offering to help. the other son says it makes things a lot easier. >> this home suffered damage and a couple of brothers showed up. >> >>reporter: whitey want to open your heart like this? >> state officials are doing damage assessments. >> the actual assessment won't take too long and the figures to fix well. >>reporter: they will look at various criteria to look at state or federal money to help steve fraser in oxford. such good news. check out the video with scary moments in sampson county and the canopy started rocking back and forth and side to side. >> we know how big these are but the column supporting it broke and fortunately no one was injured. wncn has nate rogers who continues this coverage . nate? >>reporter: these residents reported multiple power outages yesterday and trees down but one of the most frightening situations happened here at this gas station. take a look. it was nerve-racking day. >> nerve-racking to say the least and take a look at what people experienced. this video provided by the gas station manager shows a canopy above side around 5:30 pm following heavy rain and high winds and base column that supports the canopy snapped. they worked to clear the area immediately. >> it almost touch the ground but never did. it could've been a dangerous situation but it was taking care of very quickly. and that was taking care of. station was closed as they repaired the column and there were no injuries. management received reports of more than 30 trees down throughout the area and there was damage to mobile homes and outbuildings, all clear now. >>reporter: everything back to normal and the gas station is open within the next five or 10 minutes and the canopy as you can see has been removed and the manager of the gas station says that they hope to have it restored within the next month now. >> okay they were also out in northern durham today surveying the storm damage and winds knocked over several trees and we spoke with the neighbor who says when she looks outside yesterday afternoon she saw a tree on her car. i heard all of this commotion and banging. >> i heard of falling and a crack. meanwhile, this is a scene in surrey county where winds destroyed these roofs and toppled trees. there were no reports of injuries there and over 20,000 people in north carolina remained without power tonight. the governor has also declared a state of emergency and a power restoration and the toppled plenty of trees in the a tree removal area. >>reporter: it's a sound that's all-too-familiar on the day after a storm. trees flying over the top of the house. when we see the forecast there will be winds in excess of 25 mph and we are on standby, all of these guys are geared up and ready to go. >> tim robbins owns this cheap place and he knows it's going to be there. >> the phones have not stopped ringing. >>reporter: the first stop inside the beltline. scott anderson and cyprus including wondering whether last week. >> yesterday made me nervous. >>reporter: part of a pine tree the homeowner said that it put a hole in the attic and this weekend a bunch of trees. >> the company received about 70 calls today alone. >>reporter: reporting for wncn , news now. yesterday's rough weather giveaway to sunshine today and super sunset out there and for the latest on the forecast send it over to chief meteorologist. after highs in the 70s we did not get out and it's colder with 40s and low 50s out there. it was a two-tone story and we are 21 degrees colder in rocky 23 degrees colder in roxborough , it's also been a windy day and current wind gusts are in excess of 20 to 30 mph and they will come -- calmed down a bit and it will be down to 45. tomorrow it will be 33 degrees with a wind chill of 29. i will tell you when this will be here in just a few minutes. >> thank you. >> troopers are investigating a deadly crash on mitchell road near roseville and a car pulled out in front of another vehicle, one person died and three others were injured, no word yet on their identities. a woman faces reckless driving and crash that hurt for cyclist. donny struck these cyclists this happened saturday afternoon . 2 of the victims remain in the hospital tonight and a husband-and-wife face charges in connection with the bank robbery in apex on beaver creek drive. they are arrested aaron wagner inside the pink and they arrested hannah later. both are being held at a wade county center. earlier this week officers rounded up murder suspects and seized numerous weapons. mario boon went on with the operation and we will have much more tonight. term county investigators went door-to-door searching for answers in the drive-by shooting of a grandmother. someone fired into the home of forster street hitting dorothy holloway in the legs, her injuries were so bad that they had to amputate one of her legs. new leads. >> we want to appeal to anyone that may have information in this crime. if you have information call crimestoppers and colors will remain anonymous. too many kids are being suspended from school and they want the district to revise the code of conduct. mario boon is outside the school board headquarters where vote is taking place. mario boon is outside the school board headquarters where vote is taking place, mario? >>reporter: the meeting is scheduled to get underway and just about 30 minutes. there is serious issues to tackle and one of them is whether to change the student code of conduct. >>reporter: the policy shift is designed to cut down on high rates of suspension and community leaders and suspension with a higher rate of black students compared to white counterparts. force and recommending how students are disciplined. one parent said that she supports the changes. >> i think it would be nice if they can find another way to discipline their kids other than throwing them out. a plan to monitor the meeting with wncn and we will update the results on wncn.com. reporting live, mario boon, wncn news now. campuses came together to raise awareness about modern day slavery and it's estimated that 27 million people are enslaved in human trafficking, a group of nc state students gathered to help shine a light on the issue and they say it's happening on their own backyard. this is among the top states. >> this is not just third world >> we want to create awareness and put an end to modern day slavery. we will dig deeper and find out why north carolina is one of these states and we will also speak to a woman who was a victim and