In other placeit is still Hurricane Matthew is ng gone but its pact is sti ing felt in north carolina. This is almost a re experience. We have a beautiful carolina blue sky and the sun shining but were still going through hurricane. Reporter days after matthew struck on the east cot many north carolinians are he dealing with the water ft behind. Coast has already bn deadly and in some places the water is risi. Matthew has claimed 30 lives in the us and 20 in north caroli alone. Almostll victims drowned in the rapidly rising water. It was dark in my went to get on the highwaycould not see the water i it did not seem ike i was federal gornment a many people are without power or clean water. In some cases people have lost everhi. Almost 3000 people are staying in local shelters. People with little or nothing this flood took it all. But we a here and safe head and were thankful that gi people not to let guard down yet. Three rive richistoric levels and floodwaters continue 76,000 pplare st
Deaths here in North Carolina stands at 20. That does not include the death of an 81yearold woman found in her vehicle in falcon. Fema deployed 200 inspectors to our state. The storm victims are looking for federal funding. Todays sky 5 gave us a new look over the damage at the damage over lumberton much of the city remains under water. For the second tphaoeupl two days the governor visited to see the damage. H is a long way to go. Ken smith visited downtown tonight and he joins us live. What are you seeing there in lumberton . I will tell you, our photographer and i are seeing a lot of road closures because of the heavy flooding in this county. We are just right nearby the lumber raven. I will show you what happened when it spilled over its banks. That is supposed to be a parking lot. It is a mess. Am talking about. Cars subpherpbled, barely seeing the roof tops. Also you can see some other cars from were under water but because the water receded you are seeing them as they are comple
Slowing. It will push south. The most rain right now is mainly the north bay [chuckling] healdsburg with light to moderate rainfall, monte rio with moderate to heavy. Hidden valley lakes, moderate to heavy at this hour. This is the leading edge heavier rain behind it. Higher winds, as well. Wind speeds sustained at 30 Miles Per Hour. Gusts at 59 Miles Per Hour. Well see a few showers in the San Francisco region right now light rain at sfo right now. Winds still light. Winds in the 15mileperhour range in the north bay a good indicator the front is still well to the north. As it moves through winds increase. Weather headlines. Rain and wind for friday morning. And the first part of friday afternoon for some in the south bay the second round saturday night. And actually it looks like wind speeds will be higher for this second round of rain than what we see today and we remain unsettled through the weekend through sunday and on into monday. As i promised, well take a quick look here at you
Deputy is arrested for carrying weapons. Officers were called to a san marnan drive gas station for an assault around 330 this morning. Witnesses told police erik mcferran was drunk and tried to assault people. According to a criminal complaint mcferran had a loaded handgun on his person and later blew a point one six nine blood alcohol concentration. Erik mcferran had a weapon permit to carry but was void because he intoxicated. Blow up the dh s. One woman is being charged with making a threat of terrorism. Sarrina bancroft of iowa city made threats in person and over the phone. She also threatened to shoot inside the department of human services. Authorities say she allegedly made threats because she was upset about a dhs case involving her. Kim bradfield from janesville is expected to be ok. It couldve been much worse. She was on 260th street in Bremer County when there was a collision on the tracks. She was taken to the university of iowa hospitals and clinics, but again were heari
Newschannel eight today at 11 00. Plenty of sunshine out there and were free and clear. Weve had a few sprinkles on the east coast that we tracked with our radar here. They may drift inland through the course of the afternoon but most will miss out on the rain. Partly cloudy skies, temperatures are up to 80 degrees at this time, 79 in clearwater, degrees for zephyr hills. Moisture coming in off of the atlantic. With the dry air aloft, despite the moisture and increased humidity were expecting about a 10 shot at a shower and most the showers will have a hard time holding together. 85 is your average high and well just to 87 later on today. Its going to be a warmer than average day and a warmer than average weekend. Well take you through that a bit. Overnight, the man accused of running over a 17yearold leaving her to die is out on bond. We spoke with him as he walked out of jail. Investigators say he hit and killed ashley on hills on the road. We spoke with the man just hours ago. Repor