Hold onto these colder temperatures real estate farther away from the Severe Weather but this cold temperatures are going to break down tomorrow we will get into some stormy scenarios right now visibility is not that great coming up the iab one quarter cup hot springs were work zero mile visibility sets the stage, waiting for the mixed up big stuff in a few minutes mitterrand spent watson i will time everything out for you tomorrow from heavy rain. The potential for severe president al candidate donald trump will be in salem on monday. Thats according to the publicist for bluegrass musicians dr. Ralph stanley and his grandson, nathan. Both are endorsing trump for president , publicist Darlene Fowler told me this afternoon. Were still working to confirm the location and time of the campaign stop. Stay with us onair and online for any new developments. The historic slave homes at the greenfield complex in Botetourt County are on the move. County leaders say its a neccesary step to keep t
But its about to get a lot more active and a lot more dangerous. Meteorologist robin reed begins with radar views and flood watches. Youwe got both and if you look at the rate alright i think you should not all that impressive in fact theres not much rain here at all and youd be absolutely correct but underneath the radar beams are zipped on a drizzle theres a fair amount of fog as well in the light showers do continue through the hill city right now for martinsville south boston as well so why the light stuff at the moment i think he could pretty well see why it is so much cooler and are part of the world right now than outlying areas like charleston the 50 bristol at 50 roanoke onforti to lynchburg and forty were staying in this cold air wedge which is actually good news for us but we will have a heavy rains by tomorrow afternoon that has instituted a flood watch for our entire viewing area its because of the kind of rain weve had it been here for a while and get all that melting sno
Todays heavy rain has First Responders preparing for possible flooding. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart spoke with crews on how they plan to keep you and your family safe. They always make you nervous. Theres not a single time you go out in a flooding event that youre completely comfortable with it. Were being put in situations that the average person is not normally put in. Bobby haynes knows that first hand. Hes one of 26 members of salems Swift Water Rescue Team. Weve had people with some close call situations enough that those people have come back and taught us the lessons that theyve learned and try to keep us safe. He says they have flood gauges throughout the area to keep track of the rising water. And train monthly on different swift water rescue techniques. Swift water is one of the more Dangerous Things we do as a Fire Department. The scary thing on our business is that it doesnt take a lot of rain to separate the car from the road. Salem fire chief John Prillaman says it only takes 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
Position fairly and purley based on their qualifications. And he says even with the background check, minor convictions wouldnt bar someone from getting hired. Larry spencer, blacksburg attorney if a 35 year old man that had a Marijuana Possession charge when he was 19, and hes had a steady work history since then, and good references from his employer, then were probably going to hire the person. But to ron rordam, blacksburg mayor so many times if someone has something in their background that normally the town would not really see as a problem, they wouldnt apply, because so often someone who checks that box yes, the application just gets tossed aside. Rordam says the switch only required changing one section of the application and the town used montgomery countys application as a guideline. Rordam says going forward, he hopes other localities will follow in blacksburgs footsteps, including the town of christiansburg. In studio, rob manch wsls 10. A martinsville man pleads guilty Ke