So, were done with the rain for now, you see that next system back to the west of us that is heading in our direction, potential for strong thunderstorms late this afternoon and this evening, talk about that in the seven day planner in a couple minutes. Look for High Temperature close to 80. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris. Chris first traffic sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. Start monday morning, i77 west boulevard, no problems here, volume of traffic running along smoothly. Making your way in and out of center city on 77 and 85, coming up from rock hill, 21 minutes, 65 miles an hour. Concord to center city, 18 minute commute, lake norman southbound, 16 minutes, 64milesperhour. Mapping system yeah, you can see it, most of the major interstates still running in the green this morning, a few slow downs, over on providence road outbound toward fairview providence road, independence boulevard, wt harris, alb
And voters say they want to be heard. Believe it or not Bernie Sanders has a lot good to say. Even hillary has a lot good to say, ok . Rubio has a lot good to say, cruds has a lot good to say i would wish they settle down on the best of each. If the wrong person gets it the problem is with the american people. As for voter turnout the director here in mecklenberg county say its too early to say how busy. But he is hearing there is a steady flow across the county. He is predicting at least 140,000 people will vote today. We will know more when the polls close tonight. Pamela escobar wbtv on your side. Polls close at 7 30 and the latest polling gives donald trump and Hillary Clinton big leads here in North Carolina. The president ial race is grabbing headlines. But come november North Carolinas race for governor will be closely watched. Governor mccrory is leading in his seat. And attorney general roy cooper is the frontrunner in the democratic race and nick ochsner in raleigh. We are no
Were watching at this hour here in charlotte, involves a fire at a restaurant in east charlotte. Kristen miranda getting details first in the alert center right now. Kristen christine, on albermarle road in the 5800 block of albermarle road. Ive been watching the charlotte Fire Departments twitter feed. Good news sounds like the fire is under control. Take a look, this is a twoalarm fire, heavy fire showing at a restaurant and the fire department, Charlotte Fire Department came out pretty strong, 50 firefighters, took them 30 minutes to get it under control. I want to give you an idea maybe youre familiar, el paisano restaurant. Were trying to get pictures from the scene, as soon as we get them well bring them to you right away. Christine we are working to learn the names of the two charlottemecklenburg police they were on the way to a call on lanecrest drive. They heard the shooter near the intersection of milton and barrington drive. One person shot in the air, before crossing the st
And into a creek. Rescue crews had to battle fastmoving water to rescue passengers from the partially submerged car. I held on to the rails, and right then, the train tipped over. And then i saw people falling over from the other side of the train because the train flipped. And then the next thing we knew, the water we started seeing water coming into the bottom of the train. The second car derailed but it was raining heavily at the time of the accident. More Severe Weather is possible today in the southern plains. A strong storm system threatens texas, arkansas and louisiana with widespread rainfall and powerful wind. Theres the potential for tornadoes today in north texas. A possible twister touched down last night west of fort worth. At least 12 homes were damaged. Residents said the storm hit fast. I just ran into the hallway, johnnys in the kitchen. I said, come, johnny. About that time the roof goes off. Power lines are down and other buildings are damaged, but there are no repor
Al you wont need a jacket but you may need rain gear later this afternoon, especially in the mountains. First off, we have the cloud cover back in the area, again isth morng, much like yesterday morning. And that will be something well have to deal with. Having said that, were dry this morning in center city and likely dry in your neighborhood as well. Metro school camera, 62 charlotte, monroe, over to rock hill and gastonia, 60 for boone, hickory, statesville and shelby, 58 in morganton, 64 this morning in wadesboro. A mild Early Morning start. These temperatures are already above what we would expect for a high. We may0 today, First Time Sincet of october 23rd of last year. That isif you fget the rain gear you prorebly okay today. You might need it this evening. Well talk about the evening forecast plus the better opportunities for rain come over when in the seven day planner. Youre nev more than seven minutes away from weather and affic on wbtv news this morning. Traffic. Chris traf