Right now, one still gate is open, since the lake level is so high. Water has surrounded several homes. Now, a few of them were abandoned after the historic october flood, but one of them had been renovated since then. For a while, neighbors used sticks to monitor how quickly water was rising up the gutter on cairnbrook. Hey lexington county deponie on scene told these neighbors that sce g had planned to meet at 6 45 to reassess and to determine if the spillgate should be closed. Were just all sitting around on pins and way. A lot of the neighbors hear of all flocked at this corner near the intersection of cairnbook drive and derbyshire lane. Department and Irmo Fire Department are out here monitoring things. Of course, this flooding is caused by the release of water from Lake Murray Dam into the lower saluda river. Right now, one still gate is neighborhood gets along great. Were all sitting here. Were frustrated, but were all still trying to make the best we can do. Were all just sitting here. Were all making plans in case you have to lve. Were only a couple months away from the last flood, and here we are, and our neighborhoods flooded again, and were all just kind of wondering should we just sell our houses and move away or we dont know what to do at this point. right now, weve actually gone and rented a uhaul truck. My fianc\es gone and rented a uhaul truck just in case the flood gets up into our house again. Were praying, man. Overnight, were cooling to clear through the weekend. Lets get a check of your forecast with ben tanner. The first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s 40s. Still dozens of roads across the state remain closed tonight because of 30s 40s. Still dozens of roads across the state remain still dozens of roads across the state remain closed tonight because of flooding. The South Carolina department of transportation reports 43 roads are closed in 21 countiesincluding fairfield, kershaw, lexington, richland, saluda, and sumter. Maintenance crews are continuing to watch roads and bridges in the affected areas and Officials Say repairs will begin once the weather allows them to. Tomorrow, a portion of West Columbia will have their water shut off for about 11 hours. The city is shutting off water lines starting at 9 am for a relocation project near leaphart and Mineral Springs road. It will impact more than two dozen blocks in and around the Officials Say the water will be turned back on at 8 tomorrow evening. Once water is restored people in the area will need to boil water for at least one full minute before using it. The new year brings new tax breaks in South Carolina. Under laws passed in the 2015 legislative session and in effect as of today, Aircraft Parts and supplies are now sales tax exempt. So are some Construction Supplies and childrens clothing. Bubuthose supplies and clothing are only tax exempt if theyre being purchased by families considered in need. Also officially going on the books today is a law requiring the use of electronic death certificates for South Carolina doctoto and funeral homomdirectors. Lawmakers passed this bill during the 2015 legislative session too. It requires doctors to file an electronic death ceritficiate within five days of declaring someone dead. The law imposes penalties for dont make that deadline and also penalizes funeral home directors who go through with cremation before the paperwork is submitted. Republican president ial candidate marco rubio is kicking off the new year with Campaign Stops in South Carolina. Tomorrow rubio will be at a meet and greet at hudsons smokehouse in lexington. That will be at 4. Hes also makiki stops in easley and hilton head earlier in the day. The Clemson Tigers come home as champions. After a win over oklahoma last night in the orange bowlclemson is 14 and 0 and headed to play for the National Championship. The tigers landed at Greenville SpartanburgInternational Airport this afternoon and loaded the buses back to clemson. The were greeted by a packed crowd of excited tiger fans at death valley. They are just one game from winning the Second National title in clemsons history. Before the tigers returned home, they took time to reflect on there huge victory over the sooners. Wis joe gorchow caught up with coach dabo aftermath of their orange bowl win. A new year eves celebration to remember. The Clemson Tigers are orange bowl champions, a title which gives the tigers an opportunity to play for the national title. Dabo these guys are amazing, its one thing to have a talented team, its another thing to have a talented group of guys who care about each other and want to serve each other. Jayron its real special, we worked so hard for this. For all this work to pay off, its a great feeling. All the dreams the tigers had leading up to this game can not compare to the moment clemson enjoyed to ring in the new year. Cordrea it feels a whwhe lot better knowing its my dream come true, its an alltime dream to win a National Championship. Were almost there. I dont think it has all the way set in just because as a coach, you just stay in that focus mode, focus mode and i havent gotten away from that and i dont plan to do it so i plan to stay clemsons convincing victory, a half surge. The tigers outscored the sooners 21 to nothing in the final 30 minutes. Its been a special year, i dont think its set in, till were on the plan back tomorrow, we were just so locked in and that was our message to our players. Hey lets just stay focused, stay locked in and treat it like any other game weve treated this year and hopefully a special time and a time our players and coaches will remember for a long time. Clemsons players dominated in the trenches on both sides. The tigers rushed for a school bowl record 312 yards, while keeping the sooners to just 67 total on the ground. And the big men who blocked up the sooners, expected to dominate. Dabo we rushed the ball for 312 yards and they had 9 of 11 starters back, just incredible so you cant state enough the job that offensive line has done. Game, we had to run the ball and its just a mentality that coach caldwell instills in us that its all on our back and thats how we like it. You know, we were hungry and we feel disrespected being the underdogs all the time so we were just excited to go out there and play. Need an edit here well enjoy this and then well fix our eyes on whats next and it shouldnt be real hard to get guys ready to play for the National Championship. This is it, this is truly the biggest game of the year. Joe clemsons next stop, glendale arizona to play for the National Championship on january 11th. Joe gorchow, wis news 10 sports. The tigers will face alabama in the National Championship game after the crimson tide trounced Michigan State in the cotton bowl last night. They won in a shutout 38 to nothing. Clememn and alabama will have just over a week and for tiger fans wanting to travel to see clemson go for their second title in School History the Athletic Department says it gets 19,500 tickets to the game. However, members of the Clemson Athletics booster club have already reserved 17thousand. For ticket options you can find a link to all the information