Mountains. 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching white horse rd frontage rd i85three bridges rd hwy 153hearon circle simuel rde. Cleveland st hwy 176 n. Pinehwy 56 stone staion rdinjuries ems injuries ems 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 new at four 3 a greenwood womans cell phone video of a Police Officer in action is going viral. This is tuesday. She says she was caught in a traffic jam on reynolds avenuea and began filming once she realized why police had the road blocked off. 3 clarks video has now been viewed 10s of thousands of times. Times. Talked with clark about the video and joins us now live from greenwooda. Adrian why does she think this video is so popular 3 diana and codya in her own words clark says people are thirsty for a story like thisa and once you see the video youll very likely agree 3 3 3 kim clarks job keeps her on the phone a lotim a realtor primarily selling Lake Greenwood realty
3 morning showers turn to afternoon rain, with heavy downpours likely for the upstate in the afternoon. A flood watch is in effect until early thursday. Highs will make it into the mid60s. Tonight, a few showers linger with lows in the 50s. New years eve will start with a chance for showers, then dry out with lingering clouds by late day. 3 wrap up 3 hold hold 3 were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center. Center. 3 3 a developing 3 a developing story this morning in Spartanburg County. A woman claiming to be the wife of a man killed in a hitandrun is in jail after being charged in the crime. Crime. This is video youll see only on fox only our cameras were rolling as Angelita Wright was taken to the Spartanburg County detention center. 3 the victim Brent Tessnear died sunday morning after police say a driver ran him down behind the hardees in cowpens. Cowpens. Only on fox carolina monday night angelita told us she thought her husband was intenionally hitshe talked about their six
3 and again Greenwood County one of those regions south of i85 that saw the brunt of this system Fox Carolinas Rebecca Atkins spent the day out there what are you seeing at this hour . Road was unpassable. The water was rushing and Emergency Management says at least six families were displaced and were taken to a shelter opened by the red cross. 3 3 3 nats its very frustrating to have to deal with this. Rushing water ripped through the wilson creek Mobile Home Park in greenwood early wednesday. Cars sit submerged in water and residents were evacuated. 3 4 40 32its caused a lot of people to not be able to get back and forth to their homes, wish there was something they could do to fix it make it better. Donald cortright says this is the second time he and his family have dealt with flooding in just a few months. 4 44 00i have a wife and a daughter back there and i cant get to them right now and it scares me cause i dont know what to do or how to get to them. And the owner of the wilson
3 flood warnings continue in buncombe, transylvania and henderson counties are the french broad river, along with the pigeon and Swannanoa Rivers are high, rising or above flood stage. A flood watch continues for most of our area until 7am on new years eve. Were experiencing a nice break in the rain now, but more is coming. This evening and most of tonight will be dry, but showers will push back in for wednesday. The rain shouldnt be as heavy as monday nights downpours, but it could be enough to aggravate the already flooded rivers and saturated ground. Wednesday with highs in the 60s. Isolated tstorms will be possible 3 and wake up with fox carolina. Weve got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 ill have much more,coming up 3 in greenwood. A high water advisory is in effect at Lake Greenwood at the Buzzard Roost dam water was released from the lake into the saluda river today impacting areas in greenwood and newberry counties. Youll recall those areas were als
Asheville firefighters performed several water rescues some of those along mark roads one person trapped in their mobile home was brought out by boat and two people were rescued from their van after it was swept away by rushing water. 3 just to the southwest of buncombe countytransylvania county saw flooding, power outages, and evacuations. Green road was washed out overnight people in the area say this isnt anything new when it we see these heavy downpours 3 3 3 well this is, historically a real low lying area on the french broad river. River. It comes out maybe six, seven times a year if we have any severe rain, it comes out to some degree. Degree. You know, its just an ebb and flow of life on green rd. 3 check this outlivestock also a concern this morning this is caroland farms in landrum this pasture stis along the none of the cows or their calvese were swept away 3 the damage from last nights rain spanned as far south as anderson county. Where you can see a downed tree. This is cl