A full report in a few minutes. Geoff thank you. The ice brought down trees and power lines. Right now, thousands of people are without power. According to duke energy, more than 24,000 people are without power in the carolinas. You can see the number here in Western North carolina. That number has dropped from 1700 in the last hour. In swain county, less than 200 here in the upstate, less than 700 total. Most are in greenwood county. Troopers are investigating two deadly wrecks impacted by conditions. A man, standing on the side of interstate 385, was forced over a concrete retaining wall and down an embankment. 28yearold clayborn dallas jester was standing at the site of a previous crash when he was forced over the wall. Three others where hospitalized in the collision including a was on site for the first crash. The other deadly wreck involved a head on collision with a tow truck on verde boulevard. The coroner says 17yearold Lauryn Tyona Agnew hit a patch of ice and crossed over th
It will start tonight and continues to half of tomorrow. It could follow pretty good and some of the mountain roads. We will get sleet for the most part in the upstate. 24 inches of rain in the mountains of North Carolina could make for tricky driving by monday afternoon. 20 in asheville. When you factor in the breeze, it will feel much colder. It feels like 14 in greenville. It feels more like 8 in hendersonville. We will show you the future plus with the winter storm coming in tonight. Geoff we begin with commitment 2016 coverage now the six remaining republican candidates for president all took the stage in South Carolina. Allyson the group squared of at the peace center in Downtown Greenville. Wyff news 4s myra ruiz followed myra some big jabs early on. The remaining six republicans took the stage last night in the cbs news debate in Downtown Greenville at the peace center. Certainly a verbal brawl laced with insults among several candidates. I am sick and tired of him going after
Counties east the national. Yancey, mitchell, avery, Mcdowell County. Fresh snow falling her. We have a winter storm watch for the rest of Western North carolina. Freezing rain advisories for the upstate of South Carolina, the i85 corridor. When this starts to occur is a . Questionmark today. Chris it looks like lunch or after, we are watching the storm back toward tennessee. The greatest moisture up toward tennessee. We are watching his back toward birmingham. It will make a run for north georgia and parts of the upstate. Air is so dry that, like you were saying, trying to move in right now, it is getting of this rated by the dry air we have in place. The fact that humidity, 45 , that is the first thing we are tracking. We haveveo get the moisture up before anything hits the ground. Temperatures are another thing later today, we will see warm air from the south that will erode away at this cold air. Here is the you is the latest future plus showing snowfall in the mountains. In the af
They are tracking a lowpressure system moving just south of our area today. We will see it move right along the cold boundaries from augusta to columbia. At first, we are watching for this moisture back toward birmingham that will moisten of our atmosphere. Right now, we are dry. Any moisture trying to jerk move and is being eviscerated. We are getting humidity levels up. When i left last night, were at 20 . We are now at 53 . Another thing we are watching his temperatures. 20s across much of the area. A cold dome of air stretches back toward north georgia. It will move like this right around that cold air. Let me show you the latest computer model. Nothing showing up. Just like the summertime, drizzle is hard to pick up on the radar. We will see freezing drizzle and hereby midmorning. It wont take much to make the roads slick due to how cold the roads are. Have your freezing rain in greenville and spartanburg later this evening. North Greenville County through the foothills. Rain move
The coroner released it. After one family asked that the toxicology reports not be released. The coroner sought the opinion of the attorney general who said toxicology reports dont have to be released because they are medical documents and are hippa protected. But the coroner. Who is not a medical professional. Said he felt it was within his power to release the information. With the release of these toxicology reports that this will bring greater awareness to our campus and our students so that they kno things ppto them, that not everyone is immune. There was one student in the car that was not under the influence. Joshua lee. And the alcohol results of the passenger that survived were not released. How does a doublemurder suspect. Get out of jail. And onto house arrest. Thats the question. Many are asking tonight. After deputies say a suspect cut his ankle monitor. And went on the run. Bradford williams. Was arrested in december 2014. Accused of killing two men thanksgiving morning i