Midday when were focusing in right now. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Here is chris, first alert traffic. Chris al, thank you, rst alert traffic is sponsored by toyota of north charlotte. If youre getting ready to make your morning commute be aware roads in many cases are wet out there. Taking a live look, this is i77, west boulevard, rolling through center city this morning, you can see the dampness, the spray coming off the vehicles. Quick check of drive times, rock hill to uptown, 21 minutes, i85 southbound from concord, kannapolis, 18 minutes. 65milesperhour. Lake norman commute sitting at 15 minutes here. Most of the major highways are running in the green this morning. Yet to see anything that is snarling the Early Morning commute but it was late last night, early this morning on i85 near sam wilson road where we had pretty major accident which actually shut down part of the interstate. Wbtvs Kristen Hampton joins us
3 and wake up with fox carolina. Weve got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 ill have much more,coming up upthanks kendrawe continue tonight 3 a viewer sent us this picture from spartanburg county. A utility pole got pushed into power lines along whitestone glendale road. The viewer called duke. Worried it could fall at any moment. 3 the wind damgae is widespread. Snapping trees on top of rooftops. And putting people in the dark, without heat for their homes throughout the carolinas. Carolinas. Fox carolinas Sharon Johnson has seen much of the damage first hand things looking now . 3 the wind is still high tonight but not like it was earlier. Some of the damage has been cleaned up but not repaired. And there are still many people in the carolinas 3 weather predictions of strong and powerful winds lived up to the warnings. Damage everywhere in our area. Thousands without power at one point duke energy says there were nearly 30 thousand homes and businesses wit
Through the saturday with mostly sunny skies. The next chance of rain arrives monday. Wind advisory remain in effect through 7pm thursday with 1535 mph sustained winds and higher gusts at times. Several schoolslsnd churches activities for tonight. Be sure to check the bottom of your screen for an updated list. Earlier today, a West Columbia road was blocked by a fallen tree. Mike desumma is live along Mineral Springs road right now. Thanks dawndy and charles. Im here in West Columbia on Mineral Springs road. Here power crews are dealing with down trees impacted powerlines. West columbia wasnt the only area to have damage. West columbia wasnt the only thanks dawndy and charles. Powerlines. West columbia wasnt the only area to have damage. This was the scene on patterson road in columbia around 2 30. Strong winds are being blamed for some downed trees, including this fence. And in front of epworth Childrens Home on millwood and maple streets in columbia, a tree fell and smashed into a ta
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Its the calm before the storm outside this morning. Nice warm temperatures right now. But we are in for a nasty day. Yeah. Youll want to be very cautious out lets turn things over meteorologist 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you head out and about this morning. Good news. There are no trouble spots to repopo in or around the capital city. But we will continue to keep our eyes on the road and update you if anything changes for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get started. Severe weather is sweeping the deep south. The National Weather service has confirmed reports of tornadoes in louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida. At least three people have been killed. This is the system that meteorologist Jonathan Kennedy will be tracking throughout the morning. Stay with a bc columbia for the latest and any Severe Weather updates. Turning our attention to vote 2016. Don