And 1241 and watch online with t the abc11 app. Barbara we will go to weather and traffic for the latest on schwenneker. Don that is great. In the past we couldnt offer that. Around here we have this nasty winter storm we are in the early stages of it. The winter storm warning is in effect until 6 00 tomorrow night. So that is 36 hours from now before it ends because the potential is there to see wintry weather today, tonight, into tomorrow. As far as radar we are seeing a break in some of the radar detection out to the south and west. Toward siler city, southern pines, at the moment you may see it lightning not lightning but the precipitation not as heavy. Then in fayetteville we have the mixed precipitation mainly rain but a little bit of sleet in northern Cumberland County. Durham to granville. Vance and person counties. This is tracking to the northnortheast. You will see that heavier band lifting toward henderson, louisburg and roxboro. That will work out of here the next couple h
Sales time, the heavy demand on powerball machines causing glitches with tickets. Heather waliga is out there fending for herself, live at the capital food mart on capital boulevard in raleigh. Heather, whats the latest . Heather hey, guys, the story owner here told me theyve already had to replace a machine because it was printing so many tickets. While the North Carolina lottery isnt reporting any widespread machine outages, with lines as long as they have been since lunch time and this morning, those outages, you can bet these machines are working overtime. This is the Worlds Largest jackpot tonight, it has swelled to 1. 5 billion and it seems like everyone has powerball fever. Its bringing record business to Stores Across the country. Lottery officials estimate 1. 3 million worth of tickets will be sold during rush hour drawings with no winner, people we talked to are already dreaming about how theyll spend the money if they strike it rich. Oh, yeah, im a sailor. Id probably buy a
See whats happening this instant. Abc 11 Eyewitness News starts right now. Breaking news in wake county. First up, a meth lab with children involved in raleigh. Hi, everyone. Good evening from the breaking news center. Im steve daniels. A oneyearold and a sevenyearold taken to the hospital after the incident at this house on huntly drive off capital boulevard. Elaina athans is now on the scene. Reporter yes. Just behind me is a house where police say folks were cooking meth. You can see right there, haz mat is on scene. They are working right now, collecting evidence in the carport area of this home. Two people are in custody, a man and a woman. They are not facing charges right now. Now, Police Originally called to this home around 8 30 this effectevening with a search warrant. That is when they made the discovery inside the home. They are saying two people here now, officers also made another discovery. They found two children inside. A oneyearold and sevenyearold were removed from t
Many of us came in this morning, on the air at 6 00 this morning, a lot of the roads you could not see blacktop, it was white covered on major roads a lot of the primaries, as don said, we had snowfall overnight and temperatures dipped. A lot to keep up with. They are making progress that the sun is up, it has improved there. But a different story on the durham freeway. There is a lot of snow and ice there. Through. Emergency officials are again asking the media, asking us to the roads. A lot of work to be done yet. Fayetteville. And nicole carr is live there. She is seeing accidents and even an overturned vehicle there. It continues this morning. Of course, we will keep you posted as you get through the saturday. Please dont. John and barbara. John thank you. This is the great time to a your first alert weather app at your fingertips. If you dont have it, download it now. Barbara our area has a lot of crashes in the triangle and Cumberland County as well. Nicole carr rolled on a rollo
It was a busy day for city and dot road crews. Theyll get hit at the same time. We spread out. We have 100 crews in the county. There are six sentience six sections in the county. All sections are hit at the same time. Jon in a day, it went from [indiscernible] but what happens tomorrow still very much depends on what else happens tonight. Again, for folks living in areas where there is a delay tomorrow, wake county is the best example a threehour delay. Check abc11. Com. There is no guarantee that that tisha snow days arent the only things piling up in the triangle. So is the trash. A view of the icy conditions that drivers are dealing with in durham. Trash and recycling collection was suspended for two days now. For friday pick up have your bins out today if you are scheduled for tuesday. Steve we asked mike walden about the cost of the storm. He says the state produces about 1. 2 billion in output every day. Many businesses shut down on friday. The walden pointed out that lots of re