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Today, people from this area and all over the state rolled up their sleeves and got to work to start the rebuilding process. To see it on tv is one thing but to actually come ut here and experience it is a whole other ball game. Josuhua polk and travis smith sift through the rubble of what used to be a home. Theyre trying to salvage whatever they can for the family that lived here. Both say they cant help but be touched by the stories they see in the piles of debris. When we drove by we actually saw a large teddy bar that you can tell belonged to a small girl, just laying under a whole bunch of debris. Pictures, doll babies, like tools, we found a few trophies, like stuff that holds memories and i think the people out here, i think they really just want to get it back. Power crews were also out working to restore power to the area. While volunteers are out lending aid to victims, others are out lending aid to the volunteers. Weve helped people from all over the world and all over the c ....
Our state and country have reached out to help the families affected by wednesdays tornado. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is live in appommatox county. Amanda, theres an easy way others can help . Yes, kimberly. Donations can help tremendously. Clean up efforts have been great, but dont forget local leaders are asking everyone to stay out of the impacted areas because they are still unsafe. Many homes has been heavily damaged or destroyed so families are without a place to stay. So, the red cross is collecting financial donations. You can write check to the red cross, and specifiy the appomatox disaster to ensure the money will go towards the victims here. Ive also seen some go fund me pages that have been created to help the tornado. Nonperishable supply donations are being accepted at a couple locations. The appomatox Community Center and libery baptist church. If youre in lynchbur ....
Open two hours late. Gusty winds days snow showers continue in those areas but as we head through today mopes to that will slowly come to an and but southwestern virginia the mountains a West Virginia it have to watch upper a few slick spots is you heading out this morning heres you weather headlines a chilly start you deftly one a bundle up temperature say twenties and thirties probably on your home tomorrow but at the wind benefiel colder than that strong gusty winds will have increasing sunshine county. But the shelters are open. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is at one of the shelters this morning. Good morning, amanda good morning, kimberly. Im at the appomatox Community Center, and the other shelter is at the pamplin Fire Department. Theyre staying open as local leader ....
Political correspondent vicki young in westminster. The Prime Minister has been trying to add flesh to the bones of the plan he announced the nation last night and there is a slew of more documents to come. Yes, there certainly is, we had a broad picture from Boris Johnson there certainly is, we had a broad picture from borisjohnson last night talking about the differences between outdoor and indoor activities. Today, there has been a lot more detail, a 50 page document giving guidelines, there are guidelines about workplaces and how they can be made safer people and there will be more on education and public transport. But people are desperate for information. That stay at home message in england has gone, people want to know what it will be replaced by and what that means for every aspect of our life. So they are trying to give much more detail on all of that, but it is pret ....