That is the issue this morning. These secondary roads, the roads that are not getting a lot of heavy traffic this morning, are covered in very slick snow. I was talking to ken, he came in on hendersonville road this morning and he said he was slipping around a little. I was, too, coming from buncombe county. And on the interstates you will definitely see some Clear Conditions on the roads, but the issue right now is that they are very wet. We anticipate that to freeze because the wind chill temperatures are freezing i. Is one of those days that you want to bundle up before heading out the door. Definitely, that wind is blowing hard enough to even rock our car around on the interstate. So, thats tough enough to deal with as you are driving around. Put on top of that the conditions with the slippery kids, that is going to be an issue as you head out the door, too. We will head around buncombe county today, give you a look at what you may be expecting if you head out the door. Take it slo
Mathis wore the night he was killed was held up in front of the jury riddled with holes. In april of 2011, detective John Nickelson of Transylvania County Sheriffs Department was at the scene when witnesses said Richard Oshields fired five times. When he arrived, emergency workers already tried to save mathis. The condition was his upper clothing had been cut from him. There were ekg electrodes attached to his upper torso. And defibrillator paddles on his chest and side. And he was deceased. John prosecutors say it was a simple revenge mission. Mathis was charged with in Involuntary Manslaughter for the fell out of the truck and died. Surveillance video of the general dollar location give details. And witnesses gave tearful testimony. Day two of the trial focused more on the findings of Law Enforcement and a medical expert, including then county medical examiner dr. Dale mesh who showed jurors a body diagram that pinpointed wounds in mathis back. On monday, the defense will bring up ex
3 flood warnings continue in buncombe, transylvania and henderson counties are the french broad river, along with the pigeon and Swannanoa Rivers are high, rising or above flood stage. A flood watch continues for most of our area until 7am on new years eve. Were experiencing a nice break in the rain now, but more is coming. This evening and most of tonight will be dry, but showers will push back in for wednesday. The rain shouldnt be as heavy as monday nights downpours, but it could be enough to aggravate the already flooded rivers and saturated ground. Wednesday with highs in the 60s. Isolated tstorms will be possible 3 and wake up with fox carolina. Weve got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 ill have much more,coming up 3 in greenwood. A high water advisory is in effect at Lake Greenwood at the Buzzard Roost dam water was released from the lake into the saluda river today impacting areas in greenwood and newberry counties. Youll recall those areas were als
Asheville firefighters performed several water rescues some of those along mark roads one person trapped in their mobile home was brought out by boat and two people were rescued from their van after it was swept away by rushing water. 3 just to the southwest of buncombe countytransylvania county saw flooding, power outages, and evacuations. Green road was washed out overnight people in the area say this isnt anything new when it we see these heavy downpours 3 3 3 well this is, historically a real low lying area on the french broad river. River. It comes out maybe six, seven times a year if we have any severe rain, it comes out to some degree. Degree. You know, its just an ebb and flow of life on green rd. 3 check this outlivestock also a concern this morning this is caroland farms in landrum this pasture stis along the none of the cows or their calvese were swept away 3 the damage from last nights rain spanned as far south as anderson county. Where you can see a downed tree. This is cl
We begin with jason who is tracking more rain heading our way. Jason. Jason thats right. Its going to take time but that rain is going to come in. Flood watches have been issued and theyve been out for several days now. These go until 7 oclock on thursday morning. Up to two inches additional rainfall is possible in some of these isolated areas from buncombe county south in to the southern foothills in to southern orgia. Clouds overhead. Thats the only thing we have going on. Watch here along the gulf coast, already starting to stream up northeast. The first places to get it will be the southern portions of the upstate. Also a warm front that stretched out right about here. This is just going be to the focus for more of that rain as this warm front begins to move north and west, it pushes that rainfall back in to the lets show you the potential rainfall amounts here through the day tomorrow will add up over a half an inch in asheville. This is one general idea. Even though you see half