If theres any good news here, its that its actually been downgraded to a category 2, but thats not to be taken lightly. We can still get winds of up to 110 Miles Per Hour. Oh wow reporter Hurricane Matthew slammed into the east coast bringing high winds and heavy rain. The storm transformed streets into rivers. How you guys doing over there . Reporter some places could 6 rain. Coastal communities in georgia and the carolinas bracing for the brunt of the storm. Storm force winds effecting the state of georgia and will continue to do so for were told about the next 24 hours. Its getting worse, so were looking at major storm surges. Were looking at major winds. Reporter heres another look at the wind were dealing with here. Im actually standing out in flying debris, and i feel a little better out here because we had some glass actually fall on us closer next to the building that were seeking shelter in. Now 75 percent of the town because of the dangerous conditions have gotten out, but th
Wral. Com. The good thing, elizabeth, is the weather will be nice. Oh, well have elizabeth in just a moment. Two communities are on edge, worried about water levels and the potential it catastrophic flooding. A voluntary evacuation is in effect fo downstream. Wrals bryan mims is live in moore county with more, and i understand that the area is completely on edge, bryan. Reporter yes. There are rattled nerves. Im along highway 690 that runs on to springlake and fort bragg. It is closed as you can tell from the cones behind me. And i noticed that the moore county fire Marshal Brian few other officials. They are about to go out to the dam to meet with safety engineers to see where things stand. But as you mentioned, houses along 690 have been evacuated as well as those in spring lake along the lower little river. Let me show you video from last night of the evacuation. The Moore County Public Safety Department said that a breach of the dam is, quote, highly likely but we are stressing occ
Mikaya thurmond is monitoring the power outages. Im lena tilllet. Thank you for joining us. Ts take a look at the school closings. Lets take a look at the school closings. Here we go. Clinton city, Cumberland County schools, Edgecombe County schools are closed. Nation, harnett you county, hoke county closed, and a 1 hour delay moore county, nash, rocky mount, delayed 2 hours. And wayne county schools, so much flooding in the goldsboro area, theyre closed and Wilson County closed again as well. You can find a complete list at the bottom of your and on wral. Com. Weather for a long time for those with the flooding and power outages. The tarboro is expected to crest in the next now hour and also for the neuse river, well take a look at those numbers ming up in a bit. That is pressing in the goldsboro area and then expected to drop down and then coming up in about 15 minutes, well check fayetteville for the Cape Fear River and th opping quickly, good news for Cumberland County. But beaufui
List of closings at the bottom of your screen and on wral. Com. Huge concerns this more than about the continued threat of flooding on the neuse river. Smithfield, goldsboro, and kinston seeing flooding and renee chou is seeing firsthand how bad it is in goldsboro this morning. Renee . Reporter bill, lena, i am standing on me beyond the crime scene tape, the yellow tape, you can see water as far as the eye can see. Its astounding especially now that the sun is coming up and you can see the extent of this. We are on North Carolina street in the southwest part of goldsboro. A third of the city is unte this morning, and if yo over to the stop sign there, you can see over there it will give you an idea of how high thats probably 3 feet of water there. And the neuse river is a mile away, and we are seeing flooding here in the city of goldsboro. It has been quite a morning as we have been talking with the mayor and city manager about the status and the overview of whats going on here in the
Skycam where you can see sunshine behind the courthouse. 61 in cary and Holly Springs. 61 in fayetteville and 58 degrees in south hill. These temperatures are well above normal for this morning and we will see well above normal temperatures this afternoon as well. Sunshine across the board with a high of 84 and temperatures up near record highs we will see a big crash in our temperatures and we will talk about the front that will create that and how much rain we may or may not see also a little wave in the tropics. In the meantime brian is here with some slow spots on the roads. We are seeing some good news but also some bad news on the east side of raleigh. This is an durham on the southbound durham freeway. And that has cleared up all lanes are open with some Police Activity on the shoulder. Lets take a look at your typical delays starting to build on 40 westbound through gardner. You can see the delays starting in advance of 42 continuing toward the clayton bypass and it looks like