IT'S BEST TO TURN AROUND.
NC55.
MOVING WELL.
EXTRA TIME NEEDED.
CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
YEAH.
A REALLY GOOD POINT RIGHT
THERE.
SHE REMINDS US THAT IF YOU ARE
DRIVING TOUGH BE
RESCUED THAT MEANS THAT
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS HAVE TO
BE OUT THERE AS WELL.
THEN IT WAS TOO.
YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE SEEN
DOWNED POWER LINES.
WE DON'T SEE WHAT IS IN THAT.
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
BUT SUBWAY AND OTHER BUSINESSES
BEHIND THEM
DEFINITELY BEING HIT.
ALSO MEXICAN RESTAURANT ON THIS
SIDE OF TOWN IS
SEEING SOME HIGHER WATER BUT
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN
IDEA OF HOW HIGH THEY ARE, THIS
IS WAKE FOREST ROAD.
IT'S VERY HARD TO BELIEVE
BECAUSE IT LOOK LIKE A
FAST-MOVING CREEK OR EVEN A
RIVER BUT THAT IS WAKE
FOREST ROAD.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE LINE ON THE
ROAD THIS MORNING.
MEANING IT'S JUST -- AS BEST TO
STAY OFF OF IT.
RALEIGH POLICE ARE ON EITHER
SIDE OF THIS AREA.
BLOCKING OFF THE ROADS.
REALLY USING A CAUTION FOR
DRIVERS NOT TO TAKE THIS
AS A ROUTE THIS MORNING.
AGAIN, WE'RE NEAR THE CAR
DEALERSHIPS RIGHT NOW.
I MYSELF USE -- IT'S NOT WORTH
IT BECAUSE YOU REALLY
JUST CAN'T TELL HOW DEEP THE
WATER IS.
ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OR SO
AGO.
A POLICE OFFICER WALKING IN THE
MIDST OF THIS ROAD.
WATER WAS PAST HER KNEES.
AGAIN, IT JUST CONTINUES TO
RISE.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU DO HAVE TO GET
OUT THIS MORNING,
GIVE YOURSELF LOTS OF EXTRA
TIME AND DEFINITELY
SLOWDOWN.
ALSO DON'T GO PAST ANY OFFICER
OR BARRIER.
THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
LIVE IN RALEIGH.
CBS NORTH CAROLINA.
TO DUFER RAM.
NEAR THE TARBORO AREA.
MOST OF THAT FROM TREESES NO
NECESSARILY DUE TO WIND
BUTT OVERSATURATION.
OBVIOUSLY THE GROUND WILL
BECOME MORE SATURATED
MORE POWER OUTAGES.
THE BEST TO REMIND YOU TO STAY
SAFE.
YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD OUR NEW
APP AND OUR WEATHER
APP.
THERE ARE AVAILABLE IN THE APP
STORE.
WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT
ROAD CLOSURES.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET
THROUGH.
YOU CAN SUBMIT PHOTOS AND
VIDEOS.
WE WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING.
JUST BE SAFE DOING IT OUT THERE
THAT'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
JOINS US NOW LIVE.
YOU'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE
RALEIGH AREA THIS
MORNING.
WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
Reporter: YOU HEARD LAUREN
MENTION A FEW
MINUTES AGO.
THAT CAR DEALERSHIPS MOVING
THEIR CARS.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY THEY DO
IT RIGHT HERE.
TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE.
WE'RE NOT SEEING -- NEAR
BRETTWOOD.
THEY DON'T WANT SOMETHING LIKE
THIS TO HAPPEN.
IF YOU LOOK BEHIND TRAFFIC IS
PICKING UP A BIT AS
FOLKS HEAD TO WORK THIS
MORNING.
YOU CAN SEE A STEADY FLOW OF
TRAFFIC.
FOLKS TAKING IT EASY AND TAKE
IT A LITTLE SLOW.
STILL PLENTY OF PATCHES OF
STANDING WATER ON THE
ROADS.
KIND OF A DOWNPOUR OF RAIN THIS
MORNING.
