State of nevada. Well keep you updated as we get more information. But first i want to keep you updated on what the weather is like for this gorgeous friday. Meteorologist Steve Udelson is going to Tim Studebaker is going to tell us about that. Its been so mild and so dry lately. People are noticing their allergies acting up. And indeed tree pollen is high out there. Its mostly juniper and cedar. There are others mixed in. But those the majority of the pollen right now. Also mold is low. All. But allergy report in february. I think thats the first time ive done that. 71 in renosparks. Thats well above the average. The average is 54 degrees. Were going for 71. One degree away from the record of 72. 60 in south lake. Winds gusting to 40 miles per hour. With ridge gusts up to 75 miles per hour. This area of moisture will traverse off to the north later on today. And it will fall apart. As it does so as well. Were not talking much in the way of shower chances but a chance north of renospar
Its frightening and bizarre in several ways. But heres what happened, the victim early this morning told police he was in this parking lot on baldwin avenue in the cherry neighborhood when two suspects, a man and a woman came up, threatened him with a gun, and forced him to get into another car and drove him a long way to get cash. The investigation began early this morning with a call from the papa johns on Fourth Street saying they hadnt heard from one of their delivery drivers. A 61yearold man. Fearing the worst, Police Called in homicide detectives and they found his car a little while later abandoned here on baldwin street just several blocks from the papa johns store. The driver was missing. Two hours later, about 4 30 this morning, police in arch dale, 80 miles up 85, called to say a driver walked into their department off the interstate and told him hed been kidnapped from charlotte over night. The Victim Told Police he didnt know exactly where he man and a woman had kidnapped
Employees here some very serious instructions. The important thing is to check your vaccination record. Know the status of your vaccine. If youve had one, get a second. Its recommended if youre exposed. The vaccination, it will not help if youve been exposed. But itll help in the future. And anyone that gets vaccinated. If you contract it, your symptoms are so muchchmore mild. In an effort to keep this from spreading, the Health Department is warning people who think they have symptoms and work at the facility to not come to work. Well tell you about the other cases that are being investigated by Health Care Workers here in Iredell County and in other areas near charlotte. Reporting live from mooresville, tina terry, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Even if youve had the mumps vaccine, the cdc says you can still get the virus. People who have received two doses of the vaccine are nine times less likely to get it than somebody who has not been vaccinated. About the mumps and what you wsoctv.
Has done a good job with the main roads. But when it comes with that wind, it gets covered again with temperatures so low there are some dangerous windchills at the higher elevations. Earlier i was out when a group of soldiers were stuck in 15 inches of snow. Theyre here skiing as part of a single soldiers retreat. Pretty cold and the weather has been awful. The weather is pretty bad. When youre not used to driving in it, it adds to it. Reporter i promise you i did set my camera down, went over to the back of that suv and started shoving it myself. After about a few pushes there, we were able to get it unstuck from that ditch. And i think theyre over at the ski resort skiing right now. The ski resorts looking very much forward to this weekend. A big Holiday Weekend in the North Carolina high country. Very chilly weather though. The temperature has fallen back into the single digits. Were now getting a reading of reporting live from beach mountain, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness new
Video from the 485 back up. People started telling me they thought it was an eight car pile up ahead. Chris waited patiently. A spokesperson told us heavy freezing rain kept the 40 contracted crews out treating roads busy. They were putting down salt to help break up the icy patches. The difficulty in that was when we had heavy rain move through, it could wash the salt off the roads. Jenkins admits it wasnt fun waiting in traffic but understands why Highway Patrol needed to make the call. I could have easily been one of those people. Once you hit ice, it doesnt are. Troopers told me they feared if they didnt shut down portions of these highways that someone would have been critically injured or even killed. Including some first responders. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. Reporting live Eyewitness News. And we brought you live updates on the delays on Eyewitness News daybreak. Traffic team 9 has the latest traffic alerts and alternate starting at 4 30. Now the icy conditions migh