Of rounds at this van full with people while it was outside the building. Why remains unclear. I was told a woman was sitting in the red vehicle you see parked behind it. Both vehicles were hit as well as the building itself. Im told the concierge was shaken up. He called 911 as people ran inside the building looking for cover. I spoke with the president of the Homeowners Association for the condos here. Well have the latest coming up at 6 00. Reporting live in uptown alexa police are not saying if this was related to any ciaa tournament events in uptown. We are expecting to get a final tournament report today which will tell us if there were any problems surrounding the event and how many cmpd declared the tournament the an extraordinary event meaning extra security measures will put into place. That includes increased Police Patrols and a clear presence on every corner. As soon as we get that event well let you know both on air and online at wsoctv. Com. We are also following breakin
South and west. You see the spin in the atmosphere, spin in the radar over texas and oklahoma. That is from low pressure and is intensifying moving to the east and all of those red boxes that you see popping up our tornado watches currently in effect. All of those usually highlighted counties, the ones in pink are Tornado Warnings, the ones in yellow are severe thunderstorm warni symbols, those are reports of tornadoes that have touched down around louisiana, significant damage in many we will see this as Severe Weather grows from mississippi, alabama, panhandle and florida in the next several hours as that activity comes our way. Futurecast. We will show you the wide view and see how the storm is aloft. Midnight overnight, storms moving to alabama and georgia. As we go to deny, drizzle, missed, fog. Daybreak. Thunderstorms but by 8 00 a. M. , South Carolina and western storms. Through noon, thunderstorms will roll in. The way the atmosphere will be set up at that time we have change i
Crews are searching for people possibly under debris in convert, louisiana. This is just after a tornado ripped through the campground yesterday leaving two people dead. Authorities say at least 30 were wounded. Seven under critical condition. Dogs with are brought in overnight to search the piles of rubble looking for anyone still missing. Its just major destruction. One individual i was speaking to when i first got here couldnt find his trail other, couldnt find his brother. This also did damage in pensacola, florida. Authorities say the storm left holes in roofs and flattened homes and garages. Well continue to gather more information and new video as the storm system rolls into charlotte. The governor put the Fire Departments rescue team on stand by in case North Carolina gets hit by the Severe Weather, and it looks like it will. Firefighters in the mountains and foothills told us they are preparing for flash flooding. Inches of rain in the past few days. Make sure to download the
Barbara jon camp has been tracking this for us today. Jon good afternoon. The president Gave Congress what amounts to a blueprint of what closing down the prison at Guantanamo Bay might look like. There are as few prisoners there now as any point in the past or teen years. The past 14 years. They would move 30 to 60 prisoners to facilities on the mainland. Some of them would likely be tried for military commissions. Others remaining detained, perhaps indefinitely. While prisoners deemed low risk, they would be resettled to host countries overseas. This is something the president office. Technically he cannot spend any money on this without congressional approval. Congress has not been on the his reasoning, largely the same but he could be facing stronger opposition than ever. Keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. It undermines our standing in the world. It is viewed as a stain on our broader record of up holding the highest standards of rule of law. Jon among the most v
Is the flame still coming up . Right now on wncn, several buildings destroyed, and crews on scene for hours battling a fouralarm fire. Good evening and thanks for staying up with us. Im maggy newland. Crews were on the scene of the fouralarm fire in sanford nearly all day. It started in a cabinetry shop and rapidly spread to another business right next to several homes. Wncns Carly Griffith explains why it took so long to get the fires under control. Two businesses were lost in a fire that took multiple crews hours to tame, and now these families are left to pick up the pieces from this devastating blaze. There were flames shooting out of the back of the roof so it was pretty well involved around noon, crews from sanford and surrounding areas were called. Fire chief said the flame started there and quickly worked their way through a storage book shop next door. We feel theres a lot of contributing factors with the age of the building, age of the wiring and materials that were stored in