Freezing rain continues for some. Watch for heavy rain and ice this morning. This winter storm continues to wreak havoc on our area and is making things tricky for commuters and people just even trying to walk their dog this morning. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live in Downtown Roanoke for us this morning. Shayne how are the roads looking right now . Good morning garrett. Roanoke, the roads primaries are in decent shape too but the Virginia Department of transportation is reporting slick spots pretty much all across our region. There is some snow and ice on primary routes in bedford, floyd, Henry Patrick and pulaski counties. Garrett ice continues to be the problem causer here this morning and may even be worse than the snow. Shayne Power Outages now topping more than 20 thousand. Where are the hardest hit areas . Garrett that number were no more than 21thousand three hundred right now. Right now some of the hardest hit areas are right in the Roanoke Valley where you see all that red. Roano
The home. A forsenic toxicologist says the impact nicotene could have on a child could be extremely harmful. We also heard from the man who pumped the septic tank where noah was found. He said officers were standing nearby when his body was discovered. He also said there was a pair of rubber boots floating around inside also. About 11 witnesses have testified so far about what they heard and saw inside the home during the investigation including an undercover investigator from the Claytor Lake Drug Task force. He never went inside the home. When the commonweath presented him a picture of a closet of whites house he said it was consistant with an inside marijuana growing operation. Another investigator said she found a small wooden box in a cabinet with a pipe and a leafy green substance inside. Ashley white told investigators she took her boyfried to work with her kids in the car the morning noah went missing then she retracted that story. How did the truth . She confessed they left th
Midafternoon. Next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11, Amelia Siegel live in georgetown. Lets take a look at traffic this friday morning. A couple of crashes. Alexis davies reported on that. Whats going on . No major crashes or incidents reported. Just volume. Elsewhere, we still have accident in maryland involving a fatality. Offramp of branch avenue is blocked due to the accident investigation. And westbound 50 before route 201, right lane blocked due to an accident. And John Marshall highway at beverly road. Use caution in these areas. Elsewhere on the roadways, phded phd traveling south on 270 looking good. Aaron and eun. Voters in scotland have spoken. Scotland will remain part of the united kingdomment scottish people turned out in unprecedenteded numbers for independence referendum. The first minister thanked the voters who backed independence saying they had change the face of british politics forever. The economy is responding well to the news. British stocks are up in earl
There was any more danger. Live in bladensburg, Kristin Wright. Weve already seen hundreds of water main breaks in the area. Well break down the numbers and try to explain how they compare to last year. A leaking pipe called this mess in the middle of k street in downtown d. C. Today. Water came bubbling up a manhole in the middle of to a crosswalk. No businesses or offices in that area lost water or water pressure. D. C. Water says it started with a leak in a 30inch pipe. Crews are digging up the ground near that pipe to try to find the source of that leak. Some people in springfield had to do some shoveling this morning but it is the cold that is impacting the water mains right now. Chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer is here to talk about the cold weather and what we can expect. Things will get a lot colder. Would not be surprised to see a few more water main breaks across our region as temperatures drop well below the teens. On the radar, not a whole lot happening. Wasnt too far for