is the situation there? kimberly, we're not far from the intersection of williamson road and tenth street. the traffic lights are out. and residents of the neighborhood to the west of us tell us they have been without power since about 5 o'clock this morning. we didn't have to travel far to find damage from the winter storm. a portion of williamson road was blocked by limbs that had fallen onto the pavement. on one neighborhood street a large limb had fallen onto a car. on another, a power line was sagging under the weight of a large branch. a number of traffic lights are still dark this afternoon, so drivers need to watch out for that. the sun is out. it's turning into a beautiful day. the big thaw is well under way. but it looks like it could take some time before everyone who lost power here in the city of roanoke is back on line. live in roanoke joe dashiell wdbj7 the alleghany highlands is also experiencing some power outages.

gate where customers are without power. kimberly, here in iron gate you can tell the power outage is causing some confusion. we're at a gas station where we've seen a number of people drive in, look around, and leave. that's because we're told this sign up here is lit 24/7, but right now, because of the power, it's off. there are more than 11,000 dominion virginia customers without power statewide. 419 of them here in alleghany county. and 383 in botetourt county. crews are working on 16 projects between the two counties. folks we talked to gate went out around 7am this morning. david: well i sleep by the radio and when the radio when off i woke up when the house went silent, i woke up. i still got heat in the house, i got gas logs in the living room so

heat" for dominion virginia power customers, power should be restored by midnight. for bath alleghany customers were and 143 in bath live in iron gate, amanda kenney, wdbj7. thousand people are without power in henry county. heavy winds knocked over trees and even an old gas station in those areas... take a look at this... at the corner of axton street and morgan ford road an old gas station is on it's side. officials say the pump hasn't been operational for for years. those living in the area tell us their power went out around 1 oclock this morning after falling trees knocked down power lines. power outages are isolated in bedford county, where there's more ice on the roads than on trees and utility lines. neighborhoods in the town of bedford saw brief blackouts overnight. temperatures there

to prevent ice buildups. crews are out power to thousands of customers in our area. at last check, roanoke county and franklin county are seeing the most outages, around nine each. appalachian power hall joins us now by update on power good afternoon, kimberly mcbroom/wdbj7: how much progress have crews made so far? kimberly mcbroom/wdbj7: apco is getting some outside help now, any time frame for when the power will be restored to everyone? kimberly mcbroom/wdbj7: what can customers to do

kimberly mcbroom/wdbj7: if you have an outage, what's the best way to report it? kimberly mcbroom/wdbj7: for people who are lucky enough to have power, is there anything they can do to prevent an

a tractor trailer accident in lynchburg has closed part of route 29 north. the tractor trailer jackknifed at kemper street this morning. traffic in the area is still being diverted. two incidents in south roanoke county caused major headaches for drivers on route 220 this morning. crews are still working to clean things up in franklin and roanoke counties. wdbj-7's shayne dwyer is live on windy gap mountain along jubal early highway. shayne you've been out all morning, what have you been seeing in that area? we're seeing lots of sunshine which is really great news. but earlier this morning we saw lots of downed trees and as massive traffic jams. tractor trailer got stuck on route 220 right near the roanoke, franklin county line. hour later traffic in the exact same area, except this time in the northbound

that north-bound incident backed up from north of the county line all the way back to boones mill and crews worked for nearly three hours to get all lanes re-opened. on the secondary roads it wasn't much better. we found these power lines down within two miles of each other on boones mill road. the plow truck driver here said he came upon this line at five in the morning and by the time we got to him at 10 he was still there. as your breaking through the cabin fever today remember there are still dangers around. live in franklin county shayne dwyer wdbj-7. we're learning more youare are are this localize flooding potential as we head through the day of course warming up we had a lot of snow a lot a rain today had some localize flooding this morning. the big issue yep all

pushed on the side of the roads plugging up the drainage areas of award a cottages sits there is a melts away so watch out for ponting the water on the roadways another good thing were seeing lots of blue sky across the roanoke valley lot areas seeing blue sky right now that's helping with the snow melt and get rid of all that ice on the trees and power lines you notice all the moisture out here so the good news is were news is were not to see anymore but the afternoon but we do have a clipper system that could had our way late tonight early tomorrow that's arty starting to build through eastern parts a western parts of kentucky tennessee that drives to the south will could clip our region with a couple snow showers rain showers tonight nothing on the heavy side but just be aware that remember what people without power a lot of those traffic signals are turned off because no power remember when you come up to a signal red white whatever does not working you treat it like a four-way stop see have to come to complete stop look and then go do something to keep in mind of the rescue weeks forecast we does entail a nice warming

coming up town plagued by drug while there, the pope is also expected to meet young people an send a message about his vision for the future of the church. morelia is a the heart of mexico's drug- trafficking industry. tomorrow, the pope will travel to the town of juarez, which until recently, was called the murder capital of the world. icy roads led to a crash involving several cars and tractor trailers on interstate-81 in northeastern pennsylvania. emergency officials say eight tractor- trailers and three smaller passenger vehicles got caught up in the pileup just before four this morning. one of the tractor- trailers supposedly jackknifed, causing

