What is the latest on the major roads and interstate. All right with the prolonged cold spell is that making the job tougher for rode crews . And jason i know you tell people all the time, dont get out there if you dont have to but for people who do have to go to work today what is the best advice for them . Jason thank you for joining us. A busy day for sure. Snow piled up on the road so stay indoors if you can. Wdbj7 Garrett Turner is out on the roads for us this morning. Garrett how is it looking at this point . Center well, good morning, kim. Were onion south and the road are like jason said very slick. There is some ice and the roads are covered even though there have been multiple passes by plows. Now, we do we did see a line of semi truck trailers onion north so be very careful on that. We also did see a car spun out on 581 south near best buy. So people are having trouble getting around. It is not safe to be out on the the roads. The other thing is make sure that you leave a lo
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The heavy rain is causing First Responders to gear up in case someone gets stuck in the rising water. Bobby haynes is one of 26 members of salems swift water rescue team, and says he has had to gear up and save someone from rough waters several times. He says crews have flood gauges throughout the area to keep track of the amount rising water. They also train every month on different swift water rescue techniques. Were told it only takes a few inches to a feet of water for your car to get stuck. And if you see deep water, the best thing you can do is turn around, dont drown. Bobby haynes weve had people with some close call situations and were fortunate enough that those people have come back and taught us the lessons that theyve learned and try to keep us safe. You can read more of these tips and others on wdbj7 dot com. Just click on this story. Police are investigating a homicide in northwest roanoke. After 4 30 yesterday afternoon. Investigators are talking to witnesses and gatheri
Once i headed down partsof louisiana and mississippi now the lowpressure system itself will travel from the Tennessee Valley up for the great lakes were to be on the eastern side of that a lot of moisture pulling in ahead of its of the were get have the potential for hours and hours of heavy rain thats why would got that floodlights its in effect within what a sherry is just how much rain will look annettes widespread wanted to wages the vicinity some spots were get at least two inches of rain along the spine of the blue ridge in some of those downpours it if we get some thunderstorms in here that would also enhance the rainfall tonight the possibility i risk of flooding slight risk of some afternoon storms and gusty winds also possibility with a few though started storms it we cant rule outan isolated tornado with loud outs not i but its not zero either and thursday we can a focus on river flooding in some power outage central some gusty winds and follow the assistance of is all why g
Work scheduled for interchange project postponed because of the weather. Vdot announced that lane closures would be put in place from tonight until to 6 tomorrow morning for the northbound lanes of interstate 58. Exit 3c off i 581 was also scheduled to be closed for three vdot says it will reschedule the work. New at noon david bowers will not run for congress. Seeking the nomination for the 9th district congressional seat, which is currently held by republican morgan griffith. Bowers says he decided not to run, because he couldnt overcome the thought of representing a district where he doesnt live. He announced in november that he would not run for re election as mayor of roanoke. Instead, he says he plans to re open his law practice fulltime. The murder trial for Demetrius Wade is scheduled to start today in roanoke. He is charged with two counts of murder, after a shooting on shenandoah avenue in january of last year. Two men died in that shooting, and four others got hurt. Another