Snapping as the water rises. He and others are hoping all of the flooding will taper off soon. Officials say theyll be monitoring the situation overnight. Live in camden, chad mills, wis news 10. The department of Natural Resources is investigating a drowning at lake wateree. 68yearold Thomas Brinson of ridgeway drowned this morning this morning off blackgum lane in Kershaw County. The Kershaw County coroner says brinson was going down into the lake to try and get a well cover that had fallen in the water. When his wife came outside she couldnt find him. In the areadespite their level of water experience, to use extra cautionespecially with the current water levels. Again, wis will continue monitoring changing conditions in the area. Right nowlets get a check of the Current Conditions out there. Meteorologist ben tanner is in the Weather Center with the latest update. Thursday the rain chance falls to 50 during the day and then down to 30 that night. High 70. The front will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. New years day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. High 60. The first weekend in january will be dry and heavy rains over the past 24 will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. New years day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. High 60. The first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. Heavy rains over the past 24 hours are also leaving homeowners in several neighborhoods are continuing to watch the water levels close to their homes. That includes the pine glen subdivision which was hit hard by flooding in october. Mike desumma joins us live from that area. Charles samantha even as the sun goes down out here the buzz among many people is what the water is doing. People who were displaced from their homes in back by the floods have had to come out here because of rising waters. Kinley creek in back of the street here topped its banks because of all the rain and at this hour, the levels really havent gone down much. The creek like many waterways around here feeds off of lake murray. Sce g opening emergency spillways on the lake really brought a lot of heightened awareness out here over the course of the day. In the costly process of getting the necessary permits to rebuild their homes. Some are already starting that work here on carinbrook drive. Needless to say theyre not happy to find the water rushing around their property again. Its inhabitable. If its going to keep happening like this. Why would i work on something knowing the reoccurrence of water getting into my home and me having to carry kids out into the water . Were losing neighbors. I have kids thats gonna want to go outside and play with their neighbors and theres not going to be anybody left. Meanwhile further upstate where all the runoff water is coming from things are slowly getting back to normal. Yesterday you might recall we told close to a dozen roads were closed off in Newberry County because of flooding rains. Today most of those roads are back open. The question now for county officials is did they cause any permanent damage to several bridges that flow under and near creeks. As for the creek in this neighborhood agencies in lexington county say they intend to keep an eye on it throughout the course of the evening. Desumma, wis news 10 in lexington county, flooding has also led to several road closures. The Sheriffs Department is reporting closures in the 1 thousand block of hope ferry road to saluda river. The 200 block of crosby road. And the 300 block of laura brodie road. Officials are reminding everyone out travelingespecially at night, to be cautious while driving and to turn around when coming upon a road thats been flooded. South carolina war hero Kyle Carpenter is free after facing a judge on charges linked to a hit and run incident. Jack kuenzie joins us live from where it happened at a busy intersection in downtown columbia. Sam and charlesbehind me, blossom and assembly near the coliseum and the Strom Thurmond wellness center. Thats where police say a little more than threre weeks ago, Kyle Carpenter made a the 26 year old medal of honor recipient attempting to turn left onto assembly from westbound blossomwhen he hit a young man in the crosswalk. The victim identified by cpd as 18 year old michael haddadwho according to a Police Report had the crossing light in his favor when carpenters vehicle struck him and knocked him down. The victim suffered a leg injury and some scrapes but none of them serious enough for him to ask for hospital care. Police after speaking to witnesses and looking at Surveillance Video determined carpenter had pulled over after making contact and put on his flashers. But they say he did not get out of his vehicle to offer help or identify himself. And police say once the victim had gotten to his feet and walked closer to the gymcarpenter drove away. Investigators say when he was located, carpenter gave a statement and has cooperated. No indication of any alcohol or drug use by either man. The marine who suffered severe injuries and underwent multiple sacrificed his own safety in a taliban grenade attack now stands accused of hit and run and making an improper turn. Hes free on his own recognizance after a city Court Appearance this morning. Jack kuenzie wis news ten. The Clemson Tigers are hoping for a win to take them one step closer to the national title. Right now okahoma is up 17 to 16 over the tigers at the half. The winner of this game advances to the National Championship in glendale, arizona. Well have more coverage coming up in sportsas well as highlights an analylys tonight on wis news at 11. A leesville fourth grader who is unable to walk on her own got a step up yesterday. We first brought you the story of Alanna Thompson a couple weeks ago. She was born with spina bifada and hydrocephalus and was wheelchair boundbut, not anymore. Thanks to over 3 thousand dollars in donations on her gofundme page, she now has a though shes paralyzed from the waist down, standing is good for alanna medically. And now that shes at eye level with siblings and peers, she says she can do so much more. I couldnt reach a lot of stuff in my room, and