Along with missouri, missouri,flood waters in arkansas are reaching levels that havent been seen in more than 20 years. In illinois, around a hundred homes are being threatened by rising waters, forcing evacuations. S. And in indiana, massive flooding across the state swamped highways and other roads. Its never fun ending up on the side of the road because of slippery roads from a winter storm. Especially when a towing ban delays the time it takes to get your car out of the ditch, and back on the highway. Highway. Tuesday, towing companies had their hands full, digging cars out all day. Cbs 2 2 ws roro along with darrahs towing as they responded to calls after the tow ban was lifted yesterday. They say the storm for them comes after the snow is done falling. Its usually the day y ter the storm hits is when we get really busy, because if they put the tow ban in effect it limits us to just intown towing. Towingto keep yourself from becoming the next victim, they recommend being vigilant
3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 3 millions of people in thiriren states along the Rising Mississippi River are getting ready for historic and dangerous floods. After days of downpours. The unusual weather pattern hit missouri hard. C b s news correspondent don champion shows us how much of the state is under water. 3 sot gov. Jay Nixon D Missouri missouri is in the dangerous flooding event. Missouri governor jay nixon called in the National Guard as the state grapples with deadly flooding. Volunteers throughout saint louis
89 inches. Atlantic city. 84. Wilmington. 79. Vineland, new jersey. 61 inches of rain. We had snow, sleet, this is a mix of snow sleet then straight snow but an inch in lehighton, mount pocono got. 8, candencyst at. 8. Martines creek. 3. And allentown a trace. The we had few ice pull nets philadelphia poconos hardest hit thanks to the ice. Carbon county a tree was down due on is jim thorpe, toby hand i fire. And two trees were down, thanks to the icing. Some spots in the poconos ended up with a quarter of an inch of ice. Certainly enough to bring down tree branches and enlarger trees, and power lines. What to expect moving forward . Weve got another wet threat for your wednesday, system could bring in some rain. We will tell you areas most likely to pick up showers and we will take a peak at that all important new years eve forecast, ill tell you this, it is trending colder heading in to january. More coming up. Jessica. We will see you in a bit, thank you. This weather system spawned
Fema assistance, you now have an extra day to do so. The deadline has been pushed back to january 4. If you have already registered, you dont have to do anything. But if you need to register, you can. Just go to our website at wltx. Com. You can find a link under the Flood Recovery tab. The man suspected of killing a holly hill woman and dumping her body in a slump is expected in court today in orangeburg county. Deputies say 45yearold harold pratt and the victim, 38yearold loretta bunch, were involved in an argument before loretta bunch disappeared around christmas. Investigators found her body yesterday in a waterway off of highway number 53. They believe she was shot to death. Harold pratt has been charged with her murder. We are on your side with information about a boil water advisory that affects a large number of West Columbia residents. The city of West Columbia has the water cut off for some of you in lexington county until about 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Workers are completing a re
3 3 the deadline to apply for individual assistance fema has been extended again. You now have until monday january 4th to apply. It originally was the third. But because that falls on a sunday. Fema officials will be accepting registrations through monday. President obama has declared all midlands counties a federal disaster. Which means the entire midlands is eligible for individual assistance. The money would by insurance. If you have already registeredyou dont need to reapply. 3 faith based plans on sunday if you still 3 need to register. We have the link on our website wltx dot com. Under the Flood Recovery tab. 3 many homeowners felt like they were overlooked when it came to volunteer help during the flood. But news 19s. Loren thomas. Shows us what hundreds of people from around the nation are doing. To help rebuild damaged homes. 3 thank you so much. Johana martinez and her children were in their home when the roof collapsed from flood damage. Nat hammeringnow volunteers from al