Students in fairfield and chester counties will not report to class today. Those districts are closed because of the threat of wintry weather. Darlington county schools are delayed 2 hours this morning. Preparations are well underway in the counties north of columbia. In Newberry County, deputies have been monitoring the roads and power lines for ice through the night. So far, its just been rain, but some who live in whitmire believe its coming. Chad mills has the story. My mama always told us that when we were little, you know. Cereal with milk, and you can make a sandwich with bread and just sit on the couch and, you know, watch the tv or sherri epps as far as my salon, im going to be very careful. Im going to, you know, and see, you know, how the snow is going to accumulate during the bad weather, and contact my clients ahead of time, so they do not come out, because i dont want to put anybodys life in danger trying to travel to get to the salon. Epps expects whitmire, located on th
Blue being the snow and the green obviously just the plain old rain but notice the pink kind of creeping down to the south here as we get into parts of Richland County right now and we are seeing much cooler air as well. Look at some of the current conditions. Right now, 33 degrees. Light rain for us downtown. Not seeing much of the flakes flying or anything in the way of snowfall. We are seeing temperatures gradually cool down throughout the day. As we look outside downtown towards west columbia, you can see kind of a wet mess. Not keeping a lot of people off the roadways. People not shutting down due to this being cold rain for us. Its going to be cold for us and see more cold air kind of trickle in over the daytime hours and likely to see that rain kind of mix in to a freezing rain throughout the day today. So certainly something were keeping an eye on as temperatures get closer to the magic number of 32 degrees. Were right on the cusp of changing over from rain to freezing rain. An
We do have that Winter Weather advisory that includes most of the midlands with the exception of orangeburg, calhoun county. If you can avoid being on the roads tonight that is the best thing to do. Tonight we expect a wintry mix to occur. Looking for low temperatures of 32 degrees. Tomorrow everything begins to move out then we are left with some clouds. We will take this forecast and break it down further in and tell you exactly what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. That advisory means we could see some freezing rain or snow making for some slippery Road Conditions on bridges and overpasses. Several hundred tons of salt are ready to be spread if needed. Sonia gutierrez spend time with the cruise tonight with more on being done. Reporter good evening, crews were expected to get out earlier today but as you can see they are still hard at work. Right now there are 40 trucks out in the city of columbia ready to respond to any freezing conditions. They do have salt but they dont
Plowing clean operation. And i want to thank the city workers for the work. In new york, the travel ban has been lifted and buses and trains are operational, officials are urging residents to stay off of the roads. Leave your car where it is. Dont rye to shovel it out today. Washington, d. C. Brought in 400 extra snow removers and cancelled snow for monday. The coastal Flood Warning has been lifted in new jersey. High water caused wide spread power outages. Officials say the worst appears to be over. Weve done very well in this storm. We have no concerns about flooding or damage from flooding soon. Drivers in three states were stranded for hours during the peak of the blizzard. The storm moved on, officials warn were not in the clear just yet. Its very dangerous. Its down to pavement. You might be cruising along and then, youre going to hit snow. Were going to have some accidents. We have had no fatalities and want to keep it that way. Clear and sunfilled skies for sunday. Nice to see
The debate stage in iowa on fox news without the front runner donald trump who we all know is boycotting tonights event. Instead of mr. Trump is hosting a fundraiser for veterans not too far from where the debate is happening. Right there in iowa. That event is running in direct competition to the debate. Tonight should trump event is happening in des moines five minutes away from the fox news debate. Trump hosting his event at the drake university. His camp had 24 hours to put things in motion for the veterans fundraiser. Right off the bat trump addressed to the elephant at the room he said he couldnt free himself to do it because because he hasnt been treated fairly. Ive enjoyed that all the online polls said ive done well he will very well with that with the debate and i have to kick with it. But you have to stick up for your rights. When youre treated badly you have to stick up for your you have to do it. Trump says tonights event raised 5 million for veterans causes in just one da