A chilly night. Frank thats right, temperatures dropped below freezing last night and theyre expected again tonight. Tammy jason boyer with your skywatch forecast. Jason not quite pipe bursting weather unless you leave those pipes exposed. Morning. Many places in the Single Digits higher up to low and middle teens in the valleys. 12 in waynesville. City. We certainly improved on that. Heres our leicester carpet sales news13 Sky Cam Network from franklin in macon county. Sun setting now. Beautiful clear sky. Its a beautiful sunset, too if out. 40s right now in bryson city. Elsewhere, 30s. Still have that wind to deal with. Its a south to easterly wind. More of a northeast wind over the upstate. And that is adding to the chill. At greer. Certainly for our high elevation counties in the north. Bundle up. Brrr cold this evening. Temperatures will fall in to the low 20s by 11 oclock. Thankfully the wind will be nearly as strong as yesterday. Temperatures down to 30 at 11. Well talk more abo
Today i know it is icy and snowy. Check a look at that fountain just covered in ice and cold this morning. Luckily, the roads are not to icy and pretty dry, but always be careful. Something you do need to keep in mind before you leave the house, take a look at your pipes. According to the Insurance Institute for home safety, were just a couple of degrees from the temperature alert threshold. They say at 20 degrees or below, pipes are vulnerable to freeze but it can still happen at these temperatures. The best way to tell if you have a frozen pipe is if you turn on a faucet, and only a trickle comes out. Pipes running against exterior walls or where your water enters the home through the foundation are most likely to freeze. Keeping your faucet open, applying a heated pad or hair dryer to a frozen pipe and applying heat until full water pressure is restored can help. That will keep your home safe do not use a torch to try to unfreeze. And if you can not thaw the pipe, call a plumber. Al
With help from each other. But as news 13s rex hodge reports. Rex those affected by flooding like here in kul oh. Now i think its dangerous to go. Rex Mercedes Hernandez and her husband theyre okay. Yes, were still alive. A little bit scary but still alive. Rex but some who used to be near her trailer isnt there anymore. Rushed away with water. From here to over there. Rex possibly too dangerous now, she thinks, to replace. I dont know what will happen. Rex there are other questions like mold concerns. The inspection will come to see. Water will rise that high again. Inspection come to say, you no can live here anymore. Rex residents had to leave a half a dozen trailers here flooding. Fast. The water come underneath. Rex francisco and wife have two kids. Laid out invaluable family pictures that had gotten wet. He, too, worries about mold getting in to his trailer and the concrete blocks. Twisted, like come down a little bit. Rex both neighbors got a help with supplies. And the tuckaseg
Our stuff on the ground and been open for skiing no matter what. Geoff we are in a part of the world where you drive a couple of hours of the conditions are so cold. It is expected to stick around for a little while. Dales forecast calls for temperatures in the lower 20s. Remember when snow hits, we have , the latest weather updates including live radar on our wyff 4 app. The app is free to download and available in both apple and android app stores. President barack obama is taking aim at gun violence. Today the president will , announce that he is bypassing congress and taking executive action. Steps that he believes will curb the problem. Allyson he will end the socalled gunshow loophole. It would require background checks be conducted on people who buy weapons at gun shows. And the fbi will hire 230 more examiners to process those extra background checks. The move follows a deadly year of Mass Shootings across the country. Gun rights advocates and republican president ial president
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