a news conference with fire crews. thank you for joining us this midday, i'm katie collett. and i'm don roberts. the rain is melting the snow, but please be mindful of icey conditions on the road. we just learned all classes are now cancelled today at christopher newport university. most public schools are off on this president's day. for more details, you can find delays and cancellations on wavy-dot-com. the snow that fell early this morning has now transitioned to just rain. you can see what it looks like right now with our live towercam, and what it looked like early this morning in downtown norfolk. this is creating a new hazard on the roads in the form of ice. with more on that, let's get to meteorologist jeremy wheeler. winter weather advisory until later this afternoon for extreme western portions of the southside, the peninsula, middle peninsula, northern neck. rest of today: the switch over to rain continues thru early afternoon. warmer this evening with

5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy with periodic showers. lows in the mid 40s.. winds sse 5-15mph. tuesday: morning rain, then tapers by early afternoon as sun comes out. highs will be near 60. winds south/west 10-20mph. the snow from this morning is gradually being replaced by rain from se to nw across our viewing area. a wintry mix will continue from the western portions of the southside up to the northern neck through early afternoon before completely switching over to rain. from that point, periods of rain will be possible through tonight as a warm front continues to lift north of our area...also warming our temps into the mid-upper 40s by midnight. so, any snow on the ground will be washed away by this evening. an area of low pressure slides across our area early on tuesday, and it'll keep likely rain chances in the forecast until a cold front crosses around midday. from that point, the showers taper off...with some afternoon sunshine expected. highs

60 before the cold front crosses. updates will scroll on the bottom of the screen through early afternoon. and don't forget to

weather app for the latest hour-by-hour forecasts. and remember to turn the alerts on so the latest information pops up right on your smartphone or tablet. our team coverage continues this midday with a look at conditions on the peninsula. 10 on your side's brandi cummings is live newport

out team coverage continues now with jason marks on the southside. jason you're out in virginia beach along a busy intersection. how are do the roads look? things are looking really good on the south side. take a look at one of the busiest intersections here at vb boulevard and independence. you can

wet but not icy. here in vb there were 42 crashes this morning. more than normal. only two of those crashes resulted in injuries. public works says 15 trucks are in the roads but should be done shortly. i'm told they aren't cornered about any temps are rising aren't cornered about any

virginia state police is urging drivers to stay off the roads because of just how bad it is out there. as of 8:30 this morning, they reported 62 crashes statewide, including a fatal one in fauquier county. there were 40 crashes in the hampton roads area between midnight and 7:00 this morning.

destroyed their homes over the weekend in ocean view. the massive fire saturday spanned 14 buildings - more than 60 firefighters fought the flames and freezing conditions. chopper 10 flew over the scene sunday morning, and the charred remains. investigators say it could be weeks or months before they can figure out how it started. 10 on your side's lex gray is standing by - where a news conference on the fire just wrapped up. lex what do we know now? weekend. his department responded to four major, destructive fires. chopper 10 flew over the worst one. we shot this sunday morning as firefighters started to clean up and started in oceanview around 7

for hours. today - the destroyed. but impressively - no one died and no firefighters were hurt. one person went to the hospital for smoke inhalation sot "when i got on scene...i really thought it would worse than it was...extremely proud of our ff." trt :10 the chief talked more about why that is....and what's next in these investigations. i'll have more on that coming up on wavy news 10 at 4. live in norfolk lg10onys 10 on your side spoke to a man who actually ran towards saturday's fire in ocean view. nathaniel raider says he ran door-to-door and told people to leave. then he did the same thing to a building nextdoor. nathaniel raider / helped evacuate condos c0001 3:47 "my whole first thought was make sure actual aprtment comlex at this point and time i was just

