from st. paul. impacts from the recent winter storm lasting into the week. an update on close closings. and millions digging out. the impacts from the record-breaking missouri. and how some neighbors are using lottery winnings to change the lives of those in their community thanks for joining us. what a change in the weather. lots of sunshine today. lots of ice and snow melting. bill reh told us it would be sunny. >> yeah. it did a good job. it did not melt everything. you know you will be talking about school closings. a beautiful day. the sun has gone down. beautiful skyline. 39 degrees right now. we continue the melt even after the sunset and high pressure has moved in over us. the winds are light.

long night ahead, we are going to get very, very cold again. that's the bad news. so the slush and the stuff that's around is going to refreeze. right now we are 39 in raleigh, 41 fayetteville, 34 louisberg. as we put these numbers through the night you are going to see them drop into the 20s by the time you head out this morning. there is going to be icy spots on roads. tomorrow afternoon back in the upper 40s. the forecast hour by hour for tonight 38 degrees at 7:00. still some melting. 35 at 8:00. between eight and nine we go back below freezing and we will income the 20s. overnight tonight, hey, there could be a little bit of fog, maybe if there is enough moisture close to the ground. areas where there is sleet and snow on the ground. otherwise, mostly clear. cold tomorrow morning. 20s south hill. virginia 23. raleigh 27. 24 rocky mountain. it's going to freeze tonight.

officially there is no black ice advisory. that doesn't mean there won't be black ice on spots of the roads. be very careful out there. well, despite the melt ag cross most of the area, several schools have canceled class for tomorrow. so far wake, durham, orange, chapel hill, carrboro, chatum, vance, franklin and person county schools are closed. also wake tech. be sure to check wncn.com and your wncn news now mobile app for updates. we expect them to be coming in through the night. traditional calendar students in wake and durham counties have class on monday, february 15. year round students on tracks one, two, three have classes on saturday, april 2nd. despite the thawing, several

area remain without power tonight. in spring lake dozens of residents have been in the dark since friday. wncn's nate rogers caught up with some of them. >> reporter: no power. folks freezing inside of their homes. having to throw away food. that's what many residents in spring lake are experiencing since friday night's storm. >> i was on my computer playing with one of my games and we lost power and that was it. kept thinking it would come back on. >> reporter: two days later, still no relief after friday's freezing rain covered power lines with ice. residents still without power sunday morning. every home here in the 1600 block of present drive in spring lake impacted. >> it's been missouri ms -- miserable. wrap up in a blanket. >> i can't do nothing. i can't watch the football game, you know. i can't eat. >> reporter: we spotted crews

officials say first workers must remove tree limbs. they will then repair the line and hopefully restore service. >> it's frustrating because when i called friday they said that dispatched a crew out here to make the repairs and they never game. >> reporter: he says his power went out saturday. compared to his neighbors facing the third day without electricity, it's not the end of the worldability i got a truck. if i get cold, i sit in the truck. >> reporter: as crews work, it's unknown when power will be back on. duke energy says they hope to have everything restored by 12 noon tomorrow. nate rogers, wncn news now. well, this was scene after a broken water main forced the closure after section of wade avenue between dixie trail and brooks avenue for several hours today. it happened about 8:00 this morning. wade avenue re-opened about 2:00 this afternoon. and check this out.

truck and an ambulance got stuck on the ice while responding to a call at a local apartment complex. crews with wake forest fire department and ems tried a shovel, pick and sand but the trucks wouldn't budge. another emergency crew had to respond to the call and a tow truck was finally used to get the ambulance and fire truck out of the lot. the durham rescue mission continues their warm shelter operation tonight and tomorrow. more than 400 men, women and children have been staying there each night this winter storm. more than 30 had to sleep on the floor. we talked with one man. he says the snow finally drove him it to go to the shelter. he plans not only to spend the night but enroll in his recovery program. >> my past has the not been that great. i come here to change my life and turn my life around for the better and to get out of the

