good night. online wherever you are, this is wncn news at 7:00. >> we want you to stay off the roads throughout the state. >> a winter weather advisory continues throughout the state as our team coverage continues with updates on conditions throughout the area. this is bad and it's getting worse rapidly. >> the northeast shut down from the nation's capitol through new york city. the latest snowfall totals there. and despite the governor warning thousands show up for the big game between duke and nc state. we have highlights and reaction. good evening i'm maggie newland alongside meteorologist bill ray. >> it's a black ice advisory. winter weather advisory for black ice. and it goes until noon on sunday. so we've got to deal with freezing temperatures. as a matter of fact, right now, as we show you, it's 32 degrees. that was our high for today.

have a little bit of flurry activity down around clinton. look at everybody, except for fayetteville. we did get above freezing. everybody below frozing, snow on the ground in parts of sanford and up to the north. we're not going to do any more melting. if you have any today, most areas stayed below freezing. we stayed cloudy. we have a little snow shower activity. a few flurries. i have this on the fine detection mode. those are going to drift off toward the east. as we take a look at things. what we've got for you, this is for the flurries that might be around until 9:00. but look at those temperatures around 29 degrees. that means we're going to continue with roadways that have been snow covered. a lot of the side streets have never been plowed. they stay icy and dangerous. and even like interstate 40, i drove that from durham to raleigh, it was plowed. looking good. but it was wet. and now there will be icy spots. that's the definition of black ice. you won't see it. it'll slip up on you.

going here. and that's why it covers the entire viewing area through noontime tomorrow. look what's going to happen over night. we'll clear out while you sleep. look at these temperatures. a hard freeze in the low to mid 20s. we'll talk about the sunshine coming tomorrow and how warm we'll get. but the dangerous road conditions continue through tonight with temperatures like these. maggie? we'll check back with you. as most of the precipitation moved out we're not in the clear yet. the department of emergency management is giving a live update on conditions now. let's take a listen. >> given for each county and color coating that based on the accumulation, which you can see in the lower left hand corner. and it's just to give a visual of where we did see some of the heaviest snow and ice. >> as you can see, a lot of the ice reports right now are coming in in central north carolina, and you should be reminded that while these reports could change, they're still coming in from their

so this will continue to change over the next couple days as these reports are finalized but this is just an initial look. so for tonight's low temperatures, well below freezing into the teens and 20s across most of the state. with 30s expected along the coast. cold temperatures will cause anything today that's melted to refreeze tonight. so travel will remain very hazardous as we head into sunday morning. but as we head into sunday, we'll exceed freezing. and we should see some melting and that will be really helpful. especially for some of the back roads that are in the sunshine. so we should see additional melting on sunday. and that will be much better than today. but temperatures will go back below freezing tomorrow night. so just be mindful of the hazard for black ice. over night sunday and for the monday morning commute. we won't be dealing with what we're dealing with tomorrow morning because some of that melting will take place. but we do expect some black ice

been left on the roadways. we'll still be dealing with some coastal hazards, finishing up tomorrow, and just a reminder, the gusty winds and high surf, heavy seas and minor to moderate coastal flooding, i did leave snow showers in there just because those could linger hours. so just to be reminded of that. so the key take aways, the snow showers are diminishing as we head through the night. and sunday will bring much clearer and better weather, warmer, which is the key fact. gusty winds will diminish through sunday morning as well. >> right now you're listening to a live update at the department of emergency management. they've been talking about snow and ice totals that have been seen throughout the state. also echoing what bill ray was talking about a few minutes ago. in a the temperatures are remaining below freezing and you're going to want to watch out for slick spots and it'll be very icy throughout the next morning. we have our reporter amy cutler live at the press conference.

update tonight on wcnc news at 11:00. for now power outages and slick roadways have been the biggest concern across the state. as you get farther north and west things get worse. mario boone has been checking out conditions all day long in durham, he has an update. >> we've been on the roads today for about eight hours and i can tell you some of the problems we're seeing right now is this. it's a bit hit and miss. some of the roadways have been plowed and other parts of the road, they attempted to plow right here. but it's still covered in slush. and of course the worry is tonight, this will freeze. making driving even more dangerous. and check this out, the governor urged people to stay at home today, not to go to sporting events and so forth. but just about two blocks from here, right down this way over here is the durham performing arts center. and that was business as usual. take a look. in just 48 hours, road conditions nose dived from treacherous to deadly. >> sadly, there's also been two

fatalities. >> bringing the total of storm related traffic fatalities to six. the state patrol said troopers have worked 2,000 crashes. some with injuries. and go durham transit planned to start limited bus service at 10:00 a.m. yet conditions were so bad, that idea was quickly scrapped. but even that news did not stop a throng of fans who made their way to the deepac saturday to see matilda. >> we're used to snowy weather. it wasn't too out of putting for us. >> camie baits drove in from raleigh and she admitted there were some scary moments. >> there were a couple spots that were pretty bad. especially getting on and off the highway. >> reporter: but once they reached downtown durham they found road crews hard at work clearing streets and sidewalks.

