Three people died including a small child in america right there. Three houses and the laundromat a brick building in his noble but also good friends today so more brisk walk to desmond gardeners friend when two men who died along with a two year old boy when the tornado that hit wednesday through the length of three football fields from a mobile home gardener in his car when the storm hit customers to bring list of clients was my direction. One was awesome i can just close my eyes and faces stuff in the wind actually pick my car so i just re glued. God help me the mocha was an ad tomorrow following the devil go like this bears pull off a lot and i directed to the debris field stretching for three miles emergency crews trudging through parts of it into the night checking properties to make sure the damage extensive and the same time im doing what i said i just lost the phone today as rishi dont tell we are really one of the dominion trucks now moving through the area again crews are out trying to make sure that everyone is accounted for their check and make sure no one is missing will be here for a while longer at least in the night in through the night to do that. Crews also will come out tomorrow and begin the Damage Assessment here were live in downtown waverly drive for thirteen years now the storm how the areas across Hampton Roads today of viewers sent us this video of the whipping rain and storms are moving out of the area right now jeff lawson has been tracking the system all day joins us now with the latest on the storms movement literally right as we won on the air straight up Eleven Oclock the last of the warnings was allowed to expire and that was for the southern outer banks hatteras road and the those locations outer banks series just about half a mile few hundred yards offshore and continuing to move out to the east. Meanwhile we had a little bit of activity here over the last half hour on the Eastern Shore. Now half an hour hour before that we had some Severe Weather we were crawling across the screen is youll notice probably hopefully noticed a little bit earlier that storm also gone and now just couple of very light little sprinkles or showers left but were still seeing some of the gusty winds winds of thirty three right now in norfolk thirty in chesapeake almost thirty down in current top thirty three in richmond but in general the inland areas not quite as high forty eight dock right now thirty six in Virginia Beach thirty eight almost forty up and watch a princess still some very gusty winds those will gradually begin to ease tonight but theyre going to tend to swing around as well and theyre going to end up out of the northwest so at midnight were still mid sixties and then look how quickly all ready by four am drop down in the forties and then tomorrow we wont be nearly as warm as today will be a lot drier too but will still be above normal backup in the mid to upper fifties and i think should again be a little bit windy but dry and clear some things are definitely clearing out that is great news for the chilly forecast in my extended outlook coming up. I think many of you sent us pictures of hail that fell in suffolk take a look at these images pretty decent size hail. No word on whether the hell caused any significant damage though and many of you have shared pictures and videos with us. If you can do it safely keep sending us your storm pictures you can post on social media with a half stack and thirteen storm mode also send your pictures to share it. And wbc dot com not because of the high winds and driving rains Power Outages or a problem for thousands of people tonight in virginia and North Carolina. Dominion power areas hardest hit were on the peninsula as well as chesapeake and Virginia Beach annie le beau is in one neighborhood in Virginia Beach that was in the dark most of the night that i gave him powers actually be restored to several communities throughout Hampton Roads including where we are here in the cancer bill area but the elders at one point more than twenty thousand customers were without power now a lot of that had to do with downed power lines trees falling onto power lines we saw a lot of downed trees on the peninsula in newport news just walking out of phase two is remarkable. My name that everyone made out of the house safely captured its strong winds whipped through his neighborhood sending a tree crashing down into his bedroom almost in slow mo shots in the tree coming near the intersection of marshall and mercury blvd in newport news. Mike says his wife heard a loud snap goes the fed board cut open so we went back to check on it and then next thing you know the trees come to the house the tree broke in half and stick limbs branches and debris crashing into their home destroyed a backyard shed and a ripped a portion of the homes siding from the rest of the house but it wasnt the only neighborhood were falling trees caused people to run elsewhere for cover. One after another trees along cedar lane in the city were completely up rooted at the intersection of douglas one tree fell on a power line electricity had to be cut off to the neighboring homes. Emergency crews waited in the area on standby for the storm to pass through but also kept a close eye on the area or any other trees down and out of you spot any downed trees power lines in your neighborhood just called dominion power whether or not i suspect them of being alive and crews will be working throughout the night to restore power to some other eight thousand customers throughout Hampton Roads according to Virginia Beach i mean you both are teens now another area virginia hit hard today by the