Chris we are already saturated because of the rain yesterery. More downpour today could lead to localized flooding. Flood watches remain in effect through tomorrow morning. We see pretty good thunderstorms from greenwood into columbia. Look at the frequent lightening north of columbia. If you are travelingngown the 385, you will run into pretty good d dnpours in parts of abbeville and greenwood. If you counties of North Carolina and along the South Carolina border have that flood watch. After early tomorrow morning, this will all be gone and we get a nice break for a couple days. Be ready if you live in a floodprone area. We could have some more food with could have some more localized flooding. It could reach anywhere from 6466 in the mountains and upstate today. We will talk about a cooler and drier weekend in our next report. Aly thank you, dale. As dale said, our area is under a flood watch. Water rushed from the dam. The lake is in a heightened water condition. The water will flow into the salute a river. The dam at lake of collapsing. People are still dealing with the effects of the rain monday night. Aly people at caroland farms say the Pacolet River overflowed it. All of the farms cattle were moved to safety. So far, it doesnt look like any equipment was damaged. But, farm manager matt rainey says itll take time to know how the crops here were affected. Were kind of learning to figuring out how to work in the mud. Aly other Properties Around landrum and just over the line in North Carolina also had significant flooding. A portion of highway 14 had to be shut down while crews worked to clear it. Asheville is another area bracing for heavy rain this morning. The area was hit hard by flooding yesterday. Mike that flooding left behind a muddy mess and biltmore village. Sweeten creek road, part of lyman street, and dupree circle, among others, were flooded. At a mobile home park, a man had to be saved by boat. The Fire Department and city of asheville came out and got me out on a raft boat. They came around and put a jacket on me and got me right out, no problem at all. Mike even though the water has receded, the asheville Fire Department will keep the baricades up. More issues are expected aly and in swannanoa a portion of this Railroad Track along highway 70 is closed off. The video is from sky 4. This is a result of the heavy rain and flooding from yesterday. , leaving a hole under the track. Mike we are already getting some showers this morning, but the heavy rain will false in. You can track it all on the wyff 4 app. Follow the storms from the interactive radar. Aly this morning, we will learn more about three clemson players who will not be on the sidelines for the orange bowl. Mike wyff news 4s sports director brad fralick is in south florida with the latest. Brad late tuesday night we found clemson sent three players home for what is being reported as a failed drug test. That was when he will address that dabo sweeney will address that this morning. This is what we know. Wide receiver deion kane, j jim has been sent home. Practice tuesday back to clemson and for my plate in the orange bowl. The on came is the impact player here that will affect the clemson offense. Deion kane is the impact player here that will affect the clemson offense. He caught at least one touchdown pass in five games. He has become a contributor on this offense. The Second Player missed the first part of the year because of a suspension due to a drug infraction. He has contributed some kickoffs. Greg will handle field goals. The third player will be missed a little bit. J jim cola mcculloh has not played as much this year. And we will hear from dabo swe eney at 8 30 this morning before the orange bowl, addressing this very issue. Mike remember, at 7 00 tonight we air our road to the title special. Our sports team will be live in miami with a preview of the orange bowl. You can also check out our live wire. Its a collection of clemson twitter posts on wyff 4 and our wyff 4 app. Upstate fire officials are blaming a popular Christmas Present for starting a fire inside a greenville home. Aly the mauldin Fire Department was called to this home on windrush lane after a hoverboard exploded. Officials say the board was sitting in the living room when it burst into flames sending charred pieces flying 25 feet across the house. No one was hurt. We got there. It was black smoke. We couldnt see in front of our faces. Had they not been home with the intensity of the electricity that came out of the hoverboard burning, they prprably would have lost their home. Aly there have been at least 22 other hoverboard fires reported in the nation. Officials say this may be the first one for South Carolina. Mike in anderson, police tell us two dogs attacked three men. Officers say it happened at the intersection of osborne avenue and shirley street just before 7 00 last night. The men were on top of a truck when police got there. Police say the dogs then charged the officers. And both dogs were then shot and killed. Police say one man has extensive injuries and may need surgery. The other two victims had minor injuries. Police are looking for the owner of the dogs. Aly Pickens County deputies are investigating a homicide after finding a man