DisastersFayetteville Storm Flips Vehicles and Leaves Part of a Hotel UnsafeAired October 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM UTCWritten October 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:09Winds overturned a tractor trailer near Walmart.0:12Part of a hotel was declared unsafe, and thousands of customers lost electricity.0:17The damage reached shopping areas and neighborhoods in Fayetteville.0:20The storm's full toll and the strength of its tornado are still being assessed.0:23Skebow Road and Bragg Boulevard were at the center of the commercial damage in0:27northwestern Fayetteville.0:29Farther northeast, Blanton Road also suffered wind damage.0:32The storm struck Cumberland County around midday Sunday, october 11th, as remnants0:37of Hurricane Isaias moved through.0:39Cars in the Sam's Club parking area were pushed together, onto shopping carts or0:43onto their sides.0:45A camper and a tractor trailer overturned near Walmart, around the 1500 block of0:50Skebow Road.0:51The damage left vehicles displaced in places where people were shopping.0:55The storm tore away part of the roof at Town Place Suites by Marriott Fayetteville0:59Cross Creek.1:00Fayetteville fire deemed a section of the building unsafe.1:03That section's safety is an immediate concern for people staying there.1:06and whether it can be reoccupied is still unresolved.1:09Bethel International also suffered roof damage along Bragg Boulevard.1:13Tallacris plasma resources showed damage and a garage door at Auto Glass Now was1:17mangled or partly pulled open.1:19These business impacts extended the damage beyond the shopping parking lots and the1:23hotel along the same commercial corridor.1:25The storm near Rayford was moving northeast at 40 miles an hour.1:29Later radar showed rotation near Fort Bragg moving at 25.1:33At 1203, radar confirmed a tornado over Fayetteville moving northeast at 35.1:38Those figures describe its movement across the ground.1:41The National Weather Service issued the first tornado warning at 1137.1:46It covered northwestern Cumberland and southeastern Hope counties and initially ran1:50until 1215.1:52Fayetteville and Fort Bragg were among the places the storm was expected to reach1:55around 1140.1:57The radar confirmation came while that warning was in effect.1:59Fayetteville Fire and its emergency service partners launched search and rescue and2:04hazardous materials response operations around Skebo Road and Bragg Boulevard.2:08Police asked people to avoid the area as crews responded to the storm damage.2:12Another warning covered north-central Cumberland and southeastern Harnett counties2:16from 12.08 until 1245.2:19It described a storm capable of producing a tornado.2:21Cumberland was also under a tornado watch from about 10 in the morning through 52:25that afternoon.2:26Those alert windows applied to Sunday's storm.2:28Surveyors still have to determine its track and destructive wind speeds.2:32Fayetteville fire said no serious injuries had been reported early Sunday afternoon.2:36Later that afternoon, no injuries were reported.2:39Separately, one person was reportedly injured and transported for medical help near2:43Skebo Road.2:44That injury hasn't been confirmed, and officials haven't released a final casualty2:48count.2:48Power outages reached Bonnie Doon, the Walmart Supercenter area on Skebo Road, Shaw2:53Heights, and Rosehill Road.2:54Fayetteville's Public Works Commission described more than 2,100 customers affected2:58in northern Fayetteville during the afternoon.3:01The disruption extended beyond the properties with visible storm damage.3:04Cumberland County recorded 2,198 outages in an afternoon snapshot.3:09That county figure overlaps the northern Fayetteville utility count, so adding them3:13would count some of the same disruption twice.3:15Both figures describe the afternoon, and neither tells us how many customers remain3:19without power.3:20Trees and limbs fell onto homes and vehicles and across roads.3:24Downed power lines and snapped poles added to the damage.3:27Structural safety, access to affected properties, and electricity restoration became3:32immediate concerns after the storm.3:34Blanton Road had trees and fences down in northeastern Fayetteville.3:38Surveyors will need to separate damage caused directly by the tornado from damage3:41caused by other strong winds in the same storm.3:44The overturned vehicles and torn roofs alone don't resolve that question.3:48Survey teams were working Sunday with assessments expected to continue over the next3:52several days.3:53The tornado's enhanced Fujita rating, which describes its strength from damage, and3:57its final path still haven't been determined.3:59The completed survey and full property inventory will define the storm's reach.4:03Fayetteville Fire's assessment identified a hotel section that wasn't safe to use4:07after the storm.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