WE'RE NOT IN THE CLEAR QUITE
YET AS YOU CAN SEE
FLOODING IS CONTINUING IN OUR
AREA.
CLOSING A LOT OF ROADS AND
REPORTS.
THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAD THAT
WAY.
KEEP YOU PESTED AND KEEP YOU
UPDATED.
IT MAY BE SMOOTH AND SAFE
BUT NOT NECESSARILY
QUICK.
IF YOU TAKE THOSE SAFE ROUTES
THAT WE'VE BEEN
TELLING YOU.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE DOUBLING THE
COMMUTE TIME.
JUST LEAVE YOURSELF AS MUCH
TIME AS POSSIBLE.
ABSOLUTELY.
BE SUPER CAREFUL.
GOING TO BE AN INCH FOR MANY OF
YOU ANOTHER LIVE
LOOK.
THIS AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT.
OUR COVERAGE OF THIS CONTINUES
WE DO WANT TO PASS
ALONG AN IMPORTANT NOTE.
THAT SOME BUSS IN DURHAM WILL
BE RUNNING LATE TODAY
BECAUSE OF THAT FLOODING ON THE
ROAD.
AGAIN SOME BUSES RUNNING LATE.
SOME PARENTS WILL BE
RUNNING LATE AS THEY TRY
TO REROUTE THEMSELVES TRYING TO
GET THEIR KIDS TO
SCHOOL.
LET'S GET RIGHT BACK IN.
ALONG WAKE FOREST ROAD.
YOU'RE IN AN AREA PRONED TO
FLOODING BUT THIS IS A
REALLY BAD SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: YEAH.
THIS IS REALLY NO STRANGER TO
FLOODING IN THIS AREA.
BECAUSE OF THAT CREEK NEARBY.
CRABTREE CREEK.
NEAR ALL THOSE CAR DEALERSHIPS.
KIND OF IN THE PARKING LOT AT
SHER WIN WILLIAMS.
QUICKLY GETS UP TO MY ANKLES.
WAKE FOREST ROAD AND YOU CAN
IMAGINE HOW QUICKLY
THAT WILL DROP OFF AND HOW DEEP
THAT CAN BE.
WE SAW. WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE
DRIVE PAST THE OFFICER AND TRY
AND DRIVE ON WAKE FOREST ROAD.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
AREAS OF RALEIGH THAT
ARE CLOSED OFF TO DRIVERS.
AGAIN THEY ARE CLOSED OFF FOR A
REASON.
YOU REALLY CAN'T TELL HOW DEEP
THIS WATER IS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THIS BREAKING NEWS
BECAUSE AS AGAIN -- IT IS
GETTING WORSE.
HOPEFULLY THE RAIN WILL DRY OUT
PRETTY SOON FOR ALL
OF US.
LIVE IN RALEIGH.
CBS NORTH CAROLINA.
ALL RIGHT.
WE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO
SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T WORK.
MOTHER NATURE IS -- HAS A MIND
OF HER OWN THIS
MORNING.
LET'S GO TO LAUREN.
SHE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE TRYING
TO GET INTO WORK.
WORK CAME TO HER.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
WITH YOU THIS MORNING,
LAUREN.
Reporter: WELL, AS YOU SAID,
THIS IS NEWS YOU
NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN ESPECIALLY WHEN
MOTHER NATURE IS INVOLVED.
I TAKE WAKE FOREST TOWARD THE
SIX FORKS AREA.
SO DEFINITELY HAD SOME PROBLEMS
OF MY OWN.
I WAS VERY SURPRISED.
I KNEW THAT IT WAS RAINING BUT
I WAS SURPRISED WHEN
I SAW HOW MUCH RAIN THERE WAS
AND HOW QUICKLY THE
PONDING ON TH -- ON THE ROADWAY
CAME UP.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO IT WILL HOW
DEEP THE WATER IS.
I JUST DECIDED TO PULL OFF INTO
THE GRASSY AREA AND
PARKING LOT ON THE AUTO ZONE IF
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH
THE WAKE FOREST AREA.
YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE THE ROAD
IS.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE PAINT.
IT LOOK LIKE IT'S TRYING TO
MAKE ITS WAY ON THE
ROAD.
IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.
PLEASE IF YOU DO HAVE TO GET
OUT, TAKE YOUR TIME.
THAT'S COMING UP IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN COMING
DOWN.
LAUREN HAS BEEN THERE FOR
HOURS.
SHE GOT STUCK THERE THIS
MORNING WHEN SHE COULDN'T
MAKE IT INTO WORK.
YOU'RE RIGHT THERE WHERE SOME
BUSINESSES ARE.
ARE YOU SEEING THEM FLOODED AT
ALL?
THAT YOU'RE IN FRONT OF?
WELL, I GOT STUCK AROUND THE
330 THIS MORNING AND
THIS SITUATION WAS BAD THEN.
IT IS GETTING WORSE.
I WOULD SAY BY THE MINUTE.
THIS IS DEFINITELY A -- MORE OF
A DOWNPOUR THAN
WE'VE SEEN IN AN HOUR OR SO.
RIGHT NOW A LOT OF BUSINESSES
ARE IN JEOPARDY OF
GETTING SOME FLOOD DAMAGE.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE SIGN
THERE.
WE COULD SEE THE ROAD WHEN I
WAS COMING INTO WORK.
AGAIN AT 3:30 THIS MORNING.
SOME SOME OF THE LETTERS ARE
BEING COVERED UP.
WAKE FOREST ROAD REALLY IS NOT
MUCH OF A ROAD AT ALL
AT THIS POINT . A LOT OF THE
OTHER BUSINESSES, WATER
STARTING TO
CREEP UP ON TO THEIR STEPS.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF
THESE.
THEY ARE REALLY IN JEOPARDY AT
THIS POINT . PEOPLE ARE DRIVING
ON THIS ROAD THIS CH IS REALLY
A
GOOD SIGN.
PEOPLE THAT WORK INTO THIS LET
THIS WATER RECEDE
BOYFRIEND
BEFORE THEY COME INTO WORK.
BUSINESSES OR EVEN TO WORK IN
THIS AREA.
AGAIN, WAKE FOREST ROAD IS
COMPLETELY COVERED AT
THIS POINT . YOU CAN'T SEE THE
PAINT.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT 5:00 THIS
MORNING.
WE SAW AN OFFICER WALKING IN
THE MIDST OF THE ROAD.
WATER AT THAT POINT WAS PAST
HER KNEES.
THIS SITUATION IS GETTING
WORSE.
NOT ONLY IS THE WATER RISING
BUT IT'S MOVING
EXTREMELY QUICKLY.
SO AGAIN, DON'T COME ON WAKE
THE RAIN FELL.
FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT
DESPITE THAT SOUND.
ALL RIGHT.
DAVID AND OUR PHOTO JOURNALIST
DRIVING SINCE 4:00
THIS MORNING.
LET YOU KNOW JUST LET YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
TELL US WHERE YOU ARE THIS
MORNING.
WE'RE AT CAPITAL BOULEVARD
HEADING NORTHBOUND
JUST PAST CRABTREE BSTLED.
A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IT GOT TWO
BLOCKED OVER HERE.
YOU'LL SEE POLICE HERE.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE HERE IN
THE TWO LANES ON YOUR
RIGHT.
JUST RISING WATER LEVELS HERE.
ABOUT TO GO THROUGH PART OF ONE
RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DRIVERS
RECOGNIZE THE HIGH WATER
AND SLOWDOWN TO COME UP HERE.
APPROACHING WITH CAUTION.
TOUGHER TO SEE.
A HANDFUL DRIVERS THAT ENDED UP
GETTING STUCK.
A COMMON TREND THIS MORNING.
MAKE SURE THE COMMUTE IS SAFE.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST IT'S
MOVING.
WE WILL BE LIVE BACK IN JUST
A MOMENT WITH OUR
CONTINUING EXTENDED COVERAGE IN
JUST A MOMENT.
A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE.
