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Still overnight, four inches of rain. there was one store they vacuumed out 1,800 gallons of water over four hours last night. came back this morning, there was another two inches inside, they are vacuuming it out again but the merchants are trying to pull back together, for sure. >> good to hear that, ron blome, thank you very much. now more on the efforts there in south carolina, joining me on own, a representative from south carolina electric and gas company. we know thousands is a rough number there without power in the area. can you firm up some numbers now? >> well, frances, obviously ...

We go the charleston where nbc's ron blome is keeping an eye on thing things there, and what is the latest there, ron? what are you seeing? >> well, a lot of water. it is not usual that the weather service is going to say that we have a 1,000-year flood before it happens, but that is what happens. we have had 5 inches of rain last night, and another prediction is 5 to 10 tonight, and we have a heavy band of shower off shore that are about to come in -- excuse me, some people on the streets. normally, this area is full of vendors, and tourists, and the only thing now is water. back tide now, an...

On the side roads. the main roads are getting a little bit of melting. but that's going to be a problem. as this eases up this afternoon, people may say, oh, a little e relief. not so. over new mexico right now, another system of this form is forming up and will come in early tomorrow morning. the bottom line is transportation is not happening well on the ground in oklahoma all the way down to texas. they've got 30 salt trucks out here working, but there's only so much they can do. it's best to take advantage of sunday afternoon and stay indoors. that's the story from oklahoma city. alex? >> o...

Many thanks for your time. >> thank you. a potential nightmare lies ahead for thanksgiving travelers this week. many are expected to encounter delays as a bitter cold front moves from the west to the east. ron blome is in oklahoma city, where the roads have been slick. and there have been a few crashes to report. ron? >> reporter: alex, when they said it was going to be a wintry mix, they meant it in many ways. we've a mix of everything over five hours today. it started with little pebbly sleet and got to chunky sleet like a snow machine kicking it out, then we went to heavy snowflakes, back...

So when the warnings were being put out all day yesterday to be aware that a storm would be sweeping in, they were ready for it. she thinks that people listened to the sirens and took cover and they are giving it credit for the low casualty rate here. >> nbc's ron blome, branson, missouri, thank you. also developing out of arizona, dozens of classes were canceled -- in minnesota, because in duluth, forecasters say more than a foot of snow could fall there this after noon. a winter storm warning has been issued for much of the year, and the minnesota state patrol has responded to seven crashe...