Lyndsay doing good. Should be a beautiful weekend. A little chilly to start right now, most away from the city are in the upper 20s. 30 in charlotte and in hickory, other than that at 27 in salisbury, albermarle, 28 statesville, 27 in boone and in lancaster and rock hill, upper 20s. Cold to start, this afternoon cool, back in the 50s to more the better weekend pick for sure. Well in the 60s. Little bit of a warmup, so more on your forecast details in a few. Kristen thank you, lyndsay. In campaign 2016, polls open at 7 00 for the democratic primary today in South Carolina. In the polls, Hillary Clinton has a big lead over her challenger, bernie sanders. In a final push to voters, mrs. Clinton spoke in columbia last night saying she will work to break down barriers and lift people up. Sanders will head off to minnesota by way of texas searching for friendlier terrain on the republican side, a campaign twist, donald trump stopped his closest rivals in their tracks with a high profile endo
This proposed map yesterday, one a new charlotte area district. Incumbent alma adams current district would no longer include charlotte. Lawmakers have until friday to get this finalized. Investigating new possible cases of mumps in the area. Two confirmed cases but Health Officials say there are at least six other potential cases in the mecklenburg, iredell, and Cabarrus County areas. As our coleen harry reports, Health Officials are trying to determine who might have been exposed. Reporter mention mumps and in the lab, medical technicians know what to look to. On the streets, were not so clear. I never had mumps as a child. Do you know if you were vaccinate mid cant remember, that was 100 years ago. Do you have if you had mumps . Probably so, chicken pox, mumps. Officials are trying to figure out how many people may be infect the. In mecklenburg and iredell county. In the tricounty area, there are six oh cases probable or suspected. Not every person that has been suspected, diagnosed
And we should see the process start to dry out. Rain continues to fall in charlotte you can see from the metro school camera, it is overcast and wet out there. Temperatures are interesting, 55 in wadesboro, 51 monroe, but 39 charlotte, rock hill, 47. A warm front is trying to lift through, it will. You folks in the 30s up in the foothill and mountain you will warm up. Another system moves in tonight. Wont be as robust as the one that came through over the last 24 hours. Look at the afternoon temperature, 59, should be a mild afternoon. Talk about the seven day forecast, even warmer conditions in it, that part in a few minutes. Christine, back over to you. Christine icy roads are being blamed for dozens of accidents in the Charlotte Metro area including overturned ambulance. That ambulance overturned after 8 00 on i machine i85 in Gaston County. Thankfully nobody was hurt. Firefighter in Gaston County responded to 15 different wrecks within one hour last night. Closer to charlotte we sa
As wbtvs alex giles is on your side showing us how crews continue to work to get the tree out of the way. Reporter one by one the cars are taking a detour tonight. I have to figure how to get home. Reporter the path home is blocked by an ageold tree, uprooted this afternoon. I was in awe. I couldnt think of what happened. Reporter what happened was wild, windy weather. The kids normally catch the school bus here in the mornings, tomorrow they will be waiting somewhere else. The wind was strong but didnt realize it was going to be blowing down huge old trees. Reporter this wasnt the only one. The red cross called until to help out a family after heavy winds took down a tree on stone haven drive. Neighbors saw the aftermath. Been here 14 years, nothing like this ever happened to us. Really strong winds. Still blowing tonight. Christine that was alex giles reporting there. Charlottemecklenburg police told us the road could be shut down through the morning commute. We will remain at the sc
Blue for the panthers. Kristen who what wont be neglected iswhat wont beneglected is the beautiful weather. Lyndsay it is not that cold this morning in the mid to upper 40s as of the 5 00 hour, already starting out the day on a little bit of a milder note relatively speaking, already had clouds move in overnight by the time the sun comes up a partly to mostly cloudy sky, however since were starting out in the upper 40s we shouldnt have trouble reaching the low 60s, mid 60s some areas. Warm despite the clouds. Some of you could have an outside shower chance, well talk about where and the rest of the weekend forecast. Kristen secretly we have already started product testing. Lyndsay very mysterious. Kristen well check back in with new a few. The driver of a pickup rushed to the hospital after an accident in south charlotte. South tryon. The driver was speeding down the interstate when he lost control of the vehicle, overturned and ended up on the opposite side of the freeway. He was thro