only chopper 10 is live above the damage in waverly. as the sun rises and we get more light throughout the morning, we'll be able to see better what the storms left behind. one of the hardest hit communities in virginia. we've seen damage all over waverly and sussex county. many houses are destroyed. we've seen roofs and walls ripped off businesses. there are damaged buildings along main street. overnight, dominion virginia power crews have been working to get power restored to thousands of people. keep it right here as we keep bringing you live our live team coverage of today's clean-up after severe weather from yesterday, continues with rico bush who's live in waverly this morning. rico, we saw a lot of damage yesterday just before the sun went down. how are things looking now? their residences, as first responders are going door-to-door overnight to make certain all residents are accounted for. town and county residents are asked to avoid travel overnight due to debris and downed trees in the roadways. previously reported: at approxi

previously reported: at waverly along route 40. a 50-year-old male, 26-year-old male and 2- year-old male were killed when their mobile home was destroyed in the storm. all three were found approximately 300 yards from the mobile home. the bodies were transported to the office of the medical examiner in norfolk for positive identification. state police are still working on next of kin notifications - no names will be released limits damaged as a result of this storm. there are no reports of any missing persons. there were reports in the area of seeing a funnel cloud, but there has been no official declaration of it being a tornado. a second band of storm warnings are moved fortunately no additional storm damage or injuries. possible tornado cuts path of destruction through appomattox county appomattox co., va. - appomattox county was severely impacted wednesday (feb. 24) by a reported funnel cloud that left an 8-10 mile path of destruction in its wake. at this hour, we want to take you live waverly from chopper 10. the best way to

waverly damage jason mobile homes and lifted back up. very scary moments yesterday as people ran very scary moments yesterday as people ran for cover. the national wakefield tweeted, they will have survey teams assess the damage from yesterday's storms to confirm if any tornadoes touched down. we were here all afternoon warning you about the danger. as we said, 3 people in waverly died in their mobile home, including a 2-year-old boy. now, the community that was hit the hardest, has to start putting the pieces back together. this morning, we have live team coverage of what the storm left behind. rico bush is in waverly. jen lewis is keeping us up-to-date on the roads. but we start in the super doppler weather center and meteorologist jeremy wheeler. jeremy, you said this was going to happen. can we expect any more severe weather today? ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. mild, but windy. highs will be in the upper 50s. winds west 15-25mph with gusts up to 35mph. tonight: partly cloudy. lows will be in the upper 30s. win

don: and for those in waverly, or are going to help in waverly, lots of times we see people hurt in the cleanup action because they've stepped on nails and also overexerting you do want to watch out for those of you. plus, we have a secondary line of thunderstorms that will be moving in, adding insult to injury and areas open to the elements are going to get drenched coming up in the next couple hours towards the waverly area. again, not many people watching us at this point from that area because they're all very busy but if you are watching us from the waverly area, you might want to pass the word around there's a line of thunderstorms that will be moving on in. we examine what's going on. we go to waverly and show you the storm and here's where things are right now and where things were. just after the storm hit, 2:42 in the afternoon, it hit about 2:30 and again you see the area towards the waverly area and basically at 2:42 it was moving on towards western suri county on up into here is where the tornado was located and developed very, very rapidly. and in the hampton roads cities

for those in when there is andrew wakefield in waverly. generally the strong winds even close to the coasts he's seen some wins up around forty ml check the ones for you here just a moment tomorrow and saturday will see the winds gradually easing up in is going to be mostly sunny but it's going to be chilly with those temperatures down in four days a gust of forty one mph there you can see an emporia augusta thirty one rich man with a gust to thirty eight the same ron peters person still some very gusty winds wakefield which is very close to waverly about ten twenty four mph so the grass. most recently reported. i guess also to forty dental is missy and upper thirties and oceania. right now virginia beach reporting fifty five degrees most air is pretty close to fifty that's where we are at the airport west the coming twelve hours to enter the old city and then fall off skies will clear you can see we don't and any precipitation rain storm in a story about here there are some areas of snow back over the amount going out to the last for toda

the tornado began a few miles south- southwest of waverly...moving fast through the town of waverly...and ending about five miles north- northeast of waverly. max operation blessing sent a small team from their disaster relief crew out this morning, mostly to offer emotional support to those who have lost loved earlier we showed you the video only chopper ten can give you -- an aeriel view of tornado damage in waverly -- now we have a unique -- side by side comparison -- the storm also brought damage to other parts of our state. this is video from appomattox county where a fourth person was killed. a 78 year old man died when his home was tornado. officials report about a hundred buildings were damaged. one man who has lived in the area for fifty years told our sister station -- w-s- l-s -- he has never seen anything like this in his entire life. 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