weather, you know, to better myself. and these people here, it's available and they do help a lot of people. >> the durham rescue mission says it cost $2.05 to provide a meal and it could use donations of both money and food. well, a live look behind me at times square. a much different scene than last night. millions are digging their way out. highway crews are plowing. some air travelers are still stuck with thousands of flights canceled. nbc's jennifer johnson has the latest. >> reporter: the sounds of recovery as the dig-out from the monster blizzard begins. blue skies and quiet winds a welcome change from the whiteout that paralyzed millions. >> it's not that heavy wet stuff. it's really not that bad cleaning up. >> reporter: it will be days before life gets back to normal. tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of cars need to be removed from highways from pennsylvania to kentucky. hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. >> there is a great deal of work

to conduct damage assessment and recover from a weather event of this severity. >> reporter: new york's airports are open, but the two washington area airports remain closed. rail service along theeast coast is limited. coastal flooding is improving. governors are still urging people to stay off the roads. >> the travel ban has been lifted. that does not mean people should go out and take a ride and see the sights. >> reporter: in virginia, a buried fire hydrant hamperedders to save this house. this church in pennsylvania and the washington redskins training facility, a friendly snowfall in dupont circle, sledding around the u.s. capitol, a paralyzed east coast is finally moving again. hundreds of schools are canceled classes for monday and congress has canceled votes scheduled for tuesday and wednesday postponing

jennifer johnson, nbc news washington. >> that is incredible. on the political front the iowa caucuses are just over a week away and the candidates are working to grow and solidify their support. we have also learned there is chance a third-party candidate could enter the fray. dan shen man has the story. >> reporter: donald trump started his day at church as he tries to build support at evangelicals. >> what does your presbyterian faith mean to you. >> reporter: he attended service one day after he made a surprising claim about his popularity. >> i could stand in the middle of 50 avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose voters, okay? it's like increasessable. >> reporter: ted cruz, who has been in a tight battle, made light of the remark i. have no intention of shooting anybody in this campaign. >> reporter: it's been great for "saturday night live." >> we turn on the knows and are

because we have been replaced by immigrants. >> reporter: meanwhile, the democrats are looking at the possibility that billionaire and former new york mayor michael bloomberg could enter the race. experts believe that would only happen if trump, cruz, or sanders are nominees. >> well, i am going to relieve him of that problem and get the nomination. he doesn't have to. >> reporter: polls have clinton running neck in neck with bernie sanders in iowa while cruz and trump continue to battle for the gop lead. dan shen man, nbc news. still to come tonight we will preview the nfc championship game between the panthers and cardinals. plus, how a not so big win in the lottery is bringing a johnston county community closer together. great to see the sunshine. you can see the time lapse. temperatures will go back below

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this started as $1 billion dream for several people in johnston county and ended with a act of kindness. wncn's lauren half lin has our story. >> everybody was excited about trying to win. >> reporter: so excited that several people in clayton, each put in $10. with more than $5,000 in hand, they bought several lottery tickets the which they hoped would up their chances of winning. >> tonight's jackpot is approaching. >> reporter: they didn't win the billion dollars, but they did win over 300. too little to div i have up, they decided. their plan. donate it. days later in the same community clayton firefighters responded to this home. as you can see, the blaze gutted it. >> i thought we had -- we didn't have anything. >> reporter: ten-year-old isaiah johnson, his mom and younger brother weren't home at the time but their belongings were destroyed.

