on the mississippi- alabama boarder. trees were uprooted... homes and buildings were ripped apart... and power lines fell across streets. despite the damage... emergency officials say no one was seriously injured. # here in our area... we are seeing some rain and possibility for thunderstorms... for more on what we can expect lets check in with kristina montuori. through 6 pm this evening for our counties boarding the blue ridge parkway today: overcast with heavy rain, even a few storms. warmer with highs in the middle 60s. a few of the storms could be on the strong side east of the parkway during the afternoon hours. we will could see anywhere between 0.5-1.5" of rain before all is said and done, which could lead to localized flooding. thursday and friday look drier under partly to mostly sunny skies. it will be cooler, though, with highs in the lower 50s on thursday, falling into the middle 40s on friday. we should see a failing grade for financial literacy education... according to a new study. studies show high school graduates who have ta

thousands are without power this morning after another twister touched down near the florida, alabama boarder. a guitar center employee says it came out of nowhere. the twister uprooted trees and knocked them on to cars and buildings. amazingly, only minor injuries, as well. >> that same system brought snow and ice farther north last night. long distance travel was no better. with more here's elizabeth hur. >> snow in d.c. and virginia transforming the area from a winter wonderland to a travel nightmare. temporarily closing runways at reagan international and having a ripple effect at airports across the country. snow and ice wreaking havoc for drivers from iowa to illinois, indiana and pennsylvania. i-78 finally reopened after this massive and fatal pile-up over the weekend. a new storm is now moving across parts of the northern plains and south making its way north bringing heavy rain and warmer temperatures. a welcome relief for the millions of americans in the northeast and new england. speaking of relief, forecasters say temperatures are set to rise some 30 degrees in the next 24 hours f

south carolina may not boarder texas but it's not unlike a lot of the states voting on super tuesday. tennessee, alabamasissippi. these states that there all there. so, why will they be different from south carolina where you lost evangelical votes, it seems to donald trump? >> texas is different. 27,000 volunteers. it's our home state. it has the most cash or delegate said there. a little different than south carolina. they have a very liberal coast, as you saw and that's where marco won. if he indeed did win that. he was winning in the coast in columbia because that's a liberal capital city and oklahoma's not like that and tennessee's not like that and texas and alabama is not like that. and i don't see marco doing very well in any of those states. we may have a slau going through march 1 but that's where the organization and the money is going to pay off. and if it is a two-person race, we are the only candidate who has beaten them. i think we have to win texas, absolutely. sure. i'm confident we'll do well. >> let's see first what happens in south carolina. great to see you. we'll be watching this a