mcauliffe will also assess the damage in waverly and essex county. response to wednesday's severe weather. one person died in the storm and seven others were hurt. county administrator susan adams says there are about 100 damaged buildings with at least 40 of those severely damaged. mcauliffe will damage in waverly and essex county. response to wednesday's severe weather. one person died in the storm and seven others were hurt. county administrator susan adams says there are about 100 damaged buildings with at least 40 of those severely damaged. mcauliffe will also assess the damage in waverly and essex county. response to wednesday's severe weather. one person died in the storm and seven others response to wednesday's severe weather. one person died in the storm and seven others were hurt. county administrator susan adams says there are about 100 damaged buildings with at least 40 of those severely damaged. mcauliffe will also assess the damage in waverly and essex county. response to wednesday's severe weather. one person died in the storm and seve

down in waverly. max wind speed: 100-110 mph. max path width: 300 yards. path length: 9 miles. after a very, very long wednesday in the weather department, we have been relentless! we will be tracking sustained winds at 15 to 25 mph, gusting up to 35 mph at times through the back into the upper-30s. it'll remain windy all night, into your friday. a northwest breeze and highs only in the upper- now to a developing story-- we've following in hampton since last year. the trial for a woman accused of killing her son-- and traveling with his body in the trunk of car-- is set for september. tonya slaton faced a judge on a second degree murder charge. 10 on your side's brandi cummings was there today, as attorneys from both sides spoke about the case-- for the first time. with wrist and ankle cuffs, tonya slaton circuit court for an arraignment. she didn't say a word as attorneys discussed her case with the judge. tonya slaton spent a short time in court after a long investigation that began last year during

an ef-1 tornado touched down in waverly. max wind speed: 100-110 mph. max path width: 300 yards. governor terry mcauliffe has made state resources available for cleanup efforts across virginia. today, he toured three of the hardest hit areas: waverly, tappahannock, and appomattox county. between them -- four people died. mcauliffe says his heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones. he says it's hard to imagine how people rode out the storm, but he knew he had to see the aftermath for himself. c0028 1644 i think it's important to come down and see what actually is needed to make sure we can get the state and federal resources in here as fast as possible 1651 inspectors are still trying to calculate the financial losses, millions. let's take you to appomattox county. a tornado cut a path nearly ten-miles-wide. one person died and more than half a dozen others were hurt. and at least one tornado hit the town of tappahannock in essex county. the newport news fire department even sent its hazmat team to help. we haven't he

pieces in waverly today. where those hardest hit by the storm are finding help. 50-54 if it wasn't for my husband i wouldn't be here i'm so blessed to be here plus - hear how this couple survived when a tornado hit their home in essex county. 5-14 "its horrible he came back inside and just started shooting it didn't matter who it was no specific target just shooting anyone that got in his way." what we're learning about the gunman who carried out a deadly attack on his co-workers. yesterday we showed you the perspective only chopper ten can give. today -- wavy's drone ten flew over some of the damage -- offering an even closer look -- after wednesday's tornado left a nine mile path of destruction -- killing three people -- and destroying homes and businesses in waverly. it will take folks in waverly a long time to clean up. today -- volunteers with the red cross were in town offering help with food and water. others are working to find shelter for dozens of people displaced by the matt gregory spent the day i

most young guys all wear and in waverly right now just outside of downtown waverly i told you guys about the significant damage there to some of the buildings with lots of brick and debris just flown all over the place a little bit further out i mean take a look at this damage this over here. this was a laundromat nothing but washers and dryers out here at this point the damage is incredible an entire brick building was demolished by this a little further over there's a trailer you can see i've been totally demolished by this said the storm as well just a lot of debris can see people out here coming out of their homes really just in shock at this point i did speak with a lot of people out here they say they're really just in shock at this point on they say that it is the sound of the storm sounded like a train or trailer coming at them actually spoken to take i spoke with a gentleman who was inside of his car as at the force of it actually lifted his car up he said he was terrified he didn't know was going on. luckily he made it out alive and was able to speak with us again. you can see

