Western North Carolina and the north georgia mountains. Windchills could get as low as 15 degrees below zero. This goes until noon tomorrow, but the wind advisory will be reissued tomorrow night running until noon on thursday. Cold across the area. Dangerously cold. I will show you the numbers later on. Now back to you. Gabrielle some areas of the western North Carolina mountains have deep snow. Others are bracing for dangerously low temperatures. Live and local in hendersonville. Mike . Mike i have on two pairs of gloves if that tells you anything. The later it gets, the colder it gets. The focus is on people who may not have heat or a place to live. We just want to make sure that people are safe. Mike shelters in asheville are operating on whats called code purple, because the temperature is below 32 degrees. That means theyre making room for more people. Were sleeping men in our and even into our dining room area. Mike on a regular day, the western Carolina Rescue Ministry has room
The wind advisory kicks in from 7 00 until midnight for the entire viewing area, and we could see gusts, especially at the higher elevations. Until 7 00 in the morning on friday, and we will talk more about this wintertype weather later on. Back to you, gabrielle. Gabrielle lets talk about the wind again. It made a mess, and some of it is in spartanburg. Mike mccormick covers it. Mike right now, the Fire Department is here to keep people away from the building, and that is because the roof is hanging off of the building. There were people inside. They were not hurt, but they were shaken up. Watch this sign do its best to hang on. Just feet away, a tree and a police blocked off john b. White sr. Boulevard near the beacon, where drivers ended up on a detour around the downed lines. Sitting at a stop sign, and all of a sudden, a gust of wind hit the road, and i watched it blow off, and then a power line disconnected, and sparks were jumping everywhere. Mike ironically, Rick Mitchell is no
Coming up later in the newscast. Nigel speaking of Bernie Sanders, hes expected to make stops in South Carolina today as well ahead of tomorrows primary. You can see he will be in columbia in orangeburg later tonight. Earlier today he was in minnesota. Sanders met with about a dozen native American Tribal council members. At the meeting, the vermont senator described the plate of poverty plight of poverty in the native american community. Sen. Sanders in the nation which has the highest level of poverty of the most any major country on earth, native americans, unfortunately her at the very top of that list. I dont have it in my head, but the rate of childhood poverty for native American Children is literally off the charts. Higher than africanamerican, higher than latino, it is very very high. It is a national disgrace. Nigel sanders is expected to speak at Claflin University at 5 30. We will take you there live. Senator Bernie Sanders campaign caucuses on super tuesday. The first rall
University. Mrs. Clinton there is a big divide between what i believe, what president obama believes, what congressman clyburn believes, and so many others, and what youre hearing from the republican candidate. That is why getting involved is not only a good thing to do, its essential. Patrick support for both candidates spread out over both towns. We have to get an education and better our lives. She is going to do that for us. Hes going to do exactly what he is saying. That is my biggest hope, a lot of youth come out and vote. I hope as a result of this rally, they are more engaged in deep legal process. Patrick leftover business before the primary, both candidates continued on to columbia to rally before voters. Again, senator sanders will not be in South Carolina tomorrow night for the primary. He will instead be in dallas, rallies, mouthwash parties. Hillary clinton of course has the momentum according to the polls. Bernie sanders still rallying for the vote here, but he also has
According to boseman, reeves car was turning onto highway 81, when it hit burnetts truck. Reeves is receiving treatment at greenville memorial. No word on the extent of his injuries. Boseman also said the deputy involved refused to talk to the coroner or Highway Patrol until the Greenville County internal Affairs Officials arrived. Michael this deadly accident has rocked a lot of people in the powdersville community. Many of them, wanting to know more about the chase. Wyff news 4s corey davis is live and local, with more on the chase policy of the Greenville County Sheriffs Office. Corey . Corey the first line of the Greenville County chase policy says, the Sheriffs Office recognizes the extreme hazards associated with a vehicle pursuit. It also mentions that the suspect must pose a risk to the community before the chase takes place. In this case, warrants revealed that Dexter Reeves was involved in a Domestic Violence situation with the mother of his child a couple hours before the ch