwater. Tim pulliam is live with an update on the recovery. Both congressmen were in town to tour the damageand possibly provide help. Many of the homes and some of the them did not have flood insurance. Days after historic floo
New tonight on Eyewitness News. Under the microscope. The university of North Carolina under fire for its handling of a rape investigation. The letter being sent to the chancellor. Plus. Moving out. The acc ramping up the pressure on North Carolina over hbtwo. How the governor is reacting this time. And. Leap of faith. why tisha decided to take the plunge from 14thousand feet above the ground. Starts right now. breaking news in wake county right off the top a pedestrian hit on garner road in raleigh. This is a live look from breaking news one. Police say the victim was taken to wakemed with what are believed to be serious injuries. garner road is closed between calloway drive and newcombe road. And police are rerouting drivers to avoid the area. Until their investigation is wrapped up. You can look for whats new with this story tomorrow morning on Eyewitness News. New tonight u nc head football coach larry fedora refusing to talk about a player accused of raping a student. As hes peppe
Steven mcnair who used to do this. Eamon picks up 31 yards and hands off to nichols and theres another flag. Referee holding, offense, number 54. 10 yards, first down. Eamon hes had a great career here but a rough fourth quarter. Brissett doing all he can on the ground. Rocky he has done a good job on the ground. But they are missing the bigtime play in the pass game. Give the credit to North Carolinas secondary. Eamon brissett with time for now. Checks down to the underneath route. Rocky get the catch. No yards after the catch. Referee timeout, North Carolina state. Eamon dominiquie green with the tackle. So the wolfpack will take a timeout. We mentioned it moments ago. Its bedlam on saturday night football. Number 3 oklahoma battles number 11 Oklahoma State. 8 00 p. M. Eastern on abc. This game is also streaming live on watch espn and part of the revelry series presented by jiffy lube. Rocky North Carolina fans are saying we had an ugly loss early in the season. But you guys dont lik