our coverage of the waverly tornado continues at six. picking through the rubble trying to put their lives back together by people or waverly are recovering after a deadly tornado ripped through their town. that twister just one of many reported in virginia last night the governor declaring a state of emergency as the community rebels studies now will be there every step of the way tonight we haven't seen in waverly anchor jenna roach is in the field leading our and she's live with more on the destruction in waverly david and regina the hot most heartbreaking part about this entire thing the deaths of three people one minute everything is normal and then the next minute just widespread destruction and and and just tragedy in their town of waverly is really doing a good job trying to rally behind this large family i got a chance to speak to a couple of family members. earlier today but is really really tough family members tell us that fifty year old larry turner is one of the one who is deceased twenty six year old divide springfield and

you can see it lifting right through the waverly area. deirdre and mentioned that we are still not done with this. i want to show you what is going on in terms of the thunderstorms. the ones to the west of raleigh-durham and well to the rest of richmond -- to the west of richmond, these are likely to be toward emporia. toward the franklin area by about 6:30, toward downtown closer to 7:00. just between useful center, 7:20, 7:30. toward the ocean front, closer to 8:00 as they continue to move east-northeastward. williamsburg area, around; 15 or 7:10. downtown newport news, about the same. 7:25 or 7:30 four hampton through portions of the proposed area. the areas that we did see of strong thunderstorms, we still have a warning in effect from mathews county, but that is going to be moving off. shortly. this is the area that moved right on through. oyster point, parts of the south side, and moved on up into mathews county. i will stop motion on this. really, that is the only area left. read arts, matthews, conditions have improved pretty rapi

an ef-1 tornado touched down in waverly. max wind speed: 100-110 mph. max path width: 300 yards. path length: 9 miles. after a very, very long wednesday in the weather department, we have been tracking (somewhat) quieter conditions today. i say somewhat because the wind was/is relentless! we will be tracking sustained winds at 15 to 25 mph, gusting up to 35 mph at times through the evening hours! overnight, expect decreasing clouds with temperatures dropping it'll remain windy all night, into your friday. we'll close out the week with some scattered clouds tomorrow. it will be noticeably cooler with a northwest breeze and highs only in the upper- 40s. expect nice, dry conditions this weekend. highs will be in the mid-40s on saturday, then we'll trade highs in the 40s for highs in the next week. believe it or not - no rain in the forecast until in the forecast until next wednesday. we have extended coverage on wavy dot com. we've posted all our chopper video, photos and more. a 78-year-old man died and seven other people were

describe me what i'm saying. >> it used to be the waverly want -- waverly laundromat. >> when you look at it, and all you see is the frame, what is that like? >> it is sad. as a kid, i grew up and watched a lot of close at the laundromat. it is very sad. tom: this is what used to be the waverly laundromat. moments ago we showed you how the storm started -- turned into a viewer posted this picture to our facebook page. we have been gathering your pictures and been posting them in a special gallery on wavy.com. nicole: and appomattox, -- in appomattox, we learned another person had died there. that means it killed four people. troopers say they have not identified the person nor the three victims from our area. a 50 euro, 26-year-old, and a two-year-old were in a mobile home. we will let you know as soon as we have more information. tom:nicole: it has been a busy night. the signal reminder to tell people that we are required to stay on the air when we had these warnings. don: it is the right thing to do. nicole: absolutely. don: we are talking about lives. it is very unusual for last to

state troopers do expect will survive or live in waverly. brian carroll thirteen years now i don't know the situation we're keeping an eye on a tree felling a home in northern new port news turning the blow is on the scene and really what's the situation there right now right now and when i was in the home as been evacuated. thankfully nobody was hurt when this tree came crashing down on a back bedroom of the take a look behind you can see a portion of that back bedroom several tree limbs on top of the house some of the siding from the house actually ripped from the rest of the house and i spoke to the people who live here they small children in the home and two adults and those two adults happen to be in that exact back bedroom when all this and they say they heard a loud a loud snap and what they thought was their shed but ended up being the strain in all this and their ceiling came crashing in on them and so to do that tree and i that time that the man of the house tells me he ran straight up to the front of the home nature that the child

kelly is in waverly surveying the damage. cleanup efforts underway in waverly. there is still a lot of debris across the small town of 2300 people-- including right along the main road and the side streets. power crews are also working to restore electricity to structures that are still standing. a state of emergency remains in effect for virginia. governor mcauliffe will tour waverly within the next hour. stay with wavy news 10 and wavy.com for updates all afternoon. hour. stay with wavy news 10 and wavy.com for the view from above the damage in waverly gives a greater understanding of the despair. we sent chopper 10 up early this morning to show you what the tornado left behind. 10 on your side's anita blanton is here to guide us through the images captured through our lens. anita? don and katie it's heartbreaking any time we hear of a loss of life. and of course here in waverly we know there were three including a child. but when you take a look at this kind of damage you know there could have easily been more. chopper 10 was there as the sun was starting to

