south of the triangle, slightly above freezing. that's why they have rain. everybody else still below freezing. that's why more freezing rain will fall. that rain sticking to trees and power lines. that may have held up to this point. but look at our winds. sustained between 10 to 20 miles per hour. gusting up to 30 in spots. that's enough to bring those trees and power lines down. bringing more problems with power outages. we'll continue the frozing precipitation tonight. it could let up over night before it starts again as snow. temperatures may hold now. but they'll drop back in the 20s by tomorrow morning. we'll talk about when we have warmer weather and sunshine. it's not too far down the road. coming up in minutes. >> you just heard wes mention it. the big story, falling tree the area. duke energy is reporting 90,000 hour. this is a look at the outage map.

with the latest, steve? >> ice it's a three letter word with a four letter meaning, staging crew haves been here in and out ebb and flow trying to make sure they're where they're needed. the temperatures continue to drop. all these trucks that are still here, you'll notice they all have their buckets extended. the simple reason for that, they don't want to have those mechanisms freeze and then have them unavailable when they need them to try to restore the electricity. and earlier today, the rain turned to ice. and when the ice began to fall, that's when things got messy. >> ice conditions certainly make it more treacherous. especially with the travel issues. but our crews will be getting out there assessing the damage and then doing what they need to do to get as many people back up and online as possible. we just continue to urge everyone to stay prepared, make sure you have your emergency supplies handy and make sure you have a plan, because we're

into the weekend. >> and because it's going to be a multiday event, duke energy says they'll continue to bring in crews from out of state to make sure they have enough people to restore the electricity as the evening progresses, you're seeing thousands more are losing their electricity, so be prepared, it may happen to you, if it does, take precautions, reporting live, wncn news now. thank you steve. here's a live look at i-40 and wade avenue in raleigh. we're seeing more carsen the road than we saw earlier today. but as you can see by the headlights, they're moving the d.o.t. responded to more than 1,000 accidents across the state. >> amy cutler has been on the roads all afternoon. she's live in the wncn mobile news tracker. how's it looking now? >> well, sharon, those secondary roads are still slick and slippery. the main roads though, the highways have been salted and plowed.

we are headed eastbound on 40. we just saw a car off the road. we've seen a lot of cars spinning out as well. at this point, the precipitation has stopped. it seems more that the water on the roads are kind of pooling. it's not ice or snow. what we saw earlier. so that's the good news. unfortunately, it's likely to so d.o.t. says they're prepared. they have employees working 12 hour shifts. they have 3200 employees working to clear the roads. and they have hundreds of trucks out there. we saw a lot of plow trucks today salting the roads, clearing the roads, and that is likely to continue since as you guys said, we're only half way through the storm. live in raleigh, amy cutler, wncn news now. the slick road conditions caused a deadly crash this morning on i-95 in johnston county. it came after a tractor trailer truck jackknifed.

at the scene. troopers identified the victim as 65-year-old larry elder of virginia. a major challenge tonight is trying to keep the roads clear. >> wncn's bo minnick joins us live in raleigh with the effort to do just that. bo? >> sean, we've been seeing d.o.t. trucks coming in and out of the yard here all day. that's going to continue into the night. there are 70 d.o.t. workers that are out right now on roads in wake county. they've been putting down the salt and sand and once the roads get slushy, they then put down those plow blades. but the issue has been this constant precipitation. it impacts how the crews can treat the roads. >> if they're not scraping, they're more than likely applying the salt. what we have to do is let the salt do its job. it doesn't start melting until the salt actually dissolves into the solution on the ground. once that happens, after a particular time frame we come

plows and push it off. >> you'll hear a similar response across the state as crews will be putting the blades out. if they're actually able to make progress clearing the roads, now back out here live, i wanted to show you this, look at this fence here by the d.o.t. yard just covered really in a sheet of ice. this is what they're dealing with. this situation, certainly out there on the roads. you can see the ice there. that's what they're facing on the roads. so they'll be working on it. tonight, into tomorrow, trying to deal with this winter storm. live in raleigh, bo minnick, wncn news now. >> the snow started falling earlier. but its since turned to sleet. >> wncn is live in roxboro. you've been out there all day. what's going on now. >> well we're just seeing sleet right now. like you guys mentioned. it snowed earlier in the day. that stopped around 1:00. there's been three to four inches of snow and sleet. u.s. 501.

