Is coming to a close. I cannot emphasize that enough. The warning from fema there in the coming hours, the conditions will deteriorate. It will become extremely life threatening. Catastrophic storm surges, flooding is the biggest concern. And were also hearing now from the governor of North Carolina. Lets listen in. Get yourself to a safe place and stay there. If you havent already. Over the next few hours, many roads will become unsafe and impassable from debris and flood waters. Dont drive during the peak of the storm and dont attempt to drive through flooded roads. That puts your life in danger. I know many north carolinians see updated storm tracks changing categories of the hurricane, and landfall predictions. Im concerned because i have even heard some people say that North Carolina is getting a break. Please hear my message. We cannot underestimate this storm. Wind speeds may have dropped some from yesterday, but weve traded that for a larger wind field that expands 200 miles wi
Enough to make you shift your stance. Nothing as strong as we saw in North Carolina. Now we learned there are two additional deaths attributed to hurricane and now Tropical Storm florence, the two additional deaths we learned in the last few moments in cat rack county southeast of new bern where there have been hundreds of rescues. Some waiting to be pulled out of their homes and there are 4200 homes there damaged or flooded. That coming from the mayor of new bern. In South Carolina, the major concern is water, swelling of creeks and rivers that flooded North Carolina start to pass through some of the estuaries and creeks. Nick valencia is about 20 miles from me in conway in an area prone to flooding. Theyre proving water thats coming through will be a challenge for them. Nick, what are you seeing . Reporter it is challenging now for local officials. They shut down this road. This is probably the worst of it in conway. As you mention, 20 miles from where you are, victor. Check out this
Boarding up their homes. If you have not done it already, it is probably too late. These pictures were taken in the outer banks. The outer bands hitting there. Lets get the latest forecast. The 5 00 a. M. Update from chad myers. Im glad you said, john, the storm is still growing. Because it is growing in size. Yes, we only have 110mileanhour winds in the eye. The eye is not the problem. The eye is where the most fierce winds are located. The storm is getting bigger in the overnight hours. North to south. East to west. Getting bigger and wetter. It is a rain event. 40 inches of rainfall as the wind now is coming onshore. Heavy rains will proceed the wind getting the ground saturated and trees will fall down. Roots will be completely saturated. The winds in wilmington by tonight and tomorrow morning. That is where it will turn left. The lefthand turn we talked about yesterday. It will happen. It will go all the way to myrtle. Down to the inlet near charleston before it turns back to the
Vigil earlier today in Virginia Beach for the victims of the shooting. Another vigil is scheduled tonight. All told, 12 people were killed, four wounded in the horrific incident. Among them were 11 City Employees and one contractor who was there just to get a city permit. The mayor believes the number could have been higher if it werent for the bravery of the Police Officers who engaged the shooter. Most of all, let me commend the officers, the people that ran into a building where the active shooter, shooting 45 caliber bullets, and saved many people. Eric those officers, who veteran detectives and two k9 handlers, we have the latest. Hi, mark. Reporter good afternoon to you. As you mentioned, Virginia Beach police and city officials giving us the latest information about what transpired in the last 23 hours or so. As you were talking about, it was around 4 00 yesterday, not too far from where im standing, around 300 feet, that the City Employee that was there for 15 years, working as
Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. And we have breaking news fromto testify tomorrow after fireworks today. But we do begin at the top tonight with a terrifying 24 hours already. And now, the state of emergency after a devastating tornado outbreak. Several states under warnings or watches again tonight. More than 30 reported tornadoes already. And this storm system has been deadly. This picture from dean, texas, tonight. Piles of debris from destroyed homes in wheaton, missouri. Heavy rain and flooding taking the life of a man in tulsa. His vehicle was swept away. The system is moving east. Authorities warn tonight more than 20 million are at risk. We have the track for you. And abcs marcus moore leads us off from inside the storm zone. Reporter a tornado outbreak in the heartland turning deadly, with millions in the crosshairs tonight. The Severe Weather is out to our northwest, just a mess of thunderstorms. Reporter after 24 hours of devastatin