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>>> >> THIS ROAD CATASTROPHE COLLAPSING HAS IMPACTED DOZENS
AS Y+@OU JUST SA+@W A HUGE SLAB
ROAD TUMBLING UNDERNEATH YOU
COULD SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
WASHED AWAY AT FIRST A PERSON
WHO USES THAT ROAD OFTEN
CHOOSING NOT TO TODAY SHARING
THAT VIDEO WITH US TONIGHT NOW
SIMILAR SCENES ACROSS THE AREA
ROADS ARE WASHING UP AS RIVERS
INCREASE OVERFLOW WITH THERE
BEING SOME 72 HOURS FROM
RELENTLESS RAIN.
RELENTLESS RAIN. +@ RIGHT NOW NINE RIVERS IN OUR
REGION HAVE ELEVATED LEVELS.
THREE ARE A STEP BELOW MAJOR
FLOODING WHICH MEANS THAT THE
FLOODING TO DAMAGE PROPERTY AND
EVEN TAKE LIVES.
THE BIG MESSAGE TONIGHT FROM
OFFICIALS TURNAROUND DON'T
DROWN.
IF YOU SEE FLOODING ACROSS THE
ROADWAY DO NOT CHANCE IT.
AND MO+@RE BAD NEWS AS THE RAIN
IS NOT GOING TO STOP+@ OVERNIGH
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR LIVE DOPPLER
RADAR RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL SEE HEAVY RAIN AND
FLASH FLOODING ENDING TOMORROW.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND THANK
YOU FOR STAYING UP LATE WITH US
FLASH FLOODING ENDING TOMORROW. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING UP LATE WITH US@
HERE ON NBC CHARLOTTE.
I'M XAVIER WALTON.
RIGHT NOW THREE COUNTIES UNDER
A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
THE COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BE
CLOSED TOMORROW AS WELL AS THE
CITY PARKS OFFICIAL SAYING THAT
PEOPLE ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE AREA
ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD +@
EVACUATE.
THE RED CROSS HAS SET UP A
SHELTER AT HOPE HIGH SCHOOL FOR
DISPLACED FAMILIES.
OUR CRUISE RIGHT NOW ARE OUT
CHECKING THE FLOODING TONIGHT.
CHLOE HAS DETAILS ON AN
APARTMENT CATASTROPHE ON
MOUNTAIN ISLAND +@LAKE NEAR
CHARLOTTE.
WE WILL CHECK WITH THEM +@IN JU
A MOMENT BUT FIRST WE WANT TO
CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST
CHRIS IN THE STORM CENTER.>> IT
IS AMAZING THE RAIN HAS COME
DOWN.
DOWN. +@
DOWN. +@ ABOUT 6 INCHES TO A FOOT PLUS
FROM HICKORY UP INTO THE
MOUNTAINS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS.
NOT AS MUCH AROUND THE
CHARLOTTE AREA BUT THAT 2 TO 3
INCH RAIN WITH SOME AREAS LESS
THAN AN INCH.
AND WE STILL HAVE SOME LEFT
OVER REALLY AREA FLOOD WARNINGS
WHERE WE GOT HIT THE HA+@RDEST
RIGHT IN HERE FROM LENORE OVER
TO HICKORY.
THAT IS WHERE WE STILL HAVE
SOME CONCERN WITH A FEW MORE
RAIN SHOWERS COMING THROUGH BUT
THE COVERAGE AREA HAS REALLY
SUNK SO GOOD NEWS THERE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CELLS WITH
NO THUNDER AND LIGHTNING BUT
STILL SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN ESPECIALLY AROUND THE
+@ COUNTY QUICKLY STARTING TO PICK
UP THE PACE AND GET OUT OF
HERE.
IT WILL ALSO WIND DOWN OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.
SO YOU CAN EXPECT AROUND
+@ BEAVERBROOK FROM 1105 AND EAST
GASTONIA WITH 1116 AND 1127.
+@
BEAVERBROOK FROM 1105 AND EAST GASTONIA WITH 1116 AND 1127. AGAIN NO THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
AND MOST WIND GUSTS UP TO 20
MILES PER HOUR EXPECT A LOT ON
THIS LINE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN
THE LAST THREE HOURS THAT
COVERAGE AREA HAS SHRUNK.
SO THAT MEANS RAIN IS ALMOST
GUARANTEED FOR THE OVERNIGHT.
OUR FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
EXTENDED BUT DROPPED OFF FOR
AREAS OFF TOWARDS THE EAST.
OUR RAIN POTENTIAL IS GOING TO
DIVE OFF THROUGH TOMORROW
MORNING BUT IT WILL +@SHOOT RIG
BACK UP WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
I WILL HAVE THAT FULL FORECAST
COMING UP XAVIER?
