Virginia after Severe Weather strikes wednesday afternoon. In the community of waverly near portsmouth, three people are confirmed dead closer to us, the storms swept through appomattox county in the evergreen community, killing one man and injuring seven others. Right now, there are reports that what hit the evergeen was a tornado, but official confirmation would come from a National Weather Service Survey team. No word yet on when a nws team will be in appomattox county. Governor mcaufliffe declared a state of emergency. Heres what it looked like on wednesday evening along route 460 in appomattox county. Dozens of homes were damaged, some had part of the roof missing, ohers had walls ripped away. As rescue crews from across the region raced to the scene, our crews saw neighbors pitching in, helping families search through damaged homes. One woman says she ran outside, held onto a big tree in a ditch, as the storm blew her mobile home away. Things were hitting me in my back. I felt a
Be prepared for those gusty winds all day today and even into the evening and the overnight before things start to calm down heading into tomorrow and blustery and chilly with the snow showers around especially in the mountains as we go around the day today. Details in the full forecast coming up. Good day, virginia returns right now. Before i lost a good friend in the storm. Reaching out to local voters. At least two of the president ial candidates will be in our region before super tuesday. Protecting teenagers from themselves. Looking at the toll of abusive relationships have on those just starting to date thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its im january keaton and im kyle benjamin. Governor Terry Mcauliffe declared a state of emergency after severe storms on wednesday. Four people are dead, including one person in appomattox county. Wfxrs paris holmes joins us live in appomattox county where a press conference was held at the top of the hour. Paris, what can you tell us . C
We have the lakesnow advisory in effect through tomorrow for greater cleveland, Cuyahoga County, lake, ashland, ashtabula and an alert tonight for more snow about 1 to 4 inches more area wide and wind chills will be a factor as we drop below zero leading to more travel problems. You can see downtown cleveland we go from nothing to like a heavier snow band and right now downtown is dry. Arctic air has arrived. Lighter lakeeffect snow tomorrow and talking about below zero wind chills. Get used to that. That will be with us more so into the weekend. A look at the snow harry boomer live at the major accident scene or at least close enough to it. I90 lake county. Harry boomer, whats the latest . Reporter well, ive got to tell you that the traffic is and i90 eastbound. As a matter of fact, the Metro Police Officer who was sitting at the exit ramp just told us they are opening it up at this point but closing it down at state route 44 east of where we were right now. The roadway will open up a
Just a few clouds out there. Dont have to worry about today, but getting into tomorrow, were tracking the next system that will be moving through here. The showers and thunderstorms the southeast. Ill let you know when that arrives tomorrow and how it may impact your morning commute tomorrow. Right now, nothings really on the roads. We have problems in downtown tampa. Heres a live look at 275 right in downtown, so traffics flowing nicely here on 275 just six minutes from here to the howard franklin. We have a crash reported at kennedy and florida avenue. It will affect northbound florida avenue, some road blocks there. You might want to try taking ashley instead. This would be northbound heading back towards 275. This looks like it could be there for some time. Ill keep an eye on it. Elsewhere, across the bay area, heres your drive time on 275 southbound. 14 minutes from the apex down to i4. This morning, the city of tampa is moving forward with its plan to decriminalize possession of
Seemed disjointejointed and belligerent, trump was drawn into a hypothetical question in a future america, if abortion of illegal, should women who have one be punished . Later trump reversed his answer 180 degrees just like his stand on abortion. Heres major garrett. Reporter during a contentious interview with msnbcs chris matthews, donald trump said he supported making abortion illegal. Matthews then asked him about the ra ramifications of such a. The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. For the woman. Yeah, there has to be some form. 10 years . I dont know. That i dont know. Why not. You take positions on everything else. I do take positions on everything else. Reporter condemnation quickly came in from the left and the right. Texas senator ted cruz said trump has demonstrated that he hasnt seriously thought through the issues. This was Ohio Governor john kasich, who has limited access to abortion in his home state. I do have exceptions for rape, incest, and life