Would see him in the window most of the time. He was always staring out the window. Reporter Wilmington Police say they were called to the apartment on the 800 block of west ninth street around 3 45 monday morning. They say the woman was worried about her immigration status. She feared she was going to be deported because her boyfriend victor apple had been arrested days before on immigration charges. Police saw the fiveyearold and did not feel the children were in danger. Sadly, officers would return about four hours later to a heartbreaking and gruesome scene after she called 911 saying she had drowned her two children. She was pretty matter of fact her admission that the two children were dead. Our officers discovered them in the back bathtub. According to court papers she dropped the four month old in the tub, turned on the water and left him on his back as the tub filled. She then physically assaulted the fiveyearold dragged him to the bathroom and put his head underwater until he
Reporter the conditions are good this morning. Cool temperatures, no winds, because otherwise, firefighters have a lot working against them. This is prime fire season. The fuel is drive and accessibility around here is near impossible. This fire started monday night when a building caught fire near Bear Creek Canyon road and deer creek road in Boulder Creek. Its 5 contained. It burned about 300 acres and four buildings. Not sure how many of those are homes. The fire is burning in steep terrain, dry fuel, leaves and brush. A lot of the strategy is to fight the fire from the sky with water drops and fire retardant. 150 homes are under evacuation orders today. I turned around and all of a sudden i saw the flames in the living room and i saw like a light. I took my stuff and ran. I got asked to leave about 1, 2 a. M. And i finally left at 7 a. M. I got my truck over there. Everything i own is in the truck over there. Reporter now, the evacuations going on in the middle of the night. Many t
Warning people to be prepared. President trump this one is smaller but more direct. We have it under control. We have fema there, we have the army corps of engineers is there. They can bring things back so fast you wouldnt believe it. Trace heavy rain, high winds. The storm surge is already starting to occur. As were seeing along the gulf coast right now. And its still out there so weve got more to go with this and weve got several high tides to continue that well deal with. So outside of levy protection. Were very concerned about how high the water will be. 7 to 11 feet. Well get significant amounts of rain and it will be a major water event no matter where it hits. Along the gulf. Sandra casey stiegel is live in new orleans for us this morning. As we mentioned some people already feeling the impacts of this as they prepare for the worst. Thats right. The storm hasnt made landfall yet. As you said people are already starting to experience it. New orleans schools are closed today, mand
Florida, on the conditions there. You know, the storm track, gary, is taking it more in your direction. Tell us what youre seeing. Reporter well, jim and poppy, this is the hurricane that feels like it will never end. Here in pensacola island, south of pensacola, florida, we have had torrential rain and it hasnt stopped and the heaviest winds are over the last couple of years. Right now you have a sustained wind of 57 Miles Per Hour. We have had gusts up to 92 miles an hour and this is not a wind event, theres a lot of damage. Most of the roof of this restaurant is now gone. Scaffolding is flapping right there. But its the rain. Weve had at least 24 inches of rain thats two feet of rain here in the pensacola area since yesterday afternoon. Theres still a Flash Flood Warning and people are being warned now that its daylight, now that the sun is up, even though we cant see the sun, please do not go out because the fear is and we have seen this before in storms we have covered, people dri
Mississippi. Hundreds of thousands in the dark as the storm hammers the gulf coast and people in lowlying areas now being urged to head for Higher Ground. We thought it was heading to new orleans and it made a right hand turn. Hurricane sally is not to be taken for granted. We are looking at record flooding, perhaps breaking historic levels. A lot of people who live in lowlying areas and weve been in some instances mandatory evacuated the lowlying areas. Dont take the storm for granted. You have time to make final preparations. Heed the directions of your local and state Emergency Managers and keep your family safe. Sandra ashley is live in mobile, alabama for us this morning. What kind of conditions are you seeing as the sun comes up there . As far as the conditions the wind is not half bad but these squalls come through and basically pushes you off to the side. The flooding, sandra, is what is so bad in these areas after this hurricane came through. Catastrophic, deadly, historic in