Reports of trees down across central North Carolina

<p>COAST. &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE IT HERE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER RIGHT NOW. SOME NEW VIDEO IN FROM BALD HEAD ISLAND. QUITE THE SCENE HERE WITH THE WINDS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WINDY IT HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE. AND WITH THAT WIND SHIFTING TOWARDS WHERE WE ARE HERE, WE’VE BEEN SEEING IT ALL AFTERNOON. THE SITUATION, POWER OUTAGES, ISRAEL WAKE COUNTY LEAVING THE STATE RIGHT NOW WITH THE MAJORITY OF POWER OUTAGES HERE, 37,000 PEOPLE IN THE DARK. TAKE A LOOK AT THE OVERALL NUMBER ACROSS THE STATE. 161,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AND IT COULD BE A WHILE WITH THOSE SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 35 MILES AN HOUR BEFORE CREWS CAN GET OUT THERE AND MAKE SOME REPAIRS ON YOUR SCREEN. BRAND-NEW PHOTOS IN FROM VIEWERS HERE GIVING AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE TREES DOWN. WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF THIS. THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM FORT BRAGG, THIS PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT HERE BACK IN RALEIGH OFF OF BRECON WAY IN ANOTHER PHOTO OF A TREE INTO A HOME RIGHT THERE. THAT’S OFF OF CAMELOT. DRIVE. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE VIEWER SENDING US PHOTOS THAT HELPS US TELL THE STORY OF WHAT IT’S LIKE ACROSS THE AREA AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE IMPACTS OF THE STORM MOVED THROUGH HERE. MARK, THANKS. HE IS JUST 4 HOURS AGO. WE’RE AT JUST HERE. WE ARE NOT 161,000 AND LET’S TAKE A DEEPER LOOK HERE IN WAKE COUNTY ARE AARON THOMAS IS LIVE IN CARY. &gt;&gt; MARCHES TALKED ABOUT 30,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN WAKE COUNTY. ERIN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WHERE YOU ARE? I UNDERSTAND A LARGE TREE CAME DOWN. &gt;&gt; LENA, CHRIS, THE MAIN THING HERE, WE HAVE SEVERAL CREWS ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO GET A LOT OF THIS POWER RESTORED. TAKE YOU LIVE NOW HERE APEX PRO. THIS NEAR CARY PARKWAY IN KERRY. WE’VE COUNTED ABOUT 7 WORK TRUCKS. THERE’S 8 CREWS ALL RESPONDING TO A BROKEN POWER LINE AS A RESULT OF THIS TREE. YOU SEE SPLIT IN HALF THE TIME WE GO INTO SAYS SEVERE WEATHER WE KNOW THAT WE SEE THIS TIME AND TIME THE GROUNDS DO GET A LITTLE SATURATED AND THEN THE TREES TYPICALLY SPLIT AT THEIR WEAKEST POINT. SO THIS APPEARS TO BE THE PROBLEM AREA OF WHY PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH HAVE A POWER OUTAGE IS ALSO THERE IS A TOWNHOME COMMUNITY NEARBY. SO THAT APPEARS TO BE THE BULK OF WHERE THE POWER OUTAGES TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. THE MAIN THING THAT THEY WANT TO STRESS TO PEOPLE IS THAT IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT’S WITHOUT BE SURE TO PACK YOUR PATIENCE. I DON’T WANT TO REITERATE EVERY IT RIGHT THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WOULD YOU WANT TO BE PATIENT AS THEY ARE WORKING ALL THROUGHOUT OUR VIEWING AREA TO GET THAT POWER RESTORED. THEY DO HAVE ROAD BLOCKED OFF. SO BE MINDFUL AS THEY WORK TO GET HIS CAR WAS STORED. IN THE MEANTIME, BACK TO YOU GUYS. OBVIOUSLY THE RAIN REALLY COMING DOWN THEIR AIR AND YOU HAVE A CLOSE YOUR EYES EVEN WITH THE AND WE’RE SEEING THAT RAIN INTENSIFIED IN OUR AREA RIGHT? &gt;&gt; YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY. I’M GLAD YOU ACTUALLY MENTION THAT AS THIS STORM IT SINCE WEEKEND. BUT AS IT MOVES WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT RAIN AND WIND UP PICK UP JUST FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA. WE’VE BEEN NOT ONLY HERE IN THE AREA, BUT I WAS ALSO IN RALEIGH. WE DEFINITELY SAW A LOT OF THAT WIND KICKING UP LITERALLY SEE IT GET ON THE GROUND. ONE WOMAN WHO HAD BREL OUT, SHE SAID FORGET IT BECAUSE THE WEATHER WAS JUST THAT SINCE WE’VE BEEN HERE, WE’VE NEVER CONDITIONS A PICKUP AND THEY TAPER OFF AND IT PICKS UP ONCE AGAIN THAT WILL BE DEALING WITH THAT FOR HOURS. AARON THOMAS LIVE FOR US IN CARY, THANKS SO MUCH. &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW, WE’VE ALSO BEEN LEARNING AT LEAST ONE INJURY WITH THIS STORM, A TREE INTO A HOME IN CARRBORO LEFT A PERSON SERIOUSLY HURT CARRBORO POLICE FIRE IN ORANGE COUNTY. EMS RESPONDED TO THAT SCENE ON KING STREET AROUND YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE. THE DAMAGE DONE TO THAT ROOF. WE HAD TO FORCE THEIR WAY INTO THIS HOME JUST TO REACH THE PERSON IN SIGHT. AND THEY’RE NOW RECOVERING AT A</p>