a driver from new york saw it all happen. tom tosh/witness: they told me nobody's killed, which is really...from what i saw - you know i'm really shaken up, but from what i've saw, it's a miracle." no one died. three people did have to go area hospitals to be checked out, but weren't badly hurt. two weeks before virginia voters cast their ballots on super tuesday, there's a new presidential poll from christopher newport university. it shows donald trump leading the republican presidential field in our state with 28 percent support. marco rubio is second, and ted cruz is third. as for the democrats, hillary clinton holds a sizeable lead over bernie sanders, with 52 percent support to his 40- percent. on the campaign trail, former president george w. bush gave his little brother a helping hand in south carolina. an update from charleston. george w. bush took to the stage in south carolina give his younger brother jeb's campaign an extra boost. gave a speech with thinly veiled

trump. sot: (george w. bush/former president) "jeb's a man of humble deep and genuine faith. faith that reveals itself in good works, not loud words." trump hit right back. sot:(donald trump/r- presidential candidate) "why do you mention jeb bush, he's not competitive. although his brother came today, they're trying to make this thing to make him competitive. i don't think it's going to work, personally." but trump reserved his deepest insults for ted cruz. sot: (trump) "i think ted's a very unstable guy. i've never seen anybody that lied as much as ted cruz." standup: (craig boswell/charleston, south carolina) "the attacks come just days leading up to saturday's republican primary in south carolina. it's the first time voters in the south head to the polls in this presidential campaign. " college of charleston political science professor kendra stewart says the 2016 g-o-p race in the state is unusual. sot: (kendra stewart/college of charleston, south carolina) "traditionally i would say a candidate like cruz would be very appealing in south carolina, but this time, you know, trump, is leading in all of the polls and traditionally he's not a candidate that south carolina voters would support."

republican field will narrow after results. craig boswell, cbs news, charleston, south now let's check out what's hot on wdbj7-dot-com right now. a truck carrying frederick county. injuries and six cattle were killed. our online-only attention. and, you can find an updated list of the your hometown on

forecastice cause a lot of damage across erie power lines coming down but one thing that's sure there does look beautiful on the trees especially get the sunlight getting it is a icy daleville sent in by jane wells thank you sending that picturing

picture sent in by george marshall see everything coating and a nice quarter inch of ice in some spots over toward trying him southwest roanoke county also seeing a gorgeous icy scene there only males hambrick sending is that picturing looking nice but all that ice continues to melt across the area because of the warmer weather beluga this four tenths of an inch boones mill martinsville two tenths of an inch bug low rate four tenths of an inch of ice 4/10 of an inch of ice head up toward men three tenths of an inch of ice and all of this kino stuck to the power lines and trees one of those fell off in the if you had outside or listened outside her a lot of that cracking of the trees are so much weight on them over toward lynchburg about two tenths of an inch of water that has melt it off would these temperatures in the forties right now and all the showers and free much exited the area. good news there we get to dry out would've this little area right here is another little clipper system that's can dig under there drop there it's can a make its way just to our south and then build up to the north and east but it's can be close enough that we can't rule out some snow showers in rain showers

first part of the overnight would've these numbers right now we go from massive freezing rain event this morning to 45 in roanoke forty two martinsville forty eight smith mountlake still cold and the southwestern sections louisburg though you're calling in with a temperature of forty one would a be in the forties over the next several days look at friday saturday and sunday were back up into the fifties even some lower sixties if you can believe that one storm exits next clipper system dives into our region but other than that things are looking pretty quiet so tonight would that clipper system moving through a rain or snow shower notice down toward the south side temperatures hovered just above freezing southwestern sections south western sections in the western mountains a west virginia best area maybe see a quick coating to inch or two but he can see as a moves through not much moisture with it not much energy and that will quickly exit by early in the morning but will continue woodson snow showers in the mountains of west virginia can see with are snow forecast maybe a coating to inch or two gracing county higher ovations and back toward the western facing

west virginia nothing really for anyone else you forecast for wednesday after that will see increasing sunshine mid 40s for the roanoke valley upper forties to near fifty over toward lynchburg southern virginia upper 40s low 50s with a mix of sun and clouds through the newer valley southwest still care were loud a snow shower bingo gets and sunshine upper thirties low to mid forties highlands greenbrier valley west virginia a few snow showers here and there 30s and 40s doesn't the you and your first alert wtvj seven day planner increasing sunshine wednesday, thursday looks good and him would've that friday saturday and sunday temperatures back into the 50s to near 60 another chance for couple plain old rain shower sunday than just music, with spotlight to make a statement and pay tribute to music legends. hip hop star kendrick lamar most grammys. but as teri okita reports, it was taylor swift who nabbed the most prestigious award. . pop queen taylor swift opened the 58th annual

