concerns over high water levels at lake murray continue to keep neighbors downstream on edge tonight. officials say the spill gate which was opened to relieve a swell of water will stay open overnight. our chad mills is in the pine glen neighborhood tonight with the latest update. it has turned into a block party out here in pine glen, but not in a good way. a lot of the neighbors hear of all flocked at this corner near the intersection of cairnbook drive and derbyshire lane. both lexington county sheriffs department and irmo fire department are out here monitoring things. of course, this flooding is caused by the release of water from lake murray dam into the lower saluda

right now, one still gate is open, since the lake level is so high. water has surrounded several homes. now, a few of them were abandoned after the historic october flood, but one of them had been renovated since then. for a while, neighbors used sticks to monitor how quickly water was rising up the gutter on cairnbrook. hey lexington county deponie on scene told these neighbors that sce&g had planned to meet at 6:45 to reassess -- and to determine if the spillgate should be closed. "we're just all sitting around on pins and way. a lot of the neighbors hear of all flocked at this corner near the intersection of cairnbook drive and derbyshire lane.

department and irmo fire department are out here monitoring things. of course, this flooding is caused by the release of water from lake murray dam into the lower saluda river. right now, one still gate is neighborhood gets along great. we're all sitting here. we're frustrated, but we're all still trying to make the best we can do. we're all just sitting here. we're all making plans in case you have to lve." "we're only a couple months away from the last flood, and here we are, and our neighborhood's flooded again, and we're all just kind of wondering should we just sell our houses and move away or -- we don't know what to do at this point. / right now, we've actually gone and rented a u-haul truck. my fianc\e's gone and rented a u-haul truck just in case the flood gets up into our house again. we're praying, man.

overnight, we're cooling

to clear through the weekend. let's get a check of your forecast with ben tanner. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s/40s. still dozens of roads across the state remain closed tonight because of 30s/40s. still dozens of roads across the state remain

still dozens of roads across the state remain closed tonight because of flooding. the south carolina department of transportation reports 43 roads are closed in 21 counties--including fairfield, kershaw, lexington, richland, saluda, and sumter. maintenance crews are continuing to watch roads and bridges in the affected areas and officials say repairs will begin once the weather allows them to. tomorrow, a portion of west columbia will have their water shut off for about 11 hours. the city is shutting off water lines starting at 9 a-m for a relocation project near leaphart and mineral springs road. it will impact more than two dozen blocks in and around the

officials say the water will be turned back on at 8 tomorrow evening. once water is restored people in the area will need to boil water for at least one full minute before using it. the new year brings new tax breaks in south carolina. under laws passed in the 2015 legislative session and in effect as of today, aircraft parts and supplies are now sales tax exempt. so are some construction supplies and children's clothing. bubuthose supplies and clothing are only tax exempt if they're being purchased by families considered "in need." also officially going on the books today is a law requiring the use of electronic death certificates for south carolina doctoto and funeral homomdirectors. lawmakers passed this bill during the 2015 legislative session too. it requires doctors to file an electronic death ceritficiate within five days of declaring someone dead. the law imposes penalties for

don't make that deadline- and also penalizes funeral home directors who go through with cremation before the paperwork is submitted. republican presidential candidate marco rubio is kicking off the new year with campaign stops in south carolina. tomorrow rubio will be at a meet and greet at hudson's smokehouse in lexington. that will be at 4. he's also makiki stops in easley and hilton head earlier in the day. the clemson tigers come home as champions. after a win over oklahoma last night in the orange bowl--clemson is 14 and 0 and headed to play for the national championship. the tigers landed at greenville spartanburg international airport this afternoon and loaded the buses back to clemson. the were greeted by a packed crowd of excited tiger fans at death valley. they are just one game from winning the second national title in clemson's history. before the tigers returned home, they took time to reflect on there huge victory over the sooners. wis' joe gorchow caught up with coach dabo

