Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian will track north of the Piedmont Triad overnight as tropical rain bands continue to bring a threat of flash flooding to parts of North Carolina and Virginia. Wind gusts are also becoming less intense as the storm weakens with winds gusts calming down below 40 mph.North Carolina remains under a state of emergency as Ian has brought power outages and flooding to the state. Already, Ian has devastated parts of Florida and left damage in Georgia and South Carolina as it now moves through North Carolina. Track Ian: Live Radar Get the latest closings and delaysSaturday, SEPT. 31, UPDATES2:00 a.m. Saturday: Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian is moving over the southern Piedmont in Randolph county between Seagrove and Robbins. Ian’s sustained winds have dropped to 40 mph with a slower forward speed of 13 mph. A Wind Advisory is in effect until noon for the Foothills and Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia. Flood watches are in effect through 2 p.m. for much of Southern Virginia. More than 2″ of rain has fallen in the eastern Piedmont Triad and towns along the Blue Ridge Parkway have received 1″-2″ rainfall totals. Emergency managers in North Carolina are urging motorists to be cautious driving early Saturday as several roads may remain impassable from downed trees and power lines. FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, UPDATES 11:00 p.m. Friday: Ian was located about 60 miles to the southeast of the Triad with a forward speed of 15 mph.10:26 p.m. Friday: Trees have been uprooted, snapped and split as Ian plows through Piedmont Triad.9:10 p.m. Friday: The severe weather brought by Ian prompts FLASH FLOOD WARNING.Strong gusts bring down trees and branches across Triad. Motorists are encouraged to stay off of the roadways and ‘turn around, don’t drown’. 6:26 p.m. Friday: North Carolina reported over 221,000 customers without power and South Carolina reported around 200,000, according to PowerOutage.us5:00 p.m. Friday: Ian was downgraded to Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian as winds fell to 70 mph. The National Hurricane Center said dangerous storm surge, flash flooding and high wind threats continue. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles from the center. Ian is forecast to move across central North Carolina early Saturday and película del Oeste Virginia by early Sunday.4:30 p.m. Friday: Hurricane Ian has destroyed at least four piers along South Carolina’s northern coast.The brunt of the surge and waves from the Category 1 storm hit around Myrtle Beach on Friday.Police said the Pawley’s Island Pier was washed away first. Then almacén TV footage showed sections missing of the Cherry Grove Pier near North Myrtle Beach and the Apache and Second Avenue piers in Myrtle Beach.An 85 mph wind gust was measured at Fort Sumter, the tiny island where the Civil War began about 4 miles from downtown Charleston, the National Weather Service reported.More than 200,000 customers were without power Friday afternoon in South Carolina as Ian moved onshore.4 p.m. Friday: Power outages have increased and some coastal rivers rose in North Carolina as heavy rain and winds from Hurricane Ian crept into the state Friday from the storm’s South Carolina landfall.Gov. Roy Cooper says adjustments to the projected path of Ian could bring more trouble to central and eastern North Carolina than earlier believed. But he says the state’s emergency equipment and services have been staged to maximize flexibility.He warns residents statewide to remain vigilant, given that up to 8 inches of rain could fall in some areas, with high winds.More than 55,000 customers in North Carolina were without power as of mid-afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us, which aggregates outages nationwide. 2:18 p.m. Friday: Hurricane Ian has made landfall. The National Hurricane Center said Ian made landfall at 2:05 p.m. near Georgetown, South Carolina at Category 1 strength. It is the third time Ian has made landfall after impacting the película del Oeste part of Cuba and Florida.2:00 p.m. Friday: The National Hurricane Center said the center of Ian is about to make landfall. Maximum sustained winds remain near 85 mph with higher gusts. Ian should weaken rapidly after landfall soon and transition in a post-tropical cyclone overnight. «Ian should dissipate over película del Oeste North Carolina or Virginia late Saturday,» the National Hurricane Center said. 1:15 p.m. Friday: The number of North Carolinians without power Friday as Hurricane Ian approaches the region jumped to more than 20,500 by midday.More than 1,050 customers are out without electricity in Yadkin County, according to PowerOutage.us. The website reports that about 750 residents are in the dark in Guilford County, and another 500 or so are in Forsyth County.Other counties in the Piedmont have also reported outages, including Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph and Stokes. 