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a reported funnel cloud in appomattox has killed at least one person, and injured several others. wdbj7 s amanda kenney is there this morning as we wait for the latest information on wednesday s storm. garrett, we expect to hear more at 7:00 this morning. thats when a press conference will be held regarding the storm in appomattox. virginia governor terry mcaullife has emergency. that means public safety agencies such as the virginia national guard, virginia state police, the virginia department of emergency management and the virginia department of transportation can devote every available resource to storm response and recovery. about an hour ago we found out the virginia national guard have sent more than 50 soldiers to help with debris clean up. they re being sent to essex, richmond, westmoreland, sussex and patrick counties but more counties will be added if need be. governor mcaullife will also be here in appomatox county and waverly, virginia today - the two hard ....
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. wdbj7 s 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. there s no heat here, but the lights are staying on thanks to a generator. wednesday s 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 gu ....
all these called the work their way out as is really dry air in the middle part of the atmosphere continues to take over today. that means we will end up with lots of sun and also low humidity as well. mid-to-upper 60 s is where we are headed second. ocala, 65. 67 deland. we ll make it 66 in news on a beach and 67 in cocoa. but getting traffic update. ted: a live shot of the dot cameras i-95 north down. that is the garden street offramp. watch as you get off the ramp, a left a lane blocked for a little bit. goldenrod road by a crash there. you stay with 436 an alternate. 95 still has construction southbound stay road 44. you will lose a left lane so slow that i bit and give those lake mary julie only 11 minutes. michelle: construction equipment was jason: and it was run over by a dump truck bulldozer. alex villareal is live with what the company is how the company is reacting. alex: you will not be seeing any machines along i-4 operating or moving today. tha ....
in south florida broward we are seeing showers increase west of coral springs. dry in metro broward and metro miami-dade. the main threat is gusty winds and brief downpours. same story for the keys. heaviest activity in the southeast gulf headed for florida bay and the keys. it will be a stormy evening in the keys. this is part of the bigger storm system producing tornadoes in the mid-atlantic states and blizzard conditions behind it. for us a strong cold front will be coming through tonight and cooling us off from 15 degrees from what we saw today. evening thunderstorms 7:00 p.m. still storms around. temperatures in the upper 70s. 11:00 p.m. a left over shower. by tomorrow morning skies two arrests in the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy brings a plea from police. tonight, two teens arrested for the murder of a child. miami-dade police announcing this afternoon a 17-year-old and 18-year-old charged with second degree murder. they say the shooting started with a fig ....
by early wednesday morning warrants were prepared and two young men detained. eventually arrested. they are 18-year-old leonard adams and 17-year-old irwin presley. both wrapped up by police with community help in less than four days. presley has a criminal history. both now jailed at the county detention center. in a break from a code of silence, the community got involved producing a flow of information. everybody asked the community please help us. and they did. and so as the mayor said and as the chief said of homicide, you covered it. the message got out there. and immediately we started to get leads. reporter: while sorting out just what happened why teens with guns should shoot it out and a stray bullet could take a young life, it is a story not new in south florida. they are punking each other out on facebook saying derogatory comments to each other. we have to work together to stop our youth from going to guns to resolve that issue happening on the social m ....