aftermath of their orange bowl win. "a new year eve's celebration to remember. the clemson tigers are orange bowl champions, a title which gives the tigers an opportunity to play for the national title. dabo: these guys are amazing, it's one thing to have a talented team, it's another thing to have a talented group of guys who care about each other and want to serve each other. jayron : it's real special, we worked so hard for this. for all this work to pay off, it's a great feeling." all the dreams the tigers had leading up to this game can not compare to the moment clemson enjoyed to ring in the new year. cordrea: it feels a whwhe lot better knowing it's my dream come true, it's an alltime dream to win a national championship. we're almost there." "i don't think it has all the way set in just because as a coach, you just stay in that focus mode, focus mode and i haven't gotten away from that and i don't plan to do it so i plan to stay

clemson's convincing victory, a half surge. the tigers outscored the sooners 21 to nothing in the final 30 minutes. "it's been a special year, i don't think it's set in, till we're on the plan back tomorrow, we were just so locked in and that was our message to our players...hey lets just stay focused, stay locked in and treat it like any other game we've treated this year and hopefully a special time and a time our players and coaches will remember for a long time." clemson's players dominated in the trenches on both sides. the tigers rushed for a school bowl record 312 yards, while keeping the sooners to just 67 total on the ground. and the big men who blocked up the sooners, expected to dominate. dabo: "we rushed the ball for 312 yards and they had 9 of 11 starters back, just incredible so you can't state enough the job that offensive line has done.

game, we had to run the ball and it's just a mentality that coach caldwell instills in us that it's all on our back and that's how we like it." "you know, we were hungry and we feel disrespected being the underdogs all the time so we were just excited to go out there and play." -------------need an edit here---- "we'll enjoy this and then we'll fix our eyes on what's next and it shouldn't be real hard to get guys ready to play for the national championship. this is it, this is truly the biggest game of the year." joe: clemson's next stop, glendale arizona to play for the national championship on january 11th. joe gorchow, wis news 10 sports. the tigers will face alabama in the national championship game after the crimson tide trounced michigan state in the cotton bowl last night. they won in a shut-out 38 to nothing. clememn and alabama will have just over a week

and for tiger fans wanting to travel to see clemson go for their second title in school history-- the athletic department says it gets 19,500 tickets to the game. however, members of the clemson athletics booster club have already reserved 17-thousand. for ticket options you can find a link to all the information on our website, wistv-dot-com and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the big red 10. we'll be back with your full forecast right after this break... plus it's a new year plus "almost" one day... and we're following plans for "another" terrorist attack. just hours into the new year, we're following news of a new terrorist attack

states. the attack was foiled as americans rang in 2016 under tight security. steve nannes has the latest. --reporter pkg-as follows-- the world welcomed 20-16 last night u.s. and the

violence that ultimately never came. in rochester, new york, a terror plot was thwarted when officials arrested this man -- emanuel lutchman -- alleging he attempted to provide material support to isis. "this person became a muslim, we believe, in state prison, went out, and became radicalized on the internet" his goal, according to officials, was to attack revelers on new years eve. "it's a little scary and then i sat back and i though you know, we have very good security staff we have a great police presence on east ave. and you know they're really just trying to put the fear into us and we're not going to let that happen." lutchman allegedly discussed using a bomb and kidnapping people with an undercover operative. in europe... officials in brussels took no chances... canceling new year's eve festivities after authorities uncovered plans for suicide attacks. and in germany, police closed two busy train stations in munich after learning of a threat connected to isis. german officials say there is no threat of an

days. meanwhile, back in the u.s., extra security annual new year's rose parade in pasadena, california... as well as the rose bowl game. "if there is an unusual occurance, or an emergency, reporting. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with highs in the 50s and lowowin the 30s/40s. it's a new year's day tradition

30s/40s. it's a new year's day tradition for many in the 30s/40s. it's a new year's day tradition for many in the low countrya dip in the