3:58 firefighters and nathaniel helped several people get out of the buildings. one man went to the hospital for smoke inhalation, but there were no serious injuries. people in the community are coming together to help the families impacted by the fire. they helped raise about two-thousand dollars so far through a go fund me page. you'll find the link on wavy-dot-com, as well as many more pictures of the fire. breaking news in chesapeake - where crews just put out another fire - this one on martin johnson road. we're told crews had the fire under control in about 20 minutes. no one was hurt. still ahead - your snow pictures. we have one from almost every part of hampton roads. we'll take a look at some of them coming up. plus - we'll take a look at winter weather in other parts of the country. we'll explain what it created here in boston. dangerous discovery. what people at a rental car company

the f-b-i investigating. and later, new information about when president obama might name a new supreme court justice. but first - we'll get a look at what's next after weather. meteorologist jeremy wheeler has all the details coming up in

firefighters are investigating two fires from early this morning. the most recent was at a home in norfolk on cambridge crescent. that's off hampton boulevard in the larchmont neighborhood. the homes there are older and built close together. crews say this was a two-alarm fire. witnesses

flames shooting from the roof of a home. firefighters say a man and dog inside the home got out safetly. investigators are still figuring out what started this fire. now to an early-morning fire in virginia beach. we now know investigators believe the fire was an accident, and it started on the 3rd floor balcony at the linkhorn bay apartments. that's on treetop drive, off birdneck road. the two-alarm fire started around 3:00 this morning when someone called 9-1-1 about a lot of smoke and fire. "my neighbor from up on the third floor came down and said my place is on fire, my place is on fire. so immediately made sure we got all our nieghbors out. the woman next to me her boyfriend is on deployment and their two kids were inside so i grabbed one of the kids and she grabbed her infant and we ran out. then i looked up and the whole roof was engulfed in flames" it took firefighters about an hour to get the fire under control.

about an hour to get the fire under control. one person went to the hospital for smoke inhalation. the red cross is helping 10 people who need to find another place to live. now to another weekend fire, this time in investigators now say this fire on jonathan court saturday started from a discarded cigarette. this fire was off warwick and denbigh boulevard. a family of five got out safely, but their pets died in the fire. the red cross is now helping the family find another place to live. the damage was so extensive firefighters condemned the house. another fire over the weekend - pushes a family of six out into the cold. 10 on your side viewers posted these pictures to our facebook page of the house in moyock. we're everyone made it out safe after fire took over the home on northwest backwoods road. one person did suffer be ok, crews say it took about an hour sunday morning to control. investigators are working

new at midday, the f-b-i is investigating how a bomb ended up on a rental car in new mexico. staff at an avis car rental near the albuquerque airport, discovered the device sunday morning and called police. investigators say the explosive device was attached to the car. they also said the car was orginally rented somewhere else, though officers won't say where. the investigation closed down the car rental company for several hours, and delayed travelers from picking up any cars. ( weather anim - with track)

delayed travelers from picking up any cars. ( weather anim - with track) winter weather advisory until later this afternoon for extreme western portions of the southside, the peninsula, middle peninsula, northern neck. rest of today: the switch over to rain continues thru early afternoon. warmer this evening with mid 40s. winds var. 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy with periodic showers.

winds sse 5-15mph. tuesday: morning rain, then tapers by early afternoon as sun comes out. highs will be near 60. winds south/west 10-20mph. the snow from this morning is gradually being replaced by rain from se to nw across our viewing area. a wintry mix will continue from the western portions of the southside up to the northern neck through early afternoon before completely switching over to rain. from that point, periods of rain will be possible through tonight as a warm front continues to lift north of our area...also warming our temps into the mid-upper 40s by midnight. so, any snow on the ground will be washed away by this evening. an area of low pressure slides across our area early on tuesday, and it'll keep likely rain chances in the forecast until a cold front crosses around midday. from that point, the showers taper off...with some afternoon sunshine expected. highs for tuesday hover around

the artic blast we experienced over the weekend actually got in the way during a deadly fire in massachusetts. one person died in the fire after getting stuck on the third floor. firefighters say their regulators and tanks kept freezing in the cold temperatures. one firefighter was also hurt after he slipped and fell on the ice. the cause of the fire is under investigation. here's another view of

some parts of the country over the weekend. these are ice chunks that formed in lake michigan. someone took these pictures on the banks of belmont harbor in chicago. and here's a neat shot out of boston. this is steam coming off the water. it's called "sea smoke". the fog forms when very cold air moves over the relatively-warmer water. as many as 18 cities saw this in sunday's recording-breaking cold temperatures. stay with us, we have much more winter weather coverage coming up. our brandi cummings in live in newport news with a closer look at how this

