Fire crews are using everything from chainsaws, extra engines, manpower. Department whether its fighting fire, ems calls, car accidents. Everything in our job is demanding one way or another so, you come to work knowing you could be working all day and all night long. Thats the price we pay for the job we do. All the help they can get. Because theyre trying to clean up the roads as quick as they can work. Crews have been out since 8 am and since we last checked clean up trucks are still working in southwest roanoke. Christina, i understand crews have received a number of work calls. Will these crews plan to continue clearing trees tomorrow . Yes, crews will continue to work into the evening and resume in roanoke, christina craig, wsls10. Danville utility crews have been working all day to restore power to the roughly 750 people in the city who lost power as a result of yesterdays storm. Crews spent much of the day replacing a utility pole in the 3hundred block of kennon road. A tree in
Visible one on wards road. Katie, you have been out on the roads today. Low they looking tonight . Reporter well, thats right, danner, they are looking really good, very clear. I talked to public works and they told me they have gotten to every road in the city. Take a look at this video driving all over. All roads are clear right now. Public works say they have gotten to every road and while some water is rushing down the side of 9side of the street there is no flooding. Warm temperatures, they urge you to be careful and a possibility that some of the wet roads can refreeze. We have a slight possibility of pockets refreezing; however, we have people onwe have people on call and they will be responding to those frozen any frozen spots on the road. Reporter tonight on abc 13 news at 6 00, what the city is planning to do about the growing number of potholes in the city. Live in lynchburg, katie brookelive in lynchburg, katie brooke, abc 13 news. Danner lets go live to danville where tola
Sunday isolated showers possible with highs in the lower 60s possible with highs in the low to middle 50s winter storm warning in effect until noon today today morning rain showers. After noon clearing with highs in the middle to upper 40s tonight isolated showers possible mix of ice rain. Lows in the lower 30s wednesday isolated icy mix possible in the morning. Gradu al clearing with highs in the upper 40s tractor trailer has shut down highway 29 north at kemper street. Police say the road will remain officers are working to clear the accident and traffic is being rererouted. Expect delays if you are travelling in this area. After more than 24 hours of snow, rain, and sleet, finally enjoying some sunshine. Far from over. Wsls 10s rob manch has been following this storm from the beginning. He has the latest for us this afternoon from downtown covington. Passed us and the precipitation has finally stopped here in covington, meaning primary roads, like interstate 64 here behind me, are d
About 12 thousand dollars in damage was done to the home. The state Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the Mountain Valley pipeline. The proposed pipeline will cover around 300 miles in the commonwealth and west virginia. Landowners from giles county are against surveyors coming on their land and plotting a path for the natural gas pipeline. A Circuit Court judge previously rejected the case where landowners questioned a state law that allows surveyors on their land under virginias Eminent Domain law. A handful of veterans can get Free Legal Services in the commonwealth. Attorney general mark herring is teaming up with the department of Veterans Affairs and the Virginia State bar to provide Estate Planning services to low income veterans. Volunteer attorneys will draft wills. Powers of attorney and advanced medical directives for vets. The clinics take place next month in roanoke. Richmond. Hampton roads and Northern Virginia. Veterans can sign up on the apple says it will not he
Surrounding the snow. Reporter another concern in the city, potholes. Public works is working on compiling a list of potholes that need attending to. If you see one that needs attention, be sure to call 856attention, be sure to call 856city, so they can add that to the list. Live in license, katie brooke, abc 13 news. The freezing rain and sleet we got led to a lot of power outages. We caught up with the crew in danville working to restore power. Families in the north davis drive off piney forest road woke up without power. The danville utility engineer said a couple of big power lines brought down three utility poles around 1 a. M. And customers have freezing rain to blame for that. Very dangerous. You wouldnt want to be around it when it happened, thats for sure. There is no way to prevent this. Cutting all the trees away, that is one benefit, and just keeping the rightofways clean. Danville utilities. The city hopes to restore power to everyone by midnight. Noreen the Roanoke Valley