catch the show early and race home before sunset. >> because it'll get dark here soon enough and the roads will freeze back over. and back here on the ground, you can see a few cars out and about tonight. but again, emergency workers urging people to really stay home tonight. if you don't have to go out, just stay in. because again, the big concern, the slush that you see on the roads right now, this stuff will freeze tonight. of course we have the threat of black ice which will make driving very, very dangerous, reporting in downtown durham tonight, mario boone, wncn news now. and travel has been a nightmare for anyone along the east coast from the roadways to the airport. wncn's amy cutler has been monitoring it all. she has an update where a tree has been blocking the road in garner. >> this is part of the major problem we've been seeing all day today. large trees coming down and blocking the roads. now it's that ice that weighs down the trees and when they fall they bring the surrounding

we're here on vendura spring road by timber drive in garner. i just spoke with police and they say duke energy progress has been alerted. he couldn't tell me how many residents are being effected but there are sporadic outages in the area. this snowy icy mess is causing major delays at the airport. rdu saying it's trying to keep one run way open at all times. in all about 25 flights will be departing today. about ten coming in this afternoon into this evening. they are urging anyone who has a flight to call ahead or check online. those with flights today say they expected the delays but it's still frustrating. >> i was in fayetteville originally this morning and all the flights were canceled in fayetteville. i had to drive up to raleigh to find a flight to boston. and they've delayed it about three times now. >> garner police saying this road will likely be closed over night. we're going to continue to monitor the situation out here and have more at 11:00.

thousands of power outages are still plaguing folks across the state despite 7,000 people working right now around the clock for duke energy. wake and johnston county are among the hardest hit with more than 50,000 people still impacted by outages. nash county is also feeling the impact of downed trees and power lines. wncn's justin spoke with a family there who's been without power now for more than 24 hours. >> it's crazy. you take the little things for granted. if you don't turn on a light switch, it's tough. >> donald lost electricity around 6:00 friday night. and by saturday afternoon, he borrowed a generator from a friend to continue to power through the outage. >> so we just actually just hooked it up now. got a freezer going on it. refrigerator and stuff like that. we're going to let the neighbor get a little bit of heat going off that too. >> he lives if bailey where ice and trees brought down five utility poles. >> this is a significant

>> duke energy had a 30-person crew working to replace poles and lines there and restore power to the 500 to 1,000 customers impacted. >> i know they're working hard. i appreciate them doing that. but man. apparently it's rough. if three or five poles are down. wow. >> a duke energy spokesperson said it could take about six hours to clean this up and restore power here. but statewide it could be monday evening before everyone has electricity again. >> we do want our customers to hard. but it's a multiday event. and restoration can go over the next couple days. >> i'm just thankful to have a roof over our heads and have what we do have. and i know it'll be back up. and we'll be not thinking about it in a year or two. >> in nash county, wncn news now. a few thousand fans braved the conditions and ignored the governor to see duke and nc state play today in raleigh. still to come tonight, we'll

and have highlights and reaction from the game. plus the worst of this storm is paralyzing the northeast right now. updates from washington dc to new york city. and good evening, i'm meteorologist bill ray, this is franklin street. they plowed the streets. you can see the shine there. that could produce some black ice.

give you your snow continues to pile up across the mid-atlantic, especially in our nation's capitol.

system in washington dc have been shut down until monday. all three airports remain closed as well and there is no word yet on whether flights are going to resume tomorrow or if they may have to be canceled for another day. most hotels are completely sold out as well. parts of pennsylvania are also looking at two feet or more of snow when it's all said and done. parking lot conditions cover a roughly five mile westbound stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike. state police say drivers have been stranded for hours, including the dukane men's and women's basketball teams. they've been on their bus since 9:00 last night. the pennsylvania national guard has been mobilized. the massive winter storm is causing major flooding along the new jersey shore. coastal flooding and widespread power outages are being reported in numerous southern jersey shore towns including atlantic city. the whipping winds and unusually high tides are causing street closures and flooding. taking a live look behind me of time square as snow continues to fall on new york city.

ban in new york city that began at 2:30 this afternoon. buses stopped running at noon. commuter train shut down as well along with aboveground parts of the subway system. all broadway shows are also canceled. >> i don't care how superb a driver. how big a four wheel drive vehicle you have, the roads are barely passible. and what always happens in these situations is it's one thing to deal with mother nature, our own citizens can create the greatest issues. >> cuomo says the national guard is ready to help if necessary. well, in the weather center now with meteorologist bill ray, obviously you want to stay off the roads but some people are having fun in the snow, right? >> you have to try to have some fun. you have to do it right here. we have wncn.com. we love your pictures. i'm putting some on tv now. this one from stan from car lake. his husky dog.

