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morning hours for us. what is the latest on the hurricane? no major changes from last night. we are mainly going to see some very heavy rain and high wind gusts as matthew continues to approach the coast of north carolina. right now it is doing serious damage along the georgia and south carolina coast right now. highest wind gusts are about 125 miles an hour. just off the coast of the georgia/south carolina line there. and this is what we are going to be watching very closely. because some of these high wind gusts may push something we need to be on the lookout for today. heavy rain. potential flood problems on the way. for this afternoon. and this evening. especially you can see some of those heavier showers pushing through parts of the area right now. we can expect this repeated heavy rain throughout the entire day today. so we are not going to get much relief from that rain that we will be seeing as matthew continues to cruise up along the coast. the national hurri ....
and i m stefan chase. several school systems in our viewing area remain closed again today because of the impact from hurricane matthew. cumberland, halifax, harnett, moore, nash, rocky mount all closed today. and lee county is on a one-hour delay. we have more school closings on our website wncn.com. for right now let s go straight to storm team meteorologist alyssa corfont. good morning to you at mentioned are still under flood warnings as we progress throughout this morning. flooded roads and rivers continue, full creeks and streams, even clogged storm drains. we have a number of road closured because of high water and storm damage from this past weekend. we ll continue to watch these. they continue through 10:30 this evening if not extended by the national weather service. let s go ahead and take a look at our satellite and radar composite. not a lot going on locally. likely in the 40s, and that s where we ll start around 8 a.m., 48, 65 at lunchtime, 72 our ....
team meteorologist alyssa corfont who has your forecast. good morning guys, and good morning at home as well. because of all of those flooded roads and because some rivers are still rising today, we re still looking at flood warnings up and down 95 along the sandhills as well. we are talking about wayne county in particular right around the goldsboro area. the neuse river is expected to crest today. it s happening pretty much as we speak, and then we ll be falling, but kinston river, the neuse river is not expected to crest unt feet. near the cape fear river in fayetteville falling below flood stage by tomorrow morning. so certainly a light at the end of the tunnel for some of you, water though still rising along the tar river as well. we ll get to the latest on that in a moment. let s talk about your satellite and radar composite. we are looking at pretty clear skies as we start off our wednesday morning, which is great news for us as all that water continues to be v ....
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temperatures. newest update just in. it is 73 in durham. 75 still in raleigh. 72 in clayton. we have lillington, fayetteville and clinton all at 74. nearby goldsboro hold on t 71. so here s a look at your forecast for the day ahead. 76 wit fog at 8:00 a.m. 64 at lunchtime. we make it to 88. going to be warm and humid. there will be the chance for storms throughout the evening hours. i ll let you know when the wet weather finally tapers off in the complete fo early, no trouble to report to you. heading on 40, 540, roads look good. we will have a road closure this weekend if you are heading towards downtown raleigh area. the westbound side of hillsborough will be closed for road work from daisy to henderson street. luckily the eastbound side won t be affected and crews have plenty of signs to detour you through that. durham roads look good. fayetteville no problems to report to you there. a lie look at the eastbound boulevard, just 10 minutes there. and live look outside, ....