Flooding closes down some streets in WNC
Flooding closes down some streets in WNC
Taggart Houck monitored severe weather in Rutherford County, North Carolina, on Thursday.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY ALL DAY.HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING NOW?TAGGART: IN SOME SENSE, A LITTLEBIT OF RELIEF AROUND HERE.THE RAIN IS STILL GOING AND HASBEEN PRETTY CONSISTENTTHROUGHOUT THE DAY.AS FAR AS THE FLOODING ISCONSIDERED, WE HAVE SEEN A LOTLESS OF THAT.THIS IS MOUNTAIN CREEK.YOU CAN SEE IT IS STILL MOVINGPRETTY QUICKLY, BUT CONTAINED TOTHAT SECTION.IF WE ZOOM OUT HERE, THIS ENTIREPROPERTY RIGHT PAST MOUNTAINCREEK WAS UNDERWATER TODAY.IF YOU CAN SEE THAT HOUSE OUTTHERE, IT WAS REALLY UP TO THEBASE OF THAT HOUSE.THAT WAS REALLY AT ABOUT 1:30TH AFTERNOON.HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RECESSIONOF WATER SINCE THAT POINT.JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE WEARE ON MAPLE CREEK ROAD, ONMILLER ROAD, JUST ABOUT .75 OF AMILE DOWN THAT WAY, SEVEREFLOODING STILL COMING FROM AMOUNTAIN CREEK.WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE WE AREGOING TO THROW UP A JUST GIVEYOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKEDLIKE.IN SOME PARTS, THAT ENTIREBRIDGE COMPLETELY COVERED WITHWATER.WE DROVE DOWN ABOUT 30 MINUTESAGO.THAT WATER HAS SINCE BEEN FULLYCLEARED.IT IS NOW FULLY UNDER THEBRIDGE, AND I WOULD SAY AT LEASTA COUPLE OF FEET UNDER THEBRIDGE.THAT IS JUST HOW MUCH OF A RISEIN WATER LEVELS WE WERE TALKINGABOUT HERE.AS FAR AS RESOURCES FO PEOPLE,THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS ASHELTER OPEN AT SECOND BAPTISTCHURCH.THEY SAID THEY WERE EXPECTINGSOME FOLKS TO COME IN TODAY.THAT IS WHEN WE TALK TO THEMEARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON.WE ARE TOLD THERE ARE STILL FOURROADWAYS CLOSE IN RUTHERFORDTON.POWER OUTAGES, DUKE ENERGYREPORTING THAT 32 CUSTOMERSWITHOUT POWER AT THIS POINT.
