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Soggy weather creates less parking for Iowa State, Tulsa game at the Liberty Bowl

Soggy weather creates less parking for Iowa State, Tulsa game at the Liberty Bowl

Soggy weather means there's less places to park for the New Year's Eve game.

MATA provided a shuttle Monday afternoon at the a variety of locations.

The weather didn't stop anxious tailgaters who staked out their party areas early Monday morning outside of the Liberty Bowl.

By the time fans pack into the stadium to see Iowa and Tulsa this afternoon, more that $20 million tourist dollars will have been spent in Memphis.

Every where you look fans are filling up local hotels, restaurants and attractions like Graceland.

Several who stopped by the stadium early to take pictures say they're having a good time and don't mind paying for it.

"We'll have a hotel for three nights and whatever it takes to eat for those three days," said Iowa fans Carolyn and Randy Weir.

After the game you will see lots of fans partying and spending money at clubs along Beale Street.

MLGW advises you prepare for outages in inclement weather

MLGW advises you prepare for outages in inclement weather

Less than 200 MLGW customers are affected by a power outage late Wednesday morning, after roughly 8,000 residents were without power at one point Tuesday after several circuits went offline.

MLGW advised on twitter that  in any emergency situation, whether it's a tornado, ice storm, earthquake or flood, you need to be prepared for the possibility of temporary power outages.

Tree falls on Midtown home, car after strong morning winds

Tree falls on Midtown home, car after strong morning winds

Just in time for the holidays, a Memphis family has a lot of cleaning up to do after Wednesday morning's strong wind gusts.

A tree crashed, downtaking out the front of a house across the street from 1941 Foster ave at La Polama.

There were no injuries, but the house was seriously damaged.

Christopher Ayers, a neighbor, discovered the damage.

Then saw his vehicle was also crushed by the tree's limbs.

"I'm just glad my neighbors are ok. That was the most important thing. That they were ok," said Ayers.

Ayers said the neighborhood has had a problem with weak trees falling.

He worries the next storm could damage even more property.

"My concern is for the whole neighborhood because we have trees like this... I mean it's a beautiful community, but these trees are old and we don't know how well they will hold up with weather," he said.

Ayers would like to see the trees better checked and maintained.