now uses her straight to raise awareness. apple's fight against the fbi takes a new turn. and a tech giant today with federal investigators and this february afternoon >> announcer: on-air, online, where ever you are. this is wncn news at 6 pm. foods -- votes on a controversy all shopping center called amberly village on carpenter and church road. >> the controversy centers on the fact that it is currently zoned for residential and 2 there are concerned reviews about traffic. apple asked a federal judge to throw out an order requiring the company to unlock the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters. if they are not backing down, the bureau's director made a to get into syed rizwan farook for other terror connections. apple is refusing and saying it will open a dangerous precedent. he told lawmakers that he loves privacy and encryption. >> part of the things that's great that they don't want anyone looking at my stuff but it does save lives. this is a backdoor into smart phone security and apple is working on a new system that could never be unlocked. are on the right segment features an athlete with big dreams, he had his left leg amputated at the knee just before his first birthday. jackson for the most part is just like any other athletes. searching for a sport and he tried them all. it is safe to say that he has found his sport, he was amputated above the knee due to a birth defect that is not slow him down, he has faced a share of obstacles, and accomplished sprinter heekin compete against able- bodied athletes but at the track meet he has to run alone. because of this it is not a problem for me. >>reporter: jackson would rather compete and he hopes to get this chance. he does everything he is supposed to and i believe he should be >>reporter: he sets his sights on the 2000 paralympics and reality show narrow and a recent event shows that he can compete against the best. the pan am games and he paced third -- placed third. >> i'm number one in the hundred meter and i think my chances are pretty high. >>reporter: if he does make the us squad he will be one of the youngest members on the team. i'm just humbled to be at the position i am today and hopefully i will just keep getting better. >>reporter: next year when he shows up to the state championships he may head to the starting blocks with the metal around his neck. in raleigh, todd gibson, wncn sports . >>, wow, 3rd in the pan am games . his training is going well and he recently cut his 100 m time from 13.4 seconds to 12 point. his training is going well and he recently cut his 100 m time from 13.4 seconds to 12.7 in a powerful storm came to the area and it's moving offshore and into canada. the knot before leaving behind a trail of destruction and at least eight people dead. take a look at this, and the f2 tornado ripped apart barnes and at least 50 buildings and high winds also brought down branches and toppled trees and left thousands without power. >> our trampoline is wrapped around the telephone pole and our swingset is in their yard. >>reporter: wind gusts knocked over a tractor-trailer and brought traffic to a standstill on the george washington bridge in new york city. back with a look at incredible video. >> we had 21 different tornado warnings yesterday and for central carolina we had 2 confirmed. outside of that we had this we do not have confirmation on this one yet, but some amazing video. it was one of the busiest weather days we have had in 5 years and it happened in february it is more known for snow and not what we had. the other big area is the wind, many of you probably had trouble with the wind and check out some of these gusts. fort bragg early this morning recorded a 62 mile-per-hour wind cost. 51 at the airport and 46 mile- per-hour wind gust, oxford, lewisburg, all above 40 as well. these winds will slowly calmed down tonight but it will get a lot colder. this is our sunset and as we put these raps on the day and we watch it here this is not shaking as much as it was and wind speeds are coming down and so are temperatures, hour by stays breezy we talk about this winchell a day later. notice no rain in the forecast and it will be a while before we turn the radar back on. we will have a few clouds but those will clear as well. 45 degrees at 8 pm and 40 at midnight will feel like 34. by the time you walk out the door 33 degrees will feel like 29. big picture, a couple of things going on, obviously the cold front and the storms are well offshore but a big strong area of high pressure is still pulling it in. the reason why it is so windy is because we have one wind system and this is also huge. when these get closer together there is usually chaos in between, kind of like when your brother caught together, fighting or wrestling and it is the same deal here, when we are in between it gets chaotic and for part of tonight. it will get cold and it will drop all the way down into the 20s by saturday morning. since we do not have any rain for several days i want to talk about specific temperatures and what we can expect. it gets cold and then we start a warm-up that will take us all the way to the 60s on monday and we will stay mild monday into tuesday and do you see this change in color expect that as the next shot of cold air and as we progress through next week, by the end of the week we expect cold temperatures, including days where some of us may not get out of the lower 40s. tomorrow we will have more sunshine and dry weather and expect a high of 50 degrees. your seven day forecasts will 251 on saturday and then we jump up to 60 degrees on sunday and 66 on monday and the last day of february which is a leap day, tuesday is the first day of march where it still in the 60s, rain in the forecast by next wednesday and thursday and cooler temperatures starting. our 30 guarantee starts tomorrow and we had forecasted 54 degrees so we are within and with the american heart association putting this monthly total to $2200. they have been around since the 1920s and we have good healthy and here is the question, how do you even out a gender gap? this is what mc state has been working on and the percentage for years and they chilly temperatures for the around 50 and f developing news tonight. tornado disaster. states of emergency as over two dozen twisters carve a deadly path of destruction. hundreds of homes decimated. for the first time, we see the massive scope 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