Name: Busy snow day for tow truck drivers
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Description: Snow days are some of the busiest days of the year for tow truck drivers - and today was no different, with multiple tractor trailers stuck on roadsides.

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Snow days are some of the busiest days of the year for tow truck drivers - and today was no different, with multiple tractor trailers stuck on roadsides. 

OAKLAND VILLAGE, A MIDDLE-CLASS BLACK COMMUNITY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. OF COURSE, YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS REBRANDING ON WRAL.COM. >>> WITH THE ROADS SLICK AND SLUSHY THIS MORNING, WE HAVE REPORTED A NUMBER OF CAR ACCIDENTS. YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT HAS BEEN A BUSY MORNING FOR TOW TRUCK DRIVERS. WRAL'S  EAST CAROLINA REPORTER INDIRA ESKIEVA IS LIVE WITH US IN NANCE COUNTY. DID YOU SEE A TRUCK RUN OFF THE ROAD RIGHT BEHIND YOU? >> Reporter: YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SEEING. WE ARE NEXT TO MILE MARKER 136 SOUTH BOUND IN NANCE COUNTY. TOW TRUCK DRIVERS HAVE SEEN SCENES LIKE THE ONE BEHIND MY SHOULDER ALL MORNING. IN FACT, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD REALLY BE CAREFUL OUT HERE. WE SPOKE TO ONE HERE IN ROCKY MOUNT. HE SAYS, HE STARTED HIS DAY AT 3:00 THIS MORNING. HE MAY NOT GET OFF UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HE SAYS, HE HAS SEEN QUITE A FEW ACCIDENTS IN NANCE COUNTY ALREADY. HIS COMPANY HAS BEEN GETTING BACK-TO-BACK CALLS SINCE VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. >> ACCENTS OF PEOPLE SLIPPING AND SLIDING AND GOING INTO DITCHES AND THE MEDIANS AND JUST THE AVERAGE THING THAT HAPPENS ANY TIME IT SNOWS. WE NEED PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. IF PEOPLE JUST SLOW DOWN AND TAKE THEIR TIME A LITTLE BIT, THEY WERE PROBABLY HAVE HALF THE ACCIDENTS. >> Reporter: DAVID McKNIGHT SAYS, HE TRIES NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT HE KNOWS THAT HIS OWN LIFE IS AT RISK WHEN DRIVERS ARE SPEEDING DOWN HIGHWAYS. THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO, HE SAYS, IS TO MOVE OVER AND GIVE THEM SPACE TO WORK. OF COURSE, ALWAYS SLOW DOWN. BACK TO YOU. >> WRAL'S  EASTERN NORTH

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Busy snow day for tow truck drivers

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Good morning. I'm meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. We are looking at scattered thunderstorms in the deep south. As a matter of fact, you can see some ongoing severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings there across parts of Mississippi. There is a level three risk for severe storms down in, uh, in the, in all along the Gulf coast area in the deep south for us. You can see that big h sitting over us. We're looking at high pressure today that's going to keep things nice and dry, pleasantly cool this morning and nice and warm this afternoon. But our humidity stays low ahead to tomorrow and we move into a much wetter pattern. You can see here on Futurecast, some showers in the morning. There is 6 a.m. We'll pause it again at nine. Even at nine or 10, we could have a few rumbles of thunder coming through with that system, that cold front lifting up across our area and we'll continue to see some scattered showers on through the afternoon and evening. Wednesday. Same story. We're going to just see this system sitting here over us for a good chance of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, Tuesday. We also have a level one risk in our southern counties. So that's going to be more county County, Cumberland and Sampson County damaging winds being the biggest threat that we'll see. It's a gorgeous start out there this morning. We see a pretty sunrise all across the region with mostly clear skies and cool temperatures too. Temperatures are in the forties and fifties as you're heading out the door. But we'll climb into the mid seventies this afternoon. Look at that 43 in Roxboro, 52 in Fayetteville. Our warmest spots are right in the triangle Durham and Raleigh at 57 but it feels very comfortable. 81 in Raleigh, 80 in Durham, 83 in Fayetteville for this afternoon, humidity stays low, but we will see increasing clouds ahead of that next system. You see the blue shaded area, that's where temperatures are below normal and we'll feel that we start to see much closer to normal temperatures as we get through the next few days. Tomorrow is going to be cool over the weekend. We'll climb back into the mid 80 s. We don't have any extreme heat and our forecast no nineties in our forecast for the next seven days. It feels fantastic stepping out the door today, we're way down at refreshing in terms of our muggy meter. But look what happens starting tomorrow. We're going to see tropical moist air moving in and so we'll feel that all the way into the weekend and I mean, it is that time of year, we were pretty lucky this weekend to end up with some nice low dew points. Tomorrow will be cooler. 73 we're going to see rain for a good bit of the day. And then again on Wednesday, Thursday looks dry, but Friday and Saturday, we're back to a chance of showers and thunderstorms so we need the rain but the umbrellas make it a work out.

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Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

Good evening, Darren vaught here with tonight's drawings for Sunday. May 12th, 2024. Let's get started as always with Carolina pick three where the first winning number is nine. The second is one and the third is five and our pick three. Fireball number is three. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. We move along to Carolina pick four. The first pick four, number is six. The second is five. The third, also five in the fourth is four. And our pick four. Fireball number tonight is, is, where is it there? It is. It's seven turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one wins the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $997,000. It's getting up there. Good luck. The first cash five is 28. The second is 32 the 3rd 26. The 4th 10 in the fifth and final number tonight is a 13 over the past 16 years. The lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for playing

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Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

Good afternoon. I'm back. Global. Welcome to this afternoon's drawings for Sunday. May 1220 24. Let's get started with Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is five. The second is three. The third is two and our pick three fireball number is nine. Joining me for this drawing is our auditor for the Connell and Jones L LP. Now move on to Carolina pick for the first four. Number is one. The second is three. The third is zero. The fourth is five and our pick four. Fireball number is seven. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and thanks for playing.

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On Sunday morning Duke University will award nearly 7,000 graduates during its annual commencement ceremony. Legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld, father of a current Duke student, will be the commencement speaker. 

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Yeah, welcome to Duke University's 2024 commencement ceremony. Please direct your attention to the end of the field and welcome the Duke University class of 2024. Now entering the stadium and throughout the processional march are the candidates for degrees from Trinity College of Arts and Sciences entering. Now are the candidates from the Pratt School of Engineering? Next, please welcome the candidates from the Sanford School of Public Policy. Now, the candidates from the Nicholas School of the Environment currently entering the stadium are the candidates from the Fuqua School of Business entering. Now are the candidates from the School of Nursing? Welcome the candidates from the Divinity School currently entering are the candidates from the School of law. Please welcome the candidates from the School of Medicine. Now, entering are the candidates from the graduate school.

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Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday Powerball drawings, as shown live on WRAL.

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