Parts of the south are cleaning up this morning after devastating Severe Weather that caused at least 16 tornadoes. Tornadoes. Right now, there are no reports of any serious injuries or deaths, but tornadoes destroyed homes and and mississippi. Several schools across the south wi be closed today due to the storm damage. As the storm moved north, roads and streets frfr the carolinas to new york were covered in snow and ice, making travel tricky. Tricky. But with the snow and ice comes an increase in temperatures today and in the northeast that means concerns over possible flooding. Flooding. That storm has already killed one person. The` nasty weather is also causing massive flight delays. Flightaware reported more than one thousand delays or ncellations mondayaynd travel problems are expected to continue today. In cedar rapids, authorities are now trying to pinpoint pinpointthe cause of a deadly fire. Crews were called to a mobile home on 16th avenue southwest around seven30 monday mor
Gate where customers are without power. Kimberly, here in iron gate you can tell the power outage is causing some confusion. Were at a gas station where weve seen a number of people drive in, look around, and leave. Thats because were told this sign up here is lit 24 7, but right now, because of the power, its off. There are more than 11,000 dominion virginia customers without power statewide. 419 of them here in alleghany county. And 383 in botetourt county. Crews are working on 16 projects between the two counties. Folks we talked to gate went out around 7am this morning. David well i sleep by the radio and when the radio when off i woke up when the house went silent, i woke up. I still got heat in the house, i got gas logs in the living room so heat for Dominion Virginia Power customers, power should be restored by midnight. For bath alleghany customers were and 143 in bath live in iron gate, amanda kenney, wdbj7. Thousand people are without power in henry county. Heavy winds knocke
Freezing rain continues for some. Watch for heavy rain and ice this morning. This winter storm continues to wreak havoc on our area and is making things tricky for commuters and people just even trying to walk their dog this morning. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live in Downtown Roanoke for us this morning. Shayne how are the roads looking right now . Good morning garrett. Roanoke, the roads primaries are in decent shape too but the Virginia Department of transportation is reporting slick spots pretty much all across our region. There is some snow and ice on primary routes in bedford, floyd, Henry Patrick and pulaski counties. Garrett ice continues to be the problem causer here this morning and may even be worse than the snow. Shayne Power Outages now topping more than 20 thousand. Where are the hardest hit areas . Garrett that number were no more than 21thousand three hundred right now. Right now some of the hardest hit areas are right in the Roanoke Valley where you see all that red. Roano
And ice this morning. Yesterday many people got lucky with yesterday many people got lucky with yesterday many people got lucky with the timing of the storm and that it fell on a holiday when many people were already off work and out of school. But thats not the case today, and this latest round of winter storm may cause many headaches for people today. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live in Downtown Roanoke for us this morning. Morning, and most importantly how are the roads . Kimberly its downright dangerous out here. The primary roads are in as good as shape as they can be, the plow crews have been working all through the night to get those clear. But there is a lot of standing water and slush on the roads. My 15 minute commute into work this morning took me over 30 minutes. If you went slow yesterday, try to go about half that speed today. Kimberly ice can come out of no where and turn a normal day into a power crews are very on power lines and trees. More than 14 thousand outages reported
3 were following breaking news right now out of mason. Weve now confirmed someone died in a house fire. The fire started just before two at a home on olympia drive. Details, but crews are still on the scene. Our own Adam Clements is on the scene, and will bring you live updates throughout the morning. 3 time temp. Ahead at four30. Calls for change. People share their opinions about the uc police department. Plus. A night of music and spectacle in la. Which artists won big at the grammys. Ahead at four30 break one ad lib to adam 3 3 a suspect in a deadly shooting Court Apperance today. Police arrested 25year old William Chambers for murder. Hes accused of killing Cameron Tyler clemmons last month in bond hill. Clemmons was shot five times, and left to die in the street on franklin avenue. Investigators believe he was shot in front of an apartment building, and tried to run before collapsing in the street. 3 another murder suspect is scheduled to go on trial today. 23year old Rayshawn Ha