3 mark tight governor mcauliffe spent the day touring the areas hit by yesterdays tornados this is a picture he tweeted out earlier as he saw the damage from a helicopter. Annie andersen is live in the evergreen area of appomattox right now with more. Annie satlive before touring the damage here in appomattox, mcauliffe surveyed the area in his helicopter. Once on houses talking to people. Many of whom lost everything. Mcauliffe also met with phil hysell of the National Weather service who says that this storm had gusts of 120 miles per hour. Mcauffe said after seeing the damage, that really wasnt a surprise. Sot mcauliffe 12 we saw a lot of debris in trees. But you see an area with a bunch of people out on the ground going trying to find some treasured memento and hoping they can recover something annie satlive sadly after natural disasters we always see people trying to take advantage of the people who lost everything. I asked mcauliffe how they plan to keep that from happening. He s
Da3 3 pattie tight extensive damage in appomattox county at this hour from a line of storms that went through yesterday afternoon. We 3 3 pattie tight now lets go live to tola adamson. Tola, youve been out there this morning as well. Seeing the same thing. A lot of sat live3 3 pattietoss to melissa 3 for the rest of the workweek, we will see quiet but breezy conditions for the heart of virginia. Thursday will bring a mix of sun and clouds to the area with highs in the upper 40s to near 50. Itll be breezy and brisk as west winds could gust up to 30mph during the day. Clouds linger for tonight, with continued gusty winds. Overnight lows will fall into the upper 20s to near 30 by friday morning. Well end the workweek with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. Winds stay out of the west for the day and will continue to be breezy. The weekend looks great for dry and pleasant weather. 3 3 pattie 3 people are confirmed dead in waverly. Those severe storms ripped through the Hampton Roa
Water, but what better way to help than open your homeshe put her house on the market two years ago and it has yet to sell. Its fully furnished. And she says its the ideal space for a family with small children. 3 its perfect for a 3 small boy, it was me and my son that lived here and this was his room. Pack says she wants to give them everything they could possibly need. Im actually going to bring my old dishes silverware so they family doesnt have to worry about anythingall that, and the house. Free of charge. She just asks that whoever moves in. Pay the electric bill. Neighbor. Helping neighbor. We want to keep them in the community we dont want them having to go to lynchburg or surrounding areas their home is appomattox. Details on how to get in contact with jessica that information will be on our website wset dot com tonight with this story. Live in appomattox, courtney wheaton, abc 13 news. 3 mark one step in the Recovery Process is getting the Insurance Adjusters out. Allstate s
So they came up with a plan. One person told me they had boxes and boxes of pizzas delievered last night, but there werent a lot of volunteers there to eat it, so a lot of it went to waste. And thats what they dont want. If you want to make a donation of toiletry items or water, you can take it to Liberty Baptist church. They are not accepting clothing donations at this time because they have an entire house filled already. The volunteers at this church say they cant thank the community enough for all of its support in helping the victims. If you know anyone who needs donations, please Contact Evergreen baptist church. Kelsey 3 marshall volunteer we have a surplus of bottled water. We have personal hygiene products, diapers, baby products, wipes, formula. We even have small hand tools if you need that as well. Valerie liveu we have all the Contact Information for the churches and what and how to donate. Its all at wset dotcom. Live in appomattox, valerie bragg, abc 13 news. 3 3 3 3 nor
Meteorologists are calling for afor it to get down to 8 degreesfor it to get down to 8 degrees. This is dangerous cold, folks. So lets send it right to chief meteorologist George Flickinger for the latest. George danner, this is going to be the coldest weather we have seen so far this season moving into the heart of virginia. We stay below freezing all day today. Right now we are in the 20s. The temp is 29. That light blue number, thats how combed it feels. Right now feels like 21. Around the rest of the area, lynchburg, roanoke, blacksburg, you stay below freezing. Toward south side, temps in the upper 30s. And it feels that much colder. Winds from the west. That fire you were seeing in the brookneal area. You can see where the wind was blowing that smoke from west to east as we have a west to east breeze right now. Some good news that the winds will be diminishing after sunwill be diminishing after sunset. The temperatures will be falling down to the teens by tomorrow morning. Coming