Help storm victims. Im pleased to report that the federal government has disbursed nearly 9 million to disaster survivors through the individual Systems Program which we applied for. Since we received the disaster declaration. 9million of cash have gone into the hands of individuals who needed clothes, food, immediate shelter. Governor mccrory went on to say a longterm will be announced early next week. The neuse river in kinston reached record high levels and is not expected to drop below major flood stage until next week. Coverage begins with wrals Kathryn Brown live in kinston where homes and businesses are flooded and numerous roads are impassable. Good evening. Reporter good evening, ken. It is just unbelievable as you drive around and see some of the damage. Many major roads in kinston including 70 where were standing now are still blocked off. Recede so engineering crews are able now to get out and start assessing the stability of some of these roads to see if they can reopen and thats just the first step in what will be a very long process of rebuilding. Janetta dixon and tony swinson are learning of a painful lesson. When you suddenly have nothing everything matters. Completely gave up this morning. Getting redirected to another line. Redirected to anothe their family out of their home into this shelter at kinston high school. The trunk of their car is filled with waterlogged clothes and damaged keepsakes. Things they rushed to save as the waters rose. The front of their car is filled with donations. Got pillows, got a whole bunch of stuff so my kids was sitting in the car, so i made sure we had some brandnew they filled our tank up with gas. Took us to goldsboro. Fed us. Got all the kids closed. Reporter though the neuse rivers recordbreaking floodwaters have slowly begun to recede, the damage is staggering. Nearly 1. 5 billion statewide and counting. Many people like Anne Johnston still cant get back to their homes to even assess the damage at. Kind of at a loss right now, loss of words. You feel like you dont you know . Its like going to be starting all over again. Reporter still throughout the loss and heartbreak, there is gratitude and plenty of it. From nothing to just have people embrace you and have something, overwhelmed. Overwhelmed. Reporter ken it was striking not just that family but other families we encountered at that shelter at kinston high school, they were on their back and they were so grateful for what people are donating, there are a number of donations sites. Weve got them listed on our website, wral. Com. Many of them worried about where they will spend the next night, word coming to schools in lennar county are closed for at least the next week for students so the shelter at the high school should remain open. That should come as a some good news for folks staying there. Spot you cant help but be resilience and willingness to come back and stay afloat. Kathryn brown reporting tonight live in kinston. Thank you. With floodwaters dropping goldsboro residents got down to the business of cleaning up along south taylor street, Restoration Companies began repairing homes. The neuse river crested at a record level this week and could remain elevated until wednesday. Along south john street members of North Carolina baptist Mens Association walkthrough flooding. Thats our number 1 thing we want to do. We dont rebuild the house, we want to pray with them. Let them know the lord has not turned his back on them. Hayzier. Some vehicles were stranded in floodwaters today but most streets and neighborhoods in goldsboro have dried out. These shelters are open in wayne county, schools will remain closed to students through wednesday. Also a boil water advisory has been lifted for portions of wayne county. The only boil remains in effect is for customers in the southwestern area of the county. Volunteers are lifting the spirits of flood victims across North Carolina. In lumberton popup charity sponsor on nearly every corner, churches and other Community Groups are stepping up to serve hot meals, and out cold water and dry clothing. Because we know this could be us. We were fortunate that the storm was one mile oneway and one of the other direction. Lumberton. The lumber river might not drop below flood stage until sometime next week. In princeville hundreds of residents with flood ravaged areas remain in shelters, more than 200 people being cared for at the high school. The mayor of princeville says the town will rebuild homes and improve the levy to prevent devastation. The plan was to work with the federal government on changes to the levies before matthew hit. Update tonight on the damaged woodlake dam, officials provided pictures today that show the water flow over the spillway slowly dramatically easing. Sandbags and pumps were used to shore up the large crack near the spillway. This was the scene from sky five earlier this week. Commission chairman Nick Pastrana says the Evacuation Order remains in effect for now, officials will be meeting tomorrow to determine if its necessary to extend the order or reduce the number of homes required to evacuate. More than 600 roads remain North Carolina. With so many major and secondary roads damaged from the storm getting around lately is a challenge. This is what i95 looked like just south of benson this weekend, bumpertobumper traffic in some cases. The upside at least one lane is open. Days after matthew though, portions of i95 were completely shut. No word yet on when all lanes will reopen. The impact of matthew. State department of agriculture says eastern