RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS.. GEORGIA IS CURRENTLY UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AHEAD OF HEAVY STORMS EXPECTED TO HIT OUR AREA THIS MORNING... METEROLOGIST CATHERINE LIBERTA IS IN THE WEATHER CENTER TRACKING OUT THE TIMINGS... AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH ...THE DETAILS ON THE SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED A MAN'S LIFE ON BAY STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON... PLUS---I'TS ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND...AND DOWNTOWN IS BUZZING WITH TOURISTS AND LOCALS ALIKE TO RING IN THE 201ST PARADE ON MONDAY...HOW YOU CAN PREPARE... HERE'S A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR SKYVIEW 22 CAMERA AT THE THOMPSON NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM, MAINLY BEFORE 5PM, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 5PM. HIGH MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 73. RIGHT NOW... GEORGIA IS WITH A HIGH NEAR 73. RIGHT NOW... GEORGIA IS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS SEVERE WEATHER TRACKS THIS WAY. GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP POSTED THE DECLARATION TO X YESTERDAY... SAYING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO HIT OVERNIGHT... WHICH HE CALLED QUOTE "THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME." HE ALSO ASKS ALL GEORGIANS IN ITS PATH TO BE PREPARED AND MAKE THE NECESSARY PLANS VIOLENT WEATHER FROM THAT STORM SYSTEM PUMMELING PARTS OF THE MIDWEST AND SOUTH. YOU'RE LOOKING AT VIDEO OF A FUNNEL CLOUD CAPTURED IN TAYLORSVILLE.. MISSISSIPPI. AUTHORITIES ISSUED A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR A NUMBER OF TOWNS IN THE STORM'S PATH. THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TORNADO WARNING. AND HERE'S VIDEO FROM TUSCALOOSA.. ALABAMA FROM EARLIER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY... YOU CAN SEE THE DARK CLOUDS BEGINNING TO FORM INTO A FUNNEL. AT LEAST 32 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER MORE THAN 30 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS 6 STATES... MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, MISSOURI, AND ALABAMA SEEING THE MOST DAMAGE. ONE TRUCK DRIVER PULLED OVER WEST OF SAINT LOUIS TO WAIT FOR STORMS TO PASS... WHEN A TWISTER FORMED. "EVERYTHING WENT BLACK AND TURNED ON MY HEADLIGHTS AND MY BRIGHTS. AND RIGHT AFTER I DID THAT. SOMETHING HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. JUST FLIPPED IT OVER, AND FLEW UP." NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL LEADERS ARE NOW ASSESSING THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND BY THE STORMS. ZOE BLAIR FROM OUR SISTER STATION IN ALABAMA GIVES US A LOOK AT WHAT REMAINS AFTER STORMS PASSED THROUGH TUSCALOOSA. I'M ZOE BLAIR IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, WHERE WE'RE SEEING SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM THOSE STORMS. WE'RE HERE ON LAKE TUSCALOOSA. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK OVER HERE. YOU MAY BE A LITTLE CONFUSED AT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. THIS WAS ACTUALLY A BOAT DOCK. THERE WERE SEVEN BOATS A MAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING AT A DOLLAR GENERAL IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH POLICE SAY OFFICERS RESPONDED JUST AFTER 6 YESTERDAY NIGHT TO THE DOLLAR GENERAL ON WEST BAY STREET. THAT'S CLOSE TO I-16. ON THE SCENE POLICE FOUND THE VICTIM SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL... WHERE HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE STABBING DEATH OF A WOMAN IN SAVANNAH. IT HAPPENED ON MIDDLEGROUND ROAD NEAR TIBET AVENUE. OFFICERS RESPONDED AROUND 1-15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO FIND THE VICTIM SUFFERING FROM STAB WOUNDS. SHE WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE AND TRANSPORTED TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL... WHERE SHE DIED FROM HER INJURIES. SAVANNAH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED **CHRISTHIAN MOISES * AND *ALMENDARES- PEREZ IN CONNECTION WITH THE STABBING. HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND THREE COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. A MOM AND DAD IN TOOMBS COUNTY ARE IN JAIL ... FACING CHARGES OF CHILD CRUELTY AND MURDER... AFTER THE DEATH OF THEIR 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. TAYLOR