Which roads is thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its tuesday february 16. Im january keaton. And im kyle benjamin. Virginias roads are very slick this morning and police say they responsed to three fatal crashes across the state since the storm started. If you dont have to be out on the roads, stay home those three deadly accidents happened in the Richmond Metro area. One in henrico county, the others in chesterfield and fauquier county. State police handled four crashes here locally. The roads in the valley are not in good shape. The rain right now is making things much much worse. Paris holmes is out on Williamson Road roanoke. Paris, what do you see there . The roads are icy. The snow in combination with that freezing rain has made slushy mess on the roads, sideways, and in driveways. The roads and sidewalks are very slick, so drive cautiously. Vdot has done a great job of clearing the snow off the interstates and primary roads, but with the rain the roads continue to be dangerous. Valley metro continues to operate on their snow routes this morning. Blacksburg transit will return to full service today. Many of you have been asking when will the roads be cleared or why havent my you from the Virginia Department of transportation. Vdot has complied a list of the top five snow removal questions. They include include they questions. Of the top five complied a list vdot has transportation. Department of from the answers for you morning, we have touched. My roads been or why havent roads be cleared have been asking many of you service today. Return to full transit will return to full service today. Many of you service today. Many of you have been asking when will the roads be roads been touched. This morning, we have answers for you from the Virginia Department of transportation. Vdot has complied a list of the top five snow removal questions. They include when will the roads be cleared . Vdots goal is to make all statemaintained roads passable within 48 hours after a winter storm ends. Which roads gets cleared first across the commonwealth . Those include interstates and most primary roads snow emergency routes and finally, other secondary roads and residential streets. Which roads is vdot responsible for clearing . Except for arlington and henrico counties, vdot is responsible for clearing all statemaintained roads. Who is responsible for clearing my sidewalk . Residents must clear their own sidewalks. Leave snow in my driveway . Plowing can cause snow to accumulate in gutters and on road shoulders, sometimes even blocking driveways. This might sound like a dumb question, but do you know how to properly shovel snow . Vdot has put together a tutuorial with some tips and tricks for you weve got that linked on our website, just head to virginia first dotcom. High pressure wedging down the east slopes of the appalachians willslowly move northeast tonight. As low pressure moves from the Lower Mississippi valley to the mid atlantic states. Another low willtrack out of southern canada tonight into the Tennessee Valley bylate tuesday. Winter storm warning in effect until noon est today. Today. Mostly cloudy with rain and freezing the icy weather has caused more problems for power crews. Lets take a look at the aep outage map. There are about 24 county. 23 hundred in county. There are also hundreds of outages in hundreds of outages in botetourt and campbell counties. We will speak to aep spokeswoman Teresa Hamilton Hall in just a moment. Residents of Rockbridge County might remember some of these figures. For years some of these concrete busts sat in buena vista. But these president s have fallen on hard times. We will tell you what happened to them when good day virginia continues. If you have a nut allergy you know how dangerous just being close to them is for you. Coming up on good day virginia we have some good news theres a new help. The icy weather has caused lets take a look at the ae p outage map. There are about 44 hundred outages in roanoke county. 26 hundred in henry county. There are also hundreds of outages in bedford, botetourt and campbell counties. We will some say its a risky treatment option imagine coming into contact with the food youre allergic too and that allergy going away. That could soon be a reality after a recent study out of Duke University. Collin lingo reports. For about 3 million americans, something as simple as a trip to the Grocery Store could end up as a trip to the hospital due to exposure to food allergens. But a study at Duke University from 2009 shows support for a method substances. The study shows that over time, children who consume small amounts of their allergens may eventually build a tolerance. Dr. Minhthu le at cox medicals Allergy Center says she is frequently asked about the unusual treatment by patients who heard about it through some outside source. When you have somebody that is caring about their own health, and will be willing to research it, and want to know. We want to talk to our patients about that and give them good information because there is a lot of misinformation out there, especially on the internet, says dr. Le. But le says this method could be very dangerous if conducted at home. I would not do this at home on your own. Peanut allergy can cause anaphylaxis and death and we wouldnt want that to happen to anyones child, said le. In fact, le says her team at cox doesnt promote the method at all, due to a lack of information on the long term effects. The things that have been done about the landmark studies, like the 2009 one, theyre not ready for primetime because we cant know whats going to happen to these kids in 10, 15, 20 years. What if we give them the peanut product, but now instead of having anaphylaxis, theyre just having swelling in their esophagus, she said. In the meantime, cox is sticking to traditional methods. Right now the alternative is avoidance, and carrying an epi pen and getting the most education you that was collin lingo reporting. Experts say more testing and research will need to be done to determine an exact immunity to the peanuts. Some president s with ties to our area have seen with ties to our area have seen better days. We are concrete busts of former president s. For several years three of the statues sat in a park in buena vista while a larger park was being built in williamsburg. In all the williamsburg location had 43 of the president ial heads on display. But it closed six years ago. That is when Howard Hankins stepped in. He owns a concrete recycling company. The park called to crush the sculptures. But hankins didnt want to destroy these american symbols. So instead the park let him have the heads for free as long as he paid to move them to his own property. He is still trying to decide what to do with them. Ive got a vision for these guys. Really something that will attract kids and get them to learn some history and what they countrys really all some repairs. Hankins said it cost him about 50 thousand dollars just to move all the busts. At clorox 2 weve turned removing stains into a science. Now pretreat with clorox 2 watch stains disappear right before your eyes. Remove 4 times more stains than detergent alone. Here in vineland, home of progresso, into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do. Make it progresso. Look at this sweet face. So sweet. Ok, were going to need a napkin hi dad. Uh huh. Yeah. Sorry about that. Think about it there must be higher love down in the heart what do you think . And in the stars above hi ted, glad you could join us, we think youre going to like these numbers. Bring me a higher love and dont forget you can get your latest weather and news on virginia first. Com. 24 hours a day. Of course we are not the only part of the country to strugle with the winter weather. Immediately to our south cars skidded in the snow and ice in greensboro, North Carolina. Snow totals were only about three to four inches there, but sleet and freezing rain made driving dangerous. In florida, a powerful storm ripped through the northwest part of the state. Two homes were destroyed and at least 20 others were heavily damaged. People were told to stay off the streets in large number of downed power lines. Janice dean is tracking the latest. 