Around 60,000 people have been forced from their homes in North Eastern syria, on the second day of a major air and ground assault by turkish forces. Thereve been several civilian deaths. Turkeys president claims at least a hundred kurdish fighters have been killed. They are long time American Allies in the fight against the extremist group, the so called Islamic State, but the turks regard them as terrorists. Turkey is trying to push back the kurds and seize land just inside the syrian border, to create what it calls a safe zone to resettle some of the millions of Syrian Refugees who sought shelter in turkey during eight years of war. Our International Correspondent 0rla guerin sent this from near the border. Turkey says its creating a safe zone in syria but take a look at 5 year old sara. Shes just lost one of her legs in a rocket attack that killed her 12 year old brother. Sara is one of many casualties in hospitals in the kurdish town of qamishli today. Victims of a new chapter in
Political party celebrates gains in two regional elections. The a lot of for germ alternative for Germany Party says its time to see the a. F. D. , not as a pariah, but as an equal. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. Tonight, a Million People in the United States of florida, georgia and South Carolina have been ordered to evacuate their homes as one of the most powerful hurricanes ever approaches the atlantic coast. Hurricane dorian has been pounding the northern bahamas and is forecast to make landfall in the u. S. By tuesday. It may have been downgraded to a category four hurricane but dorian continues into its worst. Complete devastation. Look at these cars. Bashing the bahamas, the second strongest storm on record has crushed cars, snapped trees and ripped roofs off homes. Flood waters choke roadways making it dangerous for residents to survey the damage. The slow moving storm is expected to keep thrashing the island chain. Baha
Are arriving in the morning there wont be as much warmth to give them energy, but there will be strong Wind Dynamics at play. That means that if a storm does get going, it could rotate and potentially produce a tornado. Strong winds aloft could also get pulled to the surface, causing isolated areas of wind damage. Threat should end by noon as line pushes east. Temperatures will get into the 60s quickly through wednesday with breezy conditions, then temperatures will plummet wednesday evening. Snow showers will be likely along the tn border wednesday night. Thursday will be breezy but sunny with highs in the low 50s for the upstate and mid 40s in the mountains. Sunny conditions will prevail into the weekend with highs getting back to near 60 by 3 and wake up with fox carolina. Weve got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 kendra, we know 3 that the tornado threat for our area will be low tomorrow morning, but can you tell us what were supposed to do if a Tornado
3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching white horse rd lenhardt rdcleveland st mcdaniel ave accident old furnace rd hwy 9 at mason rd road maintenance operationstwo left lanesi85 south between 63heres a live look 3 at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 back to you guys 3 first at four 3 Pickens County deputies say theyve arrested the man responsible for the gruesome murder of an upstate mother deputies say two fisherman found 35 year old farah khans body on a boat ramp near the saluda lake early sunday morning morningand today weve learned investigators believe 22 year old Kasey Waldrop is the man there 3 deputies arrested waldrop yesterday in Greenville County. County. Fox carolinas Adrian Acosta joins us now live from libertya adrian is there any connection between the victim and the suspect . Waldrop was supposed to have a bond hearing at the courthouse behind me but waived thata but deputies say sooner or later he will face a judge for the killing of farah
Out www. Foxcarolina. Com weather for more on the forecast and interactive radar 3 and dont forget to wake up with thee morning news meteorologist nicole papay will have a check of the forecast and traffic reporter chris scott will have the latest Road Conditions on your way to work. Thats from 5 00 to 9 00 on thee morning news. 3 and that same storm system moving our way is wreaking havoc across parts of the southeast. Including st james parish, louisiana. Where at lease two people are dead. And 30 others hurt after a tornado ripped through an rv park. And heres a look at the damage. This is just one of many places hit. Officials say at least seven tornados have hit louisiana and mississippi. 3 no matter where you find yourself tomorrow, remember you can stay up to date on the weather by downloading our the fox carolina weather appby texting the number on your screen. Youll get weather alerts. Watches and warnings straight to your phone. 3 new tonight. 3 a tow truck driver. And the ma