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THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. MEREDITH: SEVERAL STORIES BREAKING NOW -- THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN NORTH CAROLINA INCREASES BY NEARLY 300 WE WILL BREAK DOWN THE NEW NUMBERS COUNTY BY COUNTY. DAVIDSON COUNTY IS REPORTING OUR FIRST DEATH RELATED TO SEVERE STORMS LAST NIGHT AS PEOPLE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TRIAD CLEANUP AFTER A HECTIC MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE WILL HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE AS WE SURVEY THE DAMAGE. BILL O’NEIL IS IN ALAMANCE COUNTY, BUT WE BEGIN WITH LEANNE DENIER WITH MORE ON THE STORM RELATED DEATH. LEE ANNE: WHAT A MORNING IT HAS BEEN IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. WE WERE ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE OF THAT STORM-RELATED DEATH WHEN WE CAME ACROSS THIS. THERE ARE DOZENS OF MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS FROM WHERE WE ARE STANDING, WE CAN SEE A TRUCK THAT HAS GONE OFF THE ROAD. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO HANG BACK WHILE THEY DO THEIR WORK, BUT WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE STOPPING BY TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. FOLKS HAVE BEEN HAVING TO REROUTE ON LYNN MILE -- LYNN MONT SOUTH MILE ROAD. WE ARE ONLY ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE THE DEADLY INCIDENT THIS MORNING HAPPENED. ONE PERSON DID DIE AFTER A TREE FELL ON THEIR HOME IN DAVIDSON COUNTY THIS MORNING. DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYING ONE PERSON WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. NOT MANY DETAILS AVAILABLE YET, BUT WE DO HAVE VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING. IT HAS BEEN QUITE THE MORNING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN DAVIDSON COUNTY WITH ONE PERSON DYING IN AN INCIDENT RELATED TO THE WEATHER. WE ARE EXPECTING MORE INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT ON LYNN MONT -- LINWOOD SOUTH MONT ROAD. IT DID UNFORTUNATELY TAKE SOMEBODY’S LIFE, A VERY HECTIC DAY HERE IN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND WE WILL TRY TO GET YOU MORE INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE CAN. MEREDITH: IN SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY, AN APPARENT TORNADO LEAVES BEHIND A TRAIL OF DAMAGE THERE. BILL O’NEIL JOINS US LIVE. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? BILL: THE GOOD NEWS HERE IN ALAMANCE COUNTY IS THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT TELLS US NO ONE WAS INJURED DESPITE THE FACT THEY HAD SOME PRETTY SERIOUS DAMAGE. NOBODY INJURED IN ALAMANCE COUNTY AS A RESULT OF THE STORM. WE ARE ALONG OLD GREENSBORO CHAPEL HILL ROAD AND SOME OF THE WORST DAMAGE RIGHT BEHIND ME. THIS IS A NICE BRICK HOME BUT THEY ROOF IS NOT MADE OF BRICK AND THE ROOF IS COMPLETELY GONE. ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THIS HOUSE TELLS ME THEY WERE HAPPY TO GET OUT ALIVE. ALL THREE JUST LEFT THE PROPERTY AND YOU CAN SEE THIS HOUSE IS TOTALLY GONE. THE BACKSIDE IS EVEN WORSE, IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. THE DAMAGE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT. THIS IS A CLASSIC SIGN OF THE TORNADOES. ALL THE TOPS OF THE TREES HAVE BEEN TORN OFF AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS EN ROUTE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT SEVERITY OF THE TORNADO AND ITS TOUCHDOWN HERE IN SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY SOUTH OF SAXON BAJA. THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE DAMAGE IS. IT IS NOT TERRIBLE AS FAR AS THE SIZE. IT IS VERY SPECIFIC. YOU CAN WALK 10 YARDS THE OTHER WAY AND NOT SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING. SHERRIFF, IF YOU DON’T MIND GIVING US A QUICK UPDATE? THEY HAD SEVEN OF THEIR SECURITY PEOPLE DOWN HERE FROM THE SCHOOLS. YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND THIS MORNING. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AS FAR AS DAMAGE? >> WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE COUNTY. