Management center. A man at some point ended up crashing into the window of the front of the building. The good news is a spokeswoman tells us that no one is injured. No one was inside. The area of the building that was hit was the gym. So we are fortunate that no one was inside at the time. In Western North carolina, air quality alerts have been firefighters. Firefighters have made progress because was cooler weather but the situation is critical. Bill . Reporter lena and renee, an evacuation goes into effect for parts of highway 9 in henderson county, and if you are not familiar with it, its county. Firefighters from wake county will go and spend a week in the lake lure area, near asheville but on the other side. Groundlevel smoke will remain a concern over the next few days. Winds along ridge tops are expected to increase through today and may expand the fire. The fires have burned more than 40,000 acres in our state alone and there are also fires in georgia, south carolina, and ten
Gets up a couple of hours. Our sky cam lookinpretty. Our temperature in durham is 43. Its 41 here at the tv studios. Town by town, 34 in south hill and mid 30s. And 41 fayetteville. Mid 30 to say low 40s. Right now. By 8 00 a. M. We should warm up into the mid 40s and th afternoon. That puts us close to a high most of the day well be sunny but well have a quick blip of rain. Wel talk about how much rain well see in a few minutes. In the repeat ryan gets caught up othe roads. It is 7 01 and were off to a slow start in terms of how many accidents i have to talk about. Its fast on the roads overall. There on the northeastern side of wake county. Its as you head out of roseville on 401 bound an accintat forestville road. We are pick up delays on the sensors as you approach. Give yourself a few tra minutes leaving rosevillthis moing. As soon as you get beyond that its a smooth ride down toward 540 and once youre on0 westbound a smooth trip to the i40 interchange as ll. We are ck up dela thu
We have should be fairly clear today. A front could bring us some rain for, say, thursday morning. Ill show you that coming up on future cast. In durham its 28. Its 28 in wake forest and here at the tv studios. Its 25 right now at our sensor in cary. 28 in roxboro, 26 in south hill. Its a cold morning out there. 29 in Southern Pines and 34 degrees in fayetteville. By 8 00 a. M. Temperatures will be climbing back up to about freezing. 50 at close to the high of 54 yesterday. We have high fire danger because its extremely dry. The the winds will be a bit more calm. Officials ask you not to do any out door burning today. We will talk about thanksgiving day. Coming up. Bryan has some spot s to avoid. If you had to use capitol boulevard yesterday afternoon you will remember that it was because of a water main break that continues this morning and will continue through the day. That is between capitol boulevard and wake forest road and wade avenue as we take a look at it. Comes in from 440 t
Wonder about their own childs bus safety. We have a closer look at the issue of school bus safety. Reporter even before this terrible tragedy, the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration had a straightforward answer for the question of how safe are school buses . That answer is that they are the safest way for children to get to and from school. The Administration Says that buses are seven than traveling by car or truck. While more than 30,000 people are killed in crashes every year, six School Aged Children die as passengers in school buses annually. Of course we want the number to be zero but statistics reveal how rare School Bus Crash deaths really are. Still questions remain about why safety belts arent required on school buses like they have been in cars. The government doesnt feel theyre needed. For one thing, what passengers likely to be significantly less forceful than they experience in a car crash. Also the high backed cushion seats usually protect passengers in fronta
It is so nice to be back, and i heard it was 70s this week. I am happy to be back. At least it will feel more like iowa weather here definitely turning colder. Even though we did have some warm temperatures, it was kind of grade. It was nice to be out, but it is not beautiful like it is but it is a lot colder than it was yesterday. 34 in durham and 36 in Holly Springs. Town by town it is 28 in roxboro with 38 at fayetteville and it is pretty chilly with temperatures in the mid to upper 30s and 52 at noon. Compare that to mid to upper 60s yesterday which was just it will be prettier today but noticeably cooler. Expect the same saturday with clouds and rain in the forecast and we will talk about how much we may see. It looks like a wet weather pattern. More in a few minutes and brian here with a look at the roads this morning. Lets take a look at the durham freeway out in Austin Avenue there in the distance. The traffic is heading northbound, and it is looking downtown. Or southbound rid