Colder air at the surface this morning. This is creating snow showers in the region. We will see snow for a few more hours this morning. It will mix with sleet at times. Then to rain around midday. Expect 12 accumulations in Hampton Roads with more north of the metro. Then a thin will be difficult to southeast. The precip will turn into all rain by the early afternoon. Then rain tonight into tomorrow. A cold front will move through tomorrow night. Then well be cooler and dry for wednesday. We will have quieter milder weather for the rest fo good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check our Live Team Coverage of the Winter Weather continues now with rico bush, live in newport news. Rico, you and your photojournalist, lavoy harrell, have been out all night, monitoring the conditions and posting realtime updates on facebook and twitter. How are things looking now . Tips for driving in the snow from aaa accelerate and decelerate slowly. Applying the gas slowly to accelerate is the best method fo
First on wdbj7, the trial for ashley white will continue thursday now but without a jury. Just hours ago the judge accepted a compromise from the commonwealths attorney and whites lawyers to hold a bench trial instead of a jury trial. White is charged with child abuse and neglect. Her son noah thomas was found dead in a septic tank near the familys Pulaski County home. Kelsey bulger, her attorney, said it was impossible to seat a jury in Pulaski County because so many people know about the case either through media or social media. Both sides waived a jury trial. This comes after the court interviewed 66 potential jurors in two days and and filled its jury pool. About 60 percent of jurors were dismissed because they said they had an opinion or had heard about the case. New at 11 police are looking for a man they say robbed a pharmacy in rocky mount. It happened just after 5 at the Family Pharmacy in the Schewels Plaza on franklin street. Authorities say Joshua Cundiff took an unknown a
A reported funnel cloud in appomattox has killed at least one person, and injured several others. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is there this morning as we wait for the latest information on wednesdays storm. Garrett, we expect to hear more at 7 00 this morning. Thats when a press conference will be held regarding the storm in appomattox. Virginia Governor Terry mcaullife has emergency. That means Public Safety agencies such as the Virginia National guard, Virginia State police, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the Virginia Department of transportation can devote every available resource to storm response and recovery. About an hour ago we found out the Virginia National guard have sent more than 50 soldiers to help with debris clean up. Theyre being sent to essex, richmond, westmoreland, sussex and patrick counties but more counties will be added if need be. Governor mcaullife will also be here in appomatox county and waverly, virginia today the two hardest hit areas from th
In appomattox county, and waverly, virginia tomorrow. Those are two of the hardest hit areas from todays storm system. One person is missing in the evergreen area of appomattox county. There have been at least three deaths, and a centra spokesperson confirms three people are being treated for critical injuries at Centra Community hospital two others are being treated there two people with injuries are being treated at Lynchburg General Hospital. Tomorrow, appomattox county schools will be closed. And Patrick County schools will operate on a twohour delay. Some of the worst damage in our region is in appomattox county. Dozens of homes are damaged or destroyed in the community of evergreen. Wdbj7s tim saunders is live there tonight. Melissa, this is what were seeing all over this area. Trees are down and so are power lines. Virtually no one in appomattox county has electrictity dozens of homes are damaged, and a mobile home across the highway from where im standing was completely torn ap
Its tuesday, february 16th. Thanks for starting your morning with good day virginia. Im january keaton. And im Kyle Benjamin. A lot to get to this morning as icy conditions have created Power Outages across southwest and central virginia. Heres a live look at the current aep outage map in roanoke city and county combined, youre looking at around 14thousand people without power. Two other areas to to take note about with high numbers Franklin County with 8 thousand and henry county with 26hundred youll also want to take some praticial steps if your power does happen to go out. Stay sparking equipment. Unplug major appliances to protect them when power comes back on. Leave a light turned restored. This is a live look along interstate 81 in botetourt county. A tractor trailer accident had closed a ramp near mile marker 162 that has since been cleared. Virginias roads have turned slick and deadly. So far, there have been three reported fatal crashes across the commonwealth. If you roads, s