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
Around . What do drivers do to make the vdot crews job a little bit easier. Were having trouble with jason jasons audio. Well get back with him later in the newscast. The Winter Wonderland has returned to our area. Roads are covered with snow and snow is still falling out there. Wdbj7 Garrett Turner is out on the roads for us this morning. Good morning, garrett, how is it looking out there . Good morning, kim. So far it looks pretty good. Going north on to 20. Good news is plows have taken it down to pavement. Not here but a little bit south of us where we were right now. Not a lot of people on the roads i think the great thing about this kind of snow is it gives you a little traction if you have to get to work. So it is not as slick as it is going to be later today with the rain. But so far the roads are looking good and people are staying off of them. We plan to travel throughout roanoke today and so far we had not seen any stalled cars on the side of the road which is also great new
The warmer weather has been a welcome change, as the deep freeze of the last few days begins to thaw. While we saw more pavement and better driving conditions, thousands of people in central and western virginia are still dealing with Power Outages. The storm moved on, and made way for blue skies, bright sun and a beautiful winter landscape. As the ice began to melt, the Power Outages lingered. Applachian power crews were on the job, assessing the damage and attacking the problems they found but the layer of ice brought down many tree limbs and power lines in neighborhoods throughout the area, 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. 10thousand people without power in southWest Virginia. The hardest hit ar
Our state and country have reached out to help the families affected by wednesdays tornado. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is live in appommatox county. Amanda, theres an easy way others can help . Yes, kimberly. Donations can help tremendously. Clean up efforts have been great, but dont forget local leaders are asking everyone to stay out of the impacted areas because they are still unsafe. Many homes has been heavily damaged or destroyed so families are without a place to stay. So, the red cross is collecting financial donations. You can write check to the red cross, and specifiy the appomatox disaster to ensure the money will go towards the victims here. Ive also seen some go fund me pages that have been created to help the tornado. Nonperishable supply donations are being accepted at a couple locations. The appomatox Community Center and libery baptist church. If youre in lynchburg and want to help, you can bring nonperishable food, bottled water, clothing, cleaning supplies to any lynchburg
The Henry County Sheriffs Office is looking for a missing woman. Bernice proctors car was found on old Liberty Drive in martinsville around 4 20 yesterday afternoon. Family members told police they had not heard from her, and didnt know where she was. Bloodhounds and a Virginia State Police Helicopter were out yesterday searching. They will continue today. If you have any information, please call police. A man has been charged after a police chase in amherst county. Lawrence crank was arrested late tuesday night. Police say he led them on a chase after trespassing at Riveredge Park in madison heights. He was arrested after stopping his car near a home on winridge drive, and trying to get away on foot. Hes being held without bond at the amherst adult detention facility. And his dog are out of their home after a fire in craig county, not far from the west Virginia State line. According to a volunteer assitant chief, the house on dicks creek road is a total loss. When firefighters got the