if you look here, this mess minutes ago. a woman lost control on the road and crashed into this curb right here. any photographer dan and i had to help push her out. it shows the dangers of driving in these conditions. jesse walker owns a convenience store down the road and he says they're used to driving in these conditions. he says it would take a lot more than just snow to close his store down. >> we had -- me and my wife came this morning. we didn't have a problem. i think you have a four wheel drive, you can get out. you know. drive right. you'll be all right. if you get out here act like a fool, you're going to get hurt. >> reporter: sound advice there. we spoke with highway president obama a little while ago. they haven't had any serious accidents here in the area. but if you're heading out, if you have to head out, take it easy, take it slow, and jesse walker says if you head out, you might as well get some of

the weather leading to widespread cancellations at rdu international airport. >> michael joins us at rdu with the latest. >> reporter: just a few flights are scheduled to get out today. most of the action has been at the delta carrier all day. it's owe only major carrier operating at rdu today. people have been here all day hoping they're among the lucky few still flying out or they're making alternate plans. earlier today, we talked to devon who drove here from the charlotte area and was planning to go to england. since then her flight was canceled. she planned to connect to new york and could have been stranded there. she's been rebooked. but she was looking forward to getting stuck. >> i thought getting stuck in jfk might have been fun. i'm flying out with a friend. i thought, you know, maybe we'd get a hotel and find good new york pizza and then head out. >> looking ahead.

flight aware.com. while same airlines including jet blue and southwest canceled all flights on saturday, others are having limited operations tomorrow. at rdu, michael highland, wncn news now. the carolina panthers did not let the winter weather stop them from practicing. they braved the snow this morning in charlotte to prepare for the nfc championship game sunday night against the cardinals. people flying to the game may have trouble though due to the thousands of flight cancellations as michael mentioned along the east coast. and we're just getting started with our team coverage tonight. >> next at 7:00. we'll check on the conditions in durham. >> the ice and freezing rain causing big problems in lead count. but first, here's a live look at i-40 and i-5 40.

slowly. while some of us may have just experienced a lull in the frozen precipitation, there's another batch to come. coming up in your forecast, i'll take you hour by hour through the night and tomorrow. and we'll take you outside and

stil on air, online, wherever you are, this is wncn news at 7:00. we're back with a live look from boone, the doubt area is covered in snow tonight -- the downtown area is covered in snow tonight. this is king street.

at all. the area saw several edges of snow today. that will be good for ski resorts. >> here's a look at conditions in asheville. the snow making for slick conditions on the roads. causing cars to spin out. the winter weather is effecting more than 1/4 of the u.s. population. 10s of millions of people up and down the east coast tonight. >> here's a live look at our nation's capitol. washington dc is under a blizzard warning tonight and could see 2 feet of snow by the time it's all said and done. >> back here in our area, the ice, freezing rain, and sleet made for tricky driving conditions. >> this is what it looked like earlier today in durham. the roads are coated in snow. for the latest on what's happening now, we continue team conch with par you boone who's live tonight. mario? >> i can tell you the latest here is we have light snow flurries falling. i just got an update from

three dozen or so accidents today. let's take a look at the roads. you can see maybe about 10 minutes ago, another snowplow came through, and cleared the street. and look over there, a few people out walking, but the streets for the most part remain clear. people are heeding advice to simply stay home. over here. because about an hour or so ago we saw city work crews on tractors plowing the sidewalks and for the most part they're still clear, of course the concern tonight as the temperature drops down, and let me tell you, it's cold out here, we're worried about this stuff turning into ice. one more thing, one of the only restaurants still open if downtown durham is right here, right across the street from where we're going live. you can see there are folks sitting in there actually eating. a moment ago, the owner was so nice, he came over and offered us to come grab food. journalist never turn down free food. we'll check that out in a moment. i talked to a guy who was out

he didn't want to be out here. but he had to come out. i want you to listen to what he explained was the reason he had to be on the streets in this bad weather. >> i prefer to be sitting at home on my couch. but somebody got in trouble, stuck on the side of the road in a ditch. so i had to get my chains and come help them out of a ditch. >> reporter: back live, taking a live look at the roadway again. another quick update. durham transit is shut down for the night. they'll resume tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and again, you see a few cars out. but for the most part, roads are clear, and police urging you to stay in if you can. we'll be out all night monitoring the roads. we'll have live updates and you can get the latest on wncn.com. reporting live in downtown durham, mario boone, wncn news now. meanwhile sleet and freezing rain was the story today in the sand hills. >> slippery roads caused several accidents. nate rogers has been monitoring the conditions and he joins us

>> reporter: we're in lee county, and i tell you in the last couple hours since we've been here, we've seen several spin outs happen right at the road right there just cars trying to turn and slow down. but somehow they've lost control. no doubt snow accumulation here. but most of all, the roads covered in sleet. that couple with ice is what's causing several accidents, highway patrol tells us they've had more than a dozen weather related crashes today. although some people were transported to area hospitals their injuries don't appear life threatening. throughout the day, roads were barren as most people obeyed advice from officials to stay homement we caught up with one guy who took advantage of this wintery mess. take a listen. despite the messy roads, despite the cold temperatures, you're still getting your work out in, huh? tell me about it. >> just, you know, got to work out, can't stop -- can't let the weather stop me. i'm preparing for the army.

