The heavy freezing rain added weight to the limbs and power lines last night causing a lot of damage. There are still thousands of people in the dark this evening and appalachian power continues to work hard on restoring it as soon as possible. Rising rivers and creeks are also a concern with the rapid snow melt and the heavy rain from last night. As you can see behind me, tinker creek is moving at a swift pace. Reporting live from roanoke alan auglis wsls10. Crews in roanoke city faced flooding for the morning commute and worked to remove fallen trees and downed power lines throughout the afternoon. Wsls tens Erin Brookshier has a look at some of the cleanup as temperatures warm up and the snow continues to melt, many people are spending today assessing the damage from this mornings ice storm. Throughout the morning, drivers faced dozens of street closures, from fallen trees and downed power lines, like this one on williamson road. Iris kaltenbaugh started her s uv to get it warmed up. And while she was inside getting ready there was a crash. Sot come outside and it was pouring down rain the car was running still and the windows were smashed out. We didnt really know what to do. We panicked. Across the city. Other people are dealing with similar issues. As the heavy ice tears down trees. Several trees along pike lane were uprooted, including this one that crashed into the top level apartment. And on templeton avenue. A massive tree fell across the street landing on top of a home. Sot weve had three calls of trees down today. But not hey, it came through the center of our the family was home when the tree fell. But luckily no one was hurt. Im told the red cross will be taking care of that family as they figure out what to do next and what to do for repairs. In roanoke, Erin Brookshier. Dont put your snow shovel away just yet. More snow could come to parts of south West Virginia tonight. For more on the clipper system thats moving in. Lets check in with storm team ten chief meteorologist jeff haniewich. Jeff . After yesterdays snow and ice and last nights ice and rain, it was nice to see the sun return on tuesday. However, we will still be dealing with the ramifications of the last storm, as there numerous Power Outages due to downed trees and powerlines. Also, we will be monitoring the river levels over the next couple of days because of all the precipitation that fell. A weak clipper system will impact the region tonight bringing some light precipitation with it. We will start to see some light snow the southern nrv and mountain empire during the mid evening hours. As the storm progresses east towards southside, the light snow showers could changeover to rain showers. Some flurries are possible across southside, but the light accumulations should stay just west of you into the nrv and mountain empire. These locations could see up to 1 01 of snow. All this is gone by daybreak wednesday. Tonight turning mostly cloudy with sct. Light snow rain showers possible, especially south of highway 460. Lows in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Area residents. The cold temperatures. And more ice. Could complicate efforts to restore power. The first round of ice knocked out power for thousands of southWest Virginia families. Appalachian power is currently reporting more than 24thousand outages. More than 600 dominion virignia power customers are without power as well. For more on local outages. Head to our website. Wsls power may still be out in several locations. But the roads have recovered. At this point. Were arent seeing any major accidents or delays. The winter storm mix is causing problems for people up and down the east coast. Snow and ice is making for a tough commute for drivers in vermont, New Hampshire and maine. A Winter Weather advisory was in effect for the areas until midday today. Meanwhile, other parts of the country are experiencing strong winds and tornadoes. The severe storms traveled through parts of florida, louisiana and mississippi. A tornado touched down during classes at a mississippi high school. I seen it fall on my car and my car was shaking and it my window busted and like i seen it at least ten homes were damaged from the strong winds and storms. Botouert county moves forward with plans to preserve the greenfield preservation area. The county is currently looking for members for a new advisory commission. The commission will make recommendations to the board of supervisors in areas such as planning, design, development and promotion of the historical greenfield area. The site has earned a lot of attention recently. After the county decided to move historic slave dwellings from their original location on the plantation. The planned move has gained a lot of criticism from residents and local historians. Tonight. Danville city council is expected to approve a requested increase in the citys police force. Department better handle turnover. Wsls 10s Colter Anstaett rode along with an officer today to find out what it takes to