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now to a 10 on your side investigation... with facebook, twitter, instagram and all the other social media out there, we have plenty of opportunity to tell the world about ourselves. but some websites can reveal information that we don't want others to know. investigative reporter chris horne has this preview of his special report - of particular interest to everyone who owns a car. c 17 13:37 mary callahan driver -- i don't like this at all. there's too much information, they can just look you right up c 61 39:15 jaqueline shannon driver -- an extreme invasion of privacy drivers in hampton roads are upset. they didn't know - until we showed them - what their cars can tell about them. c 9 7:58 cecelia holloway driver -- yes, it makes me feel insecure with the help of a

at your car, and just by looking through the window, they can get enough clues for that website to kick back your name, address, even your phone number or your email address. c 9 7:22 horne -- cecelia, we just came up with your name and your address by looking through your windshield, what do you think of that? i don't know, i don't like that. cause people can do that? we just did. keep in mind, the website is free and anyone can where someone lives from their address what type of economic stature that they have, it could go toward somebody committing crimes we investigate where it's getting all of your information, and what you can do to protect yourself. chris horne 10 on your side you can catch chris's investigative report privacy breakdown tonight at 6, with coverage beginning at 4 pm. coming up on midday-- the political battle over the next supreme court justice. the presidential candidates weighed in. you'll hear what

we're on your side with everything you need to know for this latest bout of winter weather. this morning's snow switched over to rain, and for the most part that's good news. meteorologist jeremy wheeler will

snow. plus, brandi cummings will give us a first-hand look at the conditions on the roads. plus, snow accidents. this morning's winter weather wreaked havoc on the roads all across the state. we have the most updated numbers from state police. and we're getting brand new information about several fires in norfolk. we'll have the latest from a press conference firefighters are holding right now. we're back at --:-- on wavy news 10 midday i'm katie collett. and i'm don roberts. thanks for staying with us. here's a live look at tower cam 10 at the skies over downtown norfolk. the snow is now all rain, and it's melting this morning's snow. with more on that, let's get the latest from meteorologist jeremy wheeler in the super doppler 10 weather center... winter weather advisory until later this afternoon for extreme western portions of the southside, the peninsula, middle peninsula, northern neck.

over to rain continues thru early afternoon. warmer this evening with mid 40s. winds var. 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy with periodic showers. lows in the mid 40s.. winds sse 5-15mph. tuesday: morning rain, then tapers by early afternoon as sun comes out. highs will be near 60. winds south/west 10-20mph. the snow from this morning is gradually being replaced by rain from se to nw across our viewing area. a wintry mix will continue from the western portions of the southside up to the northern neck through early afternoon before completely switching over to rain. from that point, periods of rain will be possible through tonight as a warm front continues to lift north of our area...also warming our temps into the mid-upper 40s by midnight. so, any snow on the ground will be washed away by this evening. an area of low pressure slides across our area early on tuesday, and it'll keep likely rain chances in the forecast until a cold front crosses around midday. from that point, the

off...with some afternoon sunshine expected. highs for tuesday hover around 60 before the cold front crosses. updates will scroll on the bottom of the screen through early afternoon. and don't forget to download our wavy- weather app for the latest hour-by-hour the screen through early

and don't forget to download our wavy- weather app for the latest hour-by-hour forecasts. and remember to turn the alerts on so the latest information pops up right on your smartphone or tablet. our team coverage continues this midday with a look at conditions on the peninsula. 10 on your side's brandi cummings is live newport

virginia state police is urging drivers to stay off the roads because of just how bad it is out there. as fatal one in fauquier county. there were 40 crashes in the hampton roads area between midnight and 7:00 this morning. new at midday, dominion virginia power is optimistic that today's snow and wintry mix won't cause too widespread outages. a spokeswoman believes the level of ice won't get bad enough to cause any problems with their system. if you do need to report an outage

breaking news in chesapeake - where crews just put out another fire - this one on martin johnson road. we're told crews had the fire under control in about 20 minutes. no one was hurt. 30 families are trying to move forward after a fire destroyed their homes over the weekend in ocean view. the massive fire saturday spanned four buildings. more than 60 firefighters fought the flames and freezing conditions. chopper 10 flew over the scene sunday morning, and all that was left were the charred remains. investigators say it could be weeks or months before they can figure out how it started. just an hour ago - norfolks fire chief got emotional talking about this weekend. his department responded to four major, destructive fires. we shot this sunday morning as firefighters started to clean up and investigate. the fire started in oceanview around 7 saturday night and burned for hours. today - the chief told us six buildings were damaged and 8 are destroyed. but no one died and no firefighters were