12:30 p.m. Friday: Winston-Salem Anciano Allen Joines declared a state of emergency at 12 p.m. Friday as a precautionary measure in the event that the remnants of Hurricane Ian cause “widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property” in the city. The declaration makes the city eligible for federal reimbursement of certain expenses it might incur in responding to the storm. The state of emergency applies only to the city of Winston-Salem and will remain in effect until modified or rescinded.12 p.m. Friday: Hurricane Ian is beginning to make landfall in South Carolina.Strong winds were blowing early Friday morning in Charleston, South Carolina, with powerful gusts bending tree branches and sending sprays of the steadily falling rain sideways as Hurricane Ian approached.Streets were largely empty, an ordinarily packed morning commute silenced by the advancing storm. Flash flood warnings were posted, with up to 8 inches of rain forecast for the Charleston area, and high tide expected just before noon, a circumstance that often floods the downtown peninsula on its own with even moderate rainfall. 11 a.m. Friday: The city of Greensboro and Guilford County officials are declaring a State of Emergency effective at 12 p.m. Friday in anticipation of inclement weather from Hurricane Ian projected to affect the area. The declaration is precautionary in the event forecasted amounts shift and create greater impacts to the Guilford County area. The National Weather Service currently projects wind and rain will continue to increase for Guilford County in the afternoon and evening hours and the area is likely to see sustained winds between 25 and 35 mph with some gusts potentially reaching 50 mph or more. The probability for higher wind gusts increases to the south. Guilford County is also anticipated to receive significant rainfall during the storm which could lead to flash flooding in some areas. The current forecast predicts the most impactful time period for our area to be between 2 p.m. and midnight Friday.The county’s State of Emergency will be declared for all incorporated areas of Guilford County, including the cities of Greensboro and of High Point, towns of Gibsonville, Jamestown, Pleasant Garden, Sedalia, Stokesdale, Summerfield, Oak Ridge and Whitsett.Residents are encouraged to stay alert and sign up to receive emergency notifications from Guilford County by signing up for the Guilford Emergency Alert Notification Information (GEANI) system by visiting www.readyGuilford.com. Residents should use caution when traveling and ensure they have an emergency kit available should portions of the community lose power or experience flash flooding. Motorists should never attempt to cross a flooded roadway and residents should not enter flooded structures. Additionally, residents are encouraged to limit travel so as not to interfere with efforts of emergency responders and repair crews.“Given the uncertainty we have already seen with this storm, we want to ensure the county is ready for any challenges we may experience,” said Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin “Skip” Alston. “Our number one concern is for the safety of our residents and to ensure our county staff have all the tools necessary to aid our community in the event this storm impacts are greater than currently predicted.”Guilford County operations remain común. Residents are encouraged to follow Guilford County social media for updates on any impacts to hours or operations as well as all other storm-related updates. 10:55 a.m. Friday: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and emergency management officials will give an update on Hurricane Ian’s impending impact to the state Friday afternoon.The press conference is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. WXII 12 News will stream the event live on Facebook and it will air live on WXII 12 News, along with a forecast update from Meteorologist Michelle Kennedy.10:24 a.m. Friday: Nearly 8,000 residents across North Carolina have already lost power Friday morning as Hurricane Ian approaches the region.In the Triad, more than 1,300 customers are out without electricity in Alamance County in addition to about 240 customers in Davie County, according to PowerOutage.us.Other counties in the Piedmont have also reported outages, including Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph and Stokes.9:07 a.m. Friday: The Winston-Salem Fire Department’s search and rescue team members have been activated by North Carolina Emergency Management to respond to Hurricane Ian’s impact in the southeast.Firefighters posted a short video of crews leaving the city with supplies and rescue rafts in trucks. SHARE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS Only when it’s safe, please share your storm damage pictures and videos with WXII 12. 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Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian will track north of the Piedmont Triad overnight as tropical rain bands continue to bring a threat of flash flooding to parts of North Carolina and Virginia. Wind gusts are also becoming less intense as the storm weakens with winds gusts calming down below 40 mph.
