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 hardest hit areas from the storm. in appomatox, trees are down, homes are damaged, and thousands are without power. about 2800 dominion customers in the county have no electricity. and nearly 50 percent of meters for central virginia elective cooperative have been damaged. it might be early morning to mid-day tomorrow before power is restored to the cvec point. right now there are two shelters open

right now governor mcaullife is touring the most affected areas by the storm. right now he's in appomattox assessing the damage and meeting with reponders. later today he'll also see the damage in waverly and tappahannock and meet with crews still working to keep people safe. a u-s aircraft is helping rescue an australian crew stranded at a research station in antartica. it's after an icebreaker ran aground in the antarctic. the plan is for the plane ot move more than 30 people are on board the ice breaker than ran aground. crews will take them from the ship to a nearby research station when the weather gets better. and well. here's another reason to be careful on the roads. a new study found drivers now pay an average of 44 percent more for car insurance after making a single claim of two-thousand dollars or more. insurance-quotes-dot-com found that's up three percentage points more than last live in california. the study found the state has the highest post-claim increase, where one claim can lead to an average increase of 89- percent! a woman in peru is heal

a spokesman for governor terry mcaullife said officials pre-ordered the food and drinks and expected a bigger crowd of business prosects. check out this new video showing two fire tornadoes in missouri. they started as firefighters battled a grass fire just north of kansas city. no one was hurt. because of the high winds and dry conditions, the national weather service recommended people avoid burning and make sure they put out cigarette butts. investigators say a lawn mower started the fire ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly sunny. nice. highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. wind south 5-10mph. tonight: partly cloudy. lows will be in the upper 30s. winds south 5-15mph. saturday: mostly sunny and warmer. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds sw 10-15mph. we'll see the weekend as high pressure builds into the region. it will be very nice saturday and into wednesday. it won't be as warm next week, but it won't be too cold either. highs will be mainly in the 50s. we will dry out later into next week. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly sunny. nice. highs will

governor terry mcaullife was in appomattox county earlier today -- he said they were prepared for the storms and moved resources as quickly as they could. gov. mcauliffe 12:09:15 in: we knew where these potential tornadoes were going to touch down out: it was really incredible to look at that and see what was happening. 12:09:32 governor mccaullife says after he's been able to make a full assessment of the damage the state will be able to ask the federal government for the help it needs. by wednesday afternoon the red cross was already headed to waverly to offer support to first responders and residents impacted by the storm. red cross volunteers set up emergency shelters in the storms - including appomattox county -- sussex county and in waverly. in our four o'clock hour hatfield from the american red cross virginia region about ways you can help out --- whatever your skillset is please call us because we have a spot for you we're always looking for volunteers even doing relations we're constantly in need of that there are several ways you can help. you can make a donation to the red

a spokesman for governor terry mcaullife said officials pre-ordered the food and drinks and expected a bigger crowd of business prosects. good morning, hampton roads. let's check ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly sunny. nice. highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. wind south 5-10mph. tonight: partly cloudy. lows will be in the upper 30s. winds south 5-15mph. saturday: mostly sunny and warmer. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds sw 10-15mph. we'll see nice weather today into the weekend as high pressure builds into the region. it will be very nice saturday and sunday with highs in the be as warm next week, but it won't be too cold either. highs will be mainly in the 50s. we will dry out later into next week. today: partly sunny. nice. highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. wind south 5-10mph. tonight: partly cloudy. lows will be in the upper 30s. winds south 5-15mph. saturday: mostly sunny and warmer. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds sw 10-15mph. today into the weekend as high pressure builds into the region. it will be very nice saturday and sunday with

a spokesman for governor terry mcaullife said officials pre-ordered the food and drinks and expected a bigger crowd of business prosects. tornadoes in missouri. they started as firefighters battled a grass fire just north of kansas city. no one was hurt. because of the high winds and dry conditions, the national weather service recommended people avoid burning and make sure they put out cigarette butts. investigators say a lawn mower started the fire. a fiery ending lap. we'll show you what caused this seven-car crash before the start of nascar season. plus a new recall alert from a very popular arts & crafts store. we're on your side with what you need to know. plus today's a big deadline for drone users. find out what could happen if you don't ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly sunny. nice. highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. wind south 5-10mph. tonight: partly cloudy. lows will 30s. winds south 5-15mph. saturday: mostly sunny and warmer. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds sw 10-15mph. we'll see nice weather today into the weekend as high pressure builds into

a spokesman for governor terry mcaullife said the food and drinks and expected a bigger crowd of business prosects. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly sunny. nice. highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. wind south 5-10mph. tonight: partly cloudy. lows will be in the upper 30s. winds south 5-15mph. saturday: mostly sunny and warmer. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds sw 10-15mph. we'll see nice weather today into the weekend as high pressure builds into the region. it will be very nice saturday and sunday with highs in the 60s. then a system will bring us rain from sunday night into wednesday. it won't be as warm next week, but it won't be too cold either. highs will be mainly in the 50s. we will dry out later into next week. today: partly sunny. nice. highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. wind south 5-10mph. and warmer. highs will be in the low/mid 60s. winds sw 10-15mph. we'll see nice weather today into the weekend as high pressure builds into us rain from sunday night into wednesday. it won't be as warm next week, but it won't be too cold either. the 50s. we wi

dominion is working to repair a damaged metering point that serves appomatox virginia governor terry mcaullife has also declared a state of emergency. that means public safety agencies can devote every storm response and recovery. the virginia national guard has already soldiers to help with debris clean up. they're being sent to essex, richmond, sussex and patrick counties but more counties will be added if need be. the national weather service in blacksburg is sending a team today to investigate the damage in appomatox and evergreen areas. about 50 miles south of richmond, in sussex county, a including a toddler. 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 silver car when the 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 pra

governor mcaullife will be honoring the organization's 10- year anniversary at an event in richmond later today. a name change at hotel roanoke means guests will have to say goodbye to a popular treat. and, people in altavista may soon be able to have chickens in their own 30swindchill advisories continue until ten o'clock this morning from the highlands right along interstate eighty one through the roanoke valley newer western sections these aviaries we could fine wind chills in the negative single digits even negative teens from time to time right now actual temperature eighteen roanoke seventeen lynchburg in danville fifteen and blacksburg looking out live through our mill mountain camera clear start but very cold out there so keep that in mind little farther out bristol coming in at nineteen charlottesville twenty washington dc twenty one and richmond reporting a temperature of twenty two still couple snow showers in around the region maybe a flurry or two all that should fall part today will end up mostly sunny with highs getting into the upper twenties and low thirties as we head th