00 19 19 301 271 40as powerful storms moved through louisiana and parts of mississippi monday. High winds took down trees. And power lines. People eating dinner in this restaurant in alexandria, louisiana had to suddenly run for cover. As winds caused damage and pushed debris towards the eatery. Injuring several people. Supple says i seen it fall on my car, and my car was shaking and my window busted and like i seen it like coming at me. Woo its scary. Meantime, officials are investigating reports of at least two possible tornadoes. In mississippi. Where buildings and homes have been damaged. As well as a school in the town of wesson. The reports. Part of a large winter storm system hitting much of the eastern u. S. On monday. From snow and sleet to dangerous icy roads. The mountains of North Carolina and virginia especially hard hit. Cold temperatures. Making things uncomfortable. These tourists are in frigid new york city for fashion week. Moore says im from london and it is very, very cold here. I have some layers on so i actually have tights underneath these trousers to keep me warm. Boone says i have a sweater on right now and its suede, which is always i guess, warm, but i am freezing because i live in houston. But, the cold is also making things dangerous for first responders. Like firefighters near philadelphia having to battle both fire and ice at scenes like this. Because of the extreme weather more than a canceled nationwide. Travelers in raleigh, charlotte and washington dc feeling the impact. Lets take a look at the flight board at look at the lets take a impact. Lets take a look at the flight board at the roanokeblacksburg regional airport. Some of the early flights this morning have been delayed and cancelled. You should contact the airport if you plan on flying today. Lets take a look at the flight board at the roanoke blacksburg regional airport. Some of the early flights this morning have been delayed and cancelled. You should contact the airport if you plan on east slopes of the appalachians willslowly move northeast tonight. As low atlantic states. Another low willtrack out of southern canada tonight into the Tennessee Valley bylate tuesday. Winter storm warning in effect until noon est today. Today. Mostly cloudy with rain and freezing rain this morning. Then partly sunny with a slight chance of rain this afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in thelower 40s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent. Tonight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. A chance ofsnow. Mainly in the evening. Lows around 30. Northwest windsaround 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. Thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its in appomattox county, a woman is facing charges after six people were hurt in a wreck on monday afternoon. An suv flipped around noon on route 460 in appomattox. The driver is charged with reckless driving and child restraint violations. State police say a 2yearold and a 7yearold were sharing a standard adult seatbelt. Were taking you on the road this morning as icy conditions will certainly slow down your morning commute. This is a live look along interstate 81 in wythe county. Wfxrs paris holmes is monitoring conditions for us High Pressure wedging down the east slopes of the appalachians willslowly move northeast tonight. As low pressure moves from the Lower Mississippi valley to the mid atlantic states. Another low willtrack out of southern canada tonight into the Tennessee Valley bylate tuesday. Winter storm warning in effect until noon est today. Today. Mostly cloudy with rain and freezing rain this morning. Then partly sunny with a slight chance of rain this afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Not as cool with highs in thelower 40s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent. Tonight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. A chance ofsnow. Mainly in the evening. Lows around 30. Icy weather has caused more problems for power crews. Aep spokeswoman Teresa Hamilton Hall is with us now on the the sudden death of Supreme Court justice, Antonin Scalia in the middle of a jammed pack Supreme Court term raised has raised many difficult questions. But what happens next . Foxs chief Legal Correspondent Shannon Bream goes down the list and has the latest from washington. Justice Antonin Scalias sudden death leaves the Supreme Court with a gaping hole in the middle of a term jampacked with hot button issues. Dupree says the timing throws everything into that old saying that what goes around. Comes around is proving true in the music world. Coming up on good day virginia, we will tell you why you may want to dig up that old record another old timey media source is making a comeback. Vinyl record albums moment keeps gaining momentum as more millennials are ditching tech for turntables. Julie banderas has more. 00 07 22 28 31 36rep says Record Companies and the artists themselves know that vinyl is strong and thats the format that people are buying. Everything you need to k kw about life, u cacaleararfromomranola. Keep it simple. Make every piece count. Let other people know what youre made of. Always be e al. Dont be fake, dont be artificial, but always be sweet. And of course, wear sunscreen. Nature valley granola bars. The Great American race is just 6 days away with the 58th running of the daytona 500. Which of course you can watch right here on wfxr. We have our guy john kucko in daytona to bring you coverage leading up to the race. John kucko so many storylines going into this nascar season. Jeff gordon no longer a driver on the circuit anymore. Hes retired, but that 24 car of his from Hendrick Motorsports sits on the poll for sundays Great American race. The season starting daytona 500. Chase elliott, 20 years young did 196 Miles Per Hour yesterday. Hell start up front. Leading a very busy field into the race. Another storyline. Tony he will not be here. Had an atv accident several days ago, he is still recuperating. So much to talk about. We will be here every step of the way covering it for you at the where they made 400 million of imporvement at this fabled track. Well share some of that with you later this week. Im john kucko down at daytona we have a full you. Down at daytona beach, back to we have a full we have a full boat of daytona 5oo coverage for you this weekend. On saturday night its jeff gordons daytona 500 preview party. Then on sunday our coverage actually begins at 11 30 with the 30 minute big race special. And of course, they actually
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