A school bus caught on fire this afternoon. Nigel Officials Say seven students from northwest middle and high school were on board. The bus driver pulled over on exeter way because of a problem with a gas pedal. The driver called for another bus. Gabrielle the live pictures you are looking at here is of the bus which appears to be getting towed. When the driver of the second bus arrived, they noticed claims coming out of the engine. No students were injured in the fire has been ruled electrical. Stay with us and our mobile app for up dates. He says he doesnt want to be called first gentleman, who just wants to be called frank. Nigel the husband of carly fearing a was in the upstate and we were the only camera there as he talked about an issue very it is very hard. Nigel you may not recognize him but you would likely recognize his last name. Frank the arena spent some time this morning he is the husband of gop president ial candidate carly fearing a. Carly fiorina. Helping people suffer
All of this is moving in our direction and will bring us showers and storms today the for it ends this afternoon. Lets go to chris and get an update on the potential threat from this front. We are watching this line that is back around chattanooga and knoxville. Last night it was pretty damp and chilly. We have since warmed from the lower 50s to 62 degrees. The temperatures warmed through the overnight hours and that is what suprewe are watching specifically for this lini have the Severe Threat index at a four out of a ten. The biggest threat today will come from flash flooding, but spotty wind damage is also possible. The timeframe is between now and 2 00 p. M. The showers across the area is not the concern. Theyheavier line. Back from chattanooga to carlton, georgia. Look at this mind as it moves from the west to thethis line should be here in three hours and 44the latest computer model is showing the line approaching the mountains by 7 30. It will be in clemson and anderson between
Chris when we analyze these storms, we look for the temperature and that is the mains thunderstorms. Since midnight, we have gone fr lower 50s to lower 60s and at the 70s back toward elbertonps give fuel to the thunderstorms. Back toward the west, the lines set upe have Severe Threat index at a four out of the 10 with flooding being our mainwe are also watching for spidey wind damage. The timeframe is in now from 2 00. That quote move in through lunchtime. The robust line of storms moves into north georgia by 8 30 and pushing down to the mountains in counties and into Greenville County between 9 00 andthis line could produce gusty after that, but that fy wind to heavy rainfall and it continues through the heavy afternoon hours. Around two inches to three inches. We will detail how mso thank you. Happening today, the biggest day of tr some college athletes. Patrick these guys are hoping to get to the super bowl monday. Across the car georgia, High School Athletes will sta signing letter
Miles an hour in hendersonville making it feel like 12. It feels like seven in asheville. As we go forward we will continue to see this icy kind of cold mess stick around a little bit longer. You can see low temperatures expected to be 19 asheville. 26 greenville bringing the wind chill in the asheville and henderson i will have to below zero. We will have more and how much your town saw in a few minutes. Patrick thank you, chris. Thousands remain without power across the upstate and Western North carolina. Take a look here and it shows more than 2,600 Duke Energy Customers are currently without power and majority of them in greenville cut. More than 1,400 are without power the blue ridge members most of them in pickens and currently 116 members with laurens electric. Duke power says greenville has South Carolina. Greenville is where we find Stephanie Trotter who joins us live. Whether are you finding . Stephanie more than 7,000 Duke Energy Employees a canvassing the carolinas trying t
Now its all about the refreeze. Thats a problem because were still going to be frozen for about another 12 hours. It is still very windy in the North Carolina mountains. 34mileanhour sustained winds in hendersonville right now. It feels like on your skin 9 out there. We do warm up tomorrow even in the mountains so melting will commence. Well tell you about monday morning a lot of kids wondering about school. That forecast coming up. Patrick thank you, chris. Its been more than 36 hours since this winter st tonight, there are still several hundred people still without power. Stephanie trotter has the story from Greenville County. Stephanie dozens of scenes that have come down on power and homes. Greenville county has the hardesthit areas and they range from the top of the counun to the bottom. Duke energy has doubled its manpower efforts by pulling in crews like this from florida. The linemen say some jobs are quick, others take all day. Broken poles take longer than pulling off wires.