Dodged a pine tree. Back over in columbia, this home on gordon street near c. A. Johnson high school wasnt so lucky. Needless to say, sce gs been busy. Weve been working since knowing that the storm was coming to get our crews ready. And spokesperson ginny jones says there have been plenty of outages to fix. There have been a number of particularly hard hit, and weve been working all around the state to try to restore outages as theyve come up. Jones says the company has rerouted crews from other counties. She says some from sumter will be headed here thursday morning. What youre looking at is a lot of single incidents at different homes, so some of those outages will take some more time to repair than, jones says thats why sce g trims limbs throughout the year to reduce the damage in windy situations like were seeing right now. Now taking a look at the current outages from sce showers and a few storms will give way to clearing showers and a few storms will give way to clearing skies a
Storm system continues to move away from the east coast. Be on the lookout for any tree limbs or debris on the roadways this morning as you head to work. 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. Get ready for a nice stretch of late winter days ahead with dry conditions, Cool Temperatures and mostly sunny skies as High Pressure builds in through the first of next week. Winds will still be an issue today as well see some gust up to 30mph. Today, mostly sunny, continued breezy, highs middle to upper 50s. Winds west 1520mph with some higher gust. Tonight, clear lows lower to middle 30s friday sunday mostly sunny, highs middle 50s to near 60 with the wind continuing to tear through the midlands, sce g linemen have been working hard overnight to restore power to temperatures and mostly sunny skies as High Pressure builds in through the first of next week. Winds will still be an issue today as we
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The death toll has risen even higher today from that Violent Storm system that tore through the south, and its on the move tonight. As we start here, cities from northern carolina up to the d. C. Area under the threat of tornadoes. At least four more people were killed this afternoon, some in waverly, virginia, where theres been significant damage tornado. At least seven people have died from this time yesterday. Right now at least ten states are at risk for Severe Weather with the highest tornado risk this evening. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer reports from the storm zone. Reporter tonight this is what they fear, funnel clouds, possible tornadoes, a weather system still and whipping winds with. With at least four dead today theres another night of dangerous weather still ahead. Look at that. Oh, my god calls for 70mileanhour winds. Tens of millions in the danger zone. The
We continue to follow our big story from yesterday. After reports of an 18 day old baby is taken in a stolen car. Today. The story takes us to the justice mom is set to face a judge. Thats where we find jordan vilines. Live Nacole Benton is the woman police say mislead them to believe that her baby had been was in her car when it was stolen outside of home. This type of incident is something Law Enforcement doesnt take lightly and now benton is facing some hefty charges. 28yearold Nacole Benton is now charged with alarms, inducing obstructing official business. Under ohio law, its or impede a Police Performance of their official encompasses a wide including, for example lying to a Police Officer, especially about an emergency. Vo take a look here at this video we shot yesterday shows benton leaving her home with her child. Her the hospital for precautionary measures since at that time, many were still unsure exactly where the what she had been exposed to in the hours before. Live bento
Bobbing and would sink. A sinkhole threatens an entire community in the louisiana bayou. Egypts former long time leader mubarak could be released from a cairo prison at any time. The 85yearold has been held in maximum security since he was forced out of power two years ago during the arab spring uprising. Wednesday, an Egyptian Court ordered his release. Hell be placed under house arrest awaiting retrial on charges he ordered the killing of hundreds of protestors. We are joint live from cairo. Jonathan, has there been any indication when mubarak will be moved from prison to house arrest . That is the big question this afternoon, rochelle. We understand that the lawyers are inside that prison south of cairo discussing the circumstances and case. As you mentioned, a court yesterday cleared the way for the massive revolution in 2011. We are showing live pictures of the there has already been such loss and blood shed that people are concentratinging on more urgent matters. The fort hood gu