PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. STRONG STORMS - KNOCKING OUT
POWER FOR LOCAL
FAMILIES - AND
FLOODING
STREETS AND
STREETS AND
ROADS.
FIRST
FIRST TONIGHT WE NEED TO GET RIGHT TO SOME BREAKING NEWS IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. @
STRONG STORMS KNOCKING OUT
POWER FOR LOCAL FAMILIES AND
FLOODING STREETS AND ROADS.
FAST WINDS KNOCKING DOWN
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES.
CLOSE TO 4000 PEOPLE ARE STILL
WITHOUT POWER IN SOUTH
CHARLOTTE.
THERE'S SOME VIDEO WE JUST GOT
IN THE NEWSROOM OFF OF COLONIE
ROAD IN MYERS PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE TREES TOPPLED OVER IN THE
FRONT YARD.
THEY CRUSHED SOME CARS OUT
FRONT.
>> CREWS ARE ON SCENE WITH SOME
DAMAGED POWERLINES ON LOWERY
+@
STREET NEAR PINEVILLE.
THE LINES ARE TIPPING OVER,
ALMOST FALLING OVER.
ALMOST SEVERAL REPORTS OF
POWERLINES ISSUES AND THE
VIEWING AREA.
>>> SHOPPERS IN THE DARK AND
STORMS MARK -- CLEARING POWER
IN A LOCAL MALL.
LET'S GO LIFE TO KENDALL MORRIS
WITH THE LATEST +@ON THE DAMAGE
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE THIS
HOUSE ON COLONIE ROAD AT TREE
CRASHED INTO THE UPPER FLOORS
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
THE WOMAN WHO LIVES THERE SHE
WAS IN THE THIRD FLOOR PLAYROOM
ALL ARE SAFE BUT OTHER PARTS OF
THE HOUSE WERE DAMAGED AS WELL.
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE CORNER OF
THE ROOF THAT FIREFIGHTERS
PATCHED FOR THE NIGHT IT WITH A
TARP.
ONE OF THE CARS WAS COMPLETELY
CRUSHED BY A TREE.
THE TREE THAT+@ DID THE MOST
DAMAGE TO THE HOME FELL FROM A @
NEIGHBOR'S YARD.
THE WOMAN WHO LIVES HERE THAT'S
THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT YEARS
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS
HAPPENED.
PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED THEIR
INSURANCE JUST TO MAKE SU+@RE
THEY ARE STARTING THE CLEANUP
PROCESS AS SOON AS TOMORROW.
BUT OVERALL, TONIGHT THEY ARE
THANKFUL EVERYONE IS SAFE. +@
>>> THINK YOU CAN DO LET'S GET
RIGHT OVER TO CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST TRACKING THE
SYSTEM HOUR BY HOUR.
+@
METEOROLOGIST TRACKING THE SYSTEM HOUR BY HOUR. >> BRAD WE ARE +@EXPECTING MORE
RAIN OVERNIGHT?
+@>> THE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG A
THEY WERE EARLIER BUT THEY'RE
BEGINNING TO SHIFT INTO
PIEDMONT AND STATESVILLE AND
BACK TOWARDS HICKORY.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THESE ARE
PUSHING NORTH AND A BIG STORM
OVER STANLEY COUNTY.
THAT'S PUSHING TO THE NORTH.
ADDITIONAL STORMS IN UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA UPPER LOW YOU
CAN SEE THAT'S WHERE KENDALL IS
RIGHT NOW WITH US WHERE THE
TREE CAME DOWN ON THE COLONIE
ROAD.
WE HAD A DOWN BURST FORM OVER
THAT AREA WITH WINDS AROUND 45
TO 50 MILES PER HOUR OVER SOUTH
CHARLOTTE.
THAT STORM BLEW UP QUICKLY.
TH+@E SETUP WAS THERE WE HEADED
DOWN BURST, WARM HUMID AIR
PULLED UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
WHEN I GOT UP TO 30,000 FEET,
THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 20
DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
AIR GOT COLD AND HEAVY AND
DENSE AND THAT CAME CRASHING
DOWN ON+@ US HE CREATED THE
STRONG WINDS.
TECHNICALLY STILL UP FOR
MIDNIGHT STORMS WILL WIND DOWN
THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW.
AS YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING
GET READY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR
ANOTHER ROUND OF EVENING STORMS.
COMING UP I WILL SHOW YOU WHEN
WE COULD GET A BREAK FROM THIS
STORMY PATTERN.
STRUCK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUE
OR ROADS BLOCKED BY DOWNED
TREES.
CREWS ARE SCRAMBLING TO CLEAR
CITY STREETS BEFORE THE MORNING
RUSH.
WE ARE PICKING UP THE COVERAGE
FROM SOUTH CHARLOTTE, SAVANNAH
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
GROUND IS SO SATURATED.
CHECK THIS OUT THIS IS BIGGER
THAN. THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA
, YOU CAN SEE THIS TREE JUST
OPERATED FROM THE GROUND.
THANKFULLY, I SPOKE WITH SOME
NEIGHBORS, NO ONE WAS INJURED.
EVEN THE MAILBOX KIND OF MADE
IT UNSCATHED SOMEHOW.
BUT CERTAINLY VERY COMMON SEEN
A LOT OF TREES AND A LOT OF
POWER -- NEIGHBORS WITHOUT
POWER.
BEFORE I SEND THINGS BACK YOUR
WAY, THEY SHOULD REALLY TELL
YOU HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO
DRIVE AROUND DURING AND EVEN
RIGHT AFTER A BIG STORM.
ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON WHO
HAD BEEN DRIVING DURING THIS
TREE FALLING OR COULD A BETTER
TRAFFIC -- TRAGIC STORY.
WATCH WHAT YOU -- WATCH WHERE
YOU'RE GOING, THEY +@DON'T PAY
ATTENTION AND ALMOST+@ RAN SMAC
INTO THIS TREE.
ESPECIALLY IN A RESIDENTIAL
AREA IS