3 mark tight governor mcauliffe spent the day touring the areas hit by yesterdays tornados this is a picture he tweeted out earlier as he saw the damage from a helicopter. Annie andersen is live in the evergreen area of appomattox right now with more. Annie satlive before touring the damage here in appomattox, mcauliffe surveyed the area in his helicopter. Once on houses talking to people. Many of whom lost everything. Mcauliffe also met with phil hysell of the National Weather service who says that this storm had gusts of 120 miles per hour. Mcauffe said after seeing the damage, that really wasnt a surprise. Sot mcauliffe 12 we saw a lot of debris in trees. But you see an area with a bunch of people out on the ground going trying to find some treasured memento and hoping they can recover something annie satlive sadly after natural disasters we always see people trying to take advantage of the people who lost everything. I asked mcauliffe how they plan to keep that from happening. He s
Probation violation. A woman named Jamie Elliott lives at the address on 2023 lakeside drive. I spoke with women who identified as jamies friends and they said Steve Elliott is her ex husband. He has quite a history including child porn. Abdi. Police investigating after man was shot and killed overnight. Officers were called to the 200 block of Halifax Street just after 12 15 this morning where he was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has been taken to the medical Examiners Office for identification. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers Crimestoppers Crimestoppers Crimestoppers at 4347930000. Grown up Police Investigating a homicide, the citys first of the year. Officials were called to a house on westwood boulevard yesterday afternoon. When they got there, investigators say they found a man dead inside the home. No one has been arrested. This happened in the same neighborhood as the first two homicide in 2015. We are watching Severe Weather across our area. Heav
Water, but what better way to help than open your homeshe put her house on the market two years ago and it has yet to sell. Its fully furnished. And she says its the ideal space for a family with small children. 3 its perfect for a 3 small boy, it was me and my son that lived here and this was his room. Pack says she wants to give them everything they could possibly need. Im actually going to bring my old dishes silverware so they family doesnt have to worry about anythingall that, and the house. Free of charge. She just asks that whoever moves in. Pay the electric bill. Neighbor. Helping neighbor. We want to keep them in the community we dont want them having to go to lynchburg or surrounding areas their home is appomattox. Details on how to get in contact with jessica that information will be on our website wset dot com tonight with this story. Live in appomattox, courtney wheaton, abc 13 news. 3 mark one step in the Recovery Process is getting the Insurance Adjusters out. Allstate s
So they came up with a plan. One person told me they had boxes and boxes of pizzas delievered last night, but there werent a lot of volunteers there to eat it, so a lot of it went to waste. And thats what they dont want. If you want to make a donation of toiletry items or water, you can take it to Liberty Baptist church. They are not accepting clothing donations at this time because they have an entire house filled already. The volunteers at this church say they cant thank the community enough for all of its support in helping the victims. If you know anyone who needs donations, please Contact Evergreen baptist church. Kelsey 3 marshall volunteer we have a surplus of bottled water. We have personal hygiene products, diapers, baby products, wipes, formula. We even have small hand tools if you need that as well. Valerie liveu we have all the Contact Information for the churches and what and how to donate. Its all at wset dotcom. Live in appomattox, valerie bragg, abc 13 news. 3 3 3 3 nor
Courtney wheaton are live in appomattox. And chief meteorologist George Flickinger is tracking the latest conditions in the weather center. Marissa, lets begin with you. You spoke with one family thats dealing with the destruction first hand. 3 3 marissa live u mark, no matter how many times i visit a home in ruins from the tornado, i can never get used to the devastation. You see these cinder blocks below me . These were once a part of the foundation that someone called home. 3 sheila ferguson, family friend there was a large living room on the 3 other side. shows debris now in pieces, she struggles to remember what her friend sandy burchetts house looked like just two days ago. Her friends son, jake burchett, didnt see the tornado coming. Sheila ferguson, family friend his dog woke him upa and he was asleep in his bedroom. It still standing. Sheila ferguson, family friend and then it threw him against the brick wall there. About, probably id say 50 yards. The army veteran was rushed