>> THANK YOU, TONIGHT HICKORY
IS ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES ON
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
SEVERAL FAMILIES HAD TO LEAVE
THE APARTMENT EARLY TODAY
BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING.
OUR CHLOE IS IN HICKORY WITH
MORE ON THE DAMAGE IN THE
+@
OUR CHLOE IS IN HICKORY WITH MORE ON THE DAMAGE IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS CHLOE?
>> LET ME SHOW YOU THE PO+@WER
THESE STORMS.
TAKE A LOOK HERE BEHIND ME.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ROADS IN THE
FOOTHILLS THAT HAS BEEN WASHED
AWAY TONIGHT.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THEY
HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH RAIN
COME SO QUICKLY.
FAWN WAS STRANDED IN THE
FLOODWATER.
INCREDIBLE VIDEO SHOWS TWO MEN
BRAVING THE ELEMENTS TO BRING
IT BACK TO DRYLANDS.
DANGEROUSLY HIGH WATER AT THE
LOOKOUT FOR DAM NUMBER TWO TONS
OF PEOPLE SNAPPING PICTURES AND
WATCHING THE WATER POUR OVER.>>
AS YOU CAN SEE WE CAN SEE HOW
HIGH THE WATER WAS GETTING I
THINK IT WAS PRETTY BAD.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE FROM
THIS STORM.
>> THE RIVER THERE WAS CRUSTED
AT 108 FEET.>> I'VE NEVER SEEN
THE DAM UP THIS MUCH+@.
IT IS A LOT.
>> THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN OVER 30
YEARS.>> THIS IS THE WORST I'VE
EVER SEEN.
+@I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH RAIN.
IT WAS AND IN HICKORY.
FIREFIGHTERS MAKING SURE THAT
+@
IT WAS AND IN HICKORY. FIREFIGHTERS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE+@ NOT IN THEIR
APARTMENTS AFTER MANDATORY
EVACUATION BECAUSE OF THIS
FLOODING AND DAMAGE.>> I SAID
AT ABOUT 430 WE GOT A KNOCK ON
THE DOOR FROM THE FIRE CHIEF
+@ TELLING US THAT WE JUST HAD TO
GO.
>> BUT SHE IS NOT SURE WHEN
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME.
>> THE WATER WAS JUST RUSHING.
IT WAS JUST CRAZY.>> THIS WAS
THE VIEW FROM HER BEDROOM
WINDOW THIS MORNING.>> IT WAS
BASICALLY CALL MY RENTAL
INSURANCE AND WAIT.
AND WAIT, AN+@D WAITS.
>> AS OF THREE 1542 PEOPLE WERE
AT THE +@SHELTER SET UP BY THE
RED CROSS.>> THAT THING JUST
LOOKED DANGEROUS.
>> BUT SHE DID NOT EVACUATE.
HE IS WAITING IT OUT WITH NO
POWER, NO WATER AND FIVE
KIDS.>> LUCK+@ILY, KNOW WHAT HE
-- NOBODY WHO LIVES ALONG
AVENUE IS COMPLETELY STRANDED.
BUT THAT MEANS THAT SOME PEOPLE
WILL NEED TO TAKE A LONGER WAY
AROUND FOR WHO KNOWS HOW
LONG.>> ALL RIGHT CHLOE THANK
YOU.
ALEXANDER COUNTY IS ALSO UNDER
A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
HERE'S A VIDEO NEAR THE TOWN OF
BETHLEHEM.
HE SAYS THAT HIS BOAT AND DOG
WERE ACTUALLY SWEPT AWAY AND
GOT STUCK UNDERNEATH THE
BRIDGE.
AND IN CALDWELL COUNTY CHECK
THIS ROAD CO+@MPLETELY COLLAPSE
FROM FLOODING.
THIS IS RINK DAM ROAD.
NO WORD YET ON WHEN IT WILL BE
REPAIRED.
BUT OFFICIALS ARE ASKING ANYONE
TO AVOID THIS AREA AT ALL
COSTS.
NOW HEADING EAST THIS IS WAKE
FORWARD WITH MORE THAN 7 INCHES
OF RAINFALL IN SOME PARTS OF
FRENCHMEN AND WAKE COUNTIES ON
SATURDAY A ROAD ALONE.
THE DIRT BEDS UNDERNEATH SOME
OF THOSE ROADS THEN CAUSED THE
STREETS TO JUST COMPLETELY
DISAPPEAR.
