This is a perfect example, during and el nio year, we are that much more at risk for Severe Weather. Let me show you the numbers as far as el nio winters. Over the past 30 years, we have had 17 el nio years, and during el nio years in South Carolina, the northern part of the state, 154 tornadoes in el nio years, half of that for la nina season. Cold fronts come through, the cold air clashing at the same time. An active jet coming out of the south debts the air to circulate, and that is why during the winter, we can get tornadoes in Severe Weather and in the spring, especially. Looking ahead, we have a higher risk for Severe Weather. That is something we will keep an eye on heading into the spring. It could be an issue. Terror apart hurricanes which will limit the hurricanes if it heads strong stays strong headed into the summertime. Gabrielle right now, duke energy is reporting thousands of outages in the asheville area. According to the Duke Energy Website, nearly 6,000 customers are
Turning to i26, a 15 minute drive for long sholes, watch for delays on i. 64 in hendersonville. Im jaclyn deaugustino. This ontime traffic report is brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. Holly breaking news from the vatican. A press conference is about the get underway there right now. Jay right now, a vat kahn spokesman will say an important announcement will be made. This is a live look from that News Conference. Clearly no one is seated yet. It has not begun. Its very unusual. Holly it is very unusual. Ice being called an impromptu News Conference. We are monitoring the situation and we will come back to this as soon as it gets reki ready to begin and we will stream it on our web site. We have been looking online and there is no indication on what this may be about. Jay no idea what this is about. The last time there was a News Conference kind of like this, we learned that Pope Benedict was retiring. This time though, we cant even might be about. Holly stay with us.