on our website, wistvdotcom and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the big red 10. Well be back with your full forecast right after this break. Plus its a new year plus almost one day. And were following plans for another terrorist attack. Just hours into the new year, were following news of a new terrorist attack states. The attack was foiled as americans rang in 2016 under tight security. Steve nannes has the latest. Reporter pkgas follows the world welcomed 2016 last night u. S. And the violence that ultimately never came. In rochester, new york, a terror plot was thwarted when officials arrested this man Emanuel Lutchman alleging he attempted to provide Material Support to isis. This person became a muslim, we believe, in state prison, went out, and became radicalized on the internet his goal, according to officials, was to attack revelers on new years eve. Its a little scary and then i sat back and i though you know, we have very good security staff we have a great Police Presence on east ave. And you know theyre really just trying to put the fear into us and were not going to let that happen. Lutchman allegedly discussed using a bomb and kidnapping people with an undercover operative. In europe. Officials in brussels took no chances. Canceling new years eve festivities after authorities uncovered plans for suicide attacks. And in germany, Police Closed two busy train stations in munich after learning of a threat connected to isis. German Officials Say there is no threat of an days. Meanwhile, back in the u. S. , extra security annual new years rose parade in pasadena, california. As well as the rose bowl game. If there is an unusual occurance, or an emergency, reporting. The first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with highs in the 50s and lowowin the 30s 40s. Its a new years day tradition 30s 40s. Its a new years day tradition for many in the 30s 40s. Its a new years day tradition for many in the low countrya dip in the 30s 40s. Its a new years day tradition for many in the low countrya dip in the days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a topsecret briefing on the terrorist threat. Marco rubio was missing fundraising in california instead. Two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino. And where was marco . Fundraising again in new orleans. Over the last 3 years, rubio has missed Important National security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. Politics first thats the rubio way. Right to rise usa low countrya dip in the atlantic for a good cause. The rain didnt keep away people away from this annual tradition on sullivans hundreds of people hit the beachand the waves for the 2016 Polar Bear Plunge. The event proceeds support Special OlympicsSouth Carolina athletes. Organizers say over the years dunleavys Polar Bear Plunge has raised more than 500 thousand dollars and up where temperatures are much colder in chicago some brave souls plunged into the waters of lake michiganat an annual polar plunge there. Most managed to tough it out for just a few seconds before scrambling back to shore. The plunge raises money to find homes for greyhound dogs across the midwest. The cooler weather is a Welcome Change after weeks of bad business for ski resorts in north carolina. Now a least one of thth hopes to turn things around. Sarahblake morgan has more from sugar nats of snow do not adjust your television. Nats thats really is snow you see on sugar mountain. A wbtv on your side lloyd holt visiting from camp jejeunewe were driving around and said, oh look theres snow up there, so we might have a chance at skiing a wbtv on your side cooler temperatures good for ski slopes sugar mountaina chance is all these ski hopefuls are asking for as they eagerly wait for the snow to stick a wbtv on your side kylie visiting from wanted to get out there on the sugar mountaina we dont like i i but were used temperatures good for ski slopes theres really no formula, them busy we went mining a couple days but now that the temperatures are finally just right, these snow makers will work overtime through the night hopefully making the slopes skiable by the morning those that came and didnt cancel their plans, theyre happy because they know were trying. In the e t tub last night toasting i said, just to stay an extra day just to do it a new years eve wish granted by mother nature, with a little help from these guys all we need is cold, so once we get cold temperatures, well make the snow. Thats sarahblake morgan reporting. On the hardwood, both the South Carolina mens and Womens Basketball teams are rankedand in action this weekend. The men are coming off a big win over francis marion. Tomorrow, theyll host the memphis tigers. The gamecocks are now 12 and oh and ranked 24th in the nation. Tipoff from Colonial Life arena is at 6 pm and can be seen on espnu. The usc women will be back in action sunday. The number two ranked gamecocks are hosting arkansas. Its the teams conference opener. Gametime is at 3 pm. If you cant make it to Colonial Life arena, you can still catch the action on espn u. The clemson defense had quite a showing last night to pull off a big win for the tigers. With just one game standing between them they matchup when they go against alabama . Sports is next. Its on to the National Championship game for oklahoma in a semifinal game 37 to 17. Now one big key to clemsons victory, the play of the defense. They shut out the sooners in the second half and they held the them to just 67 total yards rushing. The clemson defenders came in with some attitude because they got tired of all the talk, all the people picking oklahoma to win, so they decided it was time to put up to shut up. Were you feeling disrespected with so many oh yeah, we feel disrespected by how they talked, they talked their mouth all week man. Thats what they do, we never talk. You cant walk the walk you got to talk the talk. Every year, week in and week out, people doubt us man. We just playing with heart and playing with that chip on our shoulder that were going to go out there and play clemson football and we know our best is better than their best. We just play to our standard and we got a bunch of guys that are working towards one common goal and when you got that, you good. Other, its a brotherhood out there, nobody respects us like i said and nobody picks us to win what happens when we take the lead in the fourth quarter. Since 2010 were 51 and 0. These guys finish, they know how to finish, were 51 and 0 when we take the lead going into the fourth quarter. So thats incredible consistency and thats really the message, and lets put it away in the fourth. Its like a dream come true, any kid that wants to play college football, their dream is to plpl for a National Championship. And we have the opportunity, were just living it up right now, were on top of the world. Its a blessing to be a part of it, its our fourth bowl win in a row. And more importantly were 14 and 0. So its just, its awesome to be in the National Championship. Clemson is 14 and 0, they have the nations longest title. Rick henry, wis news 10 sports. 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