and ruled the show -- winning the top prize. swift's "1989" earned the singer her second career grammy for album of the year. she urged young women to not let naysayers get in their way. ((sot: taylor swift/ grammy winner)) "you just focus on the work, and you don't let those people sidetrack you." (4 sec) mark ronson and bruno mars' "uptown funk" won year". wonder)) "you can't nah." stevie wonder teased "song of the year" nominees before announcing ed sheeran's winner. and "best new artist" meghan trainor couldn't hold back tears as she thanked her family. ((sot: meghan trainor/ grammy winner)) (sobbing) "and my mom and dad for always believing in me." ((stand-up: teri okita/ cbs news/ los angeles)) "this year's grammys stirred up a lot of emotions...with performances that paid tribute to some of music's biggest icons. others used the mic to make a statement." (nats -- lamar in chains) "i'm african american." kendrick lamar sent a powerful message about racism with his rap that won him 5 grammys. (nats) "this is modern day slavery." the audience was brought to its feet by tributes that... honored earth, wind, & fire maurice white, eagle's

blues legend bb king. (nats) "the thrill is gone" (nats) "this is ground control to major tom" and lady gaga brought the late david bowie's work back to life. (nats) "we can be heroes just for one day." teri okita, cbs news, los angeles. you're watching your hometown news leader, wdbj7 arthur mcdonald/ roanoke resident: you know, we're just regular people. we might dress a little different sometimes, but it's nothing for anyone to be fearful of. next at noon: misunderstanding muslims. in my special report, i'm taking a look at what many see as unfair sterotypes for a growing part of the

muslims pkg but muslims make up a growing part of the roanoke community. in my report, i found out that education could be the key to uniting all faiths, and

stereotypes. roanoke is hundreds of miles away from the united nations. yet, it offers its own welcoming commitee for people from all nationalities and religious backgrounds, including muslims. local colors executive director beth lutjen says they've long been a part of our community. beth lutjen/local colors executive director: it's not that in the last few years, muslims have first come to america. muslims have been here for many, many, many years. they are a part of the american story." that story includes roanoke's masjid- an- nur mosque, whose founding members were u- s army veterans. that's a little known fact its assistant imam, arthur mcdonald brought to our attention when we sat down with him. mcdonald's married, with two sons in roanoke city public schools. virginia's been his home for over 20 years, and roanoke for the last four. arthur mcdonald/ roanoke resident: we love mill mountain. we love going to the zoo up there. my youngest son, he loves chuck e cheese, so we're always going to chuck e cheese.

loves living here. his experience has largely been a positive one, with the exception of last year's vandalism at the mosque. a broken glass panel is a reminder of the hateful gesture he says that came as a shock to him. arthur mcdonald/ roanoke resident: we were kind of afraid, because we didn't know what would be next. mcdonald says islam requires prayer several times a day, yet some people have the wrong idea about it. arthur mcdonald/ roanoke resident:that islam hates americans and the west. i think that is the biggest misnomer. kimberly mcbroom/wdbj7: we reached out to others in the muslim community. many said they just don't feel comfortable putting themselves in the spotlight, because of the negative attention muslims often get. one man told me he wants people to know that islam doesn't sanction violence, but is a religion of peace and mercy. the muslim population is also growing sector of our population. according to 20-10 numbers from the association of religion data archives, muslims make up about seven percent of the roanoke metro area. in a gesture of community and good will, the mosque made a 25- hundred- dollar donation to the

mission back in december. mcdonald says that went a long way in community relations, and earned a lot of positive feedback on the mosque's facebook page. there's still a long way to go. fear and misunderstanding remain the biggest obstacles. arthur mcdonald/ roanoke resident: you know, we're just regular people. we might dress a little different sometimes, but it's nothing for anyone to be fearful of. lutjen agrees, and reminds us not to judge the majority by just a small minority. beth lutjen/local colors: what we don't understand sometimes we is negative. there is just not a good side to fear. muslims tag mcdonald says the mosque is extending an invitation to the entire community to islam faith. he says it will be house in the next couple of months. websites with islam. we've included a on our website, just click on this story. you want to get nuts? let's get nuts! today's the day to

points. a man in virginia celebrates president's day all- year! he lives just outside of williamsburg and has the heads of 43 presidents hanging out in his backyard. so how did he get such a collection? he found them in the trash! these sculptures dotted the landscape of a williamsburg theme park 11-years ago. but the park went bust, and the land was auctioned off. the man owns a concrete recycling business and was hired to crush each sculpture into little pieces. howard hankins/sculptures' owner: "i didn't like that idea at all. they asked me if i could get rid of the stuff and i said 'sure i'll get rid of it!'" the statues were free, but moving them cost him about 50-grand. he's now looking for a new home for them. his vision is that they will get kids interested in america's history. go ahead, be a little nutty today is national almond day!

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