IF YOU DO HAVE GO OUT, BE
CAREFUL.
RIGHT NOW COULD RUN INTO A
LOT OF TROUBLE SPOTS
AND TRY TO GET AROUND THIS
MORNING.
CBS NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN
DRIVING AROUND ALL
MORNING LONG AND DAVID, WHAT
ARE YOU SEEING?
WHERE ARE THE BIGGEST TROUBLE
SPOTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN
SO FAR?
Reporter: ANYWHERE REALLY
NEAR THE CRABTREE.
IN BETWEEN CAPITAL BOULEVARD
AND ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE
BARRIERS UP BLOCKING BOTH
IN THE WATER LEVELS UP THERE.
AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN I
BELIEVE ATLANTIC AVENUE
RIGHT ARCHED AROUND THE
CORNER.
PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC AVENUE
WERE EARLIER.
THEY STILL WERE THE RAIN
CONTINUES TO POND ON OUR
AREA.
BUT THE BIG THING IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING
THAT THE ROAD IS CLOSED.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE TRY AND
DRIVE AROUND THE
BLOCK AID AND KIND OF --
BLOCKADE.
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS EVEN IF
THE ROAD ISN'T CLOSED
PEOPLE HAVING RECOGNIZING THE
WATER LEVELS AND
TURNING AROUND.
BIG STORY IS JUST BE CAREFUL
OUT HERE.
TAKE IT EASY.
TAKE IT SLOW AND, OF COURSE,
WE'LL HELP YOU ALONG
THE WAYFUL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK IT YOU GUYS.
NEVER WANT TO DRIVE THROUGH AS
YOU POIN ED OUT.
ALWAYS BEST TO TURN AROUND IF
YOU'RE AT ALL
UNCERTAIN.
THAT'S WHAT LAUREN DID THIS
MORNING AS SHE WAS ON
ORE WAY TO WORK.
IT LOOK LIKE THAT WATER JUST
KEEPS RISING WHERE YOU
ARE.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A BAD
SITUATION WHEN I TRIED TO
USE WAKE FOREST ROAD THIS
MORNING.
COMING FROM DONTOWN TOWARD THE
SIX FORKS ROAD AREA.
AND NOW IT IS JUST GETTING
WORSE AT THIS POINT . THIS IS
WAKE FOREST ROAD MIND ME.
YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL THAT IT IS
WAKE FOREST ROAD.
IT IS COMPLETELY COVERED IN
WATER.
ONE THING THAT IS EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS ABOUT THIS
SITUATION IS IT'S JUST TOO HARD
TO TELL HOW DEEP
THIS WATER IS.
IT'S WHY RALEIGH POLICE ARE ON
EITHER END OF THIS
RISING WATER BLOCKING IT OFF TO
DRIVERS.
THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE
DRIVING ON THIS SECTION
OF WAKE FOREST ROAD.
PLEASE DO NOT PASS THEM.
THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
WEN YOU TO STAY SAFE.
GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
IF YOU NEED TO GET OUT THIS
MORNING JUST TAKE IT
DRIVERS FORCED TO BE TURNED
AROUND.
RIGHT NOW FLOODING CAUSING A
MESS IN OUR VIEWING
AREA.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
AND I'M MAGGIE NEWLAND.
THANKS FOR STAYING US.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN
EFFECT.
THE THREAT IS NOT GOING TO END
WHEN THAT, PYRES.
WE BEGIN OUR TEAM COVERAGE 3
HOURS AGO.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE DRIVEN ALL
THROUGH THE AREA MAKING
SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW TO STAY SAFE AND
WHERE TO AVOID.
LIVE IN RALEIGH.
WELL AS ONLINE.
YOU CAN GET A LIST THERE TOO.
ALL RIGHT.
WE DO WANT TO BRING YOU SOME
NEWS.
CRABTREE VALLEY MALL WON'T OPEN
UNTIL NOON.
ALSO WE HAD HEARD EARLIER
SCHOOL BUSES WILL BE
DELAYED.
