noreen turyn has the latest. noreen nwsrm mark, state police tell us a 2-year-old child and two men, ages 50 and 26, were killed in the town of waverly during the storm. state police say the victims stringfield, 50-year-old larry turner and 2-year-old ivan lewis. police say the toddler's 30-year-old mother was also in the trailer and is in the hospital. governor mcauliffe met privately with several relatives of the victims. he says the family lost everything and does not have money to bury the child. the national weather service rated that tornado as an ef-1, with wind speeds of 100 to 110 miles per hour. its path was 9 miles long and 300 yards wide. we hear tornado tornado tornado. and we looked. just imagine a smoke grenade going off. it was almost something out of a movie. and just as quickly as it started it was over. noreen nwsrm governor mcauliffe says he expected the storm damage to top the 11 million dollar threshold for a federal disaster declaration. that frees up low-interest loans for rebuilding. live

i'm noreen turyn. we have a lot to cover today. 3 noreen tight we begin with an area we haven't seen a lot of- the cub creek area of appomattox county. mona kosar abdi joins us live with more on the recovery efforts there. mona? mona liveu the community response has been incredible. volunteers from all over have been helping clear the debris from homes---like this one-- severely damaged by the tornado. we have teachers and students from appomattox county high school. even players from the school's football team are out here to lend a helping hand. this tragedy has affected two of a look at what's left of ??'s 3 home. it has been reduced to rubble. but help has been coming in, from more ways than one. we caught up with dr. chris king the pastor of the evergreen baptist church who tells me donations have been pouring in."incue: we were just overwhelmed by...... outcue: over the next few days"mona liveu3 dr. king says at this time they do not need anymore perishable food donations. he says for those that w

noreen turyn has a special report coming up at 6:00. >> noreen: right. looking more specifically at the health benefits health benefits. i found a woman that has to do a lot of dog walking to keep her pups happy. the research that boils the health benefits down to doctor visits and dollar figures. >> we are not talking about a huge differential. one visit per person we are yearone visit per person we are year, but because health care costs have gotten so expensive, even that -- that marginal change represents a lot of dollars in our health care system. >> noreen: that research may have an impact on public policy find o >>> anywhere, coverage youan count on. >>> prosecutors say david eisenhauer and natalie keepers discussed the best way to kill 13-year-old nicole lovell before cutting her throat. just one of the new details that came out of a bond hearing for keepers this morning. she will remain in jail after a judge denied her bond. >> mark: annie andersen was at that hearing this morning. annie, what else did prosecutors say? >> reporter: well, prosecu

i'm noreen turyn. we're staying on top of the investigation of the death of nichola bell. police are holding a news conference at 2:00 today. there's no word on what they're going to reveal. we are still waiting autopsy results. no gun was used. lavelle's classmates have created memorials all over the school. they have left messages, drawings, and notes for nicole and her family and four of her friends created a sign that is now on display in the cafeteria. students will be wearing blue as far as the investigation, reporter abe ingram brings us up today on the developments. >> reporter: two virginia tech students behind bars held without bond in connection to the death of a 13-year-old girl from blacksburg, virginia. >> she was a typical little girl, talkative, friendly. she looked out for a lot of the younger kids that came in on the bus. just sweet. >> reporter: 18-year-old david high eisenhower charged with kidnapping and premeditated murder. nicole's mom telling the "washington post" police believe the 13-year-old matt eisenhower online. authorities believe on kick. ei

i'm noreen turyn. we begin with disturbing news out of rocky mount where police are trying to find out what led to the death of a newborn baby found in a dumpster late last night. annie anderson is digging into this for us and joins us live near where the baby was found. >> reporter: the baby was found here in one of the dumpsters at the blackwater in rocky mount. the police department got a call tuesday evening saying a woman had come in showing signs of just having a baby.police say that woman, 24-year-old catherine, denied having a baby. they found clues that lead them to believe the baby may have been put in one of these dumpsters. they searched them and found the body of a newborn baby. the baby appeared to be in its third trimester. police don't know if the baby was stillborn or died in a dumpster, but are hopeful they will know soon. >> we are expecting to get results pretty quickly. it is something we want to resolve quickly.>> reporter: depending on what the medical examiner finds, the mother

i am noreen turyn. we begin with the weather. there is a chance for flooding. let's head over to melissa le fevere in the weather center. still pretty soggy. >> melissa: that is right. it will continue through wednesday. it is pretty quiet right now. widespread rain continuing to push to the east, but not before dumping over half an inch in some areas. keep in mind we're looking at rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches. the heaviest rains set to arrive wednesday. that is where we are watching for flooding. an area flood watch in effect all the way for tomorrow night and cool. temperatures in the 40s across the board. again, heavy rain will arrive and even thunderstorms for wednesday afternoon. we will time everything out coming up. >>> fire overnight in roanoke has left one-person dead. roanoke fire and ems responded around 12:15 this morning to a multi- family residence in the 1600 block of wayne street. they could see smoke coming out of the building. they found one-person dead inside. they have not released an identity until family is notified.fire officials esti

. >>> this was handed to me from noreen turyn. it says due severe storm damage in appomattox county, the appomattox field office is without power and phones at this hour. they are not able to receive any emergency calls. 911 for your emergency until they are able to get the phone lines restored. the appomattox field office for virginia state police is without power and phone service at this hour. they are working to restore it. please call 911 if you need assistance. we have all of the latest at wset.com for you as you get your updates on the facebook and twitter pages as well. we will be checking back all hour along this keep you up to ng coverage you can count on. >> danner: if you were joining us, we sure did get hit by a big storm coming through our area this afternoon. we have wall-to-wall coverage. you are looking at a picture of 460 in appomattox are we are seeing some significant damage tonight. and then after the storm, there is a rainbow too. yourture sent this now. this a picture of interest that we are continuing to sh