3. 56, 25, 46, 21 he, 40, and 3. good luck and play on, america. right now on wral news i'm tracking another wave of winter precipitation. when it arrives and if more of us will see snow when it does. we have a little baby in here that's 5 weeks old and thank god we have gas logs. >> plus trees falling and roads closed. we have team coverage of the winter storm from the tri-angle to the sand hills. live, wral news starts right now. >> thank you for joining us. i'm debra morgan. >> tonight chief meteorologist with a look at weather conditions right now and what we can expect to see overnight. >> our crews have been out all night monitoring conditions across the area. candace, what is in johnson

>> and we will also have coverage in washington dc. >> we have hundreds of closings reported. we also have those scrolling at the bottom of our screen. >> now let's go to greg he. >> we have good news and bad news. the good news is the precipitation is winding down, at least for the time being. the bad news is the colder air is coming down. 26 now. still 33 in fayetteville but you are going to be swinging toward the 20s. and cape hatteras, 56 56 degrees still but those temperatures will be coming down. wind gusting up near 40. winds still gusting to 21 and 22 at raleigh and fayetteville. so with ice on the power lines, even if nothing else is coming down that still has the

imagery. stuff. tomorrow morning the atmosphere will be cold enough for snow and you can see that reflected here in our radar forecast. not much going on for the next few hours but tomorrow morning it will be cold enough for the precipitation to be in the form of light flurries and there could be some light accumulations. but the fact remains we probably will see more winter tomorrow. we'll have more on this crazy weather system and update you on what's going on up north, all that coming up in just a minute. greg, thank you, as greg mentioned the ice is bringing down trees and power lines. 123,000 across the state without power at this hour.

total, number 42,000 people in the dark. that's up from 35,000. 25,000 are without power in johnson county. if you lose power let duke energy know as soon as possible. here's the number you need. 1-800-769-3766. you can also text. ice, of course is an issue in raleigh. ken smith continues our live coverage. >> ken, would you think conditions are getting worse or better? >> well, we have been around the wa coty area for the most part major roads, things are getting a little better on

the problem, secondary roads. some parts have been without power for several hours here. right there, that's the culprit. ice accumulating on these power lines. that's really the problem and here's something else that can happen when ice builds up on power lines. this is the scene on -- where a tree limb came crashing down on top of a transit bus. the tree limb got lodged in the windshield wiper. no one got hurt. crews arrived and removed the

trees started falling around the try tri-angle. one neighbor said it sounded like fire crackers. again, no one was hurt but the falling tree did damage part of a fence and came dangerously close to some nearby homes. a short time later we got another call about a tree falling on centennial campus. not far from centennial parkway. it appears the weight of the ice on the limbs uprooted this tree. but you can see the tree fell in the woods. now, beyond the tree, the other concerns tonight, secondary roads in and around the triangle. crews have been out all night putting down that salt to help drivers with traction. from what we have been able to

roads. traffic is relatively light, especially for a friday night. most people we talked with, they were opting to walk to their destination rather than driving. we're in the 5 point area. ways in raleigh. you can see it is driveable. a lot of that salt has been kicked up. but the main concern really will be those secondary roads, particularly those roads in neighborhoods. now it bears repeating, if you have to be out take it very slowly but if you don't have to be out on these road ways, particularly early tomorrow morning, be careful and stay off these roads. >> live in raleigh, thank you. drivers were stranded for hours on i-40 in johnson county. >> candace sweat joins us live with details of 2 accidents,

other. candace. >> gerald, about half a mile from where we are standing now i-40 was a complete mess for several hours today. as we heard throughout our newscast already, ice was really the culprit of a lot of problems people had today and out here it was no different. just before 7:00, in fact, a deputy who was sitting inside of his cruiser was hit by a suspected drunk driver. if you want to take a look at this video from earlier today. i have confirmed with sheriff with the johnson county sheriff's office that k9 deputy matthew johnson was on i-40. he was diverting traffic for another issue with power lines down. he said that his dog pin to and the sheriff, or the deputy got back into their car and about 30 seconds later a suspected drunk driver hit them on the passenger side. he spun out of control. he was taken to a nearby

to be released soon. as for that male driver, he is currently in custody. we'll bring you details about that as they become available. and johnson's dog pin to is doing just fine. take a look at this video. deputy johnson was helping with this incident before his car was hit on i-40. power lines were down holding up traffic in both directions. officials say they are not 100% sure what caused those power lines to go down but ice has been a big problem. we actually spoke with a couple of friends out in this traffic and said they were trying to get to the canes game. >> i don't want to get a reckless driving ticket by turning around on the highway so i think we're sticking it out but i think we'll get food. maybe show up to the game a little late. >> by the way he said he was

he actually did not stick it out. as soon as we conducted that interview he turned his car around and went the other way and we actually noticed a lot of drivers doing that just not wanting to sit in traffic any longer. is cement like people are not -- it seems like people are not catching a break out here. >> thank you, candace. as we told you earlier, thousands of customers without power tonight. at last check more than 5000 people still without power. our crews caught up with a family trying to make it through the night with a 5 week old baby. >> we made it back to get some candles.

so we have heat in the house. >> the crews are still assessing damage tonight so the number of people without power actually could be higher. the state highway patrol reports nearly 1300 collisions from midnight to 7:00 p.m. we know of 4 traffic related deaths since this weather became a factor, one of them in johnson county this morning. troopers say a pickup truck hit a jackknifed semi. for much of the day it seemed we really dodged a bullet with this storm mainly bringing rain. >> there is concern that those wet roads could freeze overnight. adam. >> gerald, compared to the reports we have seen from our other crews, we are in good shape. we saw rainfall earlier in the evening but that does cause other problems.

trees and those branches out here that could not handle that, they broke and fell to the ground. at times that cut elect electricity to thousands of customers. you could hear the limbs breaking. we do have more ingredients for more concerns. it's quite wet around here. if it gets cold enough we could see more issues. the roads look okay for the most part. still, take it easy out there. our crews will be monitoring conditions throughout the night.

