it might be early morning to mid-day tomorrow before power is restored to the cvec point. right now there are two shelters open for those affected by the storm. we're at the appomatox community center and there is another one at the pamplin fire department. and garrett, one very important thing to note is the appomattox county sheriff's office and virginia state police is asking everyone to avoid traveling in around the county because roads are extremely dangerous because of debris. about 50 miles south of richmond, in sussex county, a suspected tornado killed three people, including a small child. here's some video of the aftermath there, in the town of waverly. virginia state police say the victims were two men, 50 and 26 years old - and a two year old boy. the mobile home they were in was destroyed. they were found about 300-yards away from the home. one survivor in waverly was in this storm came through. survivor: "it's like, with all the power lines going down, it was like a big ball of fire and all of the debris kicking up. all i could do was just pray and pray and p

without power at the appomattox due to damaged to the power transmission line that delivers power to cvec. there is a helpline set up for people in appomattox county. the number the number the number is 434-352-2637. that that that is 434-352-2637. that was given out minutes ago at the press conference with appomattox county officials. if you need anything, they are >>> we have a clear picture of just how many tornadoes touched down in virginia with this storm. melissa le fevere has that from the weather center. >> melissa: it was an active day all up and down the eastern seaboard. 20 tornadoes yesterday. nine of those were in virginia. i want to take you right to our storm reports graphic. you can see two reports in appomattox county. one of them in evergreen. . you can see two reports in appomattox county. one of them in evergreen. another 12 miles to the southeast of appomattox along route 460. we had seven injuries and one casualty with a tornado that occurred at 3:35 yesterday. over 425 wind reports. the good news is we are seeing clearing skies. we're going to see the dry weather co

cvec awaiting restoration work by dominion land assess damage on the distribution system. we are bringing you live coverage. if you know someone in that page, via facebook live. if you know someone who has an outage, reach out to them and let them know that we have coverage for them as well tonight. now go live to appomattox where mona kosar abdi is live right now. mona, what are you seeing? >> reporter: danner, the weather conditions are a stark contrast to what we were seeing just 30 minutes ago. if you looked up, you are see blue skies. barely any clouds, and the weather is really warming up here this is not what we were seeing earlier. dark rain clouds hovering over the county. most of the damage east of appomattox and evergreen and that is now -- when you look forward the east where the dark clouds have moved toward. because of the heavy rain we got, some of the rain has backed up into the streets. take a look at this street in front of appomattox county high school. it is quite flooded and most of the cars you seed on this road are parents picking their students were