live in roanoke, annie andersenlive in roanoke, annie andersen, abc 13 news. >> danner: now a live look at the roads from our v dot camera. >> mark: this is route 460 in lynchburg near handler's mountain road. the roads look pretty good right now. chief meteorologist george flickinger has the late fest you are planning to head out tonight. george. . >> george: mark and danner, the temperatures above freezing and if you head out tonight the temperatures will remain above freezing. looking live over central boulevard in danville where the traffic is moving along smoothly, temps in the 40s and 50s. 51 in danville. and roanoke, you are at 41. the weather is also dry for nowthe weather is also dry for now, but we are tracking changes. this is a large area of rain with some snow mixed in, which is mainly going to track across the carolinas and south side for us tonight. now what this means in your hourly weather is farther south you drive, the more likely you are going to drive into this rain and snow, but the snow accumulation should be low. temperatures this evening remaining above freezing

live in roanoke, annie andersenlive in roanoke, annie andersen, abc 13 news. dan the weather is clear now and we are looking forward to a much warmer weekend. smith mountain lake from our tower camera. you can't see any snow there on the ground at least from the tower camera. chief meteorologist george flickinger is in the weather center now what you can expect tonight. >> george: danner, the sunshine certainly helps out, melting away most of that snow today. going to take you live right now danville traffic moving along good and it is difficult to find any snow that is left over. tower cam is bouncing around a bit as it is a little breezier. 46 in lynchburg. 53 in danville. 42 in roanoke. we will see a freeze by morning, and i don't think we will see any major travel snow have evaporated. 26 at 7:00. we are tracking warmer weather and let you know when temps will be back in the 60s coming up. >>> bedford county fire marshal says two people were you were in the a shed explosion trying to saw off piece of drum carryto saw off piece of drum carrying flammable li

live in roanoke, annie andersenlive in roanoke, annie andersen, abc 13 news. >>> a different scene in danville.

live in roanoke, annie andersenlive in roanoke, annie andersen, abc 13 news. >>> a different scene in danville. had their power on at midnight. one man got his back. >> reporter: thomas was without power for two days when a tree fell on a transformer right in front of his house knocking out power to the whole street. pinepine trees in front of his home were leaning so he did anticipate something like this happen. contract crews came in shifts starting monday morning and left this morning. he says he and his wife have been bundling up ordering food. times like this that he is so thankful for the utility crews. >> oh, man, these guys don't do anything. they come in and they are in the dark like that and -- they clean all their tree out of the way. and my hats are off to them. >> reporter: when the new transformer was installed and the power working, he says he cranked up that heat. customers do have power now. live in danville, tola adamson, abc 13 news. >> mark: tola, thanks. >>> a live look from our smith mountain lake tower cam as the sun goes down. chief meteorologist george flickin

live in roanoke, annie andersenlive in roanoke, annie andersen, abc 13 news. [chanting] >> danner: this was the scene after trump's rally. students were on radford's campus to continue to protest in the next half hour, your super tuesday preview, everything you need to know about voting tomorrow. that is next at 5:30. >>> breaking this afternoon, jesse matthew is now expected to take a plea deal in the killings of hanna graham and morgan harrington. robert tracy says that matthew will appear in court. without the plea agreement, matthew could have faced the death penalty in the graham case if convicted. the 18-year-old disappeared and was later found dead in albemarle county in 2014. matthew faces first-degree murder charges in the 2009 death of morgan harrington. >> the latest on the tornado that hit appomattox. the sheriff's department is urging to you keep an eye out for your neighbor tonight. sheriff barry letterman said they have increased patrols in the 17-mile span wrecked by the tornado that hit wednesday. he says to be sure to keep an eye out for ligh

live in roanoke, annie andersenlive in roanoke, annie andersen, abc 13 news. >> danner: thank you, annie. much more on this breaking news. the fire in brookneal that we are covering for you. again a live look. lots of smoke. you can see the flames there as well. we are live on the scene. this is right off of 501 >> next "e.t." we are invited to the bachelor wedding. but is ben ready to say i do? >> let's celebrate. exclusive.of lynchburg, danville, bedford, roanoke and the new river valley. >> danner: it is a break>> danner: it is a breakthrough that is being hailed as one of the biggest scientific studies of the decade. today, scientists from caltech, mit and the scientific collaboration they they observed the phenomenon known as g gravitational wave. physicists have been working for a century to prove its existence. a century. they were first predicted by albert einstein in research published 1 published 100 years ago when he created a theory of general relativity. the waves started by violent collisions in the universe excites he is astronomers because new ways of study the comows tam