Eyewitness news. Getting ready for Hurricane Matthew. what you can expect and what you should do in case the hurricane hits North Carolina. A life cut short a grieving mother talks about what her daughter had planned before the crash that killed her. And remembering a legend. We look back at the life and career of our good friend Larry Stogner who sat in this chair for decades. Eyewitness news starts right now. A tropical alert huge and ominous Hurricane Matthew creating chaos in the caribbean while eyeing a possible hit on our coast. Hurricane matthew in the caribbean right now but were already getting ready for the storm in North Carolina. Good evening, im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. cuba and haiti are in the path right now. And it could bring devastation and matthew could end up here by the weekend. So, governor mccrory declared a state of emergency for the entire abc 11 viewing area. A total of 66 counties are under that order. The Emergency Operations center is activated.
It is time to start thinking any preparations that you need to take. The nice thing with this as we have some time. This will likely be an event on saturday. Things could change and lets take a look at the satellite picture. The center of circulation is making landfall now on the southwestern tip of haiti. They are looking at 15 to 25 feet of rain on such a country still trying to recover from the earthquake about six years ago. Is just not a good situation. You really feel for those folks. After it passes over haiti and heads up to the bahamas. Winds right now at 45 milesper hour. We will get another intensity update at about 7 50 or 8 a. M. Or 8 a. M. It is moving north at 9 miles perhour. Until the 11 00 advisory from the National Hurricane center. On wednesday the storm becomes a category three storm, and by thursday night it is sitting on the coast of florida. Coming up this morning we will likely have Tropical Storm watches or hurricane watches posted for florida. Look at that. A
Milesperhour. No change as of our 5 am advisory. This is where we update the maximum wind speed and the Forward Motion of the storm. It is moving north at 9 miles perhour. Here is a look at the forecast track. By early wednesday morning it is a category 4 storm and sitting just off the coast of florida. Overnight thursday night into friday it is a category see Tropical Storm winds. As the storm moves near charleston, South Carolina on saturday all of the coast of North Carolina. Our entire viewing area is under that cone of uncertainty. Detrend and the computer model the trend and computer model has been westward. It will be interesting to see what happens at 11 00. For the latest on that. It is a very pleasant morning with a number of cloud cover this morning. Temperatures feel good with 59 in foxboro and 64 in southern pines. Sunshine by lunchtime with 72 degrees in downtown durham. It is 77 as the High Temperature this afternoon and feeling good with sunshine. Mikaya is here with so
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
Thursday, over the bahamas, off the coast of florida, friday. Then possibly on our doorstep as we had into the weekend. So here it is. The cone of uncertainty covering most of our state. Remember, two out of 2 3 goes in the cone. As we head through the week something on our doorstep saturday. There will be a lot of changes. Well have to changes and shifts together. Well tell you when it could arrive here if at all coming up. Governor pat mccrory launched a state emergency for 66 county ahead of the storm. Cbs North Carolina beau minnick joins us live to break down how this latest action could affect you. Reporter sean, this declaration covers central and eastern North Carolina, and today the governor said hes concerned about areas in particular ones where the our rivers are at this point in time very high because of the rain during the last two weeks. So we want to make sure that we have everything in place early. Reporter Emergency Management Officials Say since we kent know qb exactl