Mike desumma is on 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. More wind damage happened on patterson road in columbia where a tree mike desumma is on Mineral Springs road right now. Thanks dawndy and charles. Powerlines. More wind damage happened on patterson road in columbia where a tree crashed into a fence around a home. Thankfully, the house was okay. Work crews were able to get there to be sure the road was cleared. Childrens home on millwood and maple streets in columbia. A tree fell and smashed into a taxis windshield. The driver told our crew it had to have been the wind that caused the tree to split. He feels fortunate to be alive. Columbia forestry and beautification cleaned up the tree and the car was towed. Chesterfield county funnel cloud newberry wind damage strong wind flipped building over and into the driveway. Had to move it so we could g
Buildings were almost flattened. Most residents have been evacuated, but firefighters conducted searches overnight to ensure everyone made it out safely. Well have another look at storm damage across the south ahead. Lets get your Early Morning started with a look at your forecast. Tim miller is in the First Alert Storm Center with your wake up weather. Everything seems to be falling into place for a chance of severe storms today as a strong storm system makes its way towards the state. A warm front just south of columbia this morning will move through and will kick out the fog and temperatures will rise into the middle 60s as winds pick up from the south at 2530mph as the warm front picks up steam this is when well see our best chance of severe thunderstorms. 5am noon this is the best time frame for storms through the midlands. As of 2 30am showers and thunderstorms continue to develop in georgia and are rapidly moving e ne. Tornado watch is in effect for parts of ga, would not be sur
Development is high with the best time frame between 5am 2pm this has the potential to be a life threatening event. Its important to pay close attention to the forecast the next 36 hours. Its free just search wis weather in your app store. Standard messaging and data rates may apply. For many years its been clear that the Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our National Security it underminds it. That was part of president obama announcement today that he is sending congress a plan to close Guantanamo Bay and bring dozens of suspected its a hot button issue that critics on capitol hill have fought for years. Tracie potts has more on the plan. And the reaction. Good afternoon. President obama wants to transfer 35 terror suspects to other countries then close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay gitmo and move the rest dozens of dangerous suspects to prisons military bases in the us. 13 so far undisclosed sites around the country. The president argues were actually le
Breezy with highs in the lower mid 40s. Dry weather is expected as we continue to the end of the work week. Thursday and friday temperatures will struggle to reach the upper 40s and low 50s. This weekend expect the arctic blast to continue and highs to continue in the 40s. Happening right now. City of columbia water crews are repair a water main break near the 11hundred block of st. Andrews road. This is near the st. Andrews commons apartments. Overnight we received calls to our newsroom about residents not having any water there. Utility crews are actively working to repair the water main break now. Well let you know when those repairs are complete. The polls predicting the projected winners in the New Hampshire primaries proved correct. But there was at least one surprise last night. Karin caifa reports from manchester with the primary results, and whats next in the president ial race. Winners here in New Hampshire. Both of them coming off of losses in iowa last week. Bernie sanders
Atlanta to hit a rally last night in las vegas. Trump is projected to win the state. But second place remains up for grabs. Tonight Democratic Candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will take part in a cnn Town Hall Forum here in columbia. Ahead of saturdays democratic primary in South Carolina, both candidates will field questions from an audience at uscs school of law. You can catch it live on cnn from 8 to 10. Chris cuomo will moderate. Hillary clinton has a group of mothers on her side with highprofile stories that made national headlines. They spoke on behalf of her president ial campaign at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church monday during a forum called breaking down barriers. The group included the mothers of trayvon martin, sandra bland, eric garner, and dontre hamilton. The women say clinton is the only candidate who listened and talked with them about their concerns with gun violence, racial profiling and social justice. She calls and says, what can i do for you . Ho