Eyewitness news. Getting ready for Hurricane Matthew. what you can expect and what you should do in case the hurricane hits North Carolina. A life cut short a grieving mother talks about what her daughter had planned before the crash that killed her. And remembering a legend. We look back at the life and career of our good friend Larry Stogner who sat in this chair for decades. Eyewitness news starts right now. A tropical alert huge and ominous Hurricane Matthew creating chaos in the caribbean while eyeing a possible hit on our coast. Hurricane matthew in the caribbean right now but were already getting ready for the storm in North Carolina. Good evening, im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. cuba and haiti are in the path right now. And it could bring devastation and matthew could end up here by the weekend. So, governor mccrory declared a state of emergency for the entire abc 11 viewing area. A total of 66 counties are under that order. The Emergency Operations center is activated.
Closings. In wake county, only one School Remains closed, Vernon Malone Career College because of water in the school and powering out of the front doors early on sunday morning. You can see the latest list your screen and any time on wral. Com. Elizabeth, the only reprieve with the flooding is sunshine. Thankfully. I couldnt imagine if we had more rain coming to make the situation worse. We do have a nice stretch of dry weather through the weekend and into next week. A look at the apex skycam, serving quiet, and we do still have a Flood Warning in effect from the triangle area closed. The Flood Warning is not because we are expecting more rain but we still have rivers in flood stage. Ill be picking the different river basins and showing you the levels and when it may go down. 43 in durham and 43 in moncure, 37 in roxboro and 41 in south hill and 48 in goldsboro. So a chilly morning for kids that do have to go to they will want a jacket. 45 out the door and 65 at lunchtime and a high o
Nt think so. Say yes to more. Call now. Away by floodwater. The husband makes it to safety. The wife still missing. why hes holding out hope that shes still alive. Plusmike pence makes a stop in raleigh. His words to supporters. And saying goodbye to an icon. Tonight we gathered to honor the life of Larry Stogner. Eyewitness news starts right now. Nowhistoric right nowhistoric flooding leaving entire towns and communities under water. Matthew continues to deal a devastating blowto our state. Many areas not out of the woods tonight. Good evening im anna laurel and im steve daniels. flooding still a major concern tonight for lumber. neuse. Black. And cape fear rivers. Heres the latest information in to our newsroom. There are now 20 stormrelated deaths in North Carolina. The neuse river is expected to crest at record levels in kinston on friday. A mandatory Evacuation Order remains in effect for lenoir county. Part of i95 in Cumberland County is closed. And westbound i40 near benson also
Home. The mother of the little boy was also unavailable for an interview. But the Daycare Centers owner is publicly apologizing to her. This is not what we promote. Im very sorry that it happened. And we took every step that we could to do. Im sorry. Reporter after we conducted that interview she contacted us, again, and said that shened an official with the state agency which licenses Daycare Centers have reviewed the video. She contends the child was the which was not loving and nurturing. He says she wont release the video unless her lawyers tell her its okay to do so. Coming up at 6 00 well take a look at what state inspectors say about this facility. Steve sbraccia, cbs North Carolina. A morassville man in jail after he ran over two women ride think bicycles and left the scene. In Cary David Hurst joins us now wit how police caughtp to the driver. Reporter the group of four were heading up this hill when a driver came up and hit them om behind. Two women were seriously injured and
Closings because of matthews impact. The full list is scrolling at the bottom of your screen and on wral. Com. Mike, how long will it be this hot . It looks like it will be the warmest day of the week today, lena. And a warm day thursday but we have changes going through friday and the weekend, and well detail those for you in the 7day forecast in about 15 right now, not feeling fall like. We have upper 50s to low 60s. 64 for rocky mount and 63 at the tv station in raleigh. As we take a look at the areaings further south, 63 in erwin and 64 in fayetteville and Southern Pines. Goldsboro checking in at 65. The satellite and radar look quiet, and a couple of showers much dissipating. A couple of fair weather clouds popping up yesterday and sunshine as well. But as we look at the planner for today, we have clear skies and 63 degrees. 80 by lunchtime and 4 00 or 5 00, 86, and a couple of fair weather clouds. Brian . 7 02, mike, and we have problems on the wake county, 64 westbound before yo