counties make up 71 of the states total farm cash receipts. Many crops were harvested prior to the storm but crops like soy beans and Sweet Potatoes were still in the ground and in the early stages of harvesting. In Centre County countless number of potatoes are no longer profitable. Too much rain is a disaster for sweet potato or for peanuts or anything thats in the you know, rotten and then like you say if they get too big they will grow and you cant do, they are so wet after the rain comes. You cant dig them and then a lot of places they only want a particular size now. Department of agriculture and Consumer Services set up a hotline for farmers impacted by hurricane matthew. That number can be found on our website, just go to wral. Com. The total number of Power Outages is drastically down. Emergency management officials report an customers are without power. The majority of the outages with duke energy where crews continue to work around the clock to restore electricity. The remnants of a typhoon are battering the pacific northwest. And parts of northern california. The damage so far extends extensive in oregon. By winds from earlier are subsiding tonight. Some wind gusts reached close to 100 miles an hour. The storm comes one day after a the twister damaged dozens of homes and buildings with no reported loss of life. A highspeed chase tore through two counties before stopping your the fairgrounds overnight. Well tell you what troopers say happened and who they hold in for trying to get away. Also a womans dying wish goes unanswered, bringing her husbands murder to justice. Cumberland county investigators will continue trying to make good on that wish. In tonights mystery, could help. A quiet saturday, thankful for that. Temperatures rose a few Degrees Higher than yesterday, 72 at rd you, whats causing the warming weather and when do we see the narrator what would you do if you were sent to washington . Cut the debt . Create some good jobs . Youd make peoples lives better. In washington, richard burr has made his own life better. Richard burr took 1. 1 Million Dollars from the Insurance Industry and wrote a plan y more. Richard burr. Twenty years in washington. Serving himself. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. New tonight, a woman whose husband has been missing for more than a year was found dead today. Authorities tell us the body of William Terry was found floating in the grassy creek area this afternoon. Calling it suspicious. John kerry disappeared in september 2015. A man is in jail after two county chase involving state troopers. Youre looking at Preston Jones of kenly. Jones is charged with attempting to Elude Police Officer and possession of cocaine. Other drug charges against him from earlier this month. Take a look at part of the chase as troopers followed joins in wake county. The deputy first attempted to troopers were able to spin him out close to the fairgrounds but he got out and tried to run, two other people were in the vehicle with him, one of whom was arrested. Working to find out the charges against that person. Its an unimaginable situation, a woman confined to her bed can only listen as her husband is murdered outside their home. Of her life wondering who did it and why. Wrals gerald os has tonight mystery. Reporter have you heard anybody speculating out here who they think may be involved . Reporter july 2003 grays creek investigators looking for information about the murder of walter jones. The first officer arrived on scene, he did what they are supposed to do, he checks the perimeter of the residence, when he went around back, he walter jones. Reporter investigators say the retired Army Sergeant heard a noise in the Early Morning hours. He went to check it out and never came back inside. Why . [ crying ] i want to know why. Reporter his wife jon jones suffered from muscular dystrophy and was unable to walk. She could only listen as her husband was rd based on some of the evidence we did recover at the scene, looks like one person was actually going to the house. A second perpetrator may have been close by and in a waiting vehicle. Reporter mrs. Chun jones five years later in advanced interview to plead one more time for information that might lead to an arrest. But this thing hanging over, i cant go on. Reporter chun jones died shortly after the interview leaving this World Without knowing who killed her husband. Perhaps your tip will give her justice. If you have any information about the unsolved murder of walter jones, call our tollfree hotline at 86643 wanted. Thats search report a tip. You dont have to give us your name. And see wanted operators are available in mind and keep in mind all to us are important. In the midst of destruction, the destruction comes a sign of hope in robinson county. Well tell you about the joyous occasion that happened inside where does North Carolina go from here . Im roy cooper, and after years of our state moving backward, and keeping good teachers with better pay. We need to end giveaways for companies that send jobs overseas and grow our economy here. And we need to reform our tax system so those at the top arent getting tax breaks at your expense. Your passport to the World Without leaving the triangle is as close as a trip to the convention center, 31st annual International Festival is underway this weekend. Threeday Event Features music, food and performances from around the world. Also the world bazaar for worldwide shopping experience, International Festival continues tomorrow. Of the first in the state fair, i had a chance