But theyre interesting as all heck. No kidding hope not to see a drop of rain for a while thanks, fish. Thousands of people laced up their sneakers and walked for a good cause. The fad for alice walk went for today. What a great day for it wral is a proud sponsor. The money goes toward research for mental illness. Many are glad of the turnout although the presence of Hurricane Matthew. Were so grateful for the presence. With the power out throughout the city. Reporter its the longest and Oldest Community walk a man attacked me in a parking garage. Tried to stab me with an 8inch knife. But i carry a pistol. I fight back. Thats why im still here. Every woman has a right to defend herself with a gun if she chooses. Hillary clinton disagrees with that. Dont let politicians take away your right to own a gun. After 20 years in washington, were learning lots about richard burr. First, he opposed a bill prohibiting Insider Trading by members of congress. Now we learn burr had over 100,000 in o
Im lena tillett. And im bill leslie. We have the latest on the School Closings. Heres a look at the list, and lets begin with the list now. Lets move to the next page. Thank you very much. Clinton and Cumberland County, edgecombe, and Franklin County schools all closed today. There are more here. Halifax county harnett, hoke county and johns ton monday and tuesday. Sampson, wayne county schools closed today and tomorrow and Wilson County schools. The full list is scrolling at the bottom of your screen and on wral. Com. Hurricane matthew unleashed its fury this weekend with mass there are reports of high water in cumberland count yes at least 700 people were rescued. Bryan mimes mim mims is along the cape fear river. Reporter we had to move from the cape fear. I planned to be there at 7 00 but we had to move inland, if you will, to mirror lake, a remarkable scene. Mirror lake drive, look at the chewed away, just chewed away, took a bite out of the asphalt and it looks like a canyon down
Today. Sampson county we mentioned, wayne county closed today and tomorrow. And Wilson County schools. A full list is scrolling at the bottom of your screen and wral. Com. Hurricane matthew unleashed its fewery this morning and dropped massive amounts of rain triggering flooding in roads and neighborhoods. Hundreds of rescues in Cumberland County and more today. At least rescued. Bryan mims is live along the Cape Fear River. And bryan, you have seen so many dramatic scenes over the weekend. Reporter and i must say that the Cape Fear River looks dramatic this morning. Its a monster. Ill put it that way, a brown, roiling monster. I have never seen it this high in 10 years living in the area. Downstream. From this standpoint, its usually 40 to 50 feet down. And look at the water, almost up to the bridge and a railroad trestle. Its touching that. A number of traffic lights are out and power remains out for most businesses. And let me show you video from lena was talking about the rescues,
Closings. In wake county, only one School Remains closed, Vernon Malone Career College because of water in the school and powering out of the front doors early on sunday morning. You can see the latest list your screen and any time on wral. Com. Elizabeth, the only reprieve with the flooding is sunshine. Thankfully. I couldnt imagine if we had more rain coming to make the situation worse. We do have a nice stretch of dry weather through the weekend and into next week. A look at the apex skycam, serving quiet, and we do still have a Flood Warning in effect from the triangle area closed. The Flood Warning is not because we are expecting more rain but we still have rivers in flood stage. Ill be picking the different river basins and showing you the levels and when it may go down. 43 in durham and 43 in moncure, 37 in roxboro and 41 in south hill and 48 in goldsboro. So a chilly morning for kids that do have to go to they will want a jacket. 45 out the door and 65 at lunchtime and a high o
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