dale: the little boy is like, he finally gave me the world's best food. mike: what have you been waiting for? allyson: and then that recent study comes out and ruins it called for us. : don't even tell me. allyson: i eat it anyway. wyff news 4 today continues right now. [captioning made possible by wyff-tv] [captioning performed by tal captioning institu,allyson: a big day in south or death for the tigers take on the oklahoma sooners in the orange bowl>> i am equating for it to go away. mike: 18 people displaced in greenwood. where they took shelter and a look at troubled spots.

a live look. quiet now but one million people are expected to gather their tonight. what the city is doing to protect the visitors. mike: we want to check in with dale. looks like we will be ringing in the new year and winter with cooler temperatures. dale: cooling leather is coming but dealing with rain this morning. -- cooling weather is coming but dealing with rain this morning. as you take a look at live super doppler 4 hd, it can see pretty heavy rain falling and parts of greenwood and workin laurens county. we will continue to get showers, especially the piedmont from georgia through th upstate. there might be a few scattered showers father to the north in the upstate and later this morning. right now, temperatures expected in the upper 50's now to reach into the mid 60's.

climb to the low 60's. and wind out of the north. today, a little green action this morning. better weather for the afternoon and better weather starting tonight in the next couple of days. sunshine returns and more seasonable temperatures come back t tthe region. mike: thank you. parts of our area will clean as others reopened following the flood. allyson: one area already opened back up his cleveland park were aly myles joins us live. aly: cleveland park was shut down yesterday to to the rain, and -- well, that part is open, but the park entrance in the greenville zoo in part of the swamp rabbit trail remain closed until further no. we are unable to show you what it looks like in there, but take a look at yesterday's conditioit was too dangerous to drive some roads around cleveland park

barricades were put up for most of the day to keep people from driving in potentially dangerous areas. breaks in the rain though allowed people to venture out to the reedy river at falls park. the water rose to about seven feet during the day there. that's not flood stage, but it is higher than usual. >> one of the fewest times i had seen this like this. it's a very beautiful place to come. aly: right now, officials with greenville county emergency management say they don't plan to take emergency action at this time. greenville seems to have avoided much of a lingering issue here after all the rain. aly myles wyff news 4 live at the greenville zoo. allyson: thank you. nearly three inches in greenwood storms and the community have to find somewhere to go. mike: people livivi in the wilson creek mobile home park had to deal with their backyard looking like a lake and it almost made the way into the homes.

for the afternoon with the cross. >> they were glad to have a place of refuge, get away from the flooding because this has happened before. mike: just before dark, the water had gone down enough by last night for people to return to their homes, but the red cross remained on standby just in case the creek started rising again. allyson: people also evacuated at an apartment in cherokee county. they live in an apartment complex on brugg street in blacksburg. mike: slick roads nearly sent an suv over the bridge. they say that suv slid off the road, got stuck and nobody was hurt. allyson: anderson county saw its share of high water. the saluda river, part of the problem there, standing water on the roads and a river in overflow. in pelzer, adger street is prone

are seeing the saluda river rise over a boat ramp into yards nearby. in williamston, mineral spring park flooded. the holiday light display there not spared. >> she just has to raincoat and we are trying to hurry up and get to and from where we need to go. allyson: on cheddar road in anderson county, an emergency spillway is getting a lot of use, and water from highway 29 rushed down watermelon creek, which runs beneath the road. mike: rising flood waters affected a number of creeks and roads in greenville county throughout the day, with trouble spots here off of east butler road in mauldin as well as suber road in greer. take a look here as this recreation and picnic area in mauldin suddenly turned into a river and threat. waters rose closer and closer to east butler road, but greer police shut down the road one of the lowest lying roads in the county. >> if you get caught, you can lose your license for six months.

the barricades and someone comes in later, you could cost someone their life. mike: people in simpsonville save the rain ravaged their homes. check out the outside of this home on willowbranch drive. amy baker who lives here says this happens every time there is a heavy rain. she says the water is coming from a retention pond in a subdivision behind her home. baker says it's heartbreaking because it seems like her yard never completely dries out. >> it is saturated. they have a trampoline back there and that is the only thing they can do in the backyard. >> kind of sad and disappointed because we were hoping to play, and we did not get to. mike: they could tells us the family has been dealing with this problem for nallyson: some streets had to be shut down two to floodwaters. this is on the corner of park and carolina street. officials say if the rate continues, the water might

all of this rain comes more than two months after historic flooding hit our region. mike: in october, 19 people died in south carolina, two people di in north carolina. the authorities say all the deaths happened in or near vehicles. heavy rain and massive flooding started october 2. allyson: it is hard to look at those videos knowing the. a little drizzle. dale: it has been raining pretty heavy in the piedmont this morning. this el nio pattern was expected to give us a wetter hall,fall, duh, but we have had more rain than we typically expect. instead of four inches of rain, a good month, we have had over 10 inches each month. it has gotten us wait the head. -- it has gotten us wait ahead.