let's go over to on a leash on who has up some pictures of some of the damage in waverly and lisa and jeff was talking about the power the force needed to flip a car that's right in here that picture once again this is such a powerful image because it really gives you an idea of the destruction and all the damage that the storm has caused you can see that that car right there completely turned over. here's another look a wider look at the scene and you can see all of that image right there now i'm monitoring facebook and twitter. if you happen to be in that area and it's safe to do so please share your the word out there and um you guys informed of the damage and everything going on other symmetry hashtag thirteen storm and with those pictures i think lisa let's check in now with paula miller from the virginia department of transportation paula what are you hearing about conditions in waverly tonight looks like he was traded from our cruise that we're hearing from the scene right now we're all facing a lot of downed trees and power lines in that area so people need to steer clear of r

a tornado hits waverly leaving behind miles of leveled homes and downed trees. one family's greatest loss of three lives including a young boy even though we knew that we gain back what we understand a family in waverly is mourning right now after two man and a two year old boy died in yesterday's tornado last night storm through fifty year old larry turner twenty six year old year old ian lewis from their mobile home. the devastation that ef one tornado left behind you see some of it right there is difficult to comprehend house is completely torn apart and trees up. we are dedicating nearly all our resources into covering this big story. our reporters are talking to survivors in our meteorologists are assessing the damage we start our team coverage tonight with thirteen is now anchored weight for hire and jayden day that i am midway really i'm on main street right in the middle of the towel. lots of devastation here on main street to go down the street or a little bit turned the corner on to mayfield you see a lot of destruction interesting story i want to shar

it's going to be a long night for crews here in waverly. it looks like the dark clouds are moving in so we might be getting prepared for round two. we will have the latest coming tom: nicole: our severe weather coverages -- continues online and on air. we will break in as necessary. wavy.com has complete coverage right now. tom: have our apps loaded on your phone if you will be out tonight in case the power goes out. don: round two will be headed our way. individual storms are moving northeastward. the entire line is continuing to press eastward so you can see these individual storms continue. here's one moving into the petersburg area. there are warnings associated with these, tornado warnings white as much in north carolina. between 7:00, 7:30 through about 10:00 this evening we will still see this line marching through. there we are at 7:00, there is where we are at 8:00, on 29:00, right over the heart of the hampton roads cities. by 10:00 it's showing signs of moving out to sea and it's mostly moved out by 11:00 tonight. 48 on friday, 4

rico bush is in waverly. jen lewis is keeping us up-to-date on the roads. but we start in the super doppler weather center and meteorologist jeremy wheeler. jeremy, you said this was going to happen. can we expect any more severe weather today? ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. mild, but windy. highs will be in the upper 50s. winds west 15-25mph with gusts up to 35mph. lows will be in the upper 30s. winds west 10-20mph. friday: mostly sunny. highs will be in the upper 40s. winds nw of upper level wind energy in the region as well as warm/humid air. so there were numerous reports of severe weather. today we will dry out behind the cold front, but conditions will still be windy. winds will gust up to 35mph out of the west. clearnup efforts. we'll have fair skies today with highs in the 50s. we'll be dry going into the weekend. it will be cool on friday and saturday, but we will warm up on sunday. dry for the

>> that used to be the waverly laundromats. it is said because as a kid i watched a lot close on that laundromat. i hope no one was in there when it came through. it is very sad. used to be the waverly laundromat. we showed you how the storm turned it into a pile of rubble. many view our helping us. nicole: we have been gathering the pictures and posted them on a gallery on wavy.com. >> a man with a plan, don slaten e air. nicole: it has been a busy day for our super doppler weather team. don: we have been busy. jeremy was busy this morning. a very long day. very unusual to get this kind of weather in february. it does happen. but to see fatalities, it is really unusual. it is -- has been years since we had seen that happen. here's what is going on. all kinds of warnings all day long. around 1:00 this afternoon, very northwards. basically across you turn north carolina on 30 year. that one loan -- on through here. that one loan thunderstorm, we saw thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings all over the place. huge amounts of w

