Governor Terry Mcauliffe declaring a state of emergency. After powerful, deadly storms sweep through the commonwealth. Good morning. Its thursday, january 25th thanks for joining us here on good day virginia. Im january keaton. And im kyle benjamin. Four people are dead and dozens more are injured across virginia after Severe Weather strikes wednesday afternoon. The storms swept through appomattox county in the evergreen community, killing one man and injuring seven others. Right now, there are reports that a tornado touched down in evergreen. Official confirmation would come from a National WeatherService Survey team. No word yet on appomattox county. Heres what it looked like on wednesday evening along route 460 in appomattox county. The high winds damaged dozens of homes some are missing their roofothers are missing walls as rescue crews from across the region raced to the scene, our crews saw neighbors pitching in, helping families search through damaged homes. One woman says she ran outside, held onto a big tree in a ditch, as the storm blew her mobile home away. Things were hitting me in my back. I felt a tree or limb hit me in my head. I guess it was it may have been part of the house. I didnt see it till i was holding on for dear life. I could see the dirt and debris just circling and funneling and i knew when i saw the debris flying that it was over. I put her in the bathroom in the shower and i went in there on the floor in be shower. By the time i got up on the house. All those people say they are going to clean up, rebuild. And be thankful they are okay. We do have one School Closing to tell you about this morning. Due to the Severe Weather in central virginia. Appomattox county schools are closed today. There are a number of homes and businesses still in the dark since the storm rolled through. Right now in appomattox county, there are around 14thousand people without power. Appalachian power also reporting hundreds of outages mainly across southern virginia. Heres a live look at that outage map 2hundred people in the dark in Pittsylvania County. High numbers in patrick county, where 7hundred people are without power this morning. Well monitor these outages throughout the morning right here on good day virginia. A Community Shelter has been set up in appomattox are without a place to stay. Wfxrs paris holmes joins us live at that shelter in appomattox county. Paris, you just spoke to officials at that shelter. What did they tell you . Good morning guys, i spoke to a couple volunteers here at the Appomattox Community center and they say there were about 10 victims here earlier sleeping on the cots behind me. They left because they found somewhere else to stay. But they have about 15 cots here with pillows and warm blankets for any of the victims affected by thistragedy. He also have food and drinks for waiting for them as well. The volunteers are here from social services and the red cross. They will be relieved in a little while more volunteers, and their job is not over. The red cross will be heading out to the disaster areas in evergreen and red house later on this morning to assess the damage and see how best they can assist. Reporting in appomattox news. Another arm of news. Holmes, wfxr county, paris holmes, wfxr news. Another arm of this storm hit eastern virginia. Take a look at the damage in waverly near petersburg. Virginia young child died after the storm destroyed their home wednesday afternoon. People who live in waverly are reeling from the storm. Tragic man i never seen nothing like this before i storm and my prayers go out to their family. State police say rescuers found the three victims almost 900 feet away from their destroyed home. Authorities put a curfew in place wednesday night and sent First Responders door to door to make sure no one is missing. Strong upper leveltrough moves across today into tonight. High pressure builds in by friday afternoon and then shifts to thesoutheast u. S. Over the wfxr news is your local election headquarters. And new this morning. Marco rubio is planning a Campaign Stop in the star city. According to the virginia for Marco Rubio Facebook page, the rally is scheduled for sunday night at 830. Doors will open at 730. The event listing says a venue will be annouced soonand you will need to rsvp for the event. Well let you know more details as they become available. Fresh off winning the Republican Caucus in nevada, donald trump spoke at Regent University in Virginia Beach on tuesday. That win on tuesday in nevada now gives the billionaire businessman three straight primary victories. Trump spoke on a variety of topics including immigration and taxes. Trump also sat down for a oneonone interview with regent founder and televangelist Pat Robertson as donald trump will also be in our part of the state ahead of super tuesday. Trumps online schedule shows a planned stop at Radford University on monday. That rally will start at noon. However, if you want to go and dont already have tickets you are out of luck. An event page for the free rally says it is sold out. Next on good day virginia a Traffic Alert for drivers in the new river valley. Rock slide repairs could slow down your morning commute. The information you need to know and well show you how a local organization is making sure kids have healthy relationships. Youre watching strong upper oh my gosh stephanie, were like so goth. Were like goth, goth. knocking on door honey . Im dying my hair mom. Hair dye . No, not in my bathroom. Relax mom. Honey, just let me in. No tiffany no tiffany its just purple. Teenage daughter . Get scrubbing bubbles. Kill 99. 9 of germs and destroy dirt and grime. You only need scrubbing bubbles disinfectant cleaners for 100 problem solved. We work hard so you dont have to. Level trough moves across today into tonight. High pressure builds in by friday afternoon and then shifts to thesoutheast u. S. Over the weekend. Wind advisory in effect until 7 am est friday. Today. Mostly cloudy. Isolated sprinkles this morning. Then aslight chance of rain and snow showers this afternoon. Muchcooler with winds 15 to 20 mph withgusts up to 45 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. Tonight. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in theevening. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph withgusts up to 45 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent. Friday. Mostly sunny. Scattered flurries in the morning. Highsin the lower 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to45 mph. Decreasing to 35 mph in the afternoon. Friday night. Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwestwinds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Saturday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds around10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Saturday night and sunday. Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Highsin the lower 50s. Sunday night. Mostly clear in the evening. Then becomingpartly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 40. Temperaturerising into the mid 40s after midnight. Monday through tuesday night. Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper50s. Lows in the upper 30s. Wednesday. Part ly sunny. Highs in the upper has all your news headlines, breaking news and pinpoint weather forecasts. Also, like our Facebook Page just search for wfxr news. A Traffic Alert this morning for drivers in giles county a rock slide has blocked part of route 623. Also known as cascade drive. About three miles north of route 460 in pembroke. One lane of route 623 is back open. Workers will try to get the other lane back open later this morning. A former Pittsylvania County jail employee indicted for having a sexual relationship with an inmate. 49yearold sharon mckensie facing 3 feloniy charges. Investigators say she worked in the jails kitchen. Mckensie was arrested last week and released on bond, her next court appearence is set for march 3rd. Weve got an update for you this morning on the investigation into a suspicious death in roanoke. Police identifed the man they found dead inside a home on monday in the 5hundred block of westwood boulevard. Right now, police are trying to find cook died. Police say there are no arrests yet in this case and they are still investigating. February is teen dating violence awareness month. According to the cdc and the department of justice, 1 in 3 teens experience some kind of abuse in relationships. Wfxrs Sophia Borrelli shows us what one high school is doing to combat the problem and educate students. 0 24 0 330 45 0 500 56 1 011 18 1 27 nats of event its a problem teens face every day. Unhealthy relationships can take a toll physically, mentally, and emotionally. High School Senior kelcie lowe says she hasnt experienced it but knows its an issue at the school. Kelcie lowe senior im sure there are students i have walked the halls with every day that go through it. And relationships arent always romantic. Linda johnson new river valley Womens Resource Center unhealthy relationships arent just in dating situations, or marriages, healthy relationships apply to any relationship you have whether its with your family, whether its were you work, so what ever it is. Nat of wheel spinningstudents learned about healthy relationships by spinning the wheel of trust and winning prizes with the help of carilion and the new river valley Womens Resource Center. Kelcie lowe senior everyone talks at lunch, everyone hangs out with their friends at lunch. I think when just gets people talking. Standup students at Narrows High School signed a stop dating violence pledge and they also received this card to remind them that they pledge not to physically, mentally, or verbally abuse their boyfriend or girlfriend. Kelcie lowe senior you know, they may just think thats normal, like thats how this people loves me, thats how we talk, thats how we act, when its not. Thats not how it should be. Students say social media can contribute to an unhealthy relationship. Carrie orey senior theres so many apps and social media websites that people can use to get in danger and harm other people, and its hard to be a teenager now a days. Students like kelcie say this week is a good way for teens to know they have support with realtionships. Reporting in giles county, Sophia Borrelli wfxr news. Next on good day virginia well show you how students interested in breweries are getting a hands on experience at virginia tech. Getting into the beer brewing business. But its not clear if the beer will be available for public consumption. Wfxrs Charlie Cooper found out the its Food Science Department to give students hands on experience in an industry thats booming in the commonwealth. From germany this brewing system is the newest addition science and technology faculty, food science and technologyit mimicks the macro out there. It more closely mimmicks the processes, the materials that are used in the brewing industry today. Brian in the department. He says the equipment will be used to brewing techniques. Brian wiersema faculty, food take an intro to brewing advanced malting and brewing class as well. Where they actually have to come up with their own recipes, formulations. Sean okeefe, a says Student Interest in fermentation is growing those who practice home brewing. Sean okeefe professor, food science and technologyit translates because most students that are into home brewing have a base understanding of the biochemical reactions that are occuring during the mashing process and all of the other steps that we have. Professors say part of the learning experience is tasting the product along the way. Brian wiersema faculty, food science and technologytasting the barley before its malted, tasting the malted barley after its malted smelling the hops maybe even tasting the hops before you even put them into the beer. So that they really understand the ingredients and process that make up a cold glass of beer. In addition to the undergraduate malting and brewing courses available at tech. The department will soon be offering extension courses to regional beer producers, suppliers, and other people interested in learning more about brewing this weekend people will be braving the waters at radfords bisset park for this years polar plunge fundraiser. The event will be hosted by Radford University and the radford plunge will send participants into the cold new river to raise money for Special Olympics virginia. We have hundreds of athletes that just finished competing at a massive basketball tournament at cassell coliseum. Theyre in the middle of their basketball season and weve had a lot of people see them play in practice and then sign up to plunge because they know the funds they raise do support them. The goal is to raise event. 