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE AND WE ARE JUST TRYING TO SURVEILLED THE SITUATION AND IT IS A SAD SITUATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU SEE THIS HERE THIS HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED. BILL: HOW MANY HOMES HAVE YOU SEEN THAT WERE BADLY DAMAGED? >> I KNOW OF THREE THAT I HAVE SEEN PERSONALLY. A LOT OF TREES DOWN, A LOT OF POWER LINES DOWN, AND IT IS A MESS. BILL: DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL AROUND HERE AS WELL. >> YES, SIR. WE ARE HAVING TO BARRICADE AREAS TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF IT. WE HAVE TO TRY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THE BEST WE CAN. BILL: WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME. THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. BILL O’NEIL, WXII 12 NEWS. MEREDITH: STAY SAFE OUT THERE, BILL. A TREE FELL ON A HOME IN DAVIE COUNTY ON GLADSTONE ROAD. THE HOMEOWNER TOLD US HE HEARD A BIG CRASH AROUND 4:00 THIS MORNING RIGHT WHEN THE LINE OF STORMS WAS STARTING TO MOVE THROUGH OUR AREA. THAT 80 FOOT TALL TREE BECAME ROTTEN AND COULD NOT WITHSTAND A GUSTY WINDS. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. HOMEOWNER TELLS US IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE A BEFORE -- BEFORE AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER COMES BY. THE STORM KNOCKED DOWN TREES IN WINSTON-SALEM AS WELL. YOU SEE HERE A HUGE LIMB RIGHT DOWN POWER LINES, KNOCKING OUT THE ELECTRICITY. CREWS CONTINUE TO REPAIR LINES AND GET THE POWER BACK ON. IN WILKES COUNTY, A PERSON IS PULLED TO SAFETY WHEN A TREE FELL ON A BUILDING. THIS HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING . ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY CREWS, THE PERSON WAS ALERT BUT UNABLE TO MOVE. RESCUE CREWS LIFTED THE TREE AND THE PERSON WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND THEY ARE RECOVERING FROM NONCRITICAL INJURIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS DROPPED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, CAUSING FLOODING. THAT IS RIVERSIDE PARK, WHERE THE ARARAT RIVER IS RUNNING HIGH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE PICTURES WERE SENT TO US EARLY THIS MORNING BY FACEBOOK. THESE STORMS HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE LATEST NUMBERS -- FORSYTH COUNTY HAS THE MOST, WITH 8000. 4700 IN THE DARK IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. GUILFORD COUNTY REPORTING 2800 OUTAGES. ALAMANCE COUNTY HAS ABOUT 2500 PEOPLE WITHOUT COUNTY. WILKES COUNTY HAS OVER 1000 PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE LIGHTS TO TURN BACK ON. TURNING NOW TO OUR WEATHER FORECAST AND WHAT A WILD WHEN HE FOUR HOURS IT HAS BEEN. CARLY CASSADY JOINS US IN THE STUDIO. QUITE A DIFFERENT SCENE OUTSIDE THAN WHAT WE SAW AND HEARD JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. CARLY: THE POWER OUTAGES ARE OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE DONE WITH THE BULK OF THE STORMS BUT BEHIND THEM, WE HAVE THESE GUSTY WINDS. WE HAVE A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF THE WIND GUSTS WHICH ARE UP TO CLOSE TO 40, 45 IN DANVILLE. AWFULLY GUSTY WINDS COULD ADD TO AS WE GET GOING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, SO WE NEED TO STAY WEATHER AWARE AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE WIND ADVISORY EXTENDS TO THE NORTH, TO THE SOUTH, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE STATE. ONE WATCH HAS COME BACK DOWN AND THAT IS THE TORNADO WATCH THAT IS NO LONGER ON OUR MAP. THAT IS GOOD NEWS AS THE SYSTEM IS EXITING OUR STATE. THE WHOLE LINE PUSHING OFF THE COASTLINE, SAYING VERY STRONG, AND A LOT OF HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND LIGHTNING WE DEALT WITH EARLIER THIS MORNING. THERE IS THE CLOUD COVER VER RALEIGH COME UP BACK BEHIND A LITTLE FURTHER, WE HAD SOME LEFTOVER ACTIVITY -- THESE ARE THE OVERHANGING CLOUDS PASSING ON THROUGH. I DO NOT THINK WE WILL SEE RAIN FROM THIS. WE MAY GET A SPRINKLE OR TWO, BUT JUST SOME CLOUD COVER PASSING THROUGH WITH THAT SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES, UPPER 60’S, LOW TO MID-70’S. IT IS WARM AD WINDY AND THAT IS HOW WE STAY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER RAIN CHANCE, NO SEVERE RISK, BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE REST OF YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES. MEREDITH: BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON -- NEARLY 300 MORE PEOPLE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS REPORTING MORE THAN 4800 CASES RIGHT NOW. 86 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS IN NORTH CAROLINA. 