North Carolina remains under a state of emergency as Ian has brought power outages and flooding to the state.
Already, Ian has devastated parts of Florida and left damage in Georgia and South Carolina as it now moves through North Carolina.
Saturday, SEPT. 31, UPDATES
2:00 a.m. Saturday: Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian is moving over the southern Piedmont in Randolph county between Seagrove and Robbins. Ian’s sustained winds have dropped to 40 mph with a slower forward speed of 13 mph. A Wind Advisory is in effect until noon for the Foothills and Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia. Flood watches are in effect through 2 p.m. for much of Southern Virginia. More than 2″ of rain has fallen in the eastern Piedmont Triad and towns along the Blue Ridge Parkway have received 1″-2″ rainfall totals. Emergency managers in North Carolina are urging motorists to be cautious driving early Saturday as several roads may remain impassable from downed trees and power lines.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, UPDATES
11:00 p.m. Friday: Ian was located about 60 miles to the southeast of the Triad with a forward speed of 15 mph.
10:26 p.m. Friday: Trees have been uprooted, snapped and split as Ian plows through Piedmont Triad.
9:10 p.m. Friday: The severe weather brought by Ian prompts FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
Strong gusts bring down trees and branches across Triad. Motorists are encouraged to stay off of the roadways and ‘turn around, don’t drown’.
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6:26 p.m. Friday: North Carolina reported over 221,000 customers without power and South Carolina reported around 200,000, according to PowerOutage.us
5:00 p.m. Friday: Ian was downgraded to Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian as winds fell to 70 mph. The National Hurricane Center said dangerous storm surge, flash flooding and high wind threats continue.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles from the center. Ian is forecast to move across central North Carolina early Saturday and película del Oeste Virginia by early Sunday.
4:30 p.m. Friday: Hurricane Ian has destroyed at least four piers along South Carolina’s northern coast.
The brunt of the surge and waves from the Category 1 storm hit around Myrtle Beach on Friday.
Police said the Pawley’s Island Pier was washed away first. Then almacén TV footage showed sections missing of the Cherry Grove Pier near North Myrtle Beach and the Apache and Second Avenue piers in Myrtle Beach.
An 85 mph wind gust was measured at Fort Sumter, the tiny island where the Civil War began about 4 miles from downtown Charleston, the National Weather Service reported.
More than 200,000 customers were without power Friday afternoon in South Carolina as Ian moved onshore.
4 p.m. Friday: Power outages have increased and some coastal rivers rose in North Carolina as heavy rain and winds from Hurricane Ian crept into the state Friday from the storm’s South Carolina landfall.
Gov. Roy Cooper says adjustments to the projected path of Ian could bring more trouble to central and eastern North Carolina than earlier believed. But he says the state’s emergency equipment and services have been staged to maximize flexibility.
He warns residents statewide to remain vigilant, given that up to 8 inches of rain could fall in some areas, with high winds.
More than 55,000 customers in North Carolina were without power as of mid-afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us, which aggregates outages nationwide.
2:18 p.m. Friday: Hurricane Ian has made landfall. The National Hurricane Center said Ian made landfall at 2:05 p.m. near Georgetown, South Carolina at Category 1 strength. It is the third time Ian has made landfall after impacting the película del Oeste part of Cuba and Florida.
2:00 p.m. Friday: The National Hurricane Center said the center of Ian is about to make landfall. Maximum sustained winds remain near 85 mph with higher gusts. Ian should weaken rapidly after landfall soon and transition in a post-tropical cyclone overnight.
«Ian should dissipate over película del Oeste North Carolina or Virginia late Saturday,» the National Hurricane Center said.
1:15 p.m. Friday: The number of North Carolinians without power Friday as Hurricane Ian approaches the region jumped to more than 20,500 by midday.