THAT'S RIGHT THE PARENTS
WILL WANT TO TAKE MORE
TIME IF THEIR TAKING THEIR
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AS
WELL.
AND COULDN'T GET HERE.
JOINING US NOW WITH A LOOK
AT THE CONDITIONS AND
YOU SAY THESE CONDITIONS HAVE
WORSENED SINCE YOU'VE
BEEN OUT THERE THIS MORNING.
Reporter: HEADING TO WORK ON
WAKE FOREST ROAD
THIS MORNING AT 3:30.
RIGHT NOW THAT ROAD IS NEARLY
IMPASSABLE.
YOU SAW A TRACTOR TRAILER HAVE
TO TURN AROUND.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT LARGE
VEHICLE HAVE PROBLEMS.
MOST LIKELY YOUR CAR IS GOING
TO HAVE PROBLEMS AS
WELL.
IN FRONT OF ME IS WAKE FOREST
ROAD.
THAT IS IMPASSABLE.
I WANT TO SHOWOUT RESTAURANT.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE
BUSINESSES THAT ARE LIKELY
GOING TO BE SEEING SOME WATER
DAMAGE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY THIS
WATER IS MOVING.
JUST THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT
WE'RE SEEING.
JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW HIGH AND
HOW DEEP THIS WATER
IS, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
VEHICLES BEHIND THE
RESTAURANT.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER IS UP TO
THEIR WINDOWS.
AGAIN, EARLIER THIS MORNING,
YOU COULD SEE THE
TIRES.
HOURS LATER THE WATER IS UP TO
THE WINDOWS.
SO AGAIN, RIGHT NOW NO ONE IS
REALLY GOING ANYWHERE.
AT LEAST IN THIS PART OF
RALEIGH.
RALLY POLICE DO HAVE THIS IS
SECTION OF ROADS
BLOCKED OFF.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME PEOPLE TRYING
TO GET AROUND THAT
THINKING THAT IT'S OKAY.
RALEIGH POLICE OR BARRICADES.
ROAD SIGNS TELLING YOU IT'S NOT
OKAY TO PASS MEAN
IT'S NOT OKAY.
THEY ARE DOING THIS FOR YOUR
SAFETY.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU
UPDATES.
LIVE IN RALEIGH.
CBS NORTH CAROLINA.
I EAT AT THAT RESTAURANT
ALL THE TIME.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE THE
SUFFERING FROM THE
BUSINESS OWNERS ARE GOING TO
DEAL WITH.
IT'S SO POWERFUL.
YOU JUST CANNOT MESS WITH IT.
WE CAN'T REMIND PEOPLE ENOUGH.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
ONE PERSON HAS BEEN DRIVING
AROUND THIS MORNING AND
BEEN REROUTES QUITE A BIT.
DAVID HURST.
JOINING US WITH OUR MOBILE
NEWS TRACKER.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
MAGGIE, RUSS YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD.
WATCHING 5 OR SO MINUTES AGO.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK
RIGHT NOW.
WE DID PULL UP TO THE SCENE
HERE.
AS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE L THE
STREET LOOKS PRETTY
FLOODED.
POLICE TELL US THOSE WHO LIVE
HERE ARE UNABLE TO GET
OUT OF THEIR HOME.
TOUGH FOR THEM TO GET THEIR
CARS OUT AS WELL.
WE'RE TOLD CREWS ARE ON THE WAY
TO HELP EVACUATE
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE HOME DUE TO THE
FLOODING.
OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT AND LOOK
AROUND A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
GET SOME VIDEO FOR YOU.
MAYBE TALK TO SOME FOLKS BUT
THIS IS A COMMON THEME
THAT WE'VE SEEN IN A LOT OF
FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.
WE WERE ALONG ROADS ALONG
CRABTREE CREEK.
CAPITAL BOULEVARD, WAKE FOREST
ROAD AND CRABTREE
VALLEY MALL.
A LOT OF ROADS CLOSED AND LANE
CLOSED DUE TO THE
FLOODING.
HEADING OUT TODAY.
BE AWARE OF THOSE ROAD
CLOSURES.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON