Waching daily Apr 1 2017

WHEN WE LEARN MORE

DETAILS.

(BRANDI) WE HAVE LIVE

TEAM COVERAGE--

AS RECOVERY EFFORTS GET

UNDERWAY. CHIEF

METEOROLOGIST DON SLATER

HAS YOUR

UPDATED FORECAST. 10 ON

YOUR SIDE'S KARA DIXON

AND LAURA CASO

ARE TALKING TO CHESAPEAKE

AND VIRGINIA BEACH

RESIDENTS AS CLEAN-UP

AND REBUILDING BEGINS.

(BRANDI) OUR TEAM

COVERAGE TONIGHT BEGINS

IN CHESAPEAKE. AS PEOPLE

WORK TO CLEAN-UP FROM THE

STORM, CREWS FROM THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

WERE IN TOWN TO TRACK THE

TORNADO

AND IT'S DAMAGE. 10 ON

YOUR SIDE'S MARIELENA

BALOURIS

CAUGHT UP WITH THE CREW

TO LEARN HOW EXTENSIVE

THE DAMAGE IS.

(MARIELENA BALOURIS)

I SPOKE WITH SOMEBODY

FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE WHO TOLD ME

THAT THE WINDS LAST NIGHT

WERE GUSTING AT LEAST 130

MILES PER HOUR. AND THAT

WIND

DESTROYED PART OF THE

CHURCH, IT SNAPPED TWO

TREES IN HALF, DOWNED

MULTIPLE LIGHT POLES, AND

SPREAD DEBRIS ALL ACROSS

OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT TO

CLEAN UP.

SATURDAY MORNING THE

DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT.

CLEANING UP DEBRIS,

FIXING POWERLINES AND

EVEN TRACKING THE TORNADO

-- IT WAS A BUSY DAY.

JEFF ORROCK, NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE

OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD A

TORNADO SO WE'RE GOING

THROUGH TO TRY TO

DOCUMENT THE

DAMAGE, TRY TO SEE WHAT

TYPE OF STRUCTURES WERE

DAMAGE JEFF ORROCK FROM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD WAS

IN BOTH VIRGINIA

BEACH AND CHESAPEAKE

ASSESSING THE TORNADO AND

IT'S

DAMAGE. HE SAYS THE

STORM BEGAN IN NORTH

CAROLINA. IT COULD HAVE

TRACKED ALL THE WAY

THROUGH OUR AREA, BUT

INSTEAD IT TOUCHED DOWN A

FEW TIMES.

JEFF ORROCK, NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE

IT KEPT JUST, YOU KNOW,

TRYING TO SPIN UP A

TORNADO YOU KNOW EVERY 20

MINUTES OR SO, IT KEPT

CHESAPEAKE AND VIRGINIA

BEACH

ROBB BRAIDWOOD, THE

DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR

CHESAPEAKE, SAYS SIX

HOMES AND FOUR COMMERCIAL

BUILDINGS WERE IMPACTED

IN THE

TORNADO. THE CITY WAS

WORKING WITH A DRONE

COMPANY

TO RECORD THE DAMAGE.

ROBB BRAIDWOOD, DEPUTY

COORDINATOR OF

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR

CHESAPEAKE CLIP 0073

00;38;56;28 WERE TRYING

TO CAPTURE THAT VISUAL

FOR OUR CITIZENS, FOR THE

MEDIA, AND ALSO FOR OUR

ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THEY

HAVE

A VISION OF THE DAMAGE

OFFICIALS SAY THERE HAVE

NOT BEEN ANY

REPORTED INJURIES. BUT IF

THE TIMING WAS ANY

DIFFERENT,

WEATHER SERVICE

IF THERE WERE FOLKS IN

THAT SANCTUARY OR THAT

BIG OPEN AREA WHEN THAT

THING

COLLAPSED, IT WOULDVE

BEEN TOUGH TO SURVIVE

THAT (MARIELENA BALOURIS)

BOTH CHESAPEAKE AND

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE

HAPPY THE

ALERTS WENT OUT AS THEY

WERE SUPOSSED TO, AND

THAT PEOPLE SHELTERED

APPROPRIATELY. IN

CHESAPEAKE, I'M MARIELENA

BALOURIS,

TEN ON YOUR SIDE.

(BRANDI) OUR TEAM

COVERAGE CONTINUES IN

CHESAPEAKE WHERE OUR KARA

DIXON JOINS US LIVE.

KARA -- YOU'RE AT ONE OF

THE HARDEST HIT AREAS

WHERE THE SEVERE WEATHER

DESTROYED A CHURCH.

WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT

THERE NOW?

(KARA) BRANDI, PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN OUT HERE ALL

DAY

CLEANING UP THE REAL LIFE

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

DOMINION POWER IS ALSO

OUT HERE TRYING

TO RESTORE THE POWER

LINES. I SPOKE WITH THE

CHURCH'S EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR. HE SAYS NOW,

THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO

SALVAGE WHAT THEY CAN.

(KARA) THE EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR BRETT

COATES SAYS CHURCH

MEMBERS WERE INSIDE

PACKING MEALS FOR THE

HOMELESS ABOUT TWO

HOURS BEFORE THE TORNADO

HIT. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

THE CHURCH HAD JUST

COMPLETED AN ADDITIONAL

UPSTAIRS AREA A FEW

MONTHS

AGO. COATES SAYS AN ALARM

COMPANY CALLED HIM

YESTERDAY AFTER THE STORM

HIT SAYING THE SPRINKLER

SYSTEM WAS GOING OFF.

HE KNEW THAT IT WAS MORE

DEVASTATION, IT WAS STILL

INCREDIBLE

SEEING IT LAST NIGHT.

(BRETT COATES/EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR FOR REAL LIFE

CHRISTIAN CHURCH)

"I HAD WHAT IN MY MIND

WAS SOMEWHAT READY FOR IT

BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT,

IT'S HARD TO BE READY FOR

IT."

(KARA) COATES SAYS IT'S A

TOTAL LOSS AND IT

COULD TAKE THEM UP TO 16

MONTHS TO REBUILD AND

HOLD WORSHIP SERVICES

HERE AGAIN.

THEY SAY THEY'VE RECIEVED

OUTPOURING SUPPORT FROM

THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING

MONEY AND FOOD DONATIONS.

(KARA) TONIGHT AT 11,

HEAR HOW THEY PLAN ON

HOLDING THEIR SERVICES

FOR TOMORROW.

YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM A

NEIGHBOR WHO SAW THE

TORNADO RIP THROUGH THE

CHURCH.

IN CHESAPEAKE KARA DIXON

10 ON YOUR SIDE

(BRANDI) OUR TEAM

COVERAGE NOW TAKES US

LIVE TO VIRGINIA BEACH.

10 ON YOUR SIDE'S LAURA

CASO JOINS US IN

THE ROCK CREEK

NEIGHBORHOOD WERE SEVERAL

HOMES WERE DAMAGED.

LAURA, I'M SURE PEOPLE IN

THAT AREA HAVE BEEN

PRETTY BUSY.

(LAURA) BRANDI, I'M ON

MAGMA COURT IN VIRGINIA

BEACH AND TAKE A LOOK AT

THIS- THAT CONFIRMED

TORNADO RIPPED OFF PART

OF

THIS HOME - SO IT JUST

GOES TO SHOW THE STRENGTH

OF THAT TORNADO. RIGHT

HERE

YOU CAN SEE FENCES DOWN

AND SIDING TORN OFF

HOMES, SHINGLES RIPPED

OFF, WINDOWS

BLOWN OUT AND CARS

DESTROYED - ALL IN THIS

NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE

POLICE CARS BLOCKING ALL

TRAFFIC TOT THIS AREA

BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH

DEBRIS.