Rd3 you are looking 3 3 the same storm system were watching this morning has killed at least three people in lousiana and mississippi. Mississippi. This is a look from central lousiana. Two people died there. And seven others were critically hurt when Severe Weather hit an rv park. In mississippi, one person was killed near hattiesburgits estimated at least seven tornadoes hit those two states. 3 and as this storm heads east. Here in South Carolina. The tornado threat is shutting down Schools School districts in horry and georgetown counties, along the coast. Will be closed as a precaution today. 3 as nicole mentioned were seeing that system coming toward us. Were monitoring conditions in studio and from the field. Field. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live in spartanburg county. 3 this one area we know gets in thats a concern through this evening watch is under effect until 6pm tonight tonight so far we havent seen too many issues on roads debris here on the road at. Saturated ground
3 snow is falling in parts of the mountains, making some roads slick. News 13s Lauren Brigman continues our Live Team Coverage from downtown waynesville. Lauren. The snow is starting to coat the roads there. 3 the roads in mitchell and madison counties are slick this morning. Drivers in Mitchell County. Stay of the roads if possible. Slick conditions are reported on us 19. Especially through spruce pine and highland avenue. The entire south end of the county is dealing with these conditions. Drivers in secondaryroads are going to be very icy this morning. Use caution on i26 through sams gap as well. Im Jaclyn Deaugustino with this ontime traffic report. Brought to you by the wired mouse computer ssutions. 3 3 3 3 breaking news right now out of germany. Two trains crash headon, killing four people and seriously injuring at least 40 others. This is brand new video just into the newsroom from the scene. Crews are still working to get to people trapped in the wreckage. Officials at the sce
Warmer weather. How are the temperatures now . Ingrid they are hovering around the freezing mark in a couple locations. The good news is, yes, we are starting to see the precipitation leave the region. The foothills, we are still worried from mcdowell to rutherford, polk county, for black ice concerns as well as the mountains of the upstate, where as of about even 45 minutes ago or so, i still saw some pink on the map, which indicates sleet, freezing rain. So were not completely out of the woods and, in fact, you can see some of the light snow still falling along the tennessee line. Here is a closer look at temperatures, 34 in hendersonville but still 32 in morganton. Forest city, gaffney, and greer. So, please use caution in those zones. Coming up in a little bit, we will talk more about how much more wintry precipitation is expected to fall as early as tonight. Right now lets check in with jaclyn, the weather is making traffic difficult in some areas this morning. Jaclyn heads up for
3 good morning. Its monday, february 8th im holly headrick. And im jay siltzer good morning. Here is a look at Current Conditions across the region. Your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. Coming up, ill show you our 7day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 happening today. How local Law Enforcement use body cameras will be the focus of a public meeting. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live outside of the Asheville Police department. Lauren, when will the department start using body cameras . The Asheville Police Department Plans to implement body cameras for 60 officers as early as this summer. With that comes a policy as well. Officials with the Sheriffs Office say this addition is one of the many reasons they chose to organize this event, now. 3 though a policy has been in place since the Sheriffs Office began using them last year, tonights forum is a chance to answer questions from the public. One of the questions often asked is who has access to this foota
Bursts of moderate snow coming down about an hour ago. We drop three degrees. This temperature will easily get down to freezing. Already close to freezing in the higher elevations. Winter advisories from 7 oclock until tuesday. Buncombe, avery, macon, clay, and cherokee county. All these counties are under wintnt storm warnings. Periods of some snow. Light accumulations. Watch out for slick roads. Ill tell you more about the changes that lie ahead and how the snow adds up. Stick around. Larry we have a team of reporters tracking some snow thats already fallen and whats still to come. Darcel news 13s karen wynne is in haywood county, and Kimberly King in yancey. What are crews doing to gear up for more snow tonight . Karen darcel, theyre working long hours. Theyre going to be out all night long to keep the roads safe. Little bit of snow to give one florida family a thrill. It was the first time the kids have ever seen snow. So they snowboarded on soco mountain even though it was not com