Flooded roads slow commute in Rocky Mount

The Tar River breached its banks after days of steady rain, blocking roads both minor and major around Rocky Mount.
Posted 6/18/2020, 8:46:00 AM Updated 6/18/2020, 1:50:15 PM

AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF OUR

AREA.

DIFFERENT STORY FOR TOMORROW.

WE STILL HAVE RAIN CHANCES

THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

THE WEEKEND FORECAST AND HOW

MUCH MORE RAIN WE CAN SEE

COMING UP.

>>> A FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT

IN NASH COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 15

MINUTES.

SKY 5 FLEW OVER MANY RESCUES AS

PEOPLE WERE PULLED FROM CARS

THAT WERE TRAPPED IN THE WATER.

WE ARE LIVE IN NASH COUNTY WITH

WHAT WE ARE SEEING BEHIND YOU.

>> Reporter: THERE'S A LOT OF

WATER IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT

PLACES COVERING THE ROADWAYS.

TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF FEET OF

WATER AT LEAST IN THIS AREA ALL

BACK BEHIND A FEW OF THESE

BUSINESSES.

YOU ARE LOOKING AT ZEBULON ROAD

THAT WEAVES ITS WAY BACK BEHIND

THOSE TREES.

THERE'S WATER A GOOD HALF MILE

STRETCH DOWN THAT WAY.

THIS IS MARK LEONARD BOULEVARD.

THIS SECTION OF BERKELEY

BOULEVARD FOR A GOOD HALF MILE,

MAYBE A MILE STRETCH IS

COMPLETELY SHUT OFF.

YOU CAN SEE THAT RUSHING WATER

IN THE DISTANCE.

THAT'S HOW POWERFUL THIS WATER

IS.

THIS ALSO RIGHT HERE THIS

INTERSECTION AT COUNTRY CLUB

ROAD.

THAT STRETCHES DOWN A BIT A

WAYS AS WELL.

SEVERAL BUSINESSES CUT OFF.

YOU CAN SEE THAT MAN RIGHT

THERE WALKING TO ONE OF HIS

BUSINESSES.

WE HAVE SPOKEN TO ROCKY MOUNT

POLICE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST SPOTS

IN THIS CITY AS THERE WAITING

FOR THIS WATER TO GO DOWN.

BUSINESS OWNERS ARE CUT OFF.

THEY SAY THEY JUST HAVE TO RIDE

THIS OUT.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT

ROADS THAT ARE BLOCKED BY SOME

WATER BUT MAYBE THERE'S NOT A

BARRICADE BLOCKING YOUR WAY

THROUGH.

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