can see it's just a mile or two up the road the storm started just to the south west of waverly as we've already reported was an ef one tornado winds of one hundred one hundred and ten that's the very top end of the ef one range held another five mph it would have been a low ef two tornado which is considered a strong tornadoes so this was right and almost on the border of being a strong tornado just south west of waverly cross literally right over very close to the route forty interchange there with for sixty point nine miles it started to thirty one and a two forty one sows on the ground for ten minutes travel nine miles from mbs they were tracking all these in about fifty five mph that works out almost exactly to that number the past three hundred yards wide and as we just said the winds up to one hundred and ten. it finally lifted just to the east of huntington road a little bit west the cars lead just savage that's the latest on the path with more information. let's hear about it a little bit more now from ie sure we've been assessing the damage add the entire morning and into the a

lawsuit pending against the city will have more on that coming up at six recovery efforts under way in waverly right now after a tornado ripped through the small town the mayor just gave an update a couple hours ago and here are the highlights thirty seven people are without a place to stay tonight nineties five percent of the town's power's back on and a seven o'clock curfew is in place the f one tornado killed two men at a two year old child the loss is emotionally draining on in waverly with more on how the village and here is what the scene looks like today you can see they were able to get a lot of it cleaned up but there is still a lot of debris and personal belongings scattered about you know the feeling out here today was a little bit different. yesterday everyone was still in shock. there was a sense of helplessness but today there was really a sense of hope. we saw so many people coming together to support one another and comfort to families who lost their loved ones the terrific sometimes in tragedy. these people have lost a lot and i have a lot together we see the best in people wi

wakefield esophagus close to thirty mph so my concern again with some of the damage at towards the waverly and up around the peninsula we've seen s se down. you know if you have some debris that stuff can still blow around cleanup efforts can be a little hampered by the really breezy conditions so the last folks to be super careful today the fifties close to the coast via forties and one and as we take a look here you can see the winds west southwest at fourteen mph. we will see those occasional hired the skies are clearing the day will see temperatures dipping into the upper forties before getting back into the mid to upper fifties this afternoon when the full forecast more sunshine to a temperatures are going to be in a rebound early next week let's check in now with ashley for a look at the ride all right craig when to do a quick live look i should say the midtown tunnel just want to give you that live look now as we had our camera here's the fifty eight eastbound traffic we can call it a couple of cars out there right now making their way to the midtown tunnel and into norfolk beers ar

that slammed the state yesterday which left four people dead governor terry mcauliffe plans to visit waverly and apartments today two of the areas that were hits the hardest. the governor state of emergency declaration allows state agencies to devote the resources to the storm response and recovery and the severe weather left a path of death and destruction cleanup efforts will resume today in waverly after a tornado watch that just tore through that town killing three people and leaving extensive damage. elise brown joins us there live with more on the aftermath of the efforts now underway elise good morning honoring the seniors tornado causing devastating damage for people here we really take a look at this tire shop right behind lots of other debris over there siting down there's also big puddle right in front a devastating damage over here more than fifty national guard soldiers are sent to ride this morning to help people when the cleanup efforts overnight a few more on curfew here and we are really well first responders and started some of those cleanup efforts and went door to door ma

an ef-1 tornado touched down in waverly. max wind speed: 100-110 mph. max path width: 300 yards. path length: 9 miles. tonight: decreasing clouds. lows: upper-30s. winds: w 10-20 mph. mostly sunny. cool. service's storm survey mph. max path width: 300 governor terry mcauliffe has made state resources available for cleanup efforts across virginia. today, he toured three of waverly, tappahannock, appomattox county. between them -- four people died. mcauliffe says his heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones. he says it's hard to imagine how people rode out the storm, but he see the aftermath for himself. c0028 1644 i think it's federal resources in here as possible 1651 the governor says inspectors are still trying to calculate the financial losses, millions. appomattox county. nearly ten-miles-wide. one person died and more than half a dozen others were hurt. and at least one tornado hit the town of tappahannock in essex county. the newport news fire department even sent its hazmat team to help. we haven't heard of an

and it ds, the town of waverly. so this video that we've been showing you behind me, it does indicate that it was a very significant tornado as sue showed us many other tornado reports acrosser virginia she'll have a full wrap-up in the main weather segment. tony. >> caityln, thank you very muc much. "fox5" annieu is on her way down to pave arely. she'll bring us cover range 4:25 on "fox5"muz morning. >> meanwhile "fox5" is in montgomery county where a man had to be rescued from his own home after a wall collapsed during the storm. marina morocco, how is that man doing tonight? >> he's going to be okay, sarah, that's the good news in all this firefighters have to first check stability of house before they can get in to get him out. you cannot tell anything happened to the home. there is a bright orange sign on the front porch that says do not enter and there's several stickers throughout the home. but it was not until roommate dialed 91 after the basement wall collapsed and they found that man in the basement and he

