to chris justus, in for john tonight. look at -- chris: look at all this rain fall. a tornado warning moving in from alabama towards south georgia. snow and ice on the northern side of the system. for us, a lot of rain. you can see some showers moving into northeast georgia. this will continue to push northeast. scattered showers in the mountains, steady, heavy rainfall on the way for the evening and overnight. the heavy rainfall from clayton towards clarksville and took however, a -- and toccoa. a flood watch, streams will probably spring -- still their banks in hendersonville, pickens. future plus shows heavy rainfall continues to spread through 10:00 into the overnight hours. heavy rain, good sleeping weather.

be careful tomorrow morning, we will still have showers lingering. we dry out for the most part tomorrow. more heavy rainfall on wednesday. tracking cold air heading in. minutes. gabrielle: thanks, chris. tonight, big complaints about an anderson county road. people say they can't drive on it. nigel: they are right now trying to figure out exactly why they are having so many problems. we are talking about guyton road is in williamston, off interstate 85 near dickerson road. wyff news 4's aly myles has more. aly: folks who live in this area say what started as a nuisance has now become a safety factor, because every single time it rains, this disintegrates just a little bit more. >> you guys go over there by the ditch? why? >> because we could fall. >> because you could fall. aly: matthew hatmaker says he's taught his kids not to go near this. guyton road, completely split after heavy rains. >> every time it rains, it just gets worse and worse and worse,

and it was christmas morning that it fell. aly: his driveway is right next to the "road closed" sign. >> if you can see where that "road closed" sign is, there's a crack up under it. so that's going to keep falling. it's not done yet. aly: this is not the first issue this street has had. this is what we showed you in late october, a sinkhole on the road caused by rain washing out a draraage pipe. >> they didn't want to fix it, because they were waiting on funds from fema, and it would be 60 days. then it went to a year, then it went to 18 months. aly: and this is what we showed you last week, a water main break. now, this. >> as far as for safety and liability, they really need to get that fixed, because they need to do something, get a barrier or something, and fix it with some sort of concrete. aly: hatmaker says the silver lining, folks aren't speeding through this back road anymore. but he is worried if the weather takes a turn. >> if and when it ices, or any year it does, if they just leave it like this, someone's going to fall in that ditch.

aly: one other thing hatmaker says could cause potential problems, there are gas lines in this area. he says if this continues to break down, that could cause another problem. aly myles, wyff news 4, in anderson county. gabrielle: we want to bring you some live pictures from our wofford skycam. you can see the rain keeps coming and so do the potholes. , and the fear is that you may be in for an even bumpier ride. wyff news 4's mike mccormick is live and local in spartanburg, mike? mike: we asked you about the potholes you've seen, and we got a pretty long list of locations. one man told us he hit one in powdersville, and it blew out his tire. that seems to be a common consequence. take a look at the big pothole we found on anderson mill road in the moore area of spartanburg , county. it's right outside a big subdivision. a man living there tells us he called d.o.t. they sent a crew, but the repair didn't stick, because it kept raining. he's worried about someone's

tire getting blown out. at bolton and james wheel alignment on union street in spartanburg, they got three cars with pothole damage today. usually, they get two pothole-related repair requests a week, but recently they've been getting at least one a day. they're seeing bent or cracked wheels, and vehicles out of alignment. the owner of bolton-james says alignment can even impact your fuel efficiency. >> dodge the best you can is the make contact with one of these holes, and your steering gets off center a little bit, or you notice a pull, or you notice a then that situation needs to be addressed quickly. with south carolina department of transportationn today to see what is being done about the is a state holiday, so the office was closed. but keep in mind, you can file a maintenance request on the dot website if you know of a pothole

that needs to be fixed. keep this in mind. in mid-january, construction crews will be repaving i-85 in both d dections, between highways 14 and 129 in spartanburg county. they will be repaving the area to make your commute smoother. mike mccormick, wyff news 4, live in spartanburg. gabrielle: mike, thank you. clemson is gearing up for the orange bowl. the tigers attended practice and a press conference today. nigel: wyff news 4's brad fralick and marc dopher are in south florida. they have more on the tigers' road to the title. brad: welcome to sunny south florida. we are three days away from the playoffs so my final between the clemson tigers and oklahoma sooners. today, we heard from the offensive players from oklahoma. the defensive players from clemson. much of the talk centered on oklahoma's quarterback. >> he is a fast player.

