If youve been away all day, pay attention. Im a little more worried because with that move to the north, we could now see 7 to 9 inches of rain in the sand hills with winds 40 to 50 miles an hour. Thats enough to cause problems with trees and Power Outages and of course, just getting around with minor flooding. That has me more concerned. Through most of central North Carolina, we are talking 40mileanhour winds. That could cause isolated problems, not widespread. A little less as you head farther to the northwest, and up in warren county, 2 to 4 inches with 20 to 30milean hour winds. Thats all tomorrow. No big problems today. Tomorrow we could have problems, as this is what were going to see. Go back to work and school next week. Well show you what the wind and rain will look like coming up in just a few minutes. Just under an hour ago the governor warned we could see the worst flooding since hurricane floyd and president obama declared a state of emergency for 66 counties. Reporter th
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
Significant, rain is starting to fill in more. Heavier rain is moving in from the south. We will finish it will continue to overspread our area for out tomorrow. Status of the Hurricane Center wind has weakened just barely to 105. As you can see water continues to dump on South Carolina and georgia and it is that water that will be here throughout the entiay heading towards trusted by tomorrow is a category one and then slowly making their turn throughout the date saturday coming very close to our coastline and they continue to weaken and wraparound. Then i will put this yellow line which is the previous track. It is very hard to see. It did nudge just a little bit to the north. But no significant changes in our forecast. That is up to 9 inches of rain with wind best of two 9 inches of rain with wind best of 230 miles an hour up to 40 mile perhour wind. Less of everything as we head to the northwest. Breakdown hour by hour what we are expecting the brain and wind coming up. Several cou
Morning hours for us. What is the latest on the hurricane . No major changes from last night. We are mainly going to see some very heavy rain and high wind gusts as matthew continues to approach the coast of North Carolina. Right now it is doing serious damage along the georgia and South Carolina coast right now. Highest wind gusts are about 125 miles an hour. Just off the coast of the georgia South Carolina line there. And this is what we are going to be watching very closely. Because some of these high wind gusts may push something we need to be on the lookout for today. Heavy rain. Potential flood problems on the way. For this afternoon. And this evening. Especially you can see some of those heavier showers pushing through parts of the area right now. We can expect this repeated heavy rain throughout the entire day today. So we are not going to get much relief from that rain that we will be seeing as matthew continues to cruise up along the coast. The National Hurricane center now i
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