313 PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL BATTLING COVID-19. THE VIRUS IS NOW IN 92 OF OUR STATES 100 COUNTIES. CONE HEALTH IS REALIGNING ITS FACILITIES TO CARE FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS. THE FORMER WOMEN’S HOSPITAL IS OPEN TO CARE FOR SEVERELY ILL CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS. THE FACILITY WILL NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY ROOM. WESLEY LONG HOSPITAL WILL TRANSITION TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMS OR DIAGNOSES OF COVID-19. ALAMANCE REGIONAL, ANTI-, WILL FOCUS ON CARRYING FOR NON-CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS. A SAILOR ASSIGNED TO THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT HAS DIED FROM COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS. THIS IS COMING TO US FROM THE U.S. NAVY. THE SAILOR WAS ADMITTED TO THE ICU IN GUAM LAST WEEK AND DIED MONDAY. THEY TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS ON MARCH 30. THE SAILOR’S NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED PENDING NOTIFICATION OF THEIR FAMILY. AT LEAST 550 CREWMEMBERS ABOARD THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT ALSO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. IN JUST HOURS, STORES WILL HAVE NEW RULES TO FOLLOW AS NORTH CAROLINA BATTLES THE EPIDEMIC HERE. GOVERNOR ROY COOPER ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER -- STORES MUST LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALLOWED IN. NO MORE THAN 20% OF FIRE CAPACITY -- NO MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE PER 1000 SQUARE FEET. STORES WILL HAVE TO MARK OUT SPACING AROUND THE CASHIER LINE AREAS AND ISLES WILL BE ONE WAY TO MINIMIZE CONTACT WITH OTHER SHOPPERS. >> EVEN AS WE FOLLOW THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER, THERE ARE STILL ESSENTIAL REASONS TO LEAVE THE HOUSE LIKE FOR GROCERIES OR MEDICINE. WE WANT TO ENSURE RETAIL STORES ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE SO THAT NO ONE IS AFRAID TO GO OUT FOR BASIC NECESSITIES. MEREDITH: THERE ARE MANDATORY PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN FOUR NURSING HOMES -- NO DINING OR GROUP ACTIVITIES ALLOWED IN COMMON SPACES AND ALL EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR FACE MASKS. BECAUSE OF THOSE GUSTY WINDS AND STORM DAMAGE, GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE DISTRIBUTING SCHOOLS -- WILL NOT BE DISTURBING A MEAL TODAY. THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SERVING MEALS TO ALL KIDS AVAILABLE SINCE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19. ALSO BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON IN VIRGINIA -- THE STATE IS REPORTING 470 THREE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TALLIES MORE THAN 5700 TOTAL CASES NUMBER INCLUDES 21 PEOPLE FROM DANVILLE, THREE IN CARROLL COUNTY, AND ONE IN GALAX. 149 PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19 AND MORE THAN 41,000 TESTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE U.S. REPORTS MORE THAN HALF A MILLION CASES TOTAL OF COVID-19, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT IN THE WORLD. THAT NUMBER COMES TO US STRAIGHT FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. MORE THAN 22,000 AMERICANS HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. WE DO HAVE A POSITIVE NOTE -- MORE THAN 41,000 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED FROM THE VIRUS IN OUR COUNTRY. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE CHANGES HAPPENING BUT SAYS A RETURN TO NORMAL WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. >> THERE IS NO DOUBT WE HAVE TO REOPEN CORRECTLY STOP IT IS GOING TO BE A STEP-BY-STEP COME A GRADUAL PROCESS. IT HAS TO BE DATA-DRIVEN, AND AS I SAID, I THINK IT WILL BE COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY, COUNTY BY COUNTY. MEREDITH: THIS WEEK, PRESIDE

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