out of greenwood and parts of southern laurens in newberry county, heavy downpours and chapels and this continues eastward. it is not the end. it's scattered showers the current in parts of georgia. a few light showers working inside anderson county and parts of the upstate could get a sprinkle of two the front finally makes its weight farther to the south and out of our area by this evening. he will have a chance to dry out for several days in a row. wednesday's rain alone, half a months worth fell gsp. greenwood, almost three inches causing flooding. that "r" stands for record for yesterday's date alone. that was a record amount. as we look at temperatures this morning, they range from upper 50's to mid 60's. very mild. this is above what we normally see.

with the upstate and upper 50's with the mountains. but keller cools down tomorrow. 10 degrees cooler. as of 46 to 55 on new year's day. look at the dry and sunny weather. a nice sight. we will be in the low 50's in the upstate and upper 40's in the mountains but sunny weather through wednesday. >> there is a new twist in that bizarre case of the affluence is teenager. eighteen-year-old ethan couch and his mother were supposed to be sent back here to texas after being captured in mexico, but now that deportation has been delayed, after the pair retained new lawyers in mexico. the u.s marshall service thinks this could take several weeks. i'm gabe gutieez in fort worth, texas, and we'll have the very latest on this developing story, coming up on "today." allyson: taking a look outside at our anderson skycam, the same

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all eyes this morning are on south florida... for the orange bowl b allyson: all eyes on clemson in south florida. mike: brad fralick is in south florida with what head coach dabo sweeney has to say going into the big day. brad: good morning from south florida. it is gameday the clemson tigers and oklahoma sooners play today

national semi-final game. the winner advances to play in arizona for the national championship. dabo sweeney says his crew is focused and ready to go. >> this isn't the russell athletic bowl. this is the capitol one orange bowl, final four. everybody earned their way here, and we just spent whatever three weeks studying this film and this is an incredibly talented team. brad: this is the third trip to the orange bowl in five years for the clemson tigers, and this one means just a little bit more. dabo sweeney said they want to make the people print a 15th ticket to see the tigers play this year. if they were to win this one and the national championship game, they would be the first team ever to go five and 0. cash 15 and brad fralick wyff zero. news 4. -- 15 and brad fralick wyff news zero. 4. allyson: thank you. as we count you down to the game, don't forget about our live wire on wyff4.com and our wyff 4 app. it's a collection of the latest tweets about the tigers and fun posts from our staff, includin a behind the scenes look at what

in south florida. mike: if you are suffering from an overloaded politics, google crawl is allowing you to filter out posts from a top candidate. dale: are you ready for dry

>> now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. dale: 5:47 is a look out from our woodruff road skycam. a little bit of fog and cloud cover. as you check out live super doppler 4 hd and picking up light showers and parts of pickens county, anderson county and oconee county. it has been coming down heavy in greenwood and working its way into newberry. still some lingering showers associated with that friend of yesterday. it will push through about 5:00 or 6:00 this afternoon and because. newberry about to get heavy

piedmont and mid sections of georgia and south carolina. an isolated shower in the upstate cannot be ruled out between now and new. how much rain did beget yesterday? gsp got over two inches, two point 07, a record for yesterday's date. anderson got over two inches. these are airport reports. i am sure there are many rain gauges that some more than this yesterday, but gives you an idea of how much rain we had gotten we have these events. that is happened months worth of rain in a few hours and that leads to flooding. today, upper 50's and 60's working to the mid-60's with the afternoon. the mountains climb to the upper 50's for highs. wind out of the north in the mountains and they will be more northerly for the upstate by the afternoon. cooler temperatures are coming and drier conditions. a lot of sunshine as we get to this weekend and into the first and middle of next week.