moved on through the waverly area. after that we did end up seeing some scattered thunderstorms in the hampton roads area that surprisingly survived. really, we had cloud cover and rain over the hampton roads cities and thunderstorms which were over eastern north carolina which developed basically right on into here. we expected them to fizzle out but strengthened. so very, very unusual weather situation. they developed into a shape like that for this one and more than elongated shape from east of franklin and on to the peninsula and those areas moved on through with some very, very strong winds. we saw that tree down there. right now we have an area off to the west that is still creating some problems. and this thing is moving eastward at about 45 miles an hour and is likely to move on into the region the next several hours and will be in southern virginia beach by 8:30 in on and tag it here as it moves east-northeast ward and again likely will be towards franklin about 7:00,down town suffolk 7:20 and the downtown nor

this is a horrible situation in waverly. the process to clean up to get it back in order is underway. michelle: thank you for sharing their stories for us. we want to remind you when severe weather h phone and the tablets charged. we provide live updates on all platforms. you just need a cellular connection. after shooting on green line train and violence on metro. major changes to hope to make you feel safe. what you will soon see coming up. getting a liquor license is nearly impossible. how it could change a small michelle: tonight the remaining republican candidates for president will take the stage again in a debate before super tuesday. donald trump is the front runner and some think he can clear a path to the nomination but he has to get through senator ted cruz on cruz's home turf. chief political correspondent scott thuman is in houston for the debate. what should we look for tonight? if trump makes it through this does it say about others in the race and their what strategy should they look for? scott: they will nee

worse after they've gotten here better in the very short term guys are a thank you we need to get to waverly now and that's where we are told two people died during the storm or seller robertson joins us now on the phone and marcellus at the scene for us there right now you know i remember when i got the waverly over downtown on and what we saw was a lot of devastation i mean i when you first come in down town to get behind the brick had been called off of the storefront there were tens of tons of the street on the sidewalks are either leaving a ton of debris hanging in the power line item you want the power of our yearly really what we had a first call that that was it was kind of fury the sun was shining everything can be ok in one hundred items of this further into waverly is that when you start to see all of the dna and a massive amount of first responders our job like that which we knew people we know where that comes with the result of a dork i can tell you it isn't so thinking that we want to live in frederick. we were told we are now at pushing where the mold halfway i can tell you r

extent of her injuries are we are praying and hoping for a speedy recovery for her reporting live in waverly and jimmy me thirteen years now yes making about what jimmy lee was just talking about there are about eight people in waverly who were injured and were told that their injuries are non life threatening so eight people injured three people dead state police they say that the damage was confined within a three mile radius alicia scott has more analysis on the actual tornado that hit it had been an emotional day here and waverly virginia and we've been looking at the damage caused by what is now a confirmed tornado. i wanna show you some of the damage that we've been saying here's sure exactly what is in the barn but the top is still intact. the bottom not so much completely destroyed also be the walk over this way women think pieces of homes out here and even then this is sliding from one of the homes off to my right there's three homes actually there to my right i think the large abandoned homes because we didn't see or evidence of anyone living there but we've got siding out here fro

until then live in waverly, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. >> in waverly the clean-up is going on. there is heavy machinery to pick up the tree to move them out of the roads to make their pay through here. waverly was not the only community hard hit. in appomattox let me show you drone video. this is the best way for the van tage point of the damage that was done. swath of damage from the tornado that touched down in appomattox was a deadly tornado. it killed a 78-year-old man in the area. >> everybody knows somebody that is affected by it. >> brad has more. this is the western branch of the river that is up and over the water street. this is a little bit over the road. massive water coming down this creek. we saw what a little water can do. tonight we are hearing the terrifying 911 calls made after the collapse. >> i heard a tremendous crash. >> it had to be terrifying. knees trapped. >> the fire captain recounting the frantic rescue happening after last night's furious storm rolled through the silver spring neighborhood. >> the rain was so hard. we were really scared. in his base

lisa brown is live in waverly this morning with a look at the aftermath. good morning andrea lo see a lot of damage out here i'm holding looks to be a part of the roof and another part of it is actually holding on. on top of this poll right behind me. it's laying on the pole in part of the wires is very windy windy out here so that is dangling looks like it could fall at any moment again a lot of damage out here looks just like this across we really were told that around fifty or fifty or more soldiers are on their way to this area to help with some of the clean up effort to do an overnight residents were told today they were how to be on a curfew so that people here could first responders could check on them make sure that they were okay and that they can also check on not using those do know unfortunately three people did pass away as a result of this storm out they were told they were in their mobile home as the storm hit that they were found three hundred yards away from that home again we're told the governor will be here this morning and we will keep