storms was appa maddox county a funnel cloud was reported that left an eight to ten mile patch of destruction. These photos are from state police were told one man was killed after that reported funnel cloud hit his home. There are also seven confirmed injuries in a number of reports of damage to structures. State police say there are also reports of downed trees and power lines school is canceled tomorrow and were told many students still are at school tonight because it was too dangerous for them to go home this afternoon officials are setting up two shelters for residents and are in the process of establishing a helpline. Were also getting new information tonight from top to hannah and essex the storm passed through tonight damaging at least thirty buildings fifteen largest Wright State Police say twenty five entries have been reported. Were also told several roads are closed because of downed trees and other debris. Authorities are still on the scene right now now this same line of storms triggered tornado warnings in North Carolina today and the triangle area there were widespread reports of damage thousands of Power Outages were reported and granville counties several homes were also damaged. Residents described hearing loud noises and seeing things flying around. Amazingly no one was hurt. Meanwhile a winter storm is slamming parts of illinois and indiana and is having a big impact on flights at major airports nearly nine hundred flights were canceled this evening at chicagos ohare another three other flights were canceled at midway. Southwest canceled all flights at midway tonight what snow was falling in chicago during temperatures were expected to drop tonight leading to ice on the roadways there were some delays and cancellations tonight at Norfolk International and Newport News Williamsburg International as well. You can check on your flight before leaving home with the thirteen news now flight tracker you can find it under our traffic to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management is asking people to sign up for a statewide tornado drill next month the drill is going to be march the twenty second of nine forty five in the morning Emergency Management says tornadoes can strike at anytime of the year although they are more common during the summer they are asking schools businesses and residents to take part and role play scene wind damage with this storm of course if you need to file an Insurance Claim the federal office of insurance says there are some things you must first file your claim as soon as possible. Maybe a deadline also keep copies of receipts and other paperwork that includes medical documents in case someone gets hurt and estimate of how much the work will cause the full day back in a few minutes with the full forecast we have other local news including a visit from the republican frontrunner donald trump mourn his Campaign Event today at Regent University the same verdict for six people in the trial in connection with the murder of. The murder of waynesboro was still a Police Captain kevin quick jury in roanoke reached a guilty verdict for all six suspects charged in the death of the suspects members of the gang face a total of thirty four accounts and decided each defendant was guilty on all charges four of the suspects were charged in relation to the abduction and murder of the Police Captain and go to linn county back in twenty fourteen the other two face racketeering charges also no information on an Armed Robbery outside the aqua lounge in Virginia Beach to newport news man were sentenced today in henderson and Brandon Williams robbed him at gunpoint and fired shots outside the establishment off newtown road back in twenty fourteen Club Security and Police Stopped the mans suv in the parking lot and recovered two guns. Henderson was sentenced to twenty one years in prison williams will serve eight virginia based Police Need Help finding a man who allegedly destroying things and home after getting into fights with someone Police Believe twenty nine was armed and dangerous they say he also fired several shots at a house on professor ct scan has tattoos on his face and neck and his knuckles. He is wanted for shooting into an occupied dwelling and destruction of private property among other charges. His last known address is on wait avenue in chesapeake. No tonight us of a man arrested on child pornography charges police executed a search warrant this morning on manning bridge road. They took forty eight year old james wood into custody he starts with five counts of possession of Child Pornography Police tell us they are still investigating but there will probably be additional charges. What is in the Western Tidewater Regional Jail without bond forsyth man is dead after crashing his vehicle into a utility pole in Newport News Police say twenty eight year old Edward Lee Brown drove off the road near forty first street and jefferson avenue yesterday afternoon were told he wasnt wearing a crash tonight still under investigation. A newport news woman right there is charged with two crashes one involving a School Bus Police say both accidents happened yesterday just miles and minutes apart. Police say thirty seven year old Angela Charles crash near jefferson avenue and thimble shoals boulevard. Charles took off from that scene blew through a red light and hit a school bus on oyster point road charles faces dui and drug charges to pass or killed after a fire in newport news and sees me in times of it this morning firefighters responded to a house on Mount Pleasant road around ten thirty and took them nearly an hour to get the flames under control. The familys