Bracing for more heavy wind and rain that could trigger massive mudslides and devastating floods. I pray that everybody is safe, and its not as bad as theyre predicting. Reporter the american coast also on alert. Take a look at these empty store shelves and this long line outside a costco in florida. Residents are stocking up after warnings from officials in florida to the carolinas urging the public to be prepared, you dont want to take a chance. Listen to the local officials. You have a great team here. Theyre going to do the right thing, but everybody has to listen to them. Reporter because of Hurricane Matthew, president obama canceled his Campaign Event in florida tomorrow. Instead were told hes headed to f. E. M. A. Headquarters to stay on top of the storms developments. Jean lets continue our coverage with mike haddad, and mike yes, its moving away from haiti, just about to make landfall in southeastern portions of cuba. As you can clearly see, the center of circulation again mo
Matthew is churning towards the united states. And while its impact on new england isnt clear yet, all of us are being told to prepare just in case. Mike cronin live in manchester tonight with how the red cross is tracking this storm. Reporter right now the red cross is calling volunteers, figuring out who is available and getting shelter supplies ready, just in case. If Hurricane Matthew hits new england, it wouldnt be until the weekend, but the red cross says now peo about whether theyre ready. Theyre asking people to be aware of the forecast and have enough food, water and medication in case they lose power. Its too early to tell if and how the hurricane could affect New Hampshire, but the red cross skiing people to consider donating blood. Go out and give blood, because its going to cancel blood drives in the southeastern united states. But then youre going to also help mobilizing this amount of people and especially this swath of area being affected, it may they can. Reporter the
And treated for minor injuries. The lieutenant says the dash cam video shows how dangerous a chase can be for everyone involved. At this point his adrenaline is already flowing because he was just in a pursuit with a vehicle, you never e know what is going on inside that vehicle. Is someone intoxicated . Is there more than that going on . Reporter he did post bail but will be back in court to f josh right now a state of emergency is in place for parts of florida, georgia, and the carolinas. As Hurricane Matthew nears the u. S. Millions are beinged to to prepare for evacuations, the governor of florida has urged People Living along the coast to leave now. Thousands of National Guardsmen are standing by for what could be the largist vaccination in floridas history. Food, water and gas. Went to four different stations trying to get gas and no gas. There was no one at costco and people are just grabbing up all the water at walmart. Josh mike haddad has been tracking the storm and starts ou
Coach says she was one of a kind. Such a great kid. There are 26 girls on our soccer team and two coaches and shes just beloved by everybody, smiling all the time, hard working, fun to be around, team oriented, just a wonderful kid. We are devastated. Reporter administrators say students are returning from the Holiday Weekend tonight and tomorrow. Its a small school of only a few hundred students and tomorrow to talk about what happened and to remember janey. Adam sexton, wmur news 9. Josh we know the name of the driver that was killed while allegedly speeding a way from police, investigators say an officer in stoddard first tried to pull over 59yearold kevin morong, who sped off on route 9, racing through his where and into then henniker before being thrown from his car in a crash involving three other vehicles. Reached speeds of more than 100 Miles Per Hour and camed to stop for police on two occasions. It started started in stoddard t night when a state trooper saw a blue toyota rav
Might have come in contact with illegal drugs, including fentanyl. Good afternoon. Im adam sexton. The boys stepfather was arraigned this morning on multiple charges, including endangering the welfare of a child, drug possession, and falsifying evidence. Wmurs Jennifer Crompton with what we are learning about this tragic case. Jennifer it happened last wednesday morning in a Hampton Motel room. A 30yearold man finds his 19month old stepson unresponsive, takes him across the et police have charged leo witham with 2 felonies and a misdemeanor. They say they found an open package of fentanyl in the motel room, as well as a bottle of prescription lorazapam that they also charge witham with intentionally hiding under a childs blanket on the bed. Police are waiting for toxicology results to see how the child died, and more charges could be filed. The investigation is ongoing usually when these cases have been and there is an unintended death, we try to go back 24 hours in the persons history