Carolina and North Carolina coast, possibly slamming into one of our coastline sometime friday into saturday. So lets put a center line through the new track. So this is the one we just got at 5 00. Thats yellow at 11 00 a. M. Down here in the bahamas and florida it shoved west but for us up here in south and North Carolina it actually shifted to the east. Again, this zigzagging is very complicated and tough to keep up with. This is a really hard storm to in addition to shifting a little bit to t east tonight at5 00 its also slowed down. So it is possible we could have a category two hurrice saturday afternoon with 100 per hour winds anywhere fromwilmin all the y to charlotte to 200 miles houroff shore, so heres at that means for us. We continue to havgreat fall weher wednesday and thurs no issues. Saturday, and while e trend has been closer to North Carolina, you know, more changes will happen. So you cant walk away yet. You got to keep checking in on this thing. We get new updates ev
Cuba. Unfortunately, not going over the 10,000 Foot Mountain tops that could tear this storm apart. But just barely clipping land. Staying over the very warm water. Winds remain at 140 Miles Per Hour and it remains a category four hurricane. Where it will stay as it heads through the bahamas, wednesday and thursday. Then weakening slightly as it approaches florida friday. And then turning back to the northeast as it parallels our coast or is ri saturday. So heres the center line from that forecast track from 5 00. Lets go back six hours with the yellow line. You see the 11 amtrak. So the changes have been shifting west for florida but a slight shift to the east for us. So heres what that could look like. Saturday afternoon, 100 mile per hour winds. A category two hurricane. On our doorstep on top of us, or off shore. It is all still in play. In just a few minutes. We want you to take like at this. This was the scene in haiti. Hurricane matthew making landfall earlier this morning with
Despite a few more changes in tonight track our message has that change. We could still have a category 2 either on or hugging our coastline as we head into this weekend. The latest forecast track we will keep as a category 4 hurricane as it is through the bahamas through thursday, then coming dangerously close to if not onto the florida coast on friday and then continuing to hug and North Carolina line as it slows down even more no being off our coastline until saturday night which has slowed down every forecast for the last 24 hours. There is a center line of the current updated track. Lets put in the yellow line which was the previous track. As you can see it has shifted west towards florida and georgia bad news for them especially but it has also pivoted a bit away from our coastline. Here is a closer look. Instead of going up over the outer banks the center pledges to the east but again our message remains the same category 2 hurricane 600 miles wine it could be 150 miles or close
2000 customers are still in the dark but crews have restored all power in florida and they are not moving north. And the damp we have been watching all day. The woodland them the whole has grown and the aftermath could be catastrophic if people do not follow evacuation orders. We have the latest. Reporter the actual dam is only about 500 yards over my shoulder and that is why it roads like this one behind me are closed. They want to keep everyone they want to keep people away from dangerous areas that could be affected if the dam were to break but the people who live on the other side of the closures essentially have to leave everything a hot days behind. Road closures meant many people could not get home. This gentleman was forced to evacuate his home earlier this week. I had to be boarded up. Reporter because of that he left the lot behind. Escort him to his house. Patrick was also forced to evacuate his house. I grabbed the wife and kids and loaded into the truck and we left. Report
Crews in the water with boat. I just checked with Lumberton Police they tell me there is a search going on but would not share details about what happened down there. All week long weve been telling viewers how dangerous flood waters can be. But police say while the barricade have been up from the philadelphiaing, people were still driving their cars through this street. Now, its not clear if the car involved here was also involved in this accident or if that was connected to information. And as soon as we get it we will pass it along. Live in lumberton, derrick lewis, cbs North Carolina. Were also following breaking news out of for the fort bragg. They dont fired the soldier as 48yearold some mass siler of georgia. He has an Army Commendation medal. They say his death is under investigation. Seeing flood waters recede people in the east are still waiting on some rivers to crest. Thats right. The tar river in greenville is more than 11 feet above flood stage and pectestew reach the pea