country with 50's, 60's and 70's and florida. cold for most of the u.s. just a few showers this morning and they will work their way into the upstate. mostly cloudy skies are most of the day today. the rain will be south of columbia and we look at a chance to dry out. not only for new year's day, but just cold. 20's and 30's overnight, daytime highs for the mountains, the 40's and 50's for the upstate. that will continue in and through the middle of next week. kids will need a warm coat as they head back to school on monday. mike: two. ems crews took 21 people to hospitals after turbulence on an air canada flight knocked passengers around the cabin. the flight from shanghai, china,

calgary. an ems spokesman said it appeared that no one had life-threatening injuries. the air canada flight had more than 350 passengers and crew on board. allyson: a good 50 degrees warmer than usual. it is part of the same system we are experiencing. climate experts warn the temperatures cnorth pole to thought. authorities in brussels caught off the traditional new year'seve fireworks display, citing fears of a militant attack. brussels had been planning a big celebration for tonight. 100000 people attended new year's eve festivities last year. the mayor of brussels said, quote, "it's better not to take risks." mike: an ohio man has been arrested after he posted a facebook video of himself driving while drinking alcohol. the suspect is identified as 28-year-old dustin rittgers. he posted a video of his behavior and one of his facebook friends saw it and tipped off authorities. dispatchers were able use motor

vehicle, and an officer eventually found it on the road near columbus. he was arrested and charged with dui, following too closely, a marked lane violation and carrying an open container. allyson: bill cosby now faces a criminal charge in connection to sexual assault allegations. it's the first criminal charge against cosby. he was arraigned yesterday afternoon, where he did not enter a plea. cosby will remain free on $1 million bail pending trial. more than 40 women have publicly accused the 78-year-old of assaulting them over four decades. the criminal charge stems from a woman's accusation that cosby drugged and abused her at his home back in 2004. >> mr. cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move, or respond to his advances and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon

allyson: cosby has denied any wrongdoing, and said all contact was consensual. his next court hearing is january 14. mike: the internal revenue services says the 2016 tax season will open on january 19. anyone expecting a refund won't have to wait too long to get one. the irs anticipates issuing more than nine out ten refunds in less than 21 days. the deadline for all federal returns and requests for extensions is april 18 for most of the nation. that's because emancipation day falls on the traditional april 15 deadline. allyson: have you heard of this? google chrome has a new add-on that lets users block all images and references to donald trump. the trump filter extension launched on christmas eve. a description of the app calls it part of the, quote, "antidote for trump's toxic candidacy." the developer says he built it to take the spotlight off trump and let people focus on other candidates and the issues. the app has three settings, mild, aggressive, and vindictive. on mild, trumps whole twitter page goes blank. the vindictive setting blocks

and google news. take a look at this massive seal. california wildlife officials aren't quite sure why the elephant seal crossed the road. they say it may have been looking for a place to give birth. on monday, the seal flopped across one lane of highway, and tried to climb over the divider. officials herded the seal off the road, and watched her overnight until she returned to the water. look at that. mike: huge. a rare seal surprised its keepers at a russian aquatic park by painting a picture using brushes held in its mouth. officials say these animals are shy and usually avoid people, but this aquatic park presents a rare opportunity to see the seals performing stunts, including painting. the art was later sold at a special auction. allyson: they are so cute. surviving the flood.

>> now, your live super doppler 4 hd forecast. dale: good morning. let's take a look at live super doppler 4 we are picking up rain in anderson. look out for slippery spots on i-85 with new showers developing. you will run into heavy rain in newberry, said the union county and laurens county. the front impacting parts of the piedmont and southern part of the upstate through the morning hours and into the afternoon. after that, it should be far enough to the south where we are in the clear. a broader look at the southeast, over two inches of rain yesterday for good bit of the region. greenwood almost got three, causing flooding.

when it comes down faster than the natural drainage system can take it away, it comes out of creeks and streams. it looks like this will be the last they receive showers and then dry weather settles in for new year's day. 10 degrees cooler and temperatures will be chilly as far as what we have had recently but back to normal. cold nights and cold days ahead with lots of sunshine to the middle of next week. good news for everyone who is sick and tired of the rain. sunshine starts tomorrow and lingers through the middle of next wmike: i am one of those people. dale: we all are. mike: in this morning's buzz, it's quite the sight during flooding situations when you see a ball of ants floating by. allyson: mike can't even predict. take a look at this island of floating fire ants. this band of insects was spotted on floodwaters in pelzer. the ants apparently use jaws, claws and sticky stuff on their

their exteriors are already water repelling. the most important members of the colony are kept safe in the middle. those include the larvae and the queen ant. scientists say the colony's goal is to make it to dry land and rebuild. as gross as that is, it is remarkable what nature does. dale: how anything so tiny can have so much of a punch. fire ants hurt. mike: i am allergic. allyson: no wonder you cannot read that. let's take a look at the morning headlines. cleaning up after flooding in the area.a look at the trouble spots. plus, a state of emergency in missouri ask floodwaters rise in the mississippi river could reach historic levels. mike: happening now, happy new year from auckland, new zealand.

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