i'm mary sturgill. let's toss things over to meteorologist efren afante to see what we can expect for the rest of the day. good morning, efren. >> good morning, mary and good morning midlands. a lot of us are starting off with a considerable amount of rainfall that's been falling.

i am mary sturgill. let's see just how long this weather will last or if the sun will ever come out again. >> it has been five days. we keep looking for it but where is the sunshine. we haven't seen any. all we see are clouds and rain. quite a bit of rainfall are moving through parts of lexington and now moving -- woodland -- to the north of winnsboro. this is nonsevere. a lot of this has been -- a lot of us are waking up to the sound of the number -- thunder. 70 degrees in sumter. lexington at 70. newberry at 64. here in columbia, the rain has stopped for now. 70 degrees and muggy. we are on track for 100% chance of rain all throughout the day with a couple bundles -- a couple of rumbles of thunder. for new year's eve day, 70 degrees with light to moderate showers, primarily, during the afternoon and early evening. as you are getting ready to head out the door, you need to get yourself a lot of extra time this morning. roadways are saturated. this will be in between [ indiscernible ] and saint andrews.

weather today.good morning and thanks for waking up with us here on news19 this morning...i'm mary sturgill. let's toss things over to

good morning and thanks for waking up with news 19 this morning i'm mary sturgill. your time is 4:30...and the heat and the rain just isn't letting up...

i'm mary sturgill..let's check in with meterologist... efren aftane... to see just how long this will last... and if the sun will 3 ever come out again? efren... 3 3 3 3 the deadline to apply for individual assistance fema has been extended again...you now have until monday january 4th to apply. it originally was the third... but because that falls on a sunday... fema officials will be accepting registrations through monday. president obama has declared all midlands counties a federal disaster... which assistance.the money would cover losses not taken care of by insurance. if you have already registered--you don't need to *re-apply. 3 faith based 3 the rain continues to fall in most of the midlands this morning...but we could be in for some relief... before we ring in the new year. good morning and thanks for waking up with us on this new year's eve day. let's toss things over to meterololigst... efren afante... 3 with what we can expect to see the rest of the day. efren.. 3 3 sce&g officials are monitoring water levels at lake murray... and the lower sa

news19s mary sturgill is on your side tonight.hey mary? 3 3 >>> everything you need is at your fingertips, whether it is also have our radar. the radar pops up and you can tell what the weather is doing where ever you are. you can also scroll down and look at the videos. >>> bad weather is causing plenty of travel problems for 900 flights. another 500 flights have been delayed. the flight tracking problems happened at two main airports. there have been a handful of cancellations and delays. make sure to check your carrier before you fly. >> reporter: the gift that keeps on giving. aaa says the national average for gas is a dollar $.99 per gallon. it is the lowest since 2008. drivers can now find gas and two dollars a gallon. that is mostly around the us. in the midlands you can pay a little bit less than that. you will only pay about a dollar 67 for a gallon. >>> mcdonald's is launching a take two menu. customers can choose to menu items for two dollars m a selection that includes chicken sandwiches, double cheeseburgers, and mozzarella st

i'm mary sturgill. we are in for another round of rainy weather today. hopefully it will be clearing up before tonight. meteorologist efren afante joins us now. efren, i'm hoping we can put the umbrellas away. >> maybe. we won't be able to put away the umbrellas, not today. i'm sorry to say, we still have light to moderate to even heavy rainfall moving through the midlands. it's been primarily in the northwest and northern midlands. heaviest concentration the northern midlands with a few eastern fairfield county, now the far western parts of kershaw county. that's where the heaviest is, as most of us are dry for now. still mild temperatures, 67 aiken. bishopville at 65. columbia 67 degrees. our temperatures are not going to deviate by much. middle to upper 60s throughout the morning, with a chance for light to moderate rainfall. into the afternoon as we barely get to 69 degrees, moderate to perhaps heavy rainfall and that will continue right through until about 6:00 this afternoon. as you get ready to head out to the door, head out if you're doing shoppi

i'm mary sturgill. if you are just waking up with us, there is a good chance you are waking up to some rainy and muggy weather again today. meteorologist efren afante joins us now. efren, i know i've talked to several people who really want to see a little bit of sunshine today. at least sun. >> them, you, me, all of us. we're waiting for this rain to stop. the rain has been continuous throughout the morning. moving from northeast from the southwhwt to northeast, what we call entrtrnment, or contininng rain showers over the same areas. the heaviest is moving far to the far eastern aiken county into western orangeburg county. continuing rain in richland county, especially lower richland county, and moving to kershaw, sumter and lee counties. temperatures starting off very warm. almost 35 degrees warmer than where we should be. 72 in st. matthews. 70 camden. 70 aiken. 72 lexington. columbia now at 71 degrees. rain is still falling. winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. we're expecting the rain to c

i'm mary sturgill..let's check in with meterologist... efren aftane... to see just how long this will last... and if the sun will 3 ever come out again? efren... 3 3 3 3 the deadline to apply for individual assistance fema has been extended again...you now have until monday january 4th to apply. it originally was the third... but because that falls on a sunday... fema officials will be accepting registrations through monday. president obama has declared all midlands counties a federal disaster... which means the entire midlands is eligible for individual assistance.the money would by insurance. if you have already registered--you don't need to *re-apply. 3 faith based plans on sunday if you still 3 need to register... we have the link on our website wltx dot com... under the flood recovery tab. 3 many homeowners felt like they were overlooked when it came to volunteer help during the flood... but news 19's... loren thomas... shows us what hundreds of people from around the nation are doing... to help rebuild damaged homes. 3 thank you so much."johana mar

3 good morning and thanks for waking up with news 19 this morningi'm mary sturgill. your time is 4:30..and many of you are waking up to yet again the sound of rain. and it doesn't look like it will 3 be drying up anytime soon.. let's check in with meterologist efren afante. 3 3 chat 3 3 3 a dozen families around the midlands will be getting some much needed flood help. hundreds of volunteers have come together to get homeowners back on their feet... following the historic flood.home repairs from mold removal... to gutting... are taking place during the three-day home build.one of the organziers for the event... says many people didn't know the extent of the damage done. 3 there's a lot of families and home owners who didn't realize that their home was damaged, didn't realize the amount of moisture in their house and that mold was going to happen. so i think that our whole community is learning quickly how much damage can happen sometimes in invisible ways and sometimes in obvious ways. 3 home works and the saint bernard project raised more than 300-thousand dollars f

thanks for waking up with news 19 this morning i'm mary sturgill. your time is 4:30...the rain continues for most of the midlands this morining... but we could be getting a break... just in time to celebrate the new year...i'm joined by news19 metoeroligst 3 efren afante....good morning efren... 3 3 chat 3 we've seen some heavy rain over the past few days... and as a result... sce&g opened up one spillway... releasing water from the lake murray dam... earlier this morning. news 19's loren thomas has more on what led up to that decison.3 3 nat: siren soundsyou may have heard sirens along the saluda river as south carolina electric and gas conducted tests. "we did that today just to make sure that they're working properly."ginny jones with sce&g says there has been a lot of interest in the river and the water levels following the october flood. lake murray sits above the saluda river...meaning water released from the dam goes there. "so when we operate at saluda hydro we release water into the lower saluda river and so the sirens are designed to let s