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
The area. The satellite radar showing drying conditions. A few clouds overhead and things looking quiet out there this morning, as i mentioned. Temperatures in the 50s, 53 outside right now in raleigh and durham. Its 55 in roxborough. The cold spot on the map is Roanoke Rapids in the 40s this morning at 49 degrees. 54 is your current it. The area green that will continue throug flooded. Parts of i95 are shut down this morning in Cumberland County, Johnson County and robinson county. Keep that in mind. We have full creeks and streams around the area, and were dealing with river flooding, moderate to major flooding, east of the triangle. So, were keeping a close eye on all of the things today; however, conditions are continuing to improve. Were still mostly sunny, dry, and nice across the area thanks to the big system of High Pressure and we can expect highs topping out shy of 70 degrees and we turn up the heat for tomorrow a little bit. Were looking for High Temperatures in the mid70s f
It has brought us together and our families together. Hurricane matthew forced them from their new home and the burglars stole their valuables just before their wedding. See how the Community Came together around them. Today marks one week since Hurricane Matthew had devastating flooding throughout North Carolina. There have been 26 storm related deaths linked to driving in floodwaters. Across the nation matthew has got 43 people before hitting the us, matthew killed more the 500 people in haiti. Wayne county is in recovery mode one week after Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina. Today, thousands of Water Bottles of water were handed out. The news riverhead record levels of nearly 30 feet. It has since dropped to 4 feet and continues to receive. Given the people an opportunity to getting back to normal. It is really rough. It is going to be months involved, and people getting their lives back together. It is going to be very difficult for them. Wayne county is one of 17 counties were
Been arrested after being accused of shoving a child into a bookcase. All of this unfolded at the apple Daycare Center in raleigh. Weve also learned that 46year old Tracy Stallings has been charged in the case. Am the wake county justice center. Catches up with what happened. Poer police are now confirming that stallings has been charged with misdemeanor child abuse, i had the chance to speak with the childs mother just a ort timeago, cassondra sharp telling me that she never expe this stallings seemed caring sharp ing that she was alerted to the alged abuse by the cenr itself, the apple tree daycare on . ;bookcase. Sharp telling us that she saw the video and there were two other lar indents. Thatwh us that she contacted police toppedy stalhomes no one came t door, appletree telling us that afey th sharp says thathe yrehaveed par that Daycare Center. Th ourcare cchan to sp director, healso going to havechance to speak with our directors mother. We wl have much more on this coming up to