Heavy winds, severe storms slam Northern Counties
TOMORROW MORNING. I'LL SHOW
YOU HOW LONG THEY'LL STICK
AROUND COMING UP. OKAY. AMY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO AS AMY
WAS JUST DESCRIBING, THERE ARE
NORTHERN COUNTIES REALLY FELT
THE WRATH OF TODAY'S WEATHER AS
DOWNED TREES HERE TOPPLED ON
TOP OF CARS ON TOP OF HOMES AND
ALSO ACROSS STREETS. TAKE A
LOOK AT THESE MASSIVE TREES
HERE.
>> WRAL'S WILL LEAD AND ALL YOU
GOT TO THE SCENE THERE IN
HENDERSON. JOINING US THERE
LIVE WILL LEAD TO DAMAGE IS
CONSIDERABLE.
>> YES, IT DOES LEAD. I MEAN,
TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. LOOK
AT THIS TREE. THIS IS A
MASSIVE, VERY OLD TREE THAT
FELL ONTO A HOME IN CARS HERE.
I SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF THIS
HOUSE AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THE
STORM LASTED LESS THAN 5
MINUTES. AND THIS IS THE DAMAGE
THAT HAPPENED IN LESS THAN 5
MINUTES. THIS JUST SHOWS HOW
QUICKLY THINGS CAN CHANGE IN
THESE HOT, HUMID TEMPERATURES.
NOW WANT TO TAKE YOU TO SOME
PHOTOS THAT ARE COMING TO US
OUT OF ROANOKE RAPIDS. THIS IS
ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM WHERE
WE ARE HERE IN HENDERSON.
YOU CAN SEE THE DEVASTATING
EFFECTS THAT WEATHER TOOK IN
THAT AREA. I SPOKE TO A WOMAN
IN ROANOKE RAPIDS WHO WAS AT
HER SON'S BALLGAME WHEN THAT
SEVERE WEATHER CAME THROUGH.
>> WIND RAIN ALL CAME OUT OF
NOWHERE. IT LITERALLY FELT LIKE
IT WAS GOING TO FLIP THE CAR
EVER. SO THE TREES IN FRONT OF
US ARE JUST LIKE BEN AND
HAVE BEEN IF WE ALL START ON
THE FLIGHT OF THE BALL FIELD,
THAT WAS A TON OF US WITH THAT.
A LOT OF GAMES GOING ON.
>> OFFICIALS AND THESE NORTHERN
COUNTIES RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE
STAY OFF OF THESE ROADS TO GET
THOSE EMERGENCY CREWS A CHANCE