but it looks like he's enjoying the snow. do you see a dog in this one? it's christy cline's dog. i think she should rename the dog snowball. we'll move on to zack's the cat. and apex, this is zack's first snow. he's saying get me back inside. what's this white stuff. i have a black cat too. i wanted to bring him out today into the snow. he ran away from me. he's an indoor cat. cool pictures. thanks for sending them in. rays of sunshine, nine. we're going to get some sun in here tomorrow. you may need your sunglasses reflecting off any of the snow that's still around. here's the problem, black ice advisory for the viewing area until noon sunday. temperatures today stayed below freezing for the most part. our official high was 32. they're going to be in the low 20s tonight. as we showed you before the break, roads that were plowed

that ice and you won't really see it. and that's black ice. that's why they call it that. and there are a ton of roads, backroads, side roads, roads in neighborhoods that are still just covered with sleet and snow and they're going to remain treacherous. we have that black ice advisory encouraged to stay home. stay home with your pets. just stay home tonight. temperatures, 31 rocky mount and wilson. sanford, 31, fayetteville, 33. the only temperature above freezing. it's 28 in south hill virginia. and as we look at things, a little bit of snow flurries still a couple pockets to the northeast of the triangle. that's the best bet for the next couple hours. and then that's going to pull away. so we've got some clearing skies going to come in here. but the mess continues up in the northeast. and you can see everything kind of turning around. we're on the backside. not a lot of moisture. but enough to squeeze out a little bit of that light snow today. we just had trace amounts here officially by the way yesterday in the triangle. 1.2 inches.

a lot more in other areas. there are blizzard warnings up in the red. and as a matter of fact, that blue is still a winter storm warning. and it does technically include, if you're watching in south hill virginia, what this is for is basically blowing snow. they can see a little light snow. but it's blowing snow. that's up until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. no good traveling up to virginia either. you don't want to travel here or there. stay inside and watch wncn tonight. temperatures will go to the 20s outside. windchills, not too drastically different. but cold enough. the 20% are the snow flurries. we clear out. tomorrow we're below freezing in the morning. we'll get some melt going on. there will be shaded roads that never melt tomorrow afternoon with a high of 39. midnight, i paused it. you saw the clouds give way. we'll have clear skies tomorrow. it'll look nice. but 39 for a high. here's the problem, tomorrow

20s again. melt. expect another black ice advisory tomorrow night. and school delays probably on monday. i wouldn't be surprised. i would be surprised if they didn't happen to be honest with you. the next weather maker is a wednesday rain machine but we'll see maybe a shower late tuesday and then that will be it. so tomorrow, 40 in sanford. 41 in 41 in re ford. sunny and cold. 39 rocky mount. where there's definite snow and sleet on the ground, several inches toward the virginia border. eight inches northwest of roxboro. temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. playoff football tomorrow. i wonder if the governor will encourage people not to travel tomorrow afternoon. be careful if you go and you have tickets. clear skies, cold and dry. the forecast for tomorrow, 39 degrees will be the high with the sunshine. don't forget the windchills

windchill at noon. it'll go above freezing and at 5:00, 33. the winds go back below freezing tomorrow night. 21 degrees on monday before you go to work and school. clear and calm, 23, no windchill. then 40s. 50 tuesday with the slight chance of a shower. wednesday is a rain day. and another system skirting to the south could give us rain or maybe some flurries late thursday into friday and look at the warm up next saturday. [ applause ] does that say 56? >> that sure does. that's a little different than today's 32. thanks so much. well snow and ice weren't enough to keep basketball fans at home.

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[ cheering and applause ] >> governor pat mccrory asked fans not to head to pnc arena this afternoon. but as you can tell, not many heeded the governor's advice. for those who saw it, it was a good game, wncn's todd gibson has highlights and reaction. >> reporter: throw the pregame scouting report out the window. duke goes low for baskets when expected to bomb away. nc state goes long and not inside. allen goes for 16 tough points and brandan ingram aids allen. meanwhile state is hot from long range hitting 6 of 9 from beyond the ark. cat barber has 14. the wolf pack shoots 57% in the opening stanza, pack by 7. >> we're moving the ball, making plays, making the right play, it felt good. we were very confident. we're a confident team as well. >> so is duke. after missing 11 of 14 three in the first half, the devils find the range in the final stanza.

on his way to a 25-point outing. duke shares the ball well. matt jones hits a pair of three, the devils are rolling, duke will shoot 71% in the second half. >> it was great. that's something we love to do. it's fun to watch and it's fun to play. we're knocking shots down like that and getting defensive boards it's a great thing to do. >> grayson allen leads all scorers. the wolf pack has no answer for his kamikaze drives. 88-78 duke. >> when everything comes together like that it's a fun way to play. >> we played lights out offensive basketball. it's a big win for us. >> duke snaps a three-game losing skid. in raleigh, todd gibson, wncn sports. breaking news now, the u.n.c virginia tech game in blacksburg virginia has been moved to 3:00 tomorrow the game

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all right. 39 will be the high tomorrow. sunshine. thank you very much. but the low tonight is 22. black ice advisory until noon. please do not go on the roads despite the fact precipitation is pretty much done.

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