40thousand dollars for more details on how you can take, part head to our website, virginia first dotcom. More over like button those details, next new this morning facebook has expanded your abililty to react to something on your news feed. Now if you hover your mouse over the thumbs up button, you can choose from like, love, sad or even angry faceook says it tested the eactions earlier this year and received good reviews. The new options are already available worldwide, whether mobile device level trough moves across today into tonight. High pressure builds in by friday afternoon and then shifts to thesoutheast u. S. Over the weekend. Wind advisory in good morning. Its thursday, january 25th thanks for starting your day with good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And im january keaton. Governor Terry Mcauliffe declared a state of emergency after severe storms on wednesday. Four people are dead, including one person in appomattox county. Wfxrs paris holmes is live at a shelter in appomattox she continues our coverage of the deadly storm. Here at the Appomattox Community center and they say there were about 10 victims here earlier sleeping on the cots behind me. They left because they found somewhere else to stay. But they have about 15 cots here with pillows and warm blankets for any of the victims affected by this tragedy. The red cross will be heading out to the disaster areas in evergreen and red house later on this morning to assess the damage and see how best they can assist. Reporting in appomattox county, paris holmes, wfxr news. And were and were not the only ones hit by this devestating storm. Check out this video of charlotte north carolina. The storms heavy rain and high winds lines. Severe storms also across the deep south killed one person in mississippi and two others in louisiana. If you have any pictures of damage from your area send them to pics at virginia first dot com. And of course be safe while getting them. While getting them. A press conference has been announced for 7oclock this morning in appomattox concerning the severe storms. Well bring you the latest onair and online at virginia first dotcom. Strong upper level trough moves across today into tonight. Highpressure builds in by friday afternoon and then shifts to thesoutheast u. S. Over the weekend. Wind advisory in effect until 7 am Group Pushing to stop two historic slave houses from being relocated say they are planning another protest at the site. A representative from the friends of greenfield preston Plantation Group says the countys actions during the past few days prompted the protest. The group made a proposal to the county that would allow the buildings to stay at their original location. One of the buildings was relocated earlier this week, the second slave dwelling is scheduled to be moved later this morning. During black History Month we celebrate the achievements of African Americans contributions to the Roanoke Valley that often go untold. There is a group trying to make sure roanokes black history is preserved. And presented to the masses. Turn to 1 shot this morning we go inside the Harrison Museum to learn more about the achievements and struggles of roanokes black residents during the 1800s. Wfxrs Travell Eiland has more. 3243 3243 differencemakes a part of your dna history thats of your own history thats part of your dna makes a difference reporting. Travell eiland that was the Harrison Museum is located in the center of the square in downtown roanoke. The exhibits the cover the entire African American experience from slavery to black music icons. The curators say they only have touch the surface of roanokes black history. But often times they dont have funding to dig deeper because they rely on donations and some grants to operate. Understanding the race the white house. Next on good day virginia we break down the numbers and wfxr news is your local election headquarters. The race to the white house is und but how do they decide a partys nominee . Zain asher takes a closer look. Funny hats and waving signs at National Party conventions. Candidates covet them but what exactly is a why are they so important to the president ial race . They come from all fifty states, washington d. C. , and every u. S. Territory. Bigger, more populous states like california, texas, florida and new york have more of them. For the most part, candidates win delegates though primaries and caucuses. While the rules vary from state to state generally more votes means more delegates. This summer thousands of delegates will come together at their National Party conventions where they declare their support for a specific candidate. Ohio madam secretary casts all 188 votes for the president and the next president of the united states, barack obama. In order to become the partys nominee for pr these delegates. For republicans 1,237 is the magic number. For democrats its 2,383. 714 superdelegates and theres an additional wrinkle for democrats superdelegates. These are elected officials, governors, senators and party members. Former president , bill clinton is a lifetime superdelegate. There are more than 700 of them and they can vote for whoever they want. so what weve seen happen is Hillary Clinton has gone out and has effectively collected as many of those as she possibly can. So thats basically putting those in her back pocket even before we had one elected contest happen. And while there is still more voting to take place at the end of the day its delegates that win elections. Zain asher, cnn, atlanta. As you know, Liberty University do we love Liberty University . With us from the beginning and i wanna thank jerry and his family, its been amazing. We won the evangelicals. We won with young, we won with old, we won with highly educated, we won the poorly educated. Donald educated. Poorly i love the poorly educated. Trump took the nevada caucus on tuesday night. In his tuesday night. Nevada caucus on donald educated. Donald atlanta. Zain asher, cnn, elections. Zain asher, cnn, atlanta. As you know, Liberty University do we love Liberty University . With us from the beginning and i wanna thank jerry and his family, its been amazing. We won the evangelicals. We won with young, we won with old, we won with highly educated, we won with poorly educated, i love the poorly educated. Educated. Donald trump took the nevada caucus on tuesday night. In his speech as you just heard he credited Liberty University in lynchburg. As part of his campaign ahead of super tuesday trump is heading to Radford University this monday. The nevada win gave trump three straight wins in the race for the gop nomination. The race moves on to next weeks super tuesday contests where a dozen states including virginia will hold virginia first dotcom has all your news headlines, breaking news and pinpoint weather forecasts. Also, like our Facebook Page just search for wfxr news. 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At least two of the president ial candidates will be in our region before super tuesday. Protecting teenagers from themselves. Looking at the toll of abusive relationships have on those just starting to date thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its thursday february 25. Im january keaton and im kyle benjamin. Four people are dead and