Eyewitness news. Hurricane hermine gaining strength and heading for the florida coast. The latest on the path. And when we might begin feeling the impact here in North Carolina. Our state already bracing for impact from hermine. A look at the emergency preparations now underway. And. The issue pitting the Durham Rescue Mission against the city it serves. Eyewitness news starts right now. Hurricane hermine getting stronger. slamming the gulf coast of florida. And heading right for North Carolina. The category one hurricane making landfall laster tonight. And then itll move up toward us. Governor mccrory declaring a state of emergency. And getting briefed by emergency officials. mandatory evacuations are underway for visitors on Steve Daniels and im tisha powell. This hurricane is the first to hit florida in more than a decade. Chief meteorologist Chris Hohmann in the first alert raleigh storm center. Chris what are the latest models showing . Hermine is a minimal hurricane with winds of
Wes hohenstein is tracking this is some. This is a hurricane on the doorstep of hitting florida by the time he gets here, it will not be a hurricane. It will not be a major impact tropical system for our area. It will be decent. We will have some gusty winds add tomorrow is when it starts. Tonight a couple of things to play now point out. See the black that is just a few miles away from happening. In the meantime, they are getting drenched with rain in florida and georgia and you can tell that they also have some tornado warnings. A lot of this to worry about out there. The latest just and from the National Hurricane center northeast at 14 miles per hour. No big changes tonight. We expected to move inland in the next few minutes by friday morning early it will be over georgia and South Carolina friday night and then late friday night through Early Saturday Morning it will cross over our area. It is tomorrow morning that the rain arrives here. In no major changes tonight. Here is the ne
Next on Eyewitness News a night of violent and deadly protests in charlotte. At least one person shot dead in the chaos. Were live with the developing details just in. Plus. Filling up the tanks. A sign the gas crisis shortage here in North Carolina may soon be ending. The major announcement just made. And. An urgent recall from blue bell. Why two flavors of ice cream could make you very sick. Eyewitness news breaking right now at ten. A second night of chaos in charlotte. In the wake of a Deadly Police shooting. Good evening from the breaking news center im steve daniels. Were watching the live feeds coming in from uptown charlotte right now as demonstrators clash with police. Ad lib just getting person has been shot and has died. Seven Police Officers and one civilian also taken to the hospital. Take a look at this video from the past hour police launching tear gas. Trying to get the backoff. Also getting reports of looting in uptown charlotte. This has been unfolding through the eve
Rain likely. Also much cooler. We are at 76 at lunchtime. 78 for an afternoon high. Wet and windy conditions really starting to pick up at 6 00 this evening. 76 there. More on when all of this rain and wind will move out of the area when the sunshine will return coming up in your storm team forecast. All right. Thanks a lot. Now, along the shores, many of people have spent the last couple of days bracing for the impact. Cbs North Carolinas a. J. Joins us now from oak island wit now, when we first got to oak island, the waves were not what theyre like right now. Weve been talking to people who live here. They are saying thats the one thing noticeable with this storm coming is just the intensity of the ocean. We are actually having to move up on the beach because this storm surge is just continuing to push up the coast. Now, friday is the day that people within Brunswick County say that they are ready for this storm, specifically Officials Services have specific hours on friday they are
Beach seeing a pretty distinct rain band there. Those rain bonds also starting to spread up the coast. We have rain falling across South Carolina through charleston, through columbia now spreading into our area as well. Lets take a closer look at our radar. Some light rain around fayetteville and clinton. The steadiest rain still south of our area, but its coming and will be moving in throughout the morning so that morning drive could be a soggy one for some of you. The rain will continue to increase in coverage and intensity throughout our morning. 72 des and in lieu wisberg, 73 in rocky mount. 70 in henderson and roanoke rapids. All in all, these temperatures not going to climb more than, say, 4, 5 degrees throughout the day. It is going to be unseasonably cool. Also going tore very wet. Rain likely at noon. 76. Rain continues this afternoon at 78. Rain and the wind really start to pick up as we head towards 6 00 this evening. We do have a wind advisory and a Flash Flood Watch in eff