Were shifting crews from different areas. Lexington and richland counties, where things were harder Columbia Fire Department is still onscene. Sce g is out here too. Drivers should avoid this area. A tree has fallen taking out several power lines and a couple traffic lights too. Were shifting crews from different areas. Lexington and richland counties, where things at this hour there are still some outages in lexington, richland and aiken counties. Power Companies Say more could come tonight or tomorrow as winds continue to pick up. Severe threat is less as much of the dynamics lift to the northeast however, a few thunderstorms will develop along the cold front as to the northeast however, a few thunderstorms will develop along the cold front as it moves through the state. Clearing skies and cooler temperatures tonight through thursday. Stay on top of the latest weather headed your way by downloading the wisweatherapp. Its free in your app store front as it moves through the state. Cle
Today. Good morning efren. 3 3 chat 3 3 3 former president bill clinton will be on the campaign trail today and tomorrow for his wife. Hes expected to travel to to rock hill, spartanburg and winnsboromeanwhile last night Hillary Clinton was campaigning across the midlands. She had an event in sumter. And before that, she spoke to supporters at the Brookland Baptist Church Conference center in west columbia. News19s jr berry talked to the former first lady on a number of topics. Including the possibility of guantanomo bay detainess being sent to South Carolina. And if shes concerned at all about constant questions about her emails and benghazi. She didnt talk about the emails. But did tell us she didnt think benghazi would be an issue. States 3 tomorrow, bill clinton will be in to aiken and bluffton for the campaign. 3 Bernie Sanders will be campaigning in oklahoma today yesterday he was in columbia speaking at an event about the poverty rate in our country. He attributed the increase i
Waking up with on this thursday. Im deon guillory. And im 3 savannah levins. Lets get a check of the weather with efren afante. Good morning efren. 3 3 3 3 today in lexington. An antidrunk driving rally will take place in front of the judicial center. The event is expected to highlight the latest dui charge against 11th circuit solicitor donnie myers. The long time prosecutor was arrested monday night after a single car accident off old chapin road. Rally organizers are expected to call for myers resignation. Saying he is no longer credible to prosecute dui cases. The rally is set for noon in front of the lexington judicial center. A panel on the impact of policecommunity relations tonight. The panel will focus on the role of police, the impact of policing in communities and ways to improve relationships with police. It will take place at 5 30 in the law schools auditorium. 3 homeless helping homeless of columbia will present ilent voices,an evening of music, theater and visual arts at
You to go to any of the kroger, the academy stores, Sports Stores or walgreens where you can pick up your weather alert radios. We have them on sales at the store here at kroger. You can come out here this evening. You n come out here anytime and pick your radios. They will be on on a discounted sale price through midway. Even after we leave you can still pick them up. Today was a good example of why you need a weather alert radio because of the potential for some Severe Weather and the weather alert radios work even when the power goes out. That is important. Today fortunately we did not see some of the Severe Weather that they have seen in North Carolina and virginia because the line moved on through. When the front came through that is when we saw the high winds. Us this afternoon. Wind gusts 53 Miles Per Hour. And we will continue to see windy conditions through tomorrow. But we will look more at our forecast coming up a little bit later. All right. Thank you very much. Few weeks a
One taxi cab driver very lucky to be alive after this massive tree fell right on top of his car as he was driving down maple street towards millwood. Luckily the driver is okay. He was checked out by paramedics. We will send things over to South Carolinas weather man who is not in the studio tonight, he is at a special event tonight. Jim, where are you . Reporter i am at the kroger store, two notch road and sparkle barry lane. This is our weather fest, going on since 8 00 a. M. This morning. We had a hard time getting out here because of the tornado watch that was issued earlier. The bad weather moved out of the midland right now. It seems like the pd region, are now under the gun. The reason for the weather fest, the fact that we have Severe Weather at this time of the year and we want you to be prepared incase there is Severe Weather. At the weather fest today we have been selling the radios at a discount and they have been flying off the shelves here. And in fact, one of the models