For impact. The North Carolina coast boarded up. And counting down the hours to a brush with Hurricane Matthew. We have Live Team Coverage from the storm zone. And. The uninvited guest. A local couple isnt letting matthew rain on their big day. How they moved a coastal wedding inland in just 72 hours. Starts right now. Hurricane matthew blasting the southeast coast. High waves now breaching the georgia shore. The dangerous storm churning up theast coast and now posing a serious threat to North Carolina. Good evening everyone, im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. parts of the North Carolina coast under a hurricane warning tonight. We have live in oak island. Angelica alvarez is in Wrightsville Beach. And. greg barnes is tracking conditions in an already rain soaked Cumberland County. But first lets get the latest on matthews track from chief meteorologist Chris Hohmann in the first alert storm center. Chris . Here in the breaking news bringing in all the live feeds. And the latest vid
If theres any good news here, its that its actually been downgraded to a category 2, but thats not to be taken lightly. We can still get winds of up to 110 Miles Per Hour. Oh wow reporter Hurricane Matthew slammed into the east coast bringing high winds and heavy rain. The storm transformed streets into rivers. How you guys doing over there . Reporter some places could 6 rain. Coastal communities in georgia and the carolinas bracing for the brunt of the storm. Storm force winds effecting the state of georgia and will continue to do so for were told about the next 24 hours. Its getting worse, so were looking at major storm surges. Were looking at major winds. Reporter heres another look at the wind were dealing with here. Im actually standing out in flying debris, and i feel a little better out here because we had some glass actually fall on us closer next to the building that were seeking shelter in. Now 75 percent of the town because of the dangerous conditions have gotten out, but th
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
Few clouds to reflect the pretty colors and none of that is completely clear but still a nice pink glow behind the skyline. Upper 30s, 39 durham, 38 carry and wait for us, wake forest. 50 in fayetteville. Were seeing a wide range and temperatures, upper 40s from goldsboro so it is cooler than norm down south. Depending on where depend on how big your coat needs to be. We really will see temperatures warming up rapidly this morning. 65 at lunch and a high of 70 this afternoon. It may sound fantastic and warm but wait till you see the forecast for tomorrow. It wont last long. Cold air by sunday. The front in between. Brian here brand is here talking about the roads. So far so good overall. Looking downtown there is the d map at the American Tobacco campus. It looks good through downtown. Trips from i40 to ming and street is taking seven maintenance minutes. For the moment at least you are delay free as you leave chapel hill on 40 eastbound. Looking good in durham and chapel hill 540 west
Expressway. Fox 2s janine de la vega has an update on whats happening. Reporter gasia, we thought the fire would be contained by now. Its been burning four hours, as you mentioned, but it still has not been contained. You can see the wind has shifted and its really rolling in here. It looks like fog, but this area is just covered with smoke. You can see the destruction that it has caused here. They have an aerial ladder shooting water on the strip mall that has 12 businesses. There has been 60 different firefighters trying to get this fire out. I am joined right now with chief bill kelly. Tell me why is this taking so long to put out . This building is 50 years old. Over 50 years there have been many building developments. So its very difficult to get to the seat of the fire. The fact that firefighters found fire in the attic upon arrival, it was a tough challenge for them. The fire was spreading through the units before we got here. Reporter and i know in the last ten minutes or so mo