cat and bird did not survive one firefighter suffered minor injuries after a fall there was extensive damage to the home for people had to find another place to stay investigators are still trying to figure out how this fire started. Donald trump the gop frontrunner appear to off last nights victory in the nevada caucuses from continue trying to court the evangelical vote with pat robertson. He took some shots said his rival one rival anyway ted cruz and got the crowd cheering with talk about Hillary Clintons email investigation which is and is so wrong and so unfair and it looks like shell be the nominee and it looks like nothing will happen but itll be something that will be discussed i promise you trump also showed a lighter side bringing his sons out on the stage from the visit was one of four Campaign Events in Hampton Roads within a week senator ted cruz will be at region friday night that ben carson will speak at the school next monday. Both speeches were told are already sold out and yesterday of course Bernie Sanders had a rally at norfolk scope Severe Weather as acting millions of people across the country tonight from snow to tornadoes residents left cleaning out if theres anything left of hughes has more millions of americans are bracing for impact as a deadly winter storm system moves north bringing waves of grain and terrifying twisters this one captured in North Carolina this time lapse shows the storm moving into charlotte strong winds toppling trees into homes cars and power lines there in virginia a state of emergency in effect one suspected tornado shredded homes we did not know it was a tornado but we knew something was going on. This is the same system that spawned more than thirty tornadoes in the last twenty four hours. God let it be okay with it during this first airing across louisiana destroying this rv park in pensacola florida an ef three tornado packing one hundred and fifty five mph winds destroyed homes and apartment buildings as the front side of this monster system continue triggering tornado warnings and watches the backside is creating blizzard conditions recipe but dont need to make the trip. Dont make the trip and indiana conditions are nearly white out snow coming down faster than plows can clear or homeowners can show what im trying to get more now and some of it later even with School Canceled some kids couldnt get the day off like yellowstone on the roof of the year hoping shoveling snow or ice with the last thirty years news from texas this is different. Maggie news abc news washington. Not completely done with the rain just yet theres wall im a little cell right over the mouth of the bay there and then a tiny little sprinkler to stretching down into parts of Virginia Beach but for the most part and a couple little sprinkles here over a sort of uninhabited areas of the Eastern Shore but everything continuing to move on out so were going to call for clearing tonight unbelievable temperature even at this time of night even with the storms going through almost always we get storms it cools off dramatically behind him not in this case least not just yet. Sol sixty eight degrees winds of the west southwest at twenty four but gusting as we showed a little while ago still up in one or two spots near forty degrees in these temperatures sixties here way up into the sixties closer to seventy and then get back in went a little bit happier sixty and then even in charlottesville places out in western virginia its still in the fifties or forties on the other side amount that comes in here very late tonight so the clouds moving out as we go through the overnight hours in temperatures by morning finally going from the upper sixties where they are now down in the upper forties and then theyre going to continue to soar to hold steady for couple hours before we get the sun coming up and then a little bit of a rise tomorrow morning at least mid fifties i debated fifty nine might only be fifty six or fifty seven but still itll be very mild for this time of year but will be windy tomorrow as well and then as we get into tomorrow night a pretty typical chill for this time of year back down through the forties and thirties by morning on friday and then friday we dont see a huge rise temperatures go from the forties and up in the forties typically theres a much much bigger range than that during the day but were going to be quite chilly friday afternoon youll need to make sure you have that sweater coat on and bundle up as you go out during the evening on friday and then overnight well down in the thirties again. Heres the storm system the first batch that came through then another batch of course even more potent came sweeping through the region and now the backside as you saw are really starting to see some cold temperatures out there meanwhile almost two inches of rain in newport news sorta hit mess in terms of those thunderstorms the rainfall part of that tonight and forty nine clearing skies windy and cooler late mah becoming mostly sunny windy and mild temps around fifty nine degrees and then the forty eight degree high low forty seven on friday and then the high of forty eight in other words its not going to go very far at all during the day and then only forty six on saturday but starting the day even colder lower thirties sunday back up to fifty seven is above normal men least a little bit above normal for next week so behind this a very powerful system it stays mild for one more day and we get a big cool down. Arent they so here we are tracking the weather day and night before you head out the door news now at day break starting at four thirty our Virginia Beach is ryan se