to be a part of it. Decorating contest with a twist. One person was blindfolded and the other person served as the eyes for the team. Each team had 10 minutes to decorate a cake using items provided by contest organizers. It was hilarious. Ribbons were awarded in four categories including best teamwork. Good for them. Earlier in the day i was part of the ninth annual polio walk. The event included awards to the top fundraisers and a performance by the group so far this year the walk has raised more than 106,000 for the nonprofit hemophilia of North Carolina. Johnson county group is leading the charge in community to help flood victims. The group reach our communities is one of several groups collecting muchneeded supplies , the collection was started by a group of educators who visited Students Affected by the floods. We have a running list of places where you can make donations on our website, wral. Com. Through the flooding and comes good news for him a mobile Hospital Unit helping in the recovery. Earlier this morning healthcare workers helped a mom give birth to a new son, simon was rushed to the unit with minutes to spare. She did not even make it off the emergency room stretcher, both mother and the nine pounds nine ounces baby boy all doing okay tonight, they will see the staff and the babys father all with big smiles. All the best. A i saw katherine wearing a jacket. Did you see the full moon . The Hunter Supermoon . It looks amazing. You may see something else. Well talk more about that coming up. Were going to check out river levels heading in the right direction. Start with whats happening over in greenville, currently 24. 08, slowly following, bottom of the screen you see highlighted yellow should fall below flood stage on wednesday. That the current forecast from lets move on and take a look at goldsboro on the neuse river, 25 feet, major floods at 24. Heading in the right direction and by tuesday it should be below flood stage. Final stop will be at Kinston Neuse river, current level is 27. 37. Heading down. Or record is 27. 1. Still above the record. It will remain in major flood stage through wednesday of next week. You folks have a way to go before we see some improvement there. Whats ahead . The rocket launch tomorrow evening at 8 03 and it will be rising on the northeastern and eastern horizon, so it will probably take two minutes for us to see it so it will launch around 8 03, maybe more like 8 05 that we start to see a streak in the sky so something to watch for. Elizabeth will sell you more about that tomorrow morning on the morning news. Greg will have more about it tomorrow evening on the evening news. Return to summer days next week as a ridge of High Pressure builds in, remember the ridge we had that was always present during the beginning of that helped to stay warm, its coming back for a short time limited engagement and there could be rain on the horizon, friday to saturday for that potential peer right now does not look like a great change. Stay fair forecast thumbs up, looks pretty good. 76 mostly sunny, warmer light winds, so pretty nice end of the weekend. Out at the state fair right now comfortably cool 58 on the midway and out at our du, 55s the dew point, close to him out in the 50s, 54 and we expand the view 50s and 60s showing up, 60 in irwin, fayetteville 59, 56 at goldsboro, 81 south hill, you folks up north will be in the 42 start sunday. There are high, thin clouds streaming through the state this evening and theyll be with us overnight. So we go mostly clear to may be partly cloudy in the southern half of the state by debris. Still highpressure cooling influence we had it yesterday and today. Highs in the low 70s this shift down. s on the backside of the high, warming is taking place so well be in that warming sector during the day tomorrow and with the ridge of High Pressure building in a loft for monday, tuesday, wednesday thursday, acting like a brick wall of air, no cold fronts can make their way in bringing an exchange of air mass so its going to warm up as the days go on. Overnight upper 40s low 50s about 51 in the triangle, 52 fayetteville, Northern Counties perhaps upper 40s, bright start, a little chill with 52 8 be around 70, during the afternoon midtoupper 70s for fayetteville. 77, 76 in raleigh, 74 south hill, it will feel very nice. Check out your sevenday forecast, new work week with 80, 82 on tuesday, 83 on wednesday, that should be the peak of heat and if its 83 in the triangle, 85 or 86 in fayetteville. Normal high 72. Record is 87. Set back in 1941 and the coolest high in the state was we keep it in the 80s on thursday. Friday perhaps 70s and if we cool down it would be saturday of next week and. Maybe back into the 60s. If you are a big fan of warm weather, big smiles for you. No thanks. Bring on fall. Jared, i mean, wolf pack fans, you know thatd expression its better to be lucky than good . Im not going to say clemson is not good because they are very good. But today, today they were very, very lucky. Nc state had the number 3 team in the country on the ropes. How it unraveled in tiger town. Carolina wins inside the house of the u. How does goodys work so fast . Heres how. Goodys powder races right to your pain to deliver relief. Fast. And now collect four of my Trading Cards narrator after twenty years in washington, richard burr has made millions. Increasing his wealth over five hundred percent. No wonder richard burr was one of just three senators who voted against banning Insider Trading by congress. 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