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
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
We have Team Coverage of the storm damage in appomattox. You just saw melissa in our Weather Center. And Mona Kosar Abdi and tola adamson are live on the scene in appomattox right now to give us an idea of whats 3 going on there. First were checking in with mona. 3 sot3 pattie plasma that was Mona Kosar Abdi reporting. 3 3 3 pattie this morning we are getting another look at the devestation in appomattox from the sky. Central virginia Aerial Solutions shot this footage. You can see all the damage trees knocked over even uprooted in some cases. Authorities say. The tornado left a 13mile path of destruction. 3 pattie tight video like frightening. Just to look at. Now imagine living it. An appomattox teen still cant believe. Hes alive. Right in front of his eyes. 15yearold daniel poole watched a tornado destroy his entire home. Valerie bragg has his miraculous story of survival. 3 nat pop that would be the kitchen. torn to pieces. nat pop the big dresser, that was my moms. And i told you
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