Brought down many tree limbs, and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the region, including roanokes raleigh court. Aleta delaplane actually at 3 45 we woke up to a transformer exploding. It was big green arc light in the back it was amazing. It was kind of cool. And then the power went out. And then it came back on. And then it went out again, so i think weve been without power since 6 45 this morning. When the electricity went out, so did aleta delaplanes heat. But she and a neighbor were making the best of their day without power, sitting by the gas fireplace. And when we left at midafternoon, they were waiting patiently for an appalachian power crew to arrive. Live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7. When will power be back on. Thats the question many of you want to know. Joining us now is teresa hall appalachian power spokesperson. First of all how many customers are without power right most of the outages . Teresa more than 29 thousand are without electric service. The most severe
Roanoke, as about 45hundred are in the dark across the city. It could be until friday before the lights come back on for some. Dominion virginia power says hundreds of people in the alleghany highlands are expected to get power back by midnight. At last check in danville, 150 customers in the piney forest road area still did not have power. Crews hope to have it restored by midnight. Many people are wondering how to stay warm in the wake of all of these outages. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart is live on the wdbj7 weather deck with the dos and donts of heat melissa, roanoke is on the outage map, so officials want to safe and comfortable until those power comes back on. The tv was on, and all of a sudden at 6 49, no more cable, no more tv, no more internet. Just came over here opened the shop and there was no power over here either. With cold tonight, it has many people thinking about how theyre going to stay warm. At least we have the flashlight and the candles. Tiffany bradbury is roanoke citys
Is the only motorsports stadium. Jim we heard it over and over out here, but what exactly does that mean . We asked the man in charge, speedway president Joie Chitwood to show us around. , do you still find yourself sneaking a peek at what s going on, saying that is new and , that s new and that s cool. M surprised i haven t gotten in an accident. I continually look at everything i see, whether it s our sign, the injectors but after 2. 5 , years of living this every day, you want to see what s happening out there, all the great things that occur. Jim here we are coming up, rising so to speak. Daytona rising the name of the project, and it really captured everything you were trying to accomplish. Joie chitwood you know, it really did for us. Riding this escalator kind of reminds me what it was all about in the first place. Said, vertical transportation. Get me up and down this property a lot quicker, a lot easier. And so, this is one of 40 escalators that we built. Jim used to be a plac
No i m not the father, i don t know if i m the father of this baby. He says they do have 3 children together. We don t know where baby willow we don t know where baby willow is. There is a time frame we can t account for and we need the public s assistance. Police say the mother is Susan Richardson. She has been charged with aggravated child neglect and is currently being tranferred to the booking facility at the Orange County jail. I think that is very sad to hear, what happened to the little girl. I live over here so this is like close to home. Did she tell you the child was alive when it was born that i don t know. Johnny brown says that his girlfriend of 12 years does have some challenges. Susan richardson has been charged with aggravated child neglect. If you happen to see her between 10 00 a. M. To 12 a 7 00 p. M. , call crime line or call them. Jim such a sad case. If you know anything, call the crimeline number or 911. That number is 1800 423tips. You can remain anonymous rewar
Its 9 00 a. M. From fox 35, this is good day orlando. Drivers, start your engines. The 58th daytona 500 is here and it is an experience like never before. A lot of history. Glad to be back down. Sports stadium welcomes a sold out crowd. You can see the flag stand as high as we are this is your allaccess pass to racings biggest event. Good day orlando live from Daytona International speedway. Starts right now. Welcome back to good day orlando, live at Daytona International speedway. The garages out there, this morning. As, really starting to get active, and the teams are out here, now, and doing last minute checks and getting ready for another day on the track. Amy and, we have seen quite a few fans and somebody pushing a car. Maybe the engine fell out of it john i have to tell you, after however many years, amy and i have been doing this. We get to know some of the drivers because they are with us each and every year and almost of fact, Michael Mcdowell showed up a second ago and amy o