four people in virginia died, including 3 in waverly. mcauliffe says his heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones. c0028 1644 i think it's important to come down and see what actually is needed to make sure we can get the state and federal resources in here as fast as possible 1651 the governor says inspectors are still trying to calculate the financial losses, but it's well into the millions. many of you asked, "how can i help." coming up in our next can do to assist the victims. parking problems. coming up, what one city is doing about a lack of spaces, and a fight between workers, tourists and homeowners. plus, the latest about that deadly workplace shooting in kansas. what the local sheriff is saying about the rampage and the suspected gunman. and another republican fight on center stage. days before the big super tuesday primary, find out who's coming to campaign. hi dad. uh huh. yeah...sorry about that. think about it there must be higher love down in the heart what do you think? and in the stars above hi ted, glad you coul

what are you seeing in waverly? witnesses say the tornado came out of nowhere and as fast as it came, it was gone. it started in the southwest, came through this field, snapped this power pole, and slammed this house before continuing to town, everything in its path destroyed. by the time it lifted off the ground, three people were dead. >> we hear tornado, tornado. going off. sam: this man was working on the railroad when he heard a tornado alert 90 seconds before the storm touched down in front of him. >> everything is gone, everything is gone. came up over the small town of waverly, virginia, mother nature's fury was evident. dryers in this laundromat were tossed like toys. the path of destruction ripped the side of this home out and blew out windows on main street, before it moved out of town. it killed three people in this mobile home, including a two-year-old child. town,is very sad for this a small town like us. >> it was almost like something out of a movie. sam: back to work railroad, but with a new perspec

we first heard reports of tornado near waverly 3 p.m. this afternoon on 460 like i said small community in southeastern virginia southwest of williamsburg and this video is all courtsey of that town where you see the branches and all the debris strewn about in the streets. like i said there's three confirmed fatalities and at least five structures within the town is reported as damage damaged. although when you take a look at this the video you can tell it's just much more than those five homes. all right. due to the significant debris both route 460 and 40 heading into up to are impassable. reports of flooding and high water coincide with tornado damage and they have flash flooding concerns of their own. virginia state police have been responding to the scene since this afternoon and you governor mc callive issued a state of emergency for whoa state of virginia. that does include the town of waiverly. it was under a tornado warping. all this video shows you why the national weather service issues tornado warnings. this is typical tornad

you back to waverly nicole: back now with more from waverly. what is next for the tightknit community? who you ask. everyone has been affected differently. workplaces are silent as people get ready to continue cleanup efforts on the next day, of the fact remains three people lost their lives in this tragedy, and in a small town of 23 hundred, that's a huge price to pay. of course, there is hope. $11 million of damage was done in waverly. the governor will be asking for federal help to come in and get the town back on its feet, but it will be the residents themselves that will pick up the pieces as they continue to clean up from this disaster yesterday afternoon. our coverage continues on wavy-tv 10, fox 43, and here again at 11:00. more pictures from the scene and how you can help. and have news and weather apps ready for anything that happens. and now we want to switch to pictures from chopper 10, because they really tell the story. pictures from the air flying over random houses that were destroyed by this force of nature. this illustrates ho

when a suspected tornado tore through the town of waverly. in appomatox county... a funnel cloud left an 8- to 10-mile path of destruction... killing one man whose home in evergreen was destroyed. state police say seven people people were injured... two seriously. we have live team coverage this morning... erin brookshier is in appomatox with a look at the damage and how people are recovering this morning. but we start with storm team ten meteorologist kristina montuori.. kristina.. the storms may be gone... but now we're dealing today will be mostly cloudy and cooler with highs in the however, our west va. counties and counties boarding west va. will see scattered light snow showers. the wind will be a huge factor. we could have gusts over 50 mph, especially in our highest elevations west of the blue ridge parkway. the saturated ground along with the high wind fall. friday will start windy. the wind will gradually weaken through friday evening. temperatures will top out in the lower 40s. saturday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s. sunday will be mos

