The region saw heavy rains and wind, closing some roads Wednesday, also bringing down trees and causing some power outages

In Anderson Co. the high winds and soggy ground proved deadly after, according to troopers, a tree fell across Middleton Rd. and Terry Stancil, Jr. crashed into it just after midnight Wednesday morning.

Major storm is centered about 460 miles east of the Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest near 16 mph.

Comoros: Child rescued alive in Airbus 310 crash

These days, we see more video of nasty weather from across the country than we used to, but that does not necessarily mean the weather has gotten any worse over the past several years.

Air 7 shows damage after a severe storm hit North Greenville University. Amazingly, no on was injured Monday night.