-- for complete coverage on the conditions along with our team of reporters in the field. >> still to come tonight, the winter storm hitting here is significantly more to the north of us. plus we will have a report from washington dc where they could still break records from

and as we welcome back to our live coverage of this storm. you are looking live at roxboro. you can see the flag flying there. not a soul on the road and that's a good thing. the snowstorm forced emergency declarations in 6 states, including north carolina. >> in our nations capital people are being told to get where they need to be and stay there. >> the snow in washington dc is pretty but officials warn it could get ugly. >> this is a 36 hour storm. >> the storm could dump as much as 3 feet of snow on the nation's capital. >> this is where it's really cranking.

philly and long island. >> the storm has already been blamed for deaths in north care and tennessee. >> one of the most important things for me is to make sure we don't lose anybody. >> most drivers are listening to the call to stay off the road. this family ventured out on foot. >> we came to have dinner with our neighbors so we thought we would walk because that was the better option. >> jersey shore is bracing for coastal flooding. the storm company insides -- coincides. >> this is going to be a big storm. >> airlines have canceled more than 3500 flights for saturday. this storm will impact more than 80 million people. when the ice started to

the limbs to fall down. this caused significant damage. husband and wife and their son were in the house at the time. fortunately they were not hurt. >> i actually thought a train jumped the track over there. it was so loud it shook the whole house. then when i came out to take a look i saw the tree. >> what's the plan now? moving forward, what are you going to do? >> survive. that's about it. >> do you have anywhere to stay, anywhere to go. >> no. >> boy, your heart aches for these people. we are told the red cross did step in and help this family for the next few days. >> i'm sure their neighbors will help them because that's just what we do during these times in times of crisis. >> neighbor helping neighbor. >> yeah. >> exactly. and i couldn't help but hope there that governor kristy is

nowhere near as bad as some of the other storms. sandsy is a high benchmark but the kind of winds and coastal flooding they could have, it's probably not going to damage a lot of structures but they could have flooding up there. >> full moon at the same time. they are not getting a break. >> exactly. that's going to go on for a while. we'll show you what that looks like in just a few minutes on our computer model but first we're going to start off with a radar and you can see that the significant precipitation has moved off to the north and east right now. if you look back to the west you can see the first echos just to the west of moore county. i believe that's out around briscoe. so that activity is already beginning to swing eastward. so it looks like we will begin

activity as we head to morning. the numbers at the airport now 26 degrees. it was up close to the freezing mark earlier, certainly not more and with the wind becoming more north and northwesterly those temperatures will come down even more. as we take a look now at the temperatures around the area, again, these are current temperatures. it is still 62 at hatter us with winds gusting to 40. continuing to intensify. it's not moving very quickly and that that doesn't bode well for the folks up north. the dark greens indicate where the moisture is the deepest so we put this into motion and you will notice that the dark green starts to come back over us so we're going to be in that wrap around area.

part of the afternoon you can see the moisture starts to military in and come -- filter in. the good news is that by the time we get to sunday morning finally the storm makes a definitive move and we enjoy a full compliment of temperatures on sunday. we think they will get milder. here's the radar projection. here comes the activity from the west giving us a chance of light snow and flurries tomorrow. so for the rest of tonight windy and cold. a chance of some flurries redeveloping by morning. tomorrow, cloudy, windsy, cold with temperatures only getting up to around the freezing mark. but huge improvements as we head toward sundays. lots of sunshine and 40. and for the panthers game

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aways by the canes. jt miller scores to make it 3- 1, then whips on a pass. miller takes it away and puts the game away. 4-1 rangers the final. >> i thought we were -- right off the bat i think we shot ourselves in the foot on the goals. we turned them over and they countered and scored. we can't do that. >> two unassisted goals on the night and one we turned over. so they were quicker on the fore check. they established their lead early. >> the canes are back home sunday to face the flames. ken med lynn. nc state officials say their game against duke will be played tomorrow. duke has lost 3 consecutive sec games to unranked teams.

nc state coming off a win against pittsburgh. only play 6 or 7 guys. >> we have got some tough match up issues with them because they play 4 guards and they really have a point guard and a post player and a bunch of players in between them. but we hope we are a tough match up for them, too. >> sometimes inclement weather forces the panthers to practice in a convention center. today decided they were going to practice in the outdoor elements. it was so cold the coach's whistle froze. many of the players wore smiles in the snow but once it became business, they all became serious. >> they were focused in on what

for a couple of guys making snow angels out there. >> all business sunday night at 6:40 as the panthers host the cardinals. i will be there. also on wral sunday afternoon at 3:00 will be the broncos and the paiots. >> final 4 football style. we have some breaking news out there. raleigh police working a crash utility pole. folks if you have to go out, the roads are still very slick.

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