30s/40s. it's a new year's day tradition for many in the low countrya dip in the

days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat... marco rubio was missing - fundraising in california instead. two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino... and where was marco? fundraising again in new orleans. over the last 3 years, rubio has missed important national security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. politics first: that's the rubio way. right to rise usa

low countrya dip in the atlantic for a good cause. the rain didn't keep away people away from this annual tradition on sullivan's

hundreds of people hit the beachand the waves-- for the 2016 polar bear plunge. the event proceeds support special olympics south carolina athletes. organizers say over the years dunleavy's polar bear plunge has raised more than 500 thousand dollars and up where temperatures are much colder in chicago some brave souls plunged into the waters of lake michigan--at an annual polar plunge there. most managed to tough it out for just a few seconds before scrambling back to shore. the plunge raises money to find homes for greyhound dogs across the midwest. the cooler weather is a welcome change after weeks of bad business for ski resorts in north carolina. now a least one of thth hopes to turn things around. sarah-blake morgan has more from sugar

"nats of snow" do not adjust your television. "nats" that's really is snow you see on sugar mountain. a - wbtv on your side lloyd holt visiting from camp jejeune"we were driving around and said, oh look there's snow up there, so we might have a chance at skiing" a - wbtv on your side cooler temperatures good for ski slopes sugar mountaina chance is all these ski hopefuls are asking for as they eagerly wait for the snow to stick a - wbtv on your side kylie visiting from wanted to get out there on the sugar mountaina - we don't like i i but we're used temperatures good for ski slopes "there's really no formula, them busy "we went mining a couple days but now that the temperatures are finally just right, these snow makers will work overtime through the night hopefully making the slopes skiable by the morning "those that came and didn't cancel their plans, they're happy because they know we're trying." "in the e t tub last night toasting i said, just

to stay an extra day just to do it" a new years eve wish granted by mother nature, with a little help from these guys "all we need is cold, so once we get cold temperatures, we'll make the snow." that's sarah-blake morgan reporting. on the hardwood, both the south carolina men's and women's basketball teams are ranked--and in action this weekend. the men are coming off a big win over francis marion. tomorrow, they'll host the memphis tigers. the gamecocks are now 12 and oh and ranked 24th in the nation. tip-off from colonial life arena is at 6 pm and can be seen on espn-u. the usc women will be back in action sunday. the number two ranked gamecocks are hosting arkansas. it's the team's conference opener. gametime is at 3 pm. if you can't make it to colonial life arena, you can still catch the action on espn u. the clemson defense had quite a showing last night to pull off a big win for the tigers. with just one game standing between them

they matchup when they go against alabama? sports is next. it's on to the national championship game for

oklahoma in a semi-final game 37 to 17. now one big key to clemson's victory, the play of the defense. they shut out the sooners in the second half and they held the them to just 67 total yards rushing. the clemson defenders came in with some attitude because they got tired of all the talk, all the people picking oklahoma to win, so they decided it was time to put up to shut up. "were you feeling disrespected with so many

"oh yeah, we feel disrespected by how they talked, they talked their mouth all week man. that's what they do, we never talk. you can't walk the walk you got to talk the talk." "every year, week in and week out, people doubt us man. we just playing with heart and playing with that chip on our shoulder that we're going to go out there and play clemson football and we know our best is better than their best. we just play to our standard and we got a bunch of guys that are working towards one common goal and when you got that, you good." other, it's a brotherhood out there, nobody respects us like i said and nobody picks us to win what happens when we take the lead in the fourth quarter. since 2010 we're 51 and 0. these guys finish, they know how to finish, we're 51 and 0 when we take the lead going into the fourth quarter. so that's incredible consistency and that's really the message,

and let's put it away in the fourth." "it's like a dream come true, any kid that wants to play college football, their dream is to plpl for a national championship. and we have the opportunity, we're just living it up right now, we're on top of the world." "it's a blessing to be a part of it, it's our fourth bowl win in a row. and more importantly we're 14 and 0. so it's just, it's awesome to be in the national championship." clemson is 14 and 0, they have the nation's longest title. rick henry, wis news 10 sports. that's the news for now. remember you can get breaking news on the go by downloading the news 10 app.