And the its described as cat catastrophic in les cayes. And for our area, we have mandatory evacuations. And unc wilmington issued a mandatory evacuation for all students. All students must leave that campus by noon tomorrow, noon meterologists are getting whiplash trying to keep up with the hurricanes. Its been all over. It definitely has. We had a dramatic change overnight. And we are waiting for the next run to see if they continue along the track which will pull the storm away from North Carolina. Thats the only real change. It continues to hug the coast of florida and South Carolina and makes a dramatic turn to the right with the current forecast track. Well talk more about that just a few minutes ago, we had a new update from the National Hurricane center. We dont get a new track until 11 00 a. M. Which we will share on the noon newscast. But the good news, it has weakened a little bit more, moving northwest at 10, and thats going to kind of turn it toward florida and bring it ac
Today. Sampson county we mentioned, wayne county closed today and tomorrow. And Wilson County schools. A full list is scrolling at the bottom of your screen and wral. Com. Hurricane matthew unleashed its fewery this morning and dropped massive amounts of rain triggering flooding in roads and neighborhoods. Hundreds of rescues in Cumberland County and more today. At least rescued. Bryan mims is live along the Cape Fear River. And bryan, you have seen so many dramatic scenes over the weekend. Reporter and i must say that the Cape Fear River looks dramatic this morning. Its a monster. Ill put it that way, a brown, roiling monster. I have never seen it this high in 10 years living in the area. Downstream. From this standpoint, its usually 40 to 50 feet down. And look at the water, almost up to the bridge and a railroad trestle. Its touching that. A number of traffic lights are out and power remains out for most businesses. And let me show you video from lena was talking about the rescues,
Talking about the uniqueness of election 2016. This is the weirdest election cycle of my lifetime. So if some of your listens listeners have thought there are awfully weird. Yeah about 300 million americans and probably 10 billion people around the world are watching this saying sure is strange. And its strange from this aspect. That the president ial election so far seems to be about everything but the issues. At elections, its issues that separate the two candidates and the two parties and this year it seems that issues dont play a role. At least in the campaigns. I still believe theyre important to people in North Carolina and people around the country. And they will play a part in the senate race that im in. I think over 50 of the people in North Carolina believe that jobs and the economy is the i think it is the most important issue. And i think its a huge responsibility for congress to create the architecture to allow growth to happen in our economy and jobs to be created. You kn
You saw the liney in hi mikaya, and as a results, schools will be on a 2hour delay. And my polling place is a school. I understand the decisions made there. The weather is absolutely perfect if not on the chilly side, elizabeth. It is. One of the coldest m weve seen if not the weve seen. A look at rdu, clear skies and the sun coming out and will warm us up quickly. For now, we have a frost advisory in effect, and we are seeing low 30s in spots and areas of frost impacting sensitive plants in places. This is not likely to be a buckhorn. And 31 degrees in Southern Pines. So its cold out there. The temperatures will warm up quickly. By 8 00, 40, and 64 at noon and 70 for the high this afternoon. We are looking at a chilly weekend. Well talk more about that coming up. Brian is here. Any congestion in spots around polling places yet . I havent had reports but im sure its happening neighborhood polling locations. Just need to be patient this morning and be careful. A lot of pedestrian traffi
Emotions were high. As people shared some of their favorite memories. And we also heard from the Thomas Family attorney. And got his thoughts on the investigation so far. He was one of the first people that i met when i moved into this neighborhood. You knew every winner of the super bowl for the last 30 years. You talked in perfect sentences at the age of 2. One by one. Friends and family got up to talk about kouren thomas. As they prepared to say goodbye here wake forest road. I felt our bond as brothers get stronger and i never got the chance to tell him that until today. The 20 year old was killed two weeks ago. In the Early Morning hours of august 7th. There was a 911 call that appears to have come from chad copely. Complaining of a shouting crowd outside of his home here on singleleaf lane. That caller refers to the group as hoodlums. Claims he saw gun. And fired a warning shot from inside his heading home from a party two doors down. Hard to find words after a day like today. Ju