he can do a lot of different things. >> we make a lot of plays on our feet. they have two incredible backs, the two freshmen. they have great offense, different from last year's team. >> they are talented. you all know, shaq lawson is a good player. we have to key into where those guys are at and how we want to eliminate their game changing ability. brad: much of the talk between now and kickoff is going to center around these two quarterbacks, baker mayfield and deshaun watson. both had a shot at the heisman this year. this may come down to which of the two order backs plays the best. in south florida, brad fralick, wyff news 4. nigel: the big clemson playoff game is a few days away. and before that time, wyff news 4 is airing an hourlong special covering their playoff appearance.

it's called "road to the title." it is airing wednesday night, at 7:00. our entire sports team will be live from miami with a preview of the game, and a recap of the clemson tigers' undefeated regular season. if you're a tigers fan, this is something you don't want to miss. gabrielle: back in the upstate now, an investigation, after a man was found dead behind a spartanburg county restaurant. tonight, we've learned the death is being investigated as a hit and run. that's according to cowpens police. the coroner has identified the man as brent tesneer. he says the 36-year-old was found unresponsive behind the hardee's in cowpens yesterday. anyone with information should call crimestoppers at 1-888-crime-sc. nigel: greenville county deputies are investigating a man's death in the sans souci area. tonight, the coroner has identified that man as nathan crouch. he says crouch died from a gunshot wound to the chest. the coroner says the shooting happened during an argument. he has ruled crounch's death a homicide. deputies say his body was found last night, in a home on perry road. anyone with more information should call crime stoppers at

23-crime. gabrielle: four people face charges following an amber alert in asheville this weekend. authorities issued the alert for elijah and harlee joyner around noon yesterday. police say the boys were found safe about an hour later. natasha cantrell and christopher carter of georgia are both charged with abduction of children and kidnapping. chadwick agan is charged with abduction, and trena weaver is charged with child abuse. right now, investigators have not released any additional information about the case. nigel: also in western north carolina, a fight involving a hatchet and a gun leads to a slew of criminal charges for a father and son. mcdowell county deputies say 64-year-old thomas stafford and his 36-year-old son daniel were arguing at their home on tom's creek road last wednesday. investigators said daniel hit his father with a hatchet, and his father responded by firing a gun. deputies say the father accidentally shot another son in -- shot his son in the arm. gabrielle: now that christmas is behind us, the city of greenville is

holding its annual "grinding of the greens." it's a christmas tree recycling program. trees can be placed at the curb, or taken to one of four locations. the drop offs are holmes park, timmons park, gower park, or west greenville community center. all trees must be free of debris. nigel: christmas may be over, but you still have time to give back this holiday season. gabrielle: wyff news 4 has teamed up with the greenville news and the asheville citizen-times for the holiday sunshine fund. every dollar donated goes straight to helping someone in need here in the carolinas. take a look at these numbers. donations totaled today are $18,623. that gives us a grand total of $89,453.55. nigel: if you'd like to help, you can send your gift to, p.o. box 1688 greenville, sc 29602. or you can give online at wyff4.com. look for the holiday sunshine fund on our home page. gabrielle: ahead, new developments in the shooting

death of 12-year-old tamir rice. just hours ago, a grand jury handed down a decision about 2 police officers involved in the case. nigel: and people are battling wicked, and deadly, weather in many parts of the country. it's bringing tornadoes, wind, and heavy snow. chris: that system making it feel like april out there today. but a serious wake-up call is on the way as winter is coming. coming up in a few minutes. gabrielle: now here's a look at the winning midday numbers from

gabrielle: a grand jury did not indict 2 cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of tamir rice. you may remember, the 12-year-old was shot to death in november of 2014. rice was holding a pellet gun when a police officer shot him within seconds of pulling up to the scene. prosecutors say newly enhanced video shows that it is indisputable that tamir was removing his gun from his waistband when he was shot. prosecutors also say it'almost certain that tamir intended to hand the pellet gun over to the officers, or to show them that it wasn't a real gun, but there's no way the officers could have known that. nigel: china is changing one of its most controversial policies that has stood for decades. lawmakers have voted to end the one-child policy. this now allows couples to have two children. the reason is china's aging