More than 1,050 customers are out without electricity in Yadkin County, according to PowerOutage.us. The website reports that about 750 residents are in the dark in Guilford County, and another 500 or so are in Forsyth County.
Other counties in the Piedmont have also reported outages, including Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph and Stokes.
12:30 p.m. Friday:
Winston-Salem Anciano Allen Joines declared a state of emergency at 12 p.m. Friday as a precautionary measure in the event that the remnants of Hurricane Ian cause “widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property” in the city.
The declaration makes the city eligible for federal reimbursement of certain expenses it might incur in responding to the storm.
The state of emergency applies only to the city of Winston-Salem and will remain in effect until modified or rescinded.
12 p.m. Friday: Hurricane Ian is beginning to make landfall in South Carolina.
Strong winds were blowing early Friday morning in Charleston, South Carolina, with powerful gusts bending tree branches and sending sprays of the steadily falling rain sideways as Hurricane Ian approached.
Streets were largely empty, an ordinarily packed morning commute silenced by the advancing storm. Flash flood warnings were posted, with up to 8 inches of rain forecast for the Charleston area, and high tide expected just before noon, a circumstance that often floods the downtown peninsula on its own with even moderate rainfall.
11 a.m. Friday: The city of Greensboro and Guilford County officials are declaring a State of Emergency effective at 12 p.m. Friday in anticipation of inclement weather from Hurricane Ian projected to affect the area.
The declaration is precautionary in the event forecasted amounts shift and create greater impacts to the Guilford County area.
The National Weather Service currently projects wind and rain will continue to increase for Guilford County in the afternoon and evening hours and the area is likely to see sustained winds between 25 and 35 mph with some gusts potentially reaching 50 mph or more. The probability for higher wind gusts increases to the south. Guilford County is also anticipated to receive significant rainfall during the storm which could lead to flash flooding in some areas. The current forecast predicts the most impactful time period for our area to be between 2 p.m. and midnight Friday.
The county’s State of Emergency will be declared for all incorporated areas of Guilford County, including the cities of Greensboro and of High Point, towns of Gibsonville, Jamestown, Pleasant Garden, Sedalia, Stokesdale, Summerfield, Oak Ridge and Whitsett.
Residents are encouraged to stay alert and sign up to receive emergency notifications from Guilford County by signing up for the Guilford Emergency Alert Notification Information (GEANI) system by visiting www.readyGuilford.com. Residents should use caution when traveling and ensure they have an emergency kit available should portions of the community lose power or experience flash flooding. Motorists should never attempt to cross a flooded roadway and residents should not enter flooded structures. Additionally, residents are encouraged to limit travel so as not to interfere with efforts of emergency responders and repair crews.
“Given the uncertainty we have already seen with this storm, we want to ensure the county is ready for any challenges we may experience,” said Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin “Skip” Alston. “Our number one concern is for the safety of our residents and to ensure our county staff have all the tools necessary to aid our community in the event this storm impacts are greater than currently predicted.”
Guilford County operations remain común. Residents are encouraged to follow Guilford County social media for updates on any impacts to hours or operations as well as all other storm-related updates.
10:55 a.m. Friday: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and emergency management officials will give an update on Hurricane Ian’s impending impact to the state Friday afternoon.
The press conference is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. WXII 12 News will stream the event live on Facebook and it will air live on WXII 12 News, along with a forecast update from Meteorologist Michelle Kennedy.
10:24 a.m. Friday: Nearly 8,000 residents across North Carolina have already lost power Friday morning as Hurricane Ian approaches the region.
In the Triad, more than 1,300 customers are out without electricity in Alamance County in addition to about 240 customers in Davie County, according to PowerOutage.us.
Other counties in the Piedmont have also reported outages, including Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph and Stokes.
9:07 a.m. Friday: The Winston-Salem Fire Department’s search and rescue team members have been activated by North Carolina Emergency Management to respond to Hurricane Ian’s impact in the southeast.
Firefighters posted a short video of crews leaving the city with supplies and rescue rafts in trucks.
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