Fires, which gave them plenty of time to get ready and notify residents in the high risk areas. They put up 30 signs around town and mailed out 3,000 notices to homeowners. Weve done a lot of messaging to the community, making sure they knew the risks of the area. Reporter based on the storms forecast, the city has already scheduled street crews to work through the night tomorrow in case there are any major problems. Based on the conditions were anticipating tomorrow, you will likely see city crews checking the storm drain inlets and making sure the water is flowing like it is supposed to. Reporter another major concern is flooding here in mountain grove. The drain pipes are made of plastic and they melted during the fires. The storm drains in older neighborhoods like coffee park were made of concrete and steel so they didnt experience the same types of problems. Is there any concern about Hazardous Materials from the fires possibly spreading in the storm . Reporter we actually asked t
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