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warm. appalachian power crews were attacking the outages. we found this truck on deyerle road this afternoon. but with so many limbs down, so many power lines to repair, the utility is still assessing how long it s going to take to get everyone back on line. here along williamson road the power is still out. power has notified residents in the area that their power should be restored tonight. live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7 the number of people without power in henry county is going down but it may take days to complete. officials say they are now working to restore power to fifteen hundred people. the community of sandy level is one of the affected areas. winds blew over an old gas station sign at the corner of axton and morgan ford road. trees are still laying on power lines and a family was home last night when the tree fell. we ll hear from them tonight at six. power is slowly coming back for dominion virginia power customers. 368 customers are without power in a ....
have that chance of and isolated strong thunderstorm was seeing some activity already down into north carolina and we do have our weather watcher up there and am chris white nineties or soldiers are is down in north carolina and out him right now we are continuing to monitor his you need right now he s down your home north carolina which is are just to the south and fontenot outages the south of twenty nine season hello north carolina you can see it s arty get gardener tears in that tornado watch area so there s no warnings right now meaning a tornado would be on the ground reason the watch area which means it you deftly need to be aware watch out for those possible tornadoes later on today an agency the tornado watch box that s a good portion north carolina south carolina and she asked noses its way toward the virginia border this the area that has the best chance seeing toward attic activity within the next several hours of course watch means the potential is there do ....
in appomattox county, and waverly, virginia tomorrow. those are two of the hardest hit areas from today s storm system. one person is missing in the evergreen area of appomattox county. there have been at least three deaths, and a centra spokesperson confirms three people are being treated for critical injuries at centra community hospital two others are being treated there two people with injuries are being treated at lynchburg general hospital. tomorrow, appomattox county schools will be closed. and patrick county schools will operate on a two-hour delay. some of the worst damage in our region is in appomattox county. dozens of homes are damaged or destroyed in the community of evergreen. wdbj7 s tim saunders is live there tonight. melissa, this is what we re seeing all over this area. trees are down and so are power lines. virtually no one in appomattox county has electrictity dozens of homes are damaged, and a mobile home across the highway from where i m standing w ....
at least eight people have been killed by a powerful fast moving storm system that swept from the gulf coast into the northeast. the system triggered a string of deadly tornadoes, strong winds, and drenching rain. last night, tornadoes killed at least four people in virginia where state of emergency has been declared. travel is affected all along the eastern seaboard. don champion is at new york s laguardia airport. don, good morning. good morning. reporter: more than 2,800 flights were cancelled yesterday at laguardia alone. grounded yesterday. there was also some construction equipment here at the airport damaged but the situation is far worse in places like virginia. as the dangerous storm system moves up the east coast, state police in waverly, virginia, flashlights overnight. everything is destroyed. reporter: after a tornado ripped through the tiny farming down. see what happens? reporter: vincent donald survived. some of his neighbors did not. i see m ....
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 ....