dead inside his home. The home is on planters way in easley. Deputies say a neighbor called 911 after seeing the victim through a window. Deputies say thehean had a gun shot to his chest. The coroner identified the victim as clarence holcombe. In Greenville County. Deputies say a woman was shot at Mountain Trace town homes. Thats on buttercup way in taylors. Deputies tell us she was taken nonlifethreatening injuries. Deputies say former roommates got into a fight that led to the gunfire. Authorities have not yet released the identity of those involved. Aly dale, i took advantage of that weather yesterday afternoon and went hiking. Chris it was beautiful. We have more rain in the forecast for today, but after today and into early tomorrow morning it clears up. You have more nice weather to go hiking in. You might need a jacket or sweater this weekend. This is downtown laurens. Streets are wet. We have showers going on in parts of abbeville, greenville, and laurens. You can see frequent lightning north of columbia. There are a few scattered the late morning into the afternoon and evening will have more action, but it will come to an end by early tomorrow morning. The county is highlighted in green are under a flood watch due to the potential of already saturated ground and creeks that are already full. We could of localized flooding, especially in floodprone areas. This is the past six hours in the southeasas more moisture is coming in from alabama and georgia working its way through the upstate. Or so to the south and the foothills of North Carolina. 52 in asheville and 60 in greenville. It is in the upper 60s and abbeville and greenwood. A very mild overnight once again. Like breezes will pick up 58 Miles Per Hour in the southwest today. On friday, a high of 54 in the it will be dry from thursday afternoon through tuesday of next week. Over the weekend we are talking 30s in the morning and 20s in the mountains. Everybody will need a warm coat, but at least it will be sunny for this time of the year. Mike thank you, dale. A woman closes her eyes to pray. Aly plus, traveling on a busy mike South Carolina congressman trey gowdy has announced who he is endorsing for the 2016 president ial nomination. He announced his support for marco rubio yesterday. Gowdy was campaigning with the freshman senator from florida in South Carolina. National security and Public Safety are the most important issues to me. And there is nobody better on those two issues than marco rubio. Our Founding Fathers did not give us a commander in chief to fill out march madness basketball brackets. Or to sample golf course on the eastern seaboard mike gowdy is a key member of the republican party. He is the chairman of the select aly republican president ial candidate George Pataki has ended his president ial. He made the announcement during a commercial that aired last night, right here on wyff 4. Pataki received less than 1 support in the most recent wmurcnn Granite State poll. Mike happening today. Two president ial candidates will be in South Carolina. Donald trump will be speaking at the Westin Hilton head at 11 00 a. M. Doors open at 9 30. The event is free but seating is limited. And jeb bush will be attending a meet and greet at hudsons smokehouse barbeque in lexington. That begins at 6 30 tonight. Thth event is also free. A major milestone for the greenville humane society. The record they finally hit. Announcer live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. Chris good morning, it is coming up on 4 48. Most of the rain is falling south of the i85. Parts of abbeville, greenville, and Laurens County have have the there is constant lightning north of columbia. It will be a little bit more active around 1 00 and 2 00. We are already wet and soggy; flood watches are around through tomorrow morning early. That is one of the rain should be done, by early tomorrow morning. Then, we dry out for around six days in a row. The of action going across parts of alabama, georgia, and mississippi. This is coming in our area. I this afternoon and evening it will be more active. 52 in asheville. We will see that temperature of 60 degrees today want into the 66 range for the upstate and the mountains will reach 64. At gsp we tied the record of 72 it has been a very warm, warmer than normal period. We have life praises of 58 Miles Per Hour we have light breezes of 58 Miles Per Hour. The record was 75 set back in 1984. The ominous for the Asheville Regional Airport has an average of 47. We will see 64. The record is 73, set in 1984. It is warmer than normal for another day he for it cools down. One more great event this week. I will run at the future plus forecast for you. Look at t e cooler temperatures. That is for the rest of the country. They will start to make their more action across the upstate in the early afternoon into the evening. Things quiet down overnight. We could have an isolated shower early tomorrow morning and then that will be it. We have a lot of sunshine by thursday afternoon. New years day looks good, but cooler with a high of 54. 