OFFICIALS SAID THAT SOME
REPAIRS WILL TAKE JUST A FEW
DAYS THE OTHERS WILL TAKE A LOT
LONGER AND IN SOME CASES IT
COULD TAKE MONTHS TO GET THE
ROADS BACK OPEN.
BACK HERE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
SOME PEOPLE LIVING NEAR
MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE THE ROAD
IS BLOCKED OFF TONIGHT WHERE
WATER CONTINUES TO RISE A
WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
+@
WATER CONTINUES TO RISE A WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY NEAR THE
LAKE AND THE RIVER AS WELL.
SOME PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THEIR
+@ HOME+@S BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT
MANDATORY EVACUATION CHARLOTTE
JOINS US NOW AND KENDALL HOW
DOES IT LOOK OUT OF THAT AREA
TONIGHT?
>> POLICE SAID THAT THIS ROAD
WAS BLOCKED OFF.
OFFICIALS ARE URGING PEOPLE WHO
LIVE CLOSE BY TO EVACUATE AS IT
OFFICIALS ARE URGING PEOPLE WHO LIVE CLOSE BY TO EVACUATE AS IT@ GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THEIR
HOME.>> PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE
RIVER.
>> THIS IS WHERE IT WASN'T
2004.
>> THEY HAVE LEARNED OVER TIME
TO GO WITH THE FLOW.>> YOU
CANNOT CONTROL IT IS OUT OF OUR
HANDS.
>> T+@O HAVE A REMINDER ON THEI
HOME ON THE LAST TIME MOUNTAIN
ISLAND LAKE RESTED AT 105 FEET
IN 2004.>> WE SAW GAZEBOS AND
PEOPLE FALL DOWN THE RIVER I
MEAN ROLLING.
>> THIS TIME AROUND IT COULD BE
EVEN WORSE.
>> WE JUST GOT TO GET PREPARED
AND THEN WE SIT AND WAIT UNTIL @
IT DOES WHAT IT IS GOING +@TO
DO.>> AFTER DAYS OF RAIN NUKE
ENERGY IS AGGRESSIVELY MOVING
WATER TO THE RIVER SYSTEM.
IT WAS KNOWN I WOULD LIKE IS
EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1006 FEET.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS
FORECASTING SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING TO LIKE ACCESS AREAS
AND DOCKS.
BOAT OWNERS ON THE LAKE RUSH TO
+@ GET THEIR BOATS OUT OF THE
WATER BEFORE ANY DAMAGE CAN BE
DONE.
>> CHANCES OF SOME DOCS COMING
OFF OF THE PYLONS AND
POTENTIALLY FLOATING AWAY SO HE
WANTED TO GET OUR DOCK OFF OF
THE LIFT AND YOU KNOW WE ARE
GOING TO GO RUN AND HELP OUR
+@ NEIGHBORS.
+@ NEIGHBORS. >> THERE ARE URGING PEOPLE WHO
+@
NEIGHBORS. >> THERE ARE URGING PEOPLE WHO LIVE CLOSE BY TO STATE WHETHER
AWARE.
AND HE'D GUIDANCE FROM LOCAL
OFFICIALS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
>> HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING NEAR
THE WATER?
IF SO BRING IT IN AND MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS SECURE.
TURN OFF THE POWER AT YOUR
+@
EVERYTHING IS SECURE. TURN OFF THE POWER AT YOUR DOCK.
>> AND WITH THE WATER RISING
AND A FLOOD WARNING IN PLACE
THE MID-DAY MONDAY HAS
RESIDENTS HOPING FOR THE
BEST.>> YOU JUST GO WITH THE
FLOW.
>> AND WAITING TO SEE IF IT+@
BRINGS THE WORST.>> THERE IS NO
WORD YET ON HOW LONG THIS AREA
WILL BE BLOCKED OFF.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
HAS A FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS
AREA SET TO EXPIRE AT 1:45 PM
ON MONDAY.
REPORTING IN NORTHWEST
CHARLOTTE KENDALL MORRIS AND BC
CHARLOTTE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND LINCOLNTON HIGHWAY PATROL
HAS IDENTIFIED THE THREE PEOPLE
KILLED WHEN THEIR CAR SLID INTO
A CREEK HA+@PPENED ON +@HIGHWAY
OFF OF ROCK DAM CREEK ROAD.
52-YEAR-OLD LLOYD NEIL WAS
+@
OFF OF ROCK DAM CREEK ROAD. 52-YEAR-OLD LLOYD NEIL WAS BEHIND THE RED.
22-YEAR-OLD SEBASTIAN AND 46-
YEAR-OLD ANDREW ABERNATHY WERE
PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE.
OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE CAR
HYDROPLANED OFF THE ROAD, HIT A
TREE AND OVERTURNED IN THE
CREEK.
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