Buildings were almost flattened. Most residents have been evacuated, but firefighters conducted searches overnight to ensure everyone made it out safely. Well have another look at storm damage across the south ahead. Lets get your Early Morning started with a look at your forecast. Tim miller is in the First Alert Storm Center with your wake up weather. Everything seems to be falling into place for a chance of severe storms today as a strong storm system makes its way towards the state. A warm front just south of columbia this morning will move through and will kick out the fog and temperatures will rise into the middle 60s as winds pick up from the south at 2530mph as the warm front picks up steam this is when well see our best chance of severe thunderstorms. 5am noon this is the best time frame for storms through the midlands. As of 2 30am showers and thunderstorms continue to develop in georgia and are rapidly moving e ne. Tornado watch is in effect for parts of ga, would not be sur
Tonight usc Officials Say an arrest at a traffic stop led officers s a suspected mobile meth lab. A usc Spokesman Says the driver was pulled over near the corner of heyward and sumter streets in columbia. Multiple agencies were called to the scene including a hazmat team, sled and Drug Enforcement officials. Usc Officials Say the driver and a passenger were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine. Usc police are investigating the a person is dead tonight after being hit by a car while trying to cross the highway in orangeburg county. The South Carolina Highway Patrol the crash happened on old edisto drive in orangeburg this evening. Authorities say the victim was hit by an suv traveling east on the highway. Wis is working to confirm the identity of the person who was killed. Well have an update for you once we get more information. South carolina farmers devastated by last falls flooding could get up to 40 Million Dollars in state aid under legislation now advancing in the state hou
Reporters on twitter. Senator sappedders already conceded the race. As soon as she starts speaking we intend to dip in and let you hear at least a little bit of that live, but while we are waiting we want to update you on what is happening here in South Carolina. Voters here are still picking their candidate on the republican ticket. Wis has Team Coverage all over the state for the first in the south republican primary, and our billy gene shaw is covering senator marco rubio tonight. She is in columbia, Meaghan Norman is with the senator ted cruzs campaign in columbia. And chad norris is . Sperg following the donald Trump Campaign. We will start with allie, and we have polls open for another 58 minutes . Reporter absolutely, judy and charles. Right now, the lines here like like they have been all day. The word is steady. Its been a very steady stream as people have been coming in. Was quite a line all the way to the door but that started to dwindle at lunchtime and like we said, steady
Wednesday friday sunny and cold. Highs in the middle to upper 40s. Lows in the lower to middle 20s. Voters are hitting the polls in force across New Hampshire right now in the last contest before the South Carolina primaries. Will whitson is at the chris the last contest before the will whitson is at the Chris Christie watch party in nashua, New Hampshire. Will . Youve already got some candidates focusing on South Carolina, even though the polls arent closed yet here in New Hampshire but whats happening here at the polls paints a pretty clear picture of how intense this race is going to be once it hits the palmetto state. Voters i spoke with said turnout was steady and strong at polling locations around nashua in fact, some said turnout was unusually high and they hadnt witnessed Voter Participation like this for quite some time in the New Hampshire primary. They said one reason may be the sheer number of candidates in the race, and the message the candidates are touting. I think the t
African American Voters by a substantial margin. In the newsroom jack kuenzie wis news ten. This endorsement comes as clinton is in a tough battle with Bernie Sanders just a day before the nevada caucuses. In the latest polls, likely democratic caucusgoers are split almost evenly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Here in South Carolina, clinton has an 18point lead over sanders. New at noon. Bond has been set at 500thousand for midlands Restaurant Owner accused of killing a his wifes lover. Greg leon is charged with murder and attempted murder in connection to a shooting, sunday night in lexington county. The judge set the bond for leon with multiple conditions including surrender his passport, not be in possession of deadly weapon, and be under Lexington Police say they responded to a shots fired call around 8 30 p. M. Sunday night in a park andride lot on riverchase way off highway 378. The Coroners Office has not yet been able to positively identify the victim. Leon turned