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 lynchburg and want to help, you can bring nonperishable food, bottled water, clothing, cleaning supplies to any lynchburg
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 leaders continue to encourage victims to water, and food. But there is some good news this morning, ive checked the outage maps for the area and it looks like 100 of the power has been restored. Local leaders have warned that could
30s and low to mid40s. It does get much better as the next couple of days. All the details in the full forecast in just a couple. Good day, virginia returns right now. Surveying the damage. The governor gets a look at how lives were changed by the deadly tornado. Its really sad to be there with family and friends walking throughout debris. Kyle and final impression where the republican candidates try to knock off the front runner for the tuesday prime easier next week. And then the details of one canckidates disappearance in roanoke val candidates disappearance in Roanoke Valley. Kyle and thanks for joining us on good day, virginia. We appreciate you guys inviting morning. Its a responsibility we take seriously so thanks for making on this friday, february 26th. Im kyle benjamin. January and im january keaton. And galax was hit with the ef3 tornados so winds reached 150 mph. The designation is no comfort to residents who will continue to salvage anything they can this morning from the
Storm recovery. This is our community and these are our people. How organizations and Community Members are teaming up to get parts of our area back to normal after a massive tornado ripped through. Tonight we have Live Team Coverage. Andgodzilla gone wild. Its sort of a middle of the road, tough to call forecast. Virginia has seen some crazy weather lately but what does all this mean for spring . We take a closer look at el nino. Thenpreparing for the show. People have a real misconception about horses. Theres a big horse show in our area and horse owners are getting prepared. What they want you to know about the animals in tonights ag life report. The National Weather service confirming a tornado hit appomattox county this as both the governor and the county declare a state of tornado recorded in appomattox county since 1950. Now tonight people are starting to clean up. Governor mcauliffe went to appomattox county today to tour the damage. This afternoon he visited white pine drive w
Good morning, its friday, february 26th thank you for choosing good day virginia. Im kyle benjamin. And im january keaton. Residents will continue to salvage anything they can in appomattox county once the sun rises later this morning two days after the Severe Weather rocked small communities across central virginia. National Weather Service officials confirming an ef3 tornado did touch down. This is appomattox county since 1950. Governor mcauliffe was in appomattox county on thursday to tour the damage left behind by the tornado. He visited the white pine drive area and spoke to people who live there. Wednesdays tornado destroyed many of their homes. Governor mcauliffe said he couldnt believe the destruction and is relieved people took shelter when they did. If this had happened in the middle of the night, ill tell you this, fatalities would have been way up. The kids were in school they kept the kids in school. So folks are very smart. After his tour through appomattox, the governor