46 is the high in the mountains. Then, we are back to normal with ld nights and cool days. We will have 40s in the mountains and 50s in the upstate from saturday into tuesday. Mike thank you, dale. A man who Authorities Say escaped from prison almost 30 years ago was arrested in horry county. Officers say James Edward Coe escaped from a prison in North Carolina on june 23, 1986. On sunday police say he was caught shoplifting at hudsons flea market in surfside. The owner of the flea market says coe walked away from the shop without paying for a piece of jewelry. Coe is being held with no bond. He was originally set to be aly in greenwood county, authorities have seized hundreds of name brand knockoff items during a raid. Police say the items are worth thousands of dollars. Demetrius andrews has been charged with counterfeiting. Authorities believed the shop tshirts and accessories on milwee avenue was selling the knockoff items. It was raided on the 23rd. A number of items at his home. Were also taken by officers. Mike good news from the greenville humane society. Officials there says adopted out more than sixhundred animals in just the month of december. The society announced on its Facebook Page its almost hit an alltime record for adoption one month. Some of those include the dogs you meet each friday on our pet of the week segment, on wyff news 4 at noon. Aly christmas may be over, but you still have time to give back this holiday season. Weve teamed up with the Greenville News and the asheville citizen times for the holiday sunshine fund. Every dollar donated goes straight to helping someone in need here in the carolinas. After counting yesterdays donations of 550, we now have a grand total of 90,003. Just send your gift to po box 1688, greenville, sc, 2. 9. 6. 0. 2. Or you can give online at wyff4. Com. Mike people in north texas are beginning the clean up process after devastating tornados blew through the area over the weekend. Officials are saying more than 20000 homes were destroyed by the ef4 tornado that hit garland. It packed winds in excess of 200 Miles Per Hour more than 700 homes were damaged. At least eight other tornados touched down in the dallasarea saturday. The storm claimed eight lives in garland. The youngest victim just oneyearold. At least three others were killed in other area cities. Aly Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. Van dyke shot 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald 16 times and 2014. Hes been free on 1. 5 million bond. Van dyke was arrested in november. It came just just hours before dash cam video of the shooting went public. The fbi has joined the plane crash and alaska. Crashed into another. One person was killed. The civil l r patrol owns that p lane. The patrol is made up of volunteers that help in search and rescue missions. The were winds at the time of the crash. Mike and 84yearold florida woman was in church praying put her purse was stolen. You can see the thief standing in the back of t church last sunday. He then sneaks up to the woman, who had her eyes closed, and grabs her purse. The crook then quickly ran out the door. The purse was found at a nearby cemetery, but the victims money the thief has not been caught. Not your typical arrival. Larry kendrick was the 100 millionth passenger to travel through Hartsfieldjackson International Airport in atlanta this year. He was given a heros welcome by the e yor, who was on hand to mark the milestone for the worlds busiest airport. Kendrick was givenwo free roundtrip tickets and a new car. Aly that is so cool. In this mornings buzz, a restaurant from the future. Announcer now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. Chris 4 57 is the time and most of the upstate is ok. Weve a couple spots in raven county getting some rain. We will see more action late morning into the afternoon. That is why the entire area continues under a flood watch. Heavy downpours could lead to localized flooding. We will continue to watch that throughout the day. Temperatures are still very mild in the low to mid 60s for highs today. Tomorrow, it starts to get a little bit cooler. New years day and this weekend are much cooler. We have one more rain event and then, that should be good for the year. We have drier weather and colder temperatures coming back. Mike hello, winter. Dale it will feel like it this weekend. Aly i guess january is an ok time for that. In this mornings buzz. Some diners complain that smartphones are ruining conversations at restaurants. Mike but one restaurant in beijing actually requires them to get a table. There are no hosts, no waiters, no cashiers. Aly customers use their phones to place their order. The menu can be accessed through the we chat app. A favorite spicy beef rice noodles. Mike one place there you can find staff, the kitchen. A team of chefs turn digital orders into your lunch. All through the power of the smartphone. The Restaurant Owner says he is cutting his overheads big time. Aly i guess, if you dont really have staff. Dale and then they use a grown to deliver they use a drone to deliver it. Aly i like waiters. Wyff news 4 today continues right now. Announcer live, local, breaking news. This is wyff news 4 today in hd. Mike breaking news this morning. They Greenville CountyCoroners Office says a pedestrian has been killed in a wreck this morning on white horse road. That wreck happened around 1 30 near west blue ridge drive