become an officer corporal johnny west is one of the 131 officers city council has authorized the Police Department to have on staff. Problem is, because of turnover the department never actually has 131 officers. Cpl. Johnny west when the economy gets better jobs open up in other places, whether its Law Enforcement or not, and they just decide they want a Career Change and work somewhere else. Nowadays, almost everyone has a cell phone with a camera and thats something you have to be willing to accept if you want to be an officer. Cpl. Johnny west you conduct yourself accordingly, as if youre on camera and what youre doing is going to be on the six o clock news. Danvilles police chief asked council two weeks ago to consider raising the number of allowable officers to 135 in order to get closer to always having the proposal after two people were shot on february first. I spoke with chief broadfoot a few days after about his proposal to increase the number of officers. Chief broadfoot we will be able to fill the holes and fill the gaps and maintain a more level type of service. I also spoke to danvilles mayor about councils reaction to the Police Chiefs request. He says council has full confidence in the Police Department and was honored to grant the request. City council is committed to making sure that those needs are met. The money to hire the additional officers will come from the current roughly 300 thousand dollars that the Police Department has left over in its personnel budget at the end of every year as a result of not ever having a full 131 officers on staff. In danville, Colter Anstaett, wsls 10. Well have City Councils decision tonight on wsls 10 at 11. President ial candidates take time away from their campaigns to talk about another political contest. Who should appoint the next Supreme Court justice. What the white house hopefuls war in washington. But first. Heres a look at how some stocks of local interest after yesterdays this is a live look from our Poor Mountain skycam. After yesterdays snow and ice and last nights ice and rain, it was nice to see the sun return on tuesday. However, we will still be dealing with the ramifications of the last storm, as there numerous Power Outages due to downed trees and powerlines. Also, we will be monitoring the river levels over the next couple of days because of all the precipitation that fell. A weak clipper system will impact the region tonight bringing some light precipitation with it. We will start to see some light snow showers work their way into evening hours. As the storm progresses east towards southside, the light snow showers could changeover to rain showers. Some flurries are possible across southside, but the light accumulations should stay just west of you into the nrv and mountain empire. These locations could see up to 1 01 of snow. All this is gone by daybreak wednesday. Tonight turning mostly cloudy with sct. Light snow rain south of 20s and lower 30s. Please be aware of the potential for some re freezing. Wednesday increasing sunshine, a little breezy we look to stay dry for the latter part of the work week. Thursday will be mainly sunny with highs in the middle 40s. Friday may see a little more cloud cover. Well call it partly sunny. Upper 40s. The weekend will see the mercury skyrocket we will climb into the lowtomid 60s. Enjoy it, as it will not last long. We will start the weekend dry under a mix of to a story we are working to bring you tonight on wsls 10 at six. Lindsey from the wsls 10 newsroom. Im lindsey ward. Vo coming up at six built in the blue ridge. A rockbridge countybased business has not only expanded during its nearly 30 years in business. It has given back to the community, too. On cam that story and more. Tonight three americans abducted in baghdad last month are now free. The state Department Confirms they were handed over in good health to the us embassy. Iraqi Authorities Say the three were kidnapped from a suspicious apartment. Iraqi and western officials suspect one of two powerful shiite militias was responsible. Meanwhile. More political sparring tonight over who appoints the next Supreme Court justice. President obama says. There is quote more than enough time for the senate to consider a nomination to fill the late antonin scalias chair this year. And he intends to move forward with his choice. President ial hopefuls on both sides of the aisle are weighing in. Donald trump r president ial should reject it. I think the new president should have that option. But to Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate the people of this country should send a very clear message that is not the way our constitution works. Scalia. The longest serving justice. Died saturday. He was 79years old. Today. His courtroom chair was draped in black. As part of a tradition dating back to the 19th century. Scalias body will lie in repose in the Supreme Courts great hall on friday. Funeral plans have not been released. The United States and cuba sign an agreement to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in 50 years. Us airlines can now bid on as many as 110 flights per day to cuba. Thats more than 5times the current number. In addition to 10 to15 charter flights a day. The agreement allows 20 regular daily us flights to havana. The rest would be to other cuban cities. Pope francis arrived for mass in the heart of mexicos Drug Trafficking country to a stadium thousands waved vatican flags as morelia. 