HUGHES AND SETH BROWN ARE CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.. FELONY MURDER.. MALICE MURDER.. AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY IN THE DEATH OF THEIR CHILD. SHEIRFF JORDAN KIGHT SAYS HUGHES CALLED 9-1-1 LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE 8 LAST NIGHT TO REPORT THE CHILD WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. E-M-S MET HER AT A GAS STATION TO HELP. THE CHILD DIED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT VIDALIA HOSPITAL. G-B-I WAS ASKED TO HELP INVESTIGATE... LEADING TO THE ARREST OF BOTH PARENTS. POLICE IN SAVANNAH ARE INVESTIGATING DRIVE BY SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN INJURED IT HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 1:20 -- OFFICERS WERE CALLED OUT BASED ON A SHOTSPOTTER REPORT THE VICTIM TOLD SPD HE WAS SHOT BY SOMEONE IN A MOVING VEHICLE THE VICTIM DECLINED MEDICAL TREATMENT. AT THIS POINT -- NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON I-95. MCINTOSH COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY IT HAPPENED NEAR MILE MARKER 61 AROUND 6-30 SATURDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO GEORGIA STATE PATROL... A DRIVER CRASHED HIS FORD VAN AFTER LEAVING THE ROADWAY AND CRASHING INTO A TREE. FIREFIGHTERS PULLED THE MAN FROM THE VEHICLE... BEFORE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE. STAYING IN MCINTOSH COUNTY -- WHERE A POLICE CHASE INVOLVING A STOLEN R-V... HAS LANDED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF BEHIND BARS. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO -- SHOT BY VIEWER DAVID . . GLYNN COUNTY POLICE SAY THE CHASE STARTED IN MCINTOSH COUNTY LATE THURSDAY... OFFICERS DID DEPLOYED SPIKE STRIPS... WHICH DEFLATED THE TIRES... BUT THE DRIVER KEPT GOING. DESPITE RIDING ON RIMS... THE PURSUIT CONTINUED UNTIL THE R-V STOPPED ATOP THE SIDNEY LANIER BRIDGE. TURNS OUT -- THE R-V WAS STOLEN OUT OF WEST VIRIGINA AND THE CAMPER -- STOLEN FROM VIRGINIA DRIVER ROBERTO ORTIZ AND PASSENGER SHAINA BOUCLE WERE ARRESTED THE DRIVER WILL FACE CHARGES RELATED TO THE CHASE... WHILE THE PASSENGER WILL BE EXTRADICTED TO MIAMI TO FACE A FELONY WARRANT WE'RE COUNTING DOWN TO THE 201ST SAVANNAH SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARADE... HAPPENING ON MONDAY. THE CITY OF SAVANNAH IS ALREADY SEEING AN INFLUX OF CROWDS AHEAD OF ST.PATRICK'S DAY. THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE LONG WEEKEND OF FESTIVITIES. TO MONITOR THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE -- THE CITY HAS DEPLOYED CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS DOWNTOWN =. CHATHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES IS ALSO OUT -- SET UP NEAR CITY MARKET. <CLAIRE, SAVANNAH RESIDENT> "I'D SAY COMPARED TO OTHER WEEKENDS, BECAUSE THE PARADE ON A MONDAY, WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT BEFORE THE ACTUAL PARADE, SO ITS BEEN REALLY FUN. FIRST RESPONDERS WILL HAVE A LARGE PRESENCE DOWNTOWN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.. MONDAY INCLUDED. YOU CAN STAY IN THE KNOW WITH IMPORTANT ST. PATRICK'S DAY UPDATES... BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE.. WJCL DOT COM. AND MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD OUR "VERY LOCAL" APP ... WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE LIVE. THAT'S MONDAY BEGINNING AT 10AM. JUST DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE ON ROKU ... AND AMAZON FIRE T-V. TODAY -- WJCL 22 NEWS IS LIVE AT LEOPOLD'S ... GIVING YOU AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT DURING THE ST. PATRICKS' DAY PARADE. FROM LIVE PERFORMANCES TO INTERVIEWS ... IT'S A SHOW YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS. THAT'S HAPPENING AT 6PM .. ONLY ON WJCL 22 NEWS. AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT TRAFFIC AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY... YOU CAN VISIT W-J-C-L DOT COM SLASH TRAFFIC FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES. THE TIME IS NOW _-_-. THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IN POOLER IS CELEBRATING ANOTHER YEAR IN BUSINESS...BUT WITH THEIR LEASE NOT RENEWED THEY ARE LOOKING TO MAKE THEIR NEXT MOVE...THEIR PLANS AFTER THE BREAK... HERE'S A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR SKYVIEW 22 CAMERA -- AT THE THOMPSON HOTEL HERE ARE CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW FOR SAVANNAH. THE TEMPERATURES WILL B