South of the up to of brussels. Another strong aftershock has rattled central italy. The death toll is climbing even higher. Bill leslie is in our newsroom. Bill . Reporter the number confirmed death this is morning is 267 and that number wi likely go up. There has been a series of violent tremors and aftershocks and residents are scare amatrice was the hardest hit down and survivors slept there. For everyone in the affected zone, the trauma continues. There is anger as well. Investigators are now probing why a school collapsed in spite of a Million Dollars upgrade to make it socalled earthquake proof. One rescue are says they are not giving up hope of digging out survivors. They rescued one from a previous earthquake after three days and there are thousands of volunteers trying to do the same right now. The Italian Council of ministers approved a state of affected by the earthquake which will provide the equivalent of about 56 million worth of funding. Back to you. Thank you. A man ac
Of governors was currented about, quote, civil rights protections in North Carolina. As mentioned, a total of seven championships will now take place in other states. That includes the division i mens Basketball Championship set to take place in greensboro. The state Democratic Party wasted no time in releasing statement which reads in part, what a disappointment for basketball fans. Add this to thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of Discrimination Bill have cost North Carolina. Gubernatorial candidate roy cooper had this to say. It seems that almost every day we learn of a new consueeqe of house bill 2. The executive director for the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance estimated an economic boost of about 5 million when recally hosted the mens basketball regional in 2014. I reached out to governor mccrory for his response to this latest news an we have not statement saying in part, under the ncaas logic, colleges should make cheerleader and Football Players share bathrooms, showers
Good morning. And it felt okay. It did. Mild. The kids are not having to carry their raincoats or umbrellas because they have School Supplies but you know, bags and bags of School Supplies. So fortunately, no umbrellas again today at least for the kids. On the flip side, its really drying out and we could use rain. We could see some of that by thursday. Well talk more about that in a few minutes. Nice and street. 68 in durham. 66 in cary and 66 in holly springs. 68 in rocky mount and wilson and 66 in south hill. And 73 in fayetteville. The planner, this morning, expect mid60s and 70s and 85 at lunchtime and a high of 91, will feel similar to yesterday. It will be hot. The humidity will be moderate and very little chance of will change. The weekend looks glorious. Wait until you see that in a few minutes. Brian, you have busy spots. We are seeing typical delays on garner, 40 westbound, giving you an update. 16 minutes from 42 up to the beltline split. So starting to backup around the cl
Roaster. A sign of what is to come. I think everybody will be in the 109. Before another sunrise we can show you, this one coming from our durham skycam. Take a look at this. A pretty start to the day. The sun will be heating things up later this afternoon. The satellite and radar loop is really quiet. We had showers over Western North carolina yesterday. It stayed dry here with the High Temperatures mainly in the lower 90s yesterday afternoon. Today, this morning, temperatures are Getting Started. Warm warmer compared to yesterday. 73 in fayetteville. 70 in clinton. Running about five to 10 degrees warmer this morning. Well be five to 10 degrees hotter this afternoon compared to yesterday. Well be in the mid 107 this morning. It will be more muggy. 90degrees by lunchtime and then no delays through that area which is good news. No serious injuries with that crash. As we check in around the rest of the triangle, a lot of green as it typically is on a friday monot seeing heavy traffic ha
It was going to end up for off our coast with minimal impact and of course a lot has changed in the last 24 hours. Lets take a look at the forecast track for this storm. It will spread across florida but it is attractive now of florida closer to the carolina coast and the strength of the system is a lot stronger. By 2 a. M. Friday it crosses the florida peninsula in my 2 a. M. Hour off the coast of North Carolina meaning heavy rain and more likely damaging winds. It is likely to be friday in the saturday with the entire weekend not the best but this is different forecast than 24 hours ago. There is our Durham Skycam where it is 71 degrees. And 72 for rocky mount and fayetteville with patchy fog eastward across parts of which would county. Today will be able like yesterday where it stays mainly dry but that begins to change tomorrow bringing a chance for showers and yesterday wet and cooler. More on that coming up. Meet is here it has had to pick up in the last halfhour. We our strategy