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But still had some of their service. Some apple fans discover going back in time can kill your device. Manually changing an iphone. Ipod touch. Or ipads date to may 1970 or earlier can keep the device from powering back on after restarting. Apple has not given a reason for the bug but says an Upcoming Software update will prevent the problem. Ben and jerrys is churning up a for those who are vegan and lactose intolerant. Avigdor schiffman visitin g from new jersey it tastes like real ice cream, i like it. Rather than using milk and cream. The base for the four new flavors is almond milk with coconut oil mixed in. The new treats are available in chunky monkey and Chocolate Fudge brownie. As well as coffee caramel fudge and pb and cookies. Sean greenwood ben jerrys for the people who are lactose intolerant and people who are vegan, they go come on make something thats more like ice cream for us because they want the creaminess and texture and smoothness that happens not just sorbet thats got the fruit, the sugar and water, so we think what weve come up with here is pretty good. Pints are already being shipped out. You can expect to see the non dairy treats in most stores in two to four weeks. Coaching football and fighting crime. How Roanoke City Council is honoring two men who have Roanoke City Council recognizes perkins ahead of his retirement. Council read a resolution during its meeting this afternoon recognizing perkins for his 24years of service with the department the last five as chief. Council saluted what it called his extraordinary committment to the deparment and honored perkins with a key to the city. Chief Chris Perkins roanok E City Police while my name was on that key, that key was for all of those individuals that work at the Police Department. You know they do an amazing job. Theyre the most regulated profession in the country. They have Automated Vehicle locators on all their cars they have in car camera body cameras. Theres not many professions that are monitored 24 hours a day and every moment that they are in the role as a police officer. So kudos to them. Mayor david bowers also recognized Virginia Tech football coach frank beamer on his recent retirement. Saying while beamer is a hokie. Hes a roanoker as well. Your 90 minutes of news continues right now. After yesterdays snow and ice and last nights ice and rain, it was nice to see the sun return on tuesday. However, we will still be dealing with the ramifications of the last storm, as there numerous Power Outages due to downed trees and powerlines. Also, we will be monitoring the river levels over the next couple of days because of all the precipitation that fell. A weak clipper system will impact the region tonight chainsaw noise vo now at six. Southwest and Central Virginia enter cleanup mode. Sot mark booth, owner of marks tree Stump Removal its really a lot of trees and theyre big and the diameter can foot in diameter sometimes. Vo downed trees and widespread Power Outages illustrate the aftermath of a winter storm that coated the region with snow and ice. Good evening and thank you for joining us for wsls 10 at six. Crews across the area are tasked with damage control following mondays snow storm. As the concern shifts to flooding. Many people in our region are still without power. Appalachian power serves the largest portion of our viewing area. Currently. Crews are working to fix more than 35 thousand outages in counties. Meanwhile. Wsls 10s Christina Craig is tracking damage in the star city. She joins us now live in roanoke. Christina you followed a Tree Removal Service during appraisals today. What did you see . The combination of snow and freezing rain weighing on tree limbs caused many to split creating a mess and put crews to work. Branches or entire trees the owner of marks tree and Stump Removal says his phone has been ringing off the hook nonstop since earlier this morning. Mark booth says its hard labor, but someones got to it. Nat chainsaw clean up crews are building up a fallen trees. Nat 14 01 59 weve take it out of peoples living rooms before. The mixture of snow and ice weighing on branches is causing tree limbs to to split. Thats lead to an influx of calls to clean up the mess, which means business for marks tree and Stump Removal. Im getting ready to go look at some in salem. And, its really a lot of trees and theyre big in diameter. Could be up to 20 inches to 5 foot in diameter sometimes. Its not a job for everyone its lifting heavy branches and requires hours on end in the