With highs in the middle 40s friday sun clouds with highs in the upper 40s lower 50s saturday sun clouds with highs in the lower 60s sunday isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s monday scattered showers possible with highs in the low to middle 50s time now for your timesaver widespread Power Outages continues to be a big concern across southWest Virginia this morning. It could take three to four days before all power is restored. Right now. The ice brought trees and powerlines down. At one point close to 50 thousand appalachian power customers lost service. Crews are working around the clock to turn the lights and heat back on but they say rural areas and secondary neighborhoods make take longer than others. Kenney boone apco depends on the situation. If it is just a wire down then we have to isolate it. Take the switch off and isolate it. If you can get a bucket truck to it, it is a real easy fix. If you have to get into back yards and climb a pole it takes longer appa
Fire crews are using everything from chainsaws, extra engines, manpower. Department whether its fighting fire, ems calls, car accidents. Everything in our job is demanding one way or another so, you come to work knowing you could be working all day and all night long. Thats the price we pay for the job we do. All the help they can get. Because theyre trying to clean up the roads as quick as they can work. Crews have been out since 8 am and since we last checked clean up trucks are still working in southwest roanoke. Christina, i understand crews have received a number of work calls. Will these crews plan to continue clearing trees tomorrow . Yes, crews will continue to work into the evening and resume in roanoke, christina craig, wsls10. Danville utility crews have been working all day to restore power to the roughly 750 people in the city who lost power as a result of yesterdays storm. Crews spent much of the day replacing a utility pole in the 3hundred block of kennon road. A tree in
Sunday isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s possible with highs in the low to middle 50s winter storm warning in effect until noon today today morning rain showers. After noon clearing with highs in the middle to upper 40s tonight isolated showers possible mix of ice rain. Lows in the lower 30s wednesday isolated icy mix possible in the morning. Gradu al clearing with highs in the upper 40s tractor trailer has shut down highway 29 north at kemper street. Police say the road will remain officers are working to clear the accident and traffic is being rererouted. Expect delays if you are travelling in this area. After more than 24 hours of snow, rain, and sleet, finally enjoying some sunshine. Far from over. Wsls 10s rob manch has been following this storm from the beginning. He has the latest for us this afternoon from downtown covington. Passed us and the precipitation has finally stopped here in covington, meaning primary roads, like interstate 64 here behind me, are d
About 12 thousand dollars in damage was done to the home. The state Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the Mountain Valley pipeline. The proposed pipeline will cover around 300 miles in the commonwealth and west virginia. Landowners from giles county are against surveyors coming on their land and plotting a path for the natural gas pipeline. A Circuit Court judge previously rejected the case where landowners questioned a state law that allows surveyors on their land under virginias Eminent Domain law. A handful of veterans can get Free Legal Services in the commonwealth. Attorney general mark herring is teaming up with the department of Veterans Affairs and the Virginia State bar to provide Estate Planning services to low income veterans. Volunteer attorneys will draft wills. Powers of attorney and advanced medical directives for vets. The clinics take place next month in roanoke. Richmond. Hampton roads and Northern Virginia. Veterans can sign up on the apple says it will not he
Ice and rain, it was nice to see the sun return on tuesday. However, we will still be dealing with the ramifications of the last storm, as there numerous Power Outages due to downed trees and powerlines. Also, we will be monitoring the river levels over the next couple of days because of all the precipitation that fell. A weak clipper system will impact the region tonight bringing some light precipitation with it. We will start to see some light snow southern nrv and mountain empire during the mid evening hours. As the storm progresses east towards southside, the light snow showers could changeover to rain showers. Some flurries are possible across southside, but the light accumulations should stay just west of you into the nrv and mountain empire. These locations could see up to 1 of snow. All this is gone by daybreak wednesday. Tonight turning mostly cloudy with sct. Light snow rain showers possible, especially south of highway 460. Lows in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Please be awar