population. the government says, in just 15 years, china will be home to more than 400 million people over the age of 60, and there are concerns there won't be enough young people to support them. let's talk weather now. the severe weather that's gripped the country has left dozens dead and many more injured or homeless. gabrielle: and mother nature isn't done. diane roberts joins us from washington with more on the future forecast and reaction to it. diane: 2015 is going out like a lion, as heavy snow, ice, and windy conditions are predicted for 11 midwestern states more rain is on its way for already waterlogged parts of the south. the unusually active weather weekend has left dozens dead, hundreds injured, and many more with no place to live. residents are surveying damage in north texas, an area that experienced blizzards, floods, and tornadoes, all in the last 96 hours. >> i just stayed in my closet

all night long, shaking like a leaf on a tree. diane: meanwhile, emergency preparedness officials are working overtime. the american red cross has about 1,000 volunteers in hard-hit areas, and expects another 300 before the new year. >> just this morning alone we have 30 shelters opened in 9 states, about 1300 people in them due to tornadoes, wildfires, blizzards, and floods. diane: folks in the e rtheast >> we've had unseasonably warm temperatures across much of the country and some of this we can say is because of el nino. diane: meterologists say more wicked weather is on the way. >> so over the next couple of days we will continue to see some more of that active severe weather, and after r at, things will start to quiet down a new year. diane: the weather system caused the cancellation of more than

2600 more, according to flight of aware. in washington, diane roberts. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. rainfall tonight. you can see how dynamic it is. snow with a low-pressure system towards st. louis. severe weather raking out towards the south. we will see possibly flooding later tonight with as much rain as we have already had this week. more rain added to it, streams and creeks will still their banks. live super doppler showing we have rain moving in for the mountains. steady, heavy rainfall setting up for oconee county, raven county. this will continue to press to the east. solid, heavy rainfall will be a sloppy night. good sleeping weather. tomorrow morning, give yourself extra time to get out the door. we have a flood watch in effect until thursday at 7:00 a.m.

the rain will take a break tomorrow afternoon before returning on wednesday. it is unseasonably warm for most of us out there. 70 in spartanburg, 70 one in anderson. towards the mountains, a little backdoor cold front trying to move through. 44 degrees in boone. they started at 70 degrees, cooling almost 30 degrees with the front. a warm front will lift north and everybody will warm up again. he mild night on the way. lows near 70. this is typical for july. look at the mountains. we will only fall to 60 in asheville, 61 in hendersonville. tomorrow, clouds with rain especially early in the morning. we may even see sunshine late in the day. that is the breakout was talking about. more rain moves back in headed into thursday. or wednesday, rather. 70 degrees tomorrow in the southern upstate, mid to upper 60's in the upstate, around 64

the mountains. you can see the cold front is about to be taken over by a warm front. it lifts north and a lot of rainfall moves then overnight. here comes the cold front tomorrow. it will move south of us tomorrow, grind -- drying us out for a short time. it will stay near columbia, in between myrtle beach. into wednesday, another piece of energy moves up the front and will give us heavy rainfall again wednesday morning and wednesday afternoon. we finally start to drive back out thursday. that is when cold air begins to arrive. it will feel like winter. the southeast is the only warm part of the country. most of the country returns to seasonally normal temperatures are winter. you can see the cold building up to the west. i want to show you the atlantic oscillation. abnormally warm temperatures. look as -- look at january.

