Worrying the firefighters, because they are worrying that the delay could turn deadly. And we have this story that you will see only on nbc bay area. And the First Responders from police to firefighters and paramedics are sounding alarm. Reporter they run through the traffic to get to an emergency, but now we are learning that ambulances in santa clara are not getting to every call these days because of the staffing issues. It happens several times a week. It is an ongoing issue where no ambulances get dispatched, because there is not enough in the system, and an ambulance will not be dispatched until am ambulance is arriving on scene and requested. And the practice is called sdo17. It is standard dispatch order 17. And this is happening in gilroy as well. Sdo17 is extremely concerning, because it is tying the our resources to the scene much longer than we have ever experienced. Reporter hayes says it is not rare for a crew to be there for 45 minutes. Any delay to get transported to th
New tonight on Eyewitness News. Hurricane matthew on the move. The southeastern United States preparing for the possibility of a direct hit. The latest track from the Hurricane Center just in. plus. Facing the family. A former unc student on trial for a deadly drunk driving crash. The emotional testimony from family. And. Off the menu. A mom gets a big surprise at a wake county restaurant. Its the mustsee video of the night. Eyewitness news the southeast United States preparing for Hurricane Matthew. The monster storm moving toward the us. Tonight millions of americans either ordered. Or urged to get away from the coast. We have the latest storm track. And the preparations underway right now. Good evening everyone, im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. North carolina is on alert for us. Governor mccrory says the state is prepared to respond at a moments notice. He also says North Carolina will provide help to neighboring states. Right now, there are no evacuations planned for any city
Eyewitness news. A statewide flood emergency. New evacuations. And the race to stabilize dams under pressure. Were live from one of the hardest hit areas. Plus. Chopper 11 hd. Goes above the flood zone in Sampson County. What you wont see from the ground. And the race for governor heats up. The candidates faceoff on the toughest issues facing the state. Where they stand. Eyewitness news starts right now. Matthews aftermath in North Carolina. Water relentlessly rising and communities facing catastrophic flooding. The death toll in the state now stands at 18. And there are fears tonight that number could still rise. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. Heres the latest from the flood zone. four additional deaths were confirmed today. one in Columbus Robeson county. One person is still missing. A 15mile stretch of interstate 95 in harnett and cumberland counties has now reopened. But a section of i95 near lumberton between exits 13 and 31 remains closed. And. The
Mi. h winds and very important for us, it has made another turn moving directly to the northeast youre still very slowly but officially moving away from the North Carolina coast and the conditions here on out will continue to improve. It is now about 79 miles from hatteras, North Carolina. However, the track strengthened this into a Tropical Storm by early tomorrow as it begins to race away from the entire from the National Hurricanes center. Home, as we get ready for the final day of august, tomorrow, we also have to get ready for another day of hot weather and it starts monday with temperatures around 70 degrees through six and 7 am. Close to 80 x 9 a. M. Close to 80 at 9 am. Now, we may need to turn our attention to tropical depression number nine and how next week in just a couple of minutes. Now, we will go to the coast where crystal is live at the outer banks. Reporter i am live now on to its peer where everything seems to be business as usual here that was not the case for the b
Tracking trouble in the tropics. A Tropical Storm warning has now been dropped for the outer banks. As tropical depression eight becomes less of a threat to the North Carolina coast. But all eyes are now on a Second System that could cause problems for the coast this weekend. Good evening. Im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. Tropical depression nine. Is picking up steam in the gulf of mexico. Chris hohmann. Is here with the latest update from the National Hurricane center. Tropic not much change. Td 8 will accelerate away from the obx riddance. So far today, just a few showers, most of the rain offshore, winds at hatteras gusting to 20 mph right now, wow. If a squall can rotate onshore winds could gust to 40 mph, which is still no big deal. Biggest threat, as expected, the rip currents. Td 9 still forecast to cross south of the big bend gion of nwflorida as atropical gusty winds and gh surf rip rrents the main reat on friday. Or coastalflooding expected th e ack. Srmould be wellst o