we ll be down to 23 at 11. a little bit of wind will certainly drop those wind chills down. you re going below freezing at 9 o clock in the upstate. we ll talk about the warming spell that we will experience. and what price we have to pay for it. i ll see you in a few minutes. larry: it s getting so cold, the code purple is in effect for tonight as emergency shelters prepare to house people who temperatures drop. they re using every available space to get folks out of the cold. the rescue mission provides blankets who may not stay there warm. macon county is left with more than $700,000 in damages after the heavy rains around they ve sent a request for a damage assessment. that could determine if any money will be made available for affected by the flooding. preliminary estimates show damage to more than 30 homes and 23 roads. darcel: president obama is moved to tears as he makes a passionate call to limit gun violence. and for every family who never imagined that the
thursday, with highs getting back into the low 50s with is right around normal for this time of year. rain should hold off until late thursday night, so the daylight hours are looking dry. 3 and wake up with fox carolina. we ve got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 i ll have much more,coming up- up-thanks kendra-we continue tonight- 3 now to breaking news tonight at ten 3 in oconee county- a man is locked up acccced of seriously injuring a 48-day-old baby. tonight deputies say that infant is fighting for her life. 3 seneca police arrested 19-year- old leroy morris after they were called to g-h-s yesterday. police say the baby was brought to the hospital by her multiple injuries including a broken collarbone.and fractured eye socket.the mother told police morris - her live-in boyfriend-..was taking care of the child the night before. during questioning, seneca police say morris admitted that on another night.he became frustrated with the child s cry
today i know it is icy and snowy. check a look at that fountain just covered in ice and cold this morning. luckily, the roads are not to icy and pretty dry, but always be careful. something you do need to keep in mind before you leave the house, take a look at your pipes. according to the insurance institute for home safety, we re just a couple of degrees from the temperature alert threshold. they say at 20 degrees or below, pipes are vulnerable to freeze but it can still happen at these temperatures. the best way to tell if you have a frozen pipe is if you turn on a faucet, and only a trickle comes out. pipes running against exterior walls or where your water enters the home through the foundation are most likely to freeze. keeping your faucet open, applying a heated pad or hair dryer to a frozen pipe and applying heat until full water pressure is restored can help. that will keep your home safe do not use a torch to try to unfreeze. and if you can not thaw the pipe, call a