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
Temperatures will reach 49 in the upstate and around 40 degrees in the mountains under mostly sunny skies. We will talk about the weekend and our next report in a few minutes. Allyson thank you, dale. Happening today, the official kickoff for the 231 million 85385 gateway project. The project is meant to improve safety and make the interchange more efficient. More than 190,000 vehicles per day travel on the interchange daily. This is the second largest road project in scdots history. Turning to commitment 2016 Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders squared off one last time in New Hampshire before tuesdays primary. Patrick just hours before last nights debate, the latest nbcwall street journal poll showed sanders with a more than a 30 point lead over clinton. Now, Hillary Clinton is looking to gain ground. Some of the major topics last night were health care, wall street, and who is more progressive. The republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care act. I want to build on it, get the cos
Patrick aly myles joins us to tell us more. Aly good morning. You can see the 85380 five interchange behind me. Today is expected to be the kickoff of the gateway project. There will be a groundbreaking that noon on woodruff road and it is expected to be the secondlargest road project in scdot history. After the groundbreaking, construction is expected to get the full swing. The project involves creating a new interchange with lanes, ramps, bridges and while maintaining traffic. The widening of 385 will continue and there will be improvements to Roper Mountain road, woodruff road and other surrounding segues. Officials are expected to hold the groundbreaking on woodruff road at noon today. The cost of the project is 231 million. Greenville. Patrick thank you. The excitement continues to 50. Is geoff hart. Allyson he joins us live this morning from santa, clara from santa clara, california. Through the roof this year. Geoff good morning. Ticket to super bowl 50 . A lot of folks with dee
Former secretary of state by 20 points in New Hampshire. Tonight, sanders and clinton sparred over what it means to be a progressive. If were going to get into labels, i dont think it was particularly progressive to vote against the brady bill 5 times. All that i said is, theres nothing wrong with being a moderate. But you cant be a moderate. You cant be a progressive. Im a progressive who likes to get things done. Not only talk the talk, but walk the walk. Aixa on foreign policy, clinton says you have to be ready on day one when you become president , and experience matters. Sanders says judgement matters, too, and he voted against the war in iraq. She voted for it. In washington, im aixa diaz. Wyff news 4. Michael Richard Harpootlian is throwing his support behind Bernie Sanders tonight. You may recall, harpootlian is the former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman. Harpootlian says he made the decision yesterday, after talking with sanders on the phone last week. He said sanders
And the mountains will reacharound 40s. 10 degrees colder than yesterday. A better weekend shaping up. We will talk more about that in a few minutes. Patrick thank you. When it comes to the superbowl, you never know whos going to show up unexpectedly. Geoff hart joins us again from santa clara with more on who crashed the party. Geoff you never know who will show up at the super bowl and yesterday, it was snoop dpgg. Snpooop dogg. From rapper to reporter, snoop dogg showed up for a press conference for the panthers and broncos. He was working as a correspondent for a sports show of course. Since hes snoop dogg, he did more than ask questions. He took a lot of pictures with the players. But heres how he handled his exchanges with the quarterbacks cam newton and Peyton Manning. First, i want to say cam, cam , cam, cam dance with me. Is this out manning you in the game you are about to play . Thats a good question. First of all, can i get a 50 discount on papa johns pizzas, one in the sta