Closed tomorrow. Ash county will be on a three hour delay. The [ indiscernible ] district will take extra steps to prepare for the cold. Alexa ashwell spoke with several people who are just bracing for tomorrow morning. Reporter you always want to allow a little extra time in the morning when its going to be this c you have to get the car started. It will feel like the teens in the morning. Tonight, people walked quickly throughout uptown charlotte. Pick up my girlfriend from work. Bringing her a coat. Reporter once the sun set, the temperature continued to drop and the wind brought the cold to another level. It would probably be a lot warmer if we didnt have all this wind. Reporter they tried to block the wind with all the layers, but its is tough when i walk maybe a half a mile to and from work every day. Reporter elizabeth also walks to work and points out its always coldest in the morning ands evening, of course when people are traveling to and from work. And when kids are going to
Toward denver this afternoon. Mooresville, just south of statesville. Light rain into the southern part of Iredell County. I77 between troutman to mooresville. Youre going to be pretty soggy the middle of the day today. Well see light showers building in. Mid 50s in salisbury and statesville. To mid 60s in charlotte. Cold front is slowly pushing south. The showers are developing north of us now. On the drive home, i expect more rain to build in. What the Severe Weather threats will be coming later this week. In the past two hours charlotte leaders laid out plans to control the crowds of people expected to flood charlotte for this years ciaa tournament. Alexa ashwell is live outside where the games start tomorrow, alexa . Reporter well, stephanie, excitement is certainly brewing here outside Time Warner Cable arena as were one day away a couple hours ago organizers and talking everything ciaa, what events will take place. How the tournament benefits the city and area youth. And how cmpd
Reporter this is one of many areas across town where heavy winds knocked down massive trees. Check out the root of that tree. Road. This is edge hill drive. We watched as crews wrapped up trying to clear this tree. Minutes. But they had been here for about four hours. We talked to homeowners and neighbors across charlotte. A tree fell on a condo in the will more area. It caused so much damage inside, that structure has been deemed unsafe. We saw crews working to clear a tree that fell on a vintage seen Power Outages, two gas leeks, and trees down within a three block radius. A nearby homeowner told us the impact knocked down one of the trees in her yard and damaged her fence and she described the moment it happened. He started barking. We heard a loud rustling. It wasnt even a boom. It was a big rustling. This. Reporter you can see that area right there where that tape is still blocked off. Damage occurred. She told us that a woman was driving and got right in front of that area before
Going to work its way in for the weekend. Well talk about that in a moment. In the North Carolina high country, its a different story, the snow up there will continue through the day. Eyewitness News Reporter dave faherty has been up in the high country and just blustery snowy conditions continue. Reporter you can probably see it on my lense right there. Its actually blowing sideways. Let me wipe it real quick so you can see me a little clearer out here. The snow started around 8 00 this morning in the North Carolina high country. This is the fifth day in a row school because of all of this snow that weve gotten in the North Carolina mountains. Take a look at some of this video. This is video i shot on the way up to Beach Mountain this morning. You can see the snow has been light so far. But its coating some of the elevations. The main roads like highway 321. Highway 105 are wet but in good shape in Beach Mountain, residents are reporting as much as 15 inches of snow thats fallen this
That space mystery and speaking of stars. Yes, none other than sam champion, everybody, in the house. Of course, they have pandora in space. 30 years ago, yeah. Also, it with us new then. Welcome back, sam. Good to have you here. Well begin with the race for the white house. Its your your voice, your vote. Donald trump the clear frontrunner in the republicans. Their next contest in nevada tomorrow and abcs tom llamas is here with the latest. Reporter george, good morning. Donald trump takes his highroller campaign to vegas today while his two closest competitors, senator mar cue row owe and ted cruz try to argue the odds are on their side to win the nomination. Their argument, trump may be winning today. But there are still 70 of voters not picking donald trump. This morning, donald trump on a victory lap following a big win in South Carolina. Saying hes attracted gop voters in all shapes and sizes. Tall people, short people, fat people, skinny people. Just won. In atlanta, the lights