to the hospital for smoke inhalation sot "when i got on scene...i really thought it would worse than it was...extremely proud of our ff." trt :10 10 on your side spoke to a man who actually ran towards saturday's fire in ocean view. nathaniel raider says he ran door-to-door and told people to leave. then he did the same thing to a building nextdoor. nathaniel raider / helped evacuate condos c0001 3:47 "my whole first thought was make sure actual aprtment comlex at this point and time i was just thinking help somebody." 3:58 firefighters and nathaniel helped several people get out of the buildings. one man went to the hospital for smoke inhalation, but there were no serious injuries. people in the community are coming together to help the families impacted by the fire in ocean view. they helped raise nearly 12-hundred dollars so far through a go fund me page.

wavy-dot-com, as well as many more pictures of the fire. firefighters are investigating two fires from early this morning. the most recent was at a home in norfolk on cambridge crescent. that's off hampton boulevard in the larchmont neighborhood. the homes there are older and built close together. crews say this was a two-alarm fire. witnesses say they saw 10-foot high flames shooting from the roof of a home. firefighters say a man and dog inside the home got out safetly. investigators are still figuring out what started this fire. now to an early-morning fire in virginia beach. we now know investigators believe the fire was an accident, and it started on the 3rd floor balcony at the linkhorn bay apartments. that's on treetop drive, off birdneck road. the two-alarm fire started around 3:00 this morning when someone called 9-1-1 about a lot of smoke and fire. it took firefighters about an hour to get the fire under control. one person went to the hospital for smoke inhalation. the red cross is helping 10 people who need to find

now to another weekend fire, this time in newport news. investigators now say this fire on jonathan court saturday started from a discarded cigarette. this fire was off warwick and denbigh boulevard. a family of five got out safely, but their pets died in the fire. the red cross is now helping the family find another place to live. the damage was so extensive firefighters condemned the house. another fire over the weekend - pushes a family of six out into the cold. 10 on your side viewers posted these pictures to our facebook page of the house in moyock. we're everyone made it out safe after fire took over the home on northwest backwoods road. one person did suffer minor burns - but should be ok, crews say it took about an hour sunday morning to get the fire under control. investigators are working to figure out what caused it. your snow pictures have been rolling in all day to report-it-at-wavy-dot-com . we have pictures from almost every city. michael sent us this from

tidewater drive and layfayette boulevard. you can see just how much snow built up on the cars overnight. now to newport news. mark sent us this picture looking at his backyard. you can see a good amount of snow covering the grass and the james river bridge there in the background. here's a view of the snow further up the peninsula in williamsburg. a-j sent us this as the snow fell early this morning. it left a good coating of snow on the grass, branches, and cars. take a look at the snow in the virginia beach. this is in the kings grant neighborhood. sandy is very ready for the winter weather with her snow-o-meter here. it looks like there's about two inches. and now to the snow-covered roads in chesapeake. a viewer sent this video in from the deep creek area. thank you so much for sending in your pictures

the weather story where you live. you can keep sending them in to report-it- at-wavy-dot-com. remember to leave your name and location where you took the picture or video. still ahead on midday- why giant furniture company ikea may be in trouble over taxes. plus - an unbelievable drug bust that broke a country's record. where criminals hid some dangerous drugs and how much they were worth. plus - we're on your side with another look at the super doppler 10 forecast. meteorologist jeremy wheeler explains what's

new at midday, cnn reports president obama will choose a nominee to replace late supreme court justice antonin scalia after the senate returns from recess, february 22nd. that's just the latest development in the huge political fallout brewing over the justice's death. washington is divided over how to appoint a successor. republicans insist the next president should decide. however democrats believe it is president obama's decision, and to wait would ignore the constitution. the presidential candidates are already weighing on the debate. na10by :58 - 1:15 ted cruz it has been 80 years since a supreme court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. there is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year and what this means,