closer to zero degrees. by mid-january, we head into negative temperatutus. unseasonably cold temperatures. we have been 20 degrees above normal, but expect temperatures will surge of 10-20 degrees below average in january with a cold pattern setting up. that sets us up for an interesting pattern heading into january and february, our first dose of winter arriving this week. very cold temperatures setting up saturday and sunday. cold air across the east coast. lows in the 20's and 30's, highs this week in the 40's for the upstate. 30's for the mountains. it will be cold everywhere you go. as a look at that on the for-day plus. 60% chance of showers tomorrow, high 70. 100% chance of rain on wednesday. clouds linger on thursday into new year's day. that is when things begin to change. as the new year brings in, so do the cold temperatures. highs this week and into next

lows at night in the 30's. check out the mountains. it will be frigid up there. highs around 39 on saturday, 40's sunday and monday with overnight temperatures in the upper teens to lower 20's. it will feel like winter, but drive for now. your umbrella winner, congratulations danny from greer. gabrielle: ahead in news 4 your health, a program that's helping people

transition to college life. waiter: here's your check. oh! ! u--you got it. you know, since i got rid of my car, i really enjoy walking. ok. got it? no, i'm good. announcer: getting pulled over for buzzed driving could cost you around $10,000

in fines, legal fees, and increased insurance rates. oh, you're home early. you live with your mom? announcer: that'll set your game back a few years. buzzed, busted, and broke because buzzed driving is drunk driving. carol: in tonight's 4 your health, transitioning from adolescence into adulthood for people on the autism spectrum can be difficult. and for many, starting college can add to that pressure. as nbc's erika edwards tells us, there is a program that may help. erika: many young adults have no problem adapting to college life. but for those on the autism spectrum, this social scene can be challenging. >> i was feeling lonely. erika: 25-year-old joey juarez has autism, but is high-functioning. he says he has always had trouble making and keeping friends. along with his regular classes, joey is involved in a program to

>> initiating and maintaining a conversation. planning get-togethers. erika: researchers at ucla's semel institute developed the program for the education and enrichment of relational skills, or "peers." it's a 16-week program where participants engage in role-play demonstrations and behavioral rehearsal exercises that teach them how to have effective one-on-one communication. >> from there, we talk about things like peer entry and exiting, and that's just going up to people and starting conversations, or joining conversations. erika: the program suggests using a prop such as a cell phone when trying to join conversations, because you don't want to appear as though you are eavesdropping. once you figure out the topie of discussion, >> wait for a little bit of a pause in the conversation, and then join the conversation by saying something on topic. erika: the peers program even offers tips on dating. >> you give them a slight smimi, and then the next step is that you actually look away. from there, you look back, and you repeat the whole cycle again. this is how people naturally flirt.

erika: organizers say they've noticed improvements in self-esteem, and in the overall social skills of participants. erika edwards, nbc news. carol: government researchers say childhood asthma may be on the decline, but not among children living in poverty. after peaking in 2009, childhood asthma rates leveled off. it then dropped significantly in 2013. however, asthma prevalence among poor children has continued to rise. the data does not explain why income appears to influence asthma risk, but experts believe children living in poverty may be exposed to more environmental triggers linked to asthma. >> an upstate organization is concerned about that hoverboard you might have gotten over the holidays. we will show you how they say you can stay safe. gabrielle: and, look at this. long lines for the perfect picture. social media has helped this cliff become a big tourist attraction.

nigel: falls and fires. concerns over the hottest holiday gift are mounting. what you need to do to stay safe on a hoverboard. gabrielle: plus, busy airports and roads as people fight the owds, and the elements, to get home after the holidays. nigel: and the clemson tigers are in miami, and so is wyff news 4's sports team, as the tigers get ready for the orange bowl. >> you're watching live, local,

breaking news. with nigel robertson, gabrielle komorowski, and the weather with chief meteorologist john cessarich. this is wyff news 4 at 5:00 in high definition. gabrielle: let's get straight to the weather. severe weather continues to pound parts of texas, this time in the form of winter storms. in lubbock, blizzard conditions stranded drivers and closed roads. lubbock's mayor declared a state of emergency that will last through the week. nigel: meanwhile, it's snow and freezing rain that's causing problems in iowa. forecasters say ice accumulated up to half an inch, making sidewalks, ice skating rinks. the wintry mix is expected to continue through tomorrow. gabrielle: back in the upstate, rain has moved into our area. these are live pictures from our paris mountain skycam. everyone wants to know, how long will it stick around? let's turn things over to meteorologist chris justus in , tonight for john. chris: anytime it is in the 70's in december, you know