>> now, although the freezing rain stopped, temperatures have dropped. we're seeing more salt trucks come through to treat the roads. just another reminder from department of transportation, once they're out trying to clear the roads, put the salt and is and down, they're asking all drivers to please give them some room that's the latest, nate rogers, wncn news now. now your wncn weather forecast. >> all right nate, thank you very much. it's friday night in central north carolina. one of our busiest interstates is a ghost town. temperatures at 31 degrees. and while we've had a lull, some of us in the precipitation, you can see behind me it's filling back in with rain south of the triangle. freezing rain, sleet, and snow from the triangle on north. yet another batch is getting ready to move through over the next couple hours. and i tell you what, i know it's been a long day of kind of

but we've got another night and day of this before we can start to even think about driving somewhere without ending up in the ditch. now, it hasn't been the biggest snow storm we've ever had. it hasn't been the biggest ice storm either. but it's been a little bit of both. and it's been gnarly on the roads. look at some of the totals, sleet and snow. over 3 inches in pierson county. that's in bethel hill and roxboro. in warren county, you got three inches. orange county, evelyn, two inches there. carrie, an inch and a half. not huge snow totals. there's been sleet mixing in. pile up. sleet is not. it's very compact. that's why some totals have been lower. because we have more sleet. cold. triangle. 31 in raleigh. above freezing south of the triangle. which is why it was rain showing up. but one of my concerns tonight, not only as the frozen

and your tree, your power line in your backyard might have a little bit of ice on it. and it might be able to hold. but as these winds continue to go to work on that tree or power line, and even pick up, that's when they could come down. and plus, if you have to walk outside for anything, look at our windchills, 11 degrees in roxboro and sylar city. it's not going to warm up much in the next several hours. temperatures will hold. including those and windchills. the frozen precipitation will stay frozen. but then as we get passed midnight, a lull again in the precipitation. but winds turn back out of the north, temperatures drop. and then more precipitation as we get into saturday morning and that would be snow. not a lot. but there is more to come. both frozen and snow precipitation. so here's what the weather map looks like right now as we go forward, you see rain mainly east and south. by that wintery mix of freezing rain and sleet continues for a

early in the morning, as the low speeds by up the coast, a little bit of a lull. but then on the backside as colder air moves in. 20s. look what else drops back in. more snow. it's not expected to be heavy. it could be 1 to 3 inches by lunch time that snow retreats a little to the north and stays by the virginia border. even through the afternoon. but as we get into the evening tomorrow, this snow and clouds move out. and we've got sunshine on sunday. we do not have that tomorrow. it'll be a cloudy and a cold day. winds will continue. more power outages will be possible. as a wintery mix continues over night and snow tomorrow morning and early afternoon. we start to see improvements on sunday. but i don't think it'll be until the afternoon until roads will improve. 48 monday and we're in the 50s on tuesday. with a cold front tuesday and wednesday. that will bring us rain. and nothing more. but it'll be chilly by the end

of course the entire wncn weather team has been here all day keeping an eye on this storm, including bill ray. he's now outside to talk more about what's going on with the trees and maybe some of that ice that's under your feet. bill? >> that's right, wes, as a matter of fact, i have my temperature out here. we're at 31.5 degrees right outside the studio. winds peeked at 14.5. so the windchill's a factor. and also what's happened today. let me grab this. this tree branch looks pretty impressive. look at the ice on there. look at that. that's about 1/4 of an inch almost. 1/8 of an inch. what's going to happen, if we get more of that over night like is forecasted, this will get heavier and heavier. it could snap and fall. you see the tree behind me, i don't think that tree is going to fall but trees could fall. power lines could fall. we have to be careful with that. the other thing is, even though it's below freezing here, it's slushy on the ground. but this is ice on top. when we get cold tonight, this

when the snow falls, you won't see this, i think one of the most dangerous things to do guys is just when you're stepping outside, your front stoop, or your front porch, that's an accident waiting to happen. please be careful. things aren't going to get better any time soon. sean? >> thank you for that.

exciting snow vide welcome back. snow starting falling in roanoke virginia around 3:00 this morning. this is time lapse video showing a portion of the accumulation. the areas specking 18 to 24 inches of snow there. meanwhile, as most people werehuddled up inside today, we found someone who used a creative way to brave the elements. >> wncn's emma wright shot this video of a moped in raleigh. as you can see, they were not phased by the cold temperatures.

i would be here's a final look at the radar that continues to have rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow, and while some of you may have had a lull there for a bit. we expect it to pick back up for another couple hours tonight. another break over night. but then some snow on top of all of this ice tomorrow morning and early afternoon. it'll be another cold and windy day.

sunshine and 40 thank goodness on sunday. guys ? all right. thank you. we have much more coming up

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