make the 2016 election a referendum on the supreme court." butt to lv52m :26 - 34 jeb bush of how president obama selects judges. if there's not vote that's fine too." butt to lv50m :49 - 1:03 hillary clinton "we have a president. he was elected. he has the right to nominate another supreme court justice." butted in pkg bernie sanders/ (d) presidential candidate "i don't think the public would look kindly on republican actions to try to thwart what he is supposed to be able to do." butt to na10ay :31 - :44 donald trump "look, we need great intellect. we need, i say absolutely conservative. but the real, i think the real plan for it would be somebody just like justice scalia." here's a look at some of the potential nominees mentioned in legal circles. sri srinivasan is an indian-american on the washington, dc court of appeals. patricia millett is also a possibility. she is also on the dc court of appeals. and paul watford is an african-american on the ninth circuit court of appeals in california. justice scalia's body

last night. take a look at this video of from dulles airport. in the snow, a group of people loaded the casket into a hearse. earlier sunday, a procession of about 20 police officers brought the body to an el paso, texas funeral home. justice scalia died on his west texas ranch of natual causes. he was 79-years-old. new at midday, for the first time ever, a former israeli prime minister is sitting in prison. ehud olmert arrived at the prison today to serve his 19-month sentence. the 70-year-old was convicted in march of 20-14 of bribery and obstruction of justice. olmert still denies any wrongdoing. police in australia carried out the biggest liquid meth bust in the country's history. it's worth 900-million dollars. investigators say the drugs were hidden inside boxes of silicon bras inserts and art

arrested four suspected dealers from hong kong. they are expected to appear in court next month. if convicted, each suspect faces a potential life sentence. furniture company ikea could be in trouble for allegedly skipping out on paying taxes in europe. according to a report by the european parliament, the company funneled money through lichtenstein and the netherlands between 2009 and 20-14 to avoid paying taxes. ikea denies the allegations. now to a dramatic rescue off the coast of california. a man got stuck after a wave swept him into a cove. take a look at the video. you can see the 19-year-old trapped on the rocks while waves hammer him. this happened near san diego yesterday afternoon. lifeguards swam into the rough waves to get him, but then had to use a crane to get him out of the water. after getting back on dry land, he spoke about his scary experience. audio is low, please

by lifeguards "oh god, i thought i was gonna drown, like honestly, there was a point where i was hanging on the rock over there, i thought i was gonna drown, so definitely a very scary experience." fortunately the teen only had minor injuries. his rescue was one of more than a dozen over the other parts of the country. here's a look at the snow early this morning in louisville, kentucky. just like in our area, the roads were covered in a couple inches of snow. drivers had a slippery commute this morning. in addition to snow, the area also saw freezing rain. the nation's capital also saw snow this morning. check out this shot looking down the national mall toward the washington monument. not a lot of people were out on this president's day. now to north carolina. here's a view from mount airy, which is in the north western part of the state. a couple of inches of snow fell overnight causing a tricky commute for drivers this morning. the snow and icy roads also closed schools that

(weather anim - with track) winter weather advisory until later this afternoon for extreme western portions of the southside, the peninsula, middle peninsula, northern neck. rest of today: the switch over to rain continues thru early afternoon. warmer this evening with mid 40s. winds var. 5-10mph. tonight: mostly cloudy with periodic showers. lows in the mid 40s.. winds sse 5-15mph. tuesday: morning rain, then tapers by early afternoon as sun comes out. highs will be near 60. winds south/west 10-20mph. the snow from this morning is gradually being replaced by rain from se to nw across our viewing area. a wintry

the western portions of the southside up to the northern neck through early afternoon before completely switching over to rain. from that point, periods of rain will be possible through tonight as a warm front continues to lift north of our area...also warming our temps into the mid-upper 40s by midnight. so, any snow on the ground will be washed away by this evening. an area of low pressure slides across our area early on tuesday, and it'll keep likely rain chances in the forecast until a cold front crosses around midday. from that point, the showers taper off...with some afternoon sunshine expected. highs for tuesday hover around

crosses. updates will scroll on the bottom of the screen through early

still ahead on midday - a must-see story of a

with all the snow in hampton roads, some of us may want to get around on skiis. but check out how one woman in norway got around - with her cat. this is jesper the skiing cat. unlike typical house cats, he loves

hiking, and tagging along with his owner out in the snow. sometimes jesper leads the way, pulling his owner on the snow. but other times he gets tired, and hitches a ride on her shoulders instead. thank you for watching

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