Showers with a few thunderstorms this morning will quickly race to the coast by sunrise well start to clear the sky before noon. It will be windy and warmer with highs in the lower to middle 60s. Sunny and dry over the next several days with daytime highs in the middle to upper 60s. Overnight lows from the upper 30s to middle parts of the south. A tornado from this funnel cloud touched down in parts of northwest florida, monday. Several homes and business in the town of mcdavid were damaged and thousands were left without power. Schools will be closed in that area today because of the storms. Damage as night fell over the area near century, florida. You can see numerous homes were nearly leveled, power lines and trees were down in this particular neighborhood. One woman had to be rescued from her home. Its devastating, i tell ya. Ive been through but it wasnt as bad as this. Rescue crews say three people had to be taken to hospitals for minor treatment. Remember anytime Severe Weather
The warrant for the attempted murder charge says the victim and leons wife were in the back seat of the truck when the shots were fired; she was not injured. Leon is a local Restaurant Owner who had been linked to the federal indictment against former lexington county sheriff james metts. Leon avoided prison time, however he received one year probation and a heavy fine. Two families devastated with a husband and father in jail and a teenager shot and killed. Jimmy methe has been charged with voluntary manslaughter. Kershaw county investigators say methe shot and killed 17yearold Brandon Spencer after he found the teen stealing from his truck. Wis Meaghan Norman has the latest. He got caught up in something that had a horrible ending. Ranel willoughby says she tried to save her grandsons life after starting to see a pattern of bad behavior. He had recently been caught stealing and was experimenting with marijuana. ive been preaching and preaching to him, youre going to get in trouble. E
He runs that stop sign and clips the back right wheels of the truck forcing it into the angle and it rides straight into that unoccupied at the time house. We actually also have aerial footage to show you the extent of the damage to the house after it hit. You can see right there. You cant see the front of the truck. Check this out. You can see some of the damage to that truck. There is the side of the house. Only reason he feels he survived with minor injuries as it was about to hit the house, he laid down on the bench and got as low as he could and he was fine. The other guy, the other driver, willie, he was charged with failing to stop at a stop sign, driving with a revoked license and operating a vehicle with a factishous license plate. He shouldnt be on the road at all. Im glad tony is okay. Holy [ bleep ]. The things you cant say on tv this man says when he sees these two cougars on Vancouver Island in british columbia. I havent seen cougars like that since i was single. You hid
Today marks five days until the republican primary in South Carolina, and the campaign trail is until the republican primary in South Carolina, and the campaign trail is busier than ever. Right now, were waiting for florida senator marco rubio to take the stage at an event in gilbert. The senator is expected to address supporters at a time now. Rubio is currently third in the delegate count behind donald trump and senator ted cruz. A short time ago, wiss Charles Molineaux talked with rubio to talk about his strategy ahead of saturdays primary. Well have that later tonight. Meanwhileits a war of words between donald trump and ted cruz. Today at a stop in the lowcountrytrump reiterated his threat to sue cruz for, among other things, not being a naturalborn citizen. We will bring a lawsuit if he doesnt straighten up his act out, hes a lying guy a really lying guy some people misrepresent this guy is a plan out liar our Meaghan Norman is live in camdenwhere cruz is not backing away from tr
Remainder of todays recast. 33 we want to 33 give you a quick traffic head out and about this morning. And good news. There are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. But well be sure to keep our eyes on the roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. Abc columbia wants to help you jump day. We have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. So, lets get started. The countdown to saturdays republican president ial primary here in South Carolina. Is winding down. And ahead of this weekends vote. The candidates are hard at work vying for your vote. Many of the gop hopefuls will be in the capital city today. Ted cruz is set to speak at a rally with governor rick perry and congressman jeff duncan. Columbia armory. Cruz will also be making stops in anderson and Mount Pleasant today. Gop candidate jeb bush will also be in columbia today. This on the heels of his North Charleston appearance. With his brother. And former president. George w. Bush. T