Tune into news 10 sunrise for more. Our orange bowl coverage will continue live from miami starting at 4 tomorrow its still a warm night out there in the midlands. And more rain is expected to be on the way. Meteorologist ben tanner has your overnight forecast expect more showers and occasional thunderstorms wednesday as another area of low pressure approaches the region. Your rain chance jumps to 90 with 1 rain totals possible. The new years eve rain chance falls to 50 during the day and then down to 30 that night. New years day will be partly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. The first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. Some new faces on the Columbia City council could mean changes in how the city, and the council two new Council Members sworn in just a couple hours ago. Our chad mills was there. Now, there could potentially be a fourth vote against some of the mayors policies, which would mean a majority. But, obviously, that
3 weve seen some heavy rain over the past few days. And as a result. Sce g opened up one spillway. Releasing water from the lake murray dam. Earlier this morning. News 19s loren thomas has more on what led up to that decison. 3 3 nat siren soundsyou may have heard sirens along the saluda river as South Carolina electric and gas conducted tests. We did that today just to make sure that theyre working properly. Ginny jones with sce g says there has been a lot of interest in the river and the water levels following the october flood. Lake murray sits above the saluda river. Meaning water released from the dam goes there. So when we operate at saluda hydro we release water into the lower saluda river and so the sirens are designed to let someone who might be boating or swimming on the river so theyll know that there will be a change in the water level. Those sirens are something john derrick and his friends appreciate. On wednesday they were out on the saluda river and took notice to the h
J. R. Has the night off. Hundreds of volunteers have come together to help homeowners from historic floods. Home repairs are taking place in a big three day event. Many people didnt know the extent of their damage. There are a lot of families or homeowners did not realize the extent of their damage. I think the community is can happen. Home works saved more than 300,000. If you are interested of being part of their project check out the story in our web site. Been extended to monday, january 4th. President obama has declared all counties a disaster. The money would cover losses not taken care of by insurance. If you have already registered you do not need to reply. The original extension for the deadline was requested by the governor of that state. That extended to january 3rd. It falls on a sunday, fema has extended that Registration Period to midnight on january 4th, monday just to accommodate those that want to register and have their plans sunday. If you have registered with usc is
3 3 the deadline to apply for individual assistance fema has been extended again. You now have until monday january 4th to apply. It originally was the third. But because that falls on a sunday. Fema officials will be accepting registrations through monday. President obama has declared all midlands counties a federal disaster. Which means the entire midlands is eligible for individual assistance. The money would by insurance. If you have already registeredyou dont need to reapply. 3 faith based plans on sunday if you still 3 need to register. We have the link on our website wltx dot com. Under the Flood Recovery tab. 3 many homeowners felt like they were overlooked when it came to volunteer help during the flood. But news 19s. Loren thomas. Shows us what hundreds of people from around the nation are doing. To help rebuild damaged homes. 3 thank you so much. Johana martinez and her children were in their home when the roof collapsed from flood damage. Nat hammeringnow volunteers from al
To newberry to the north. Fairfield county and approaching winnsboro to the west of blythewood and ridge wood and light scattered showers into west irmo. Starting off more mild than yesterday. 63 newberry. 64 winnsboro. Sumter, 66. Columbia, 67. Well be experiencing light showers, but temperatures to stay in the upper 60s into the afternoon. Better chance for light to moderate showers into the Late Afternoon and early evening. If you are heading out now, youll want to give yourself a lot of interest time because extra time because the roads are wet. I26 between piney grove and st. Andrews road, traffic is very light right now. But the roads with wet, so give yourself extra time. Only delay in lexington across augusta road from main street sunset boulevard across i20 right now is clear. From i26 lake murray to the williamsbrice stadium, 21 minutes. Well look at your sevenday forecast coming up in a few minutes. Mary. Thank you, efren. Sce g officials are monitoring water levels at lake