>> we have decided to give her all the money that is left over from the winnings. >> reporter: community members donated all of this. >> clothes and food and water and all kinds of gift cards and money. >> reporter: for a tight-knit community they didn't think twice about it. >> it felt great to help my friend out. >> help them get back to some form of normalcy in their lives and rebuild from pretty much a total loss of everything they own in their home. >> reporter: for isaiah an his family, they couldn't be more thankful. >> i was really grateful. at first i thought we lost it all, and then we got some new stuff. >> such great generosity from the community there into here this is another remarkable story. this making the rounds on social media. a gainesville, florida police officer responding to a noise complaint over kids playing basketball ended up joining the game. the story gets better from there.

kids he would bring backup next time. basketball legend shaquille o'neal showed up. police say shaq specifically said he wanted to keep the visit quiet to surprise the kids and officer white. take a look the that. shaq playing basketball right there in gainesville. pretty cool stuff there. well, speaking of basketball, the tar heels pulled off their 11th straight win in blacksburg, virginia. the game against virginia tech bass moved 3:00 because of the weather. second ranked unc is 7-0 in acc play and 18-2 on the year. johnson 19 point and 17 rebounds in a 75-70 win. up next unc hosts boston college. we are only about 20 minutes away from the nfc championship game in charlotte. the panthers are gearing up to take the field with tens of thousands of fans ready to cheer them on. wncn's todd gibson is in the middle of all the excitement. he has our story from charlotte.

being cooped up, panthers fans are ready to cheer their team on to super bowl 50. carolina fans are even more stoked than normal. a trip to the super bowl is riding in the balance. happy it be out of the house. >> it was terrible the last two days. cooped up in the house and couldn't go nowhere. but i was good. i had something to eat. now i'm here. >> reporter: did cat man say eat? yes, food is aplenty as tailgaters gather with family and friends. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: this group has ban getting together for every home game. >> having my family and friends right here with us. fellowship. tailgate. >> reporter: fans young and old have been waiting for this game ever since the panthers dispatched the seahawks a week ago. kayden got his face painted. >> because i wanted to cheer for the panthers. >> reporter: the queen city is alive. in fact, the panthers have

their magical season. >> great time to be a panthers fan. >> reporter: we will know for sure in about four hours. in charlotte, todd gibson, wncn news now. >> looks like fun. senators tillis and mccain have made a friendly wager. the wager requires the senator representing the losing team to deliver a speech congratulating the nfc champion and wishing them a super bowl victory. the bet requires the senator representing the losing team to wear a tie of the nfc champion's team colors during the speech. so get out your panthers gear, john mccain, right? we hope so. i like when they do the bets for the food. north carolina barbecue versus arizona? maybe that's why. i don't know. maybe that's why. >> not so sure. >> all right. 39 degrees right now. skies are clear. it was a beautiful day. it was a beautiful day.

to go out and play in some of that snow again. rays of sunshine tomorrow. >> seven. >> we are going to see mostly sunny skies. tomorrow a seven on the clouds. another beautiful day after a cold start. right now 32 in louisberg, 33 south hill, virginia, 34 roxboro. 39 in raleigh, 37 durham, 41 fayetteville, 33 in rocky mount. that mid january sun got us warm after a cold start. you could see the clear skies we are going to have tonight. all in all, kind of quiet the next couple of days across the area. our next weather maker is not in here until wednesday, and it won't be a frozen weather maker. so that's good news. hourly forecast then. clear skies at 9:00. 29 degrees. we should go down below freezing between 8 and 9 tonight. they are we are going to drop to 23 tomorrow morning. now, remember there is no

but any moisture on the roadways, obviously, unless they have got a ton of salt on them, will freeze. the side roads in the neighborhoods is going to put a kink in those. still covered this afternoon completely with snow and sleet. that's not going anywhere. a slow start tomorrow morning. 39 at nine. after 9:00 temperatures above freezing. the melt will be back o i don't have any wind chills until tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow 49 at 3:00 following a high of 50 in ralleigh, 50 in durham, and 53 in fayetteville. there is the high pressure system over us. calm conditions. tomorrow south breeze with mostly sunny skies and 50 degrees. tomorrow night into tuesday morning i have got a low close to freezing, but that's not going to do much for the roads. 32 briefly . we will cloud things up. i am going to keep tuesday dry