four people in virginia died, including 3 in waverly. mcauliffe says his heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones. many of you have been asking, how you can help. the red cross says one of the best things to do is donate money so victims can buy what they need. and if you have time, you can also volunteer. whatever your skillset is please call us because we have a spot for you we're always looking for volunteers even doing what i do in public relations we're constantly in need of that many of you are already getting involved. virginia beach-based operation blessing sent a team from their disaster relief crew out yesterday. the virginia national guard is also stepping in. dozens of soldiers helped with the clean up in essex county. that's where one person the guard says they're ready to call in more people if necessary. parking problems. coming up, what one city is doing about a lack of spaces, and a fight between workers, tourists and homeowners. plus, the latest about that deadly workplace shooting in kansas. what the local sher

four people in virginia died, including the 3 in waverly. we're learning more about the 3 people in waverly. 26-year-old devine house with his 2-year-old nephew, ian boyfriend, 50-year-old larry turner. they were in a mobile foundation and landed several yards away. many of you have been asking, how you can help. the red cross says one of the best things to do is donate money so victims can buy what they need. and if you have time, you can also volunteer. whatever your skillset is please call us because we have a spot for you we're always looking for volunteers even doing what i do in public relations we're constantly in need of that many of you are already getting involved. virginia beach-based operation blessing sent a team from their disaster crew out yesterday. the virginia national guard is also stepping in. dozens of guardsmen helped with the clean up in essex county. that's where one person died. the director of the guard says they're ready to call in more people if necessary. and take a look at this video we put together after. on yo

four people in virginia died, including 3 in waverly. mcauliffe says his heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones. c0028 1644 i think it's important to come down and see what actually is needed to make sure we can get resources in here as fast as possible 1651 the governor says inspectors are still trying to calculate the financial losses, but it's well into the millions. many of you asked, "how can i help." coming up in our next half our, hear from the red cross about what you can do to assist the victims. parking problems. coming up, what one city is doing about a lack of spaces, and a fight between workers, tourists and homeowners. plus, the latest about that deadly workplace shooting in kansas. what the local sheriff is saying about the rampage gunman. and another republican fight on center stage. days before the big super tuesday primary, find out who's coming to hampton roads to campaign. and in case you're just joining us, we're following breaking of norfolk. officials say a woman died in a the ocean view neighborhood. sev

as in waverly the residents of appomattox, virginia, cleaning up. no one was killed there by the storm but two dozen people were hurt and 15 buildings including a church for destroy ed. >> one second i was on the porch. the next i was coming out of the ravine here. >> many residents of the area spent last night in the middle school while authorities made sure no one was trapped. authorities now say all residents are accounted for. >> the trees toppled and damaged the cars and the fences along the way. kevin lewis continues a team coverage. >> winds topple it would trees. the i silo bore the bunt of the damage. >> you can see the blocks and stuff. >> th sounded like a 747 landing on the road. unbelievable. >> ten on ten. i'm business. >> this reminds me of the mount st. helen. this could have been somebody's house. >> the tin roof of the dairy barn went airborne. landing here right there. alison: stay connected with the stormwatch7 team when severe weather strikes. leon: severe weather causing problems in chicago. the cars got stuck in the snow. more

and rebuilding waverly. days after a deadly tornado tore through the town -- volunteers are coming together to get the people back on their feet. and today we )re hearing from the family who lost their loved ones. plus -- virginia becomes a hotbed of presidential politics ahead of tuesday )s primary. meanwhile some candidates who are hoping to win your vote boiled over in houston during last night s debate. good evening and welcome to newschannel three at six. i m beverly kidd. and i m kurt williams. nearly every candidate remaining in the race for president is visiting the commonwealth ahead of tuesday )s primary -- known nationally as super tuesday. and in the last republican debate before virginians head to the polls many of the

they re asking anyone who knows what people in waverly need -- to call their office. we have all that information on our website at w-t-k-r dot-com. i m kelly rule, newschannel 3. turning to the weather -- it was a nice start to the weekend -- taking a live look outside.... it has been a chilly day -- but things will be warming up tomorrow. first warning meterologist dominic brown has the latest -- more sunshine and warm temps....get ready for quite a warm up. on sunday, high temperatures will climb into the mid 60s under mostly sunny skies. we )ll keep the 60s in the forecast for monday and tuesday, too. even be in 70s early in the week. a weak cold front will move in monday, mainly producing a few more clouds and possibly a stray shower. we )ll see partly cloudy skies. eventually, the clouds will increase ahead of a cold front. that front will slide in wednesday, giving way to showers and a few thunderstorms. highs will be near 60 on wednesday, then fall into the lower 50s by thursday. then, by the end of next week, our weather could get a bit interesting. depending