Things can come flying through windows and come in your house and cut you with glass. Always cover your head with your hands. If youre in an emergency situation, its a good thing to know if it happens really fast, tip your couch over and get underneath and cover your head with your hands and pillows. Mobile homes are never safe during a natural tornado or even severe thunderstorms. Its suffer to be in a ditch. The wind goes over the top of you and the debris carried by the wind goes over the top of you and same thing goes, cover your head with your hand. Its also never safe to be in a car, a vehicle, any kind of vehicle when theres a tornado moving on through. Its better to be in a ditch than that, in a depression in the ground where the winds and things carry the debris by the you. Weve shown you whats going on, round 2 for the evening hours and will happen later. Round 1 moved through very rapidly between around 2 30 and 5 00. And really its exiting the area, round 1. Round 2 has yet
Dozens of homes damaged at this hour after a devestating storm moved through parts of our area. And all of this devestation centered around the evergreen area in appomattox county. We have Live Team Coverage of the powerful storm that swept through our area this afternoon. Chief meteorologist john carroll is live in the pinpoint Weather Center to break down how this storm played out. But first lets get out to wfxrs solina lewis shes live in evergreen that got hit by the brunt of this storm. Solina . Live shot showing damage45 homes damaged or destroyed. 7 people are hurt, and emergency missing person at this hour. Lets take a look at some of that video from earlier today to show you some more of that damage. The video you see now is a mobile home that was destoryed by the storm. You can see emergency crews on scene and you can also see there isnt much left to that building. Neighbors say theyre just hoping the people thanks johnLive Team Coverage with wfxrs bill wadell. Fxrs bill cover
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. Now on good day virginia Severe Weather across the weather across severe now on good now on good day virginia Severe Weather across the commonwealth. Governor Terry Mcauliffe declares a state of emergency as residents begin the rebuilding process. Thursday, february 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 touched down in evergreen. Official confirmation would come from a National Weather Service Survey team. No word yet on when a nws team will be in appomattox county. Heres what it looked like on wednesday evening a
Virginia after Severe Weather strikes wednesday afternoon. In the community of waverly near portsmouth, three people are confirmed dead closer to us, the storms swept through appomattox county in the evergreen community, killing one man and injuring seven others. Right now, there are reports that what hit the evergeen was a tornado, but official confirmation would come from a National Weather Service Survey team. No word yet on when a nws team will be in appomattox county. Governor mcaufliffe declared a state of emergency. Heres what it looked like on wednesday evening along route 460 in appomattox county. Dozens of homes were damaged, some had part of the roof missing, ohers had walls ripped away. 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
Be prepared for those gusty winds all day today and even into the evening and the overnight before things start to calm down heading into tomorrow and blustery and chilly with the snow showers around especially in the mountains as we go around the day today. Details in the full forecast coming up. Good day, virginia returns right now. Before i lost a good friend in the storm. Reaching out to local voters. 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 im january keaton and im kyle benjamin. 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 joins us live in appomattox county where a press conference was held at the top of the hour. Paris, what can you tell us . C