mechanism until tuesday night. tuesday night into wednesday morning rain will be likely as the front settles in and we will see rain chances through the daytime hours on wednesday. and then once again that is our next weather maker. it's in liquid form. after a cold night tonight. tomorrow will be nice in the afternoon. mostly sunny. sand sandyford 51. 53 fayetteville. 51 smithfield and benson. 49 in wilson. 48 in rocky mount. 47 in roanoke rapids. how about a 50 in the triangle. on the virginia border counties 47 south hill, virginia. 49 henderson. and 48 in roxboro. did mention maybe, trying to pick up a little moisture the first couple hundred feet in the atmosphere. with calm conditions tonight, maybe a little fog for some spots in the morning. otherwise, mostly clear. 23 degrees. tomorrow will be 50. once again clear and calm at 8 a.m.

we will be melting at noon and mostly sunny at 5:00. tomorrow -- tuesday's gonna be the mildest day. 56 degrees. wednesday that's your rainy day. see the dot, dot, dot? i have rainy time after midnight. when you head out to work or school wednesday morning, rain will be around, rain will be likely, temperatures in the 40s. then on thursday we could see a little bit of rain from a southern system. that little chance of rain might give a few flakes of snow north. that's about it. we are not looking at a winter system. it will be a chilly rain on thursday. friday we clear out and, yeah, you're not deceiving yourself. yesterday we had saturday sunny and 56. i kept that the same. and sunday a week from today will be near 60. this is not, you know, at least -- at least we erred on the right side. i was thinking with the snow on the ground, maybe the airport scraped it away. that reflects. it's hard to get out of the 30s. i went the 39. the high today was 47.

duke home care and hospice, a day off from that. $1,900. and tomorrow we will be close enough to 50 that you will get another hundred dollars. >> sound good. we will take close to 50-60 next sunday. that's beautiful. >> quite a difference. >> thank you. the snow, sleet, and salt on the roadways are making a mess out of your car and it's probably cold to wash it. stay with us. coming up next the business

students could solve s -- that this coming week is triangle restaurant week. restaurants will offer special three-course menu options and fixed pricing starting at $15. in all, 100 restaurants are participating. great opportunity to try new places. is your car filthy from the snow, sleet and salt on the roadways but you're too busy and it's too cold to wash it yourself? a business started by unc

an on demand waterless carwash. mike gonzalez shows us why waterless buddies is what's next. >> we spray it on the car, wyche it off with a microfiber towel and it protects the car. it won't scratch. it's eco-friendly. >> reporter: spawned from a childhood of washing cars for extra cash, waterless buddies is a waterless on demand carwash run by two unc chapel hill seniors. >> they tell us where they are, what car they have. their license plate. things like that. they can pay right online. then our buddies go out, wash the car where they packed. we send you a before and after picture. >> it's good to get the car wet first. randy buffs it out. >> reporter: usen an -- using eco-friendly spray. they are looking to expand. >> if you need some flexible

it's an easy way do it. >> reporter: it typically takes 15 minutes to a half hour. along with saving you time, it also saves you water. >> we save 45 gallons of water per wash. we have saved several thousand gallons of water. >> reporter: they say they can wash anything. >> we drove a car that drove from new york to north carolina during a snowstorm. it had snow, like the salt, the grit, everything. took a lot of elbow grease and time. >> reporter: for what's next i am mike gonzalez, wncn news now. >> definitely a lot of people could use that about now. a wash cost $20 for a sedan, 23 for an suv or truck. for more information on how to

buddy yourself visit our and bill's back. i am definitely liking the temperatures this coming week. >> we don't have a snowstorm in the forecast. we have temperatures. you don't see the low, but it's gonna be 23. watch for areas of black ice even though there is no official advisory. tomorrow 50. mid 50s tuesday. rain on wednesday. next weekend looks wonderful. >> beautiful. thank you so much for joining us.

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