now when i want to play with something and the supplies and things are up high, i can reach them. Alannas mother, katie, says theyre so grateful for aa of the people they knew, and didnt know, who made this possible for her. She says alanna was so excited, she cried when the package arrived yesterday. Were just under 6 hours until the new yearand overnight we could get some more showers. Coming up after the break, ben tanner looks ahead to your first Weather Forecast of 2016. Break 2 thursday the rain chance falls along the coast by late thursday night. New years day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. High 60. The first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. Will cross the area and settle along the coast by late thursday night. New years day will be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. High 60. The first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. Coming up, we look at some of the major events this past year and, the stage is set and the show will go on for another famously hot new year in we live in a pick and choose world. Choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . Why settle for this . Enter sleep number, and the lowest prices of the season. Sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. You like the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store, find the lowest prices of the season. Save 600 on the 1 rated i8 bed, plus no interest until january 2018. Know better sleep flag is removed from the statehouse grounds during a ceremony ending 54 years of display at the South Carolina capitol. On july 14th the spacecraft new horizons passes by pluto, and comes within 7,800 miles of its surface its closest flyby. The craft captures images of pluto and sends them back to earth. On august 14th the u. S. Flag is raised outside the newly reopened embassy in havana, marking another signal to an end of 50 years of strained relations between the u. S. And cuba. On august 19th the German Parliament votes for greece. Greece receives 14 point 5 billion dollars, the first payment of a new three year bailout that is worth a total of 95 point 6 billion dollars. On september 14th European Union officials meet to decide on how to respond to the Syrian Refugees crisis. However, no agreement is made. Officials cannot agree on a proposal by european commission. President jeanclaude junkers a plan that would give an additiona 120 thousand refugees asylum within the European Union countries. On september 22nd pope francis arrives in washington, d. C. To begin his first visit to the united states. Well have more of the top stories for 2015 from around the world coming up at 7. Tonight, thousands are expected to pack main street in downtown columbia to new year. The annual famously hot new year officially gets underway in around 10 minutesrain or shine. A lineup of bands are set to take the stage in front of the state houseincluding fivetime grammy Award Winning singer lauryn hill. There will also be stations for food and drinks. Its free to get in. If you want to make a monetary or food donation to flood victims there will be a place to do so. Still ahead in sports coach frank martin says its up to the fans to help keep the mens basketball winning streak alive. Plustiger rag or boomer sooner. Fans are going wild in miami to watch their teams go head to head in the orange bowl. Coming up on nightly news an enormous skyscraper in dubai catches on fire, dramatic pictures from there, and yet the city goes ahead with the largest fireworks display on earth to celebrate new years eve. Also, a man in upstate new york accused of hatching an isisinspired plot foiled and we have an nbc news investigation about the replacement for a medical device that was associated with dozens of deaths, well now the replacement also has a potentially fatal flaw. All coming up on nightly news. The National Championship game. Right now the Third Quarter is just getting underway. Oklahoma is up 17 to joe gorchow caught up with some rowdy tigers and sooners ahead of the game today. A sea of orange invades south miami. Into their own death valley. Away from home. Take sot when youre 130 and have a team like clemson and a coach like dabo you cant help but follow them. Oklahomas played in more orange bowls than any program in the nation. So there fans feel like the sooners run this city. Take sot were the Miami Sooners. We own this place. Were the Miami Sooners were not intimidated by these people. We own this place. We live here. Theyre the intruders. Tigers fans feel differently. 406. Hey. I tell them like drake. Were going back to back. Back to back. As fans party on to celebrate this grand stage. They enjoyed a fan fest set up right inside the parking lot. Music festive music all around. Even some performed by just regular people. On the karokee mic. Music one family soaking in the experience. The parents and siblings of clemson cornerback cordrea tankersly. George tankersly cordreas father its very exciting to come watch him play. Been doing well this year. Looking forward to winning this game and hes been working really hard to get to where he is right now. The families favorite moment from their son on the field this season. No brainer. His big time interception. In the acc title game. Ledean tankersly cordreas mother acc championship catch go tigers. That was a big play. The tankerslys and the rest of clemson nation are ready to roar in celebration into the new year. On the basketball courtthe usc Basketball Team remains red hot. The gamecocks ran their record to 12 and oh last night with a 78to56 win over francis marion. Its uscs longest winning streak since the 199697 season. Head coach frank martin is encouraging the fans to make Colonial Life arena uncomfortable for visiting fans. Now we need our fans, that, you know, you have to come support the team if you want to sustain winning. You have to help the team create a home team environment. You have to be there an hour befefe the game and be obnoxious, not rude, come out of the tunnel for warmups, say oh my god look at all our friends we got here with us today the gamecocks will next face memphis. Theyll host the tigers at the