Learned boris abby has been found safe and aliv the gornoralso mntioned today there was a confrontion between skplaufrment a man during the flooding in lumberton. It ended with the law forcement officer shooting and killing that man last night. There was also several rescue personnel in the area at the same tim now n information about the Historic Town of forced major evuations there. Keeping a close eye on the tar river which peaked early this morning. Were talking about a com that experienced a very similar siation during hurricane floyd. Im standing right n on whats known as the princeville bridge. Princeville is in that direction. It spans the tar r and the banks. Its running hard and fast. Butake a look that raioad bridge thatll give you an indication of what the bridge is dog. Computer models indicate the river crested at 6 00 this mornin and that is good news for those who are worried about high water in thi area. Dr creek runs into the r river. During floyd the waters rose high
My fianci. Thats what i could grab when i came out, her blanket and thats about it. Reporte f responde told her ere was a nearby she woulder but they wouldnt allow her to bring her dog. She didnt wantto leave hi with animtrole stayed in her tck. Sevel lies hbeen staying at this gas station, sleeping in cars. Eir at rk to goinhem. F e ry mihe a 13yeaveof highwapatrol. Hes been placed o administ leave, in a shooting. The flooding has forced thousands from their homes and arping. Reporter its devtati site here in lumberton. This area was completely dry yesterday but today thats not the case. As you look into western mberton, its complety flooded, rescue crews going ba and forth to bring familiesback to safety. The First Baptist church behind me, you can see the church va geinbout 5 feet of water. Fortunately we have somegood least one to. Left mydog on suny. Therwawatoget the dog. Epter then moments bowa he excited. Anthe guys fm the bottom of my hert. It my sons dog and ive been worried
This is one of the devices used to gauge the water levels and information from this combined with computer models indicated to officials the water would princeville levee. Even so, others are worried and want to get home to what they left behind. They told us mandatory evacuation, we got what we could and left on sunday. Reporter today the tar river didnt reach the levels it did after hurricane floyd in 1999, a storm that brings back a loof sad memories. Go out with what we had on our back. And we came back, everything was just gone. It was devastating. Reporter tonight county Officials Say the river will not overtop this dyke at 37 feet. That is the point where princeville would flood. How relieved do you feel at this point . Very relieved and very hopeful. Reporter as the river continues to roll, re evacuees. The good thing is were out. Material things can be replaced. We are thankful we were able to get out, not knowing whats going to happen. Lives matter. Thats whats important righ
Roster that led to this. [cheering] brian that looks like fun. The celebration in the clubhouse. Tribe players popping champagne, having a few cold ones probably after their series sweep. Cleveland 19 in boston in the clubhouse talking with the players after that knockout victory. The enact we did it, the third game in a sweep, thats not a team you want to give any breathing room, not a team you staff and how well a job they did this whole series. We went out and took care of business. We valued win a little bit more than they did. Obviously they wanted the win. We just wanted to win a little bit more. Brian well, however it happened, it happened. Now the tribe has homefield advantage against the toronto blue jays. In the American League championship series. Game one is at Progressive Field on friday night. Tickets went on sale online 10 00 a. M. And forget about it. Minutes. There were a limited number of tickets and now for any potential world series games if you want to get ahead of
Them here and on our 11 00 news on wral. For overnight changes on the situation watch the morning news starts at 4 30 on wral. Tonight president obama declared a major disaster area, 31 counties impacted by the storm are now eligible for federal aid. It will supplement federal and state efforts already in motion. Fema says the damage surveys are continuing, and more counties and additional forms of assistance several School Districts closed again tomorrow. We have a list to run down for you. Clinton city schools closed tomorrow, Cumberland County closed again, Edgecombe County schools closed. Continuing that list, halifax, hoke county schools closed, Johnson County schools also closed. And samson, wayne, and Wilson County schools closed tomorrow. You can see the list of closings scrolling at the bottom of the screen, and any time on www. Wral. Com. And people in princeville are keeping a close eye on the tar river. I understand that police are not letting anyone in . Reporter theyre no