Strong storms damage old building in Rocky Mount

YOU ARE SEEING IT FIRST-HAND

WHERE A BUILDING COLLAPSED.

>> Reporter: MAIN STREET IS

COVERED IN THESE BRICKS OVER

HERE.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE BUILDING

OVER HERE BEHIND ME.

YOU CAN SEE THE BRICKS ON THE

GROUND, PIECES OF WOOD, WHAT

LOOKS LIKE STEEL PIPES.

THE ENTIRE FRONT CAME DOWN

INCLUDING THE SIDE OF IT OVER

HERE.

ACCORDING TO OUR METEOROLOGIST,

IT SOUNDS LIKE STRAIGHT LINE

WINDS AND DOWN BURST WINDS ARE

MAYBE THE SOURCE OF WHAT TOOK

DOWN PART OF THIS BUILDING HERE.

IF YOU WALK OVER HERE, YOU CAN

SEE WESTERN AVENUE, UNDER THE

TRAFFIC LIGHTS, THE DAMAGE

SPILLS OUT INTO THEM.

YOU CAN SEE WESTERN AVENUE IS

BLOCKED BY MORE BRICKS AND

DEBRIS AND DAMAGE.

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN MORE

ABOUT THIS BUILDING HERE ON MAIN

STREET IN DOWNTOWN ROCKY MOUNT.

I TALKED WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO

OWN SOME PROPERTY ALONG THIS

STREET.

THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THIS

BUILDING WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF

BRINGING MAIN STREET TO LIFE IN

ROCKY MOUNT SO DISAPPOINTING.

THE PERSON WAS TELLING ME HE

BELIEVES IT WAS UNDER

CONSTRUCTION AND HADN'T BEEN

WORKED ON IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS

BUT STILL WAS HOPEFULLY GOING TO

BE TRANSFORMED.

SO WHOEVER OWNS THE BUILDING

WILL LIKELY BE BACK TO THE

BEGINNING.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING IN

DOWNTOWN ROCKY MOUNT, A LOT OF

MAIN STREET IS BLOCKED OFF.

SAME WITH WESTERN AVENUE BEHIND

US.

SO BE AWARE OF WHAT AS YOU ARE