Through the saturday with mostly sunny skies. The next chance of rain arrives monday. Wind advisory remain in effect through 7pm thursday with 1535 mph sustained winds and higher gusts at times. Several schoolslsnd churches activities for tonight. Be sure to check the bottom of your screen for an updated list. Earlier today, a West Columbia road was blocked by a fallen tree. Mike desumma is live along Mineral Springs road right now. Thanks dawndy and charles. Im here in West Columbia on Mineral Springs road. Here power crews are dealing with down trees impacted powerlines. West columbia wasnt the only area to have damage. West columbia wasnt the only thanks dawndy and charles. Powerlines. West columbia wasnt the only area to have damage. This was the scene on patterson road in columbia around 2 30. Strong winds are being blamed for some downed trees, including this fence. And in front of epworth Childrens Home on millwood and maple streets in columbia, a tree fell and smashed into a ta
Develop along the cold front as it moves through the state. Clearing skies and cooler temperatures tonight through thursday. Severe threat is less as much of the dynamics lift to the northeast however, a few thunderstorms will develop along the cold front as it moves through the state. Temperatures tonight through thursday. Severe threat is less as much of the dynamics lift to the northeast however, a few thunderstorms will develop along the cold front as it moves through storms. There are confirmed tornadoes in several states. And at least three people are dead and 30 more injured from the storms. Nbcs jacob rason has the latest from convent, louisiana. 00 05 1 161 32 behind me is what is left of sugar hill mobile home park, more than 150 homes now just piles of ruble. Some of them thrown blocks from where they were originally. Two people died here, more than 30 were hospitalized, seven of those critical. And they have been searching for three people missing who may be trapped in the
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Dispatcher, in fact, just about 1015 minutes ago, and we are seeing issues in the weaverville area right now. A tree is down upper flat creek road near calloway road and the salem church road area near the mars hill highway. So issues reported there. So far, no accidents reported in the asheville area here. But, again, you you want to take it slow on your morning commute. Standing water is an issue on many of these, especially floodprone areas. We are seeing the wind picking up here a little bit in asheville, but we are seeing Even Stronger winds leading to some Power Outages in cherokee and macon county. Duke Energy Reporting more than 1300 customers in each of the counties are without power right now. So, we are seeing issues across our area as a result of the weather. Now, lets check in with jack Jaclyn Deaugustino for a look at the other issues. Jaclyn thanks, lauren, we are getting reports of debris in the roadway all over Haywood County. There is not one specific area, this is ac