Gusty winds will continue today with mountain snow showers. A reported funnel cloud in appomattox has killed at least one person, and injured several others. 20 homes have been destroyed, and more than 100 are damaged. Wdbj7s Amanda Kenney is at one of two shelters in appomatox where volunteers are waiting to help victims. Kimberly, the appotmatox Community Shelter has cots, blankets, and pillows to keep victims comfortable. Just like the rest of the town, the shelter does not have electrcity. Theres no heat here, but the lights are staying on thanks to a generator. Wednesdays storm caused Severe Damage throughout the county. Homes are damaged, trees and power lines are down, and the electricity is out. Right now. Dominion is working to repair a damaged metering point that serves appomatox Virginia Governor Terry Mcaullife has also declared a state of emergency. That means Public Safety agencies can devote every storm response and recovery. The Virginia National guard has already soldi
For updates on this story when we are not on the air. You can visit our website at wsls dotcom. A Wythe County School is closed tod. After a water line break. The superintendent says they closed Sheffey Elementary School this morning. He says there were minor leaks. But were still able to cut water on and off as needed. Including meals. And letting students use the bathroom. The superintendent says they were not able to turn the water on and off today because of a part needed. So they decided to cancel class. They expect it to be fixed today. And classes will resume tomorrow. There is an alert system for parents. But they did not send anything out because they were able to have water as needed. Roanoke county schools administrators are updating crisis policies. This comes after last weeks shooting threat at northside high wasnt community meeting. Schools spokesperson Chuck Lionberger says the perception of a threat is a new thing theyre having to deal with. They are in the process righ
The biggest threats we will have on wednesday, dont forget. You can still get wsls ten weather updates even when were not on the air. For the latest weather information. Including radar and future forecasts. Download our storm team ten weather app. Just search for wsls in your i phone or android app store. Now to a wsls 10 follow up. A new deal could halt the move of the historic slave quarters on the greenfield plantation. This comes after county leaders started moving one of the buildings this morning. Wsls tens rob manch has the latest on this developing story. Rob. What can you tell us about this deal . The Group Friends of the eenfield preston plantation, with the help of former supervisor steve clinton, say theyve raised 40 thousand dollars in one its all to help pay for a cancellation of the move of those buildings. Earlier today, those contractors moved one of the buildings to its new home in a field about a quarter of a mile away. At the meeting, descendants of the slaves that
UPDATE: 9:55 A.M. ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — Roanoke County Public Schools have released more information after the William Byrd campus went under restricted access on Thursday, Feb. 29. Roanoke County school officials told WFXR that students alerted school administration and resource officers that a weapon was allegedly on campus inside a vehicle. This prompted […]
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