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Below you will find web links for some great information about tornadoes. Be sure to check them out. This is Virginia’s first Severe Weather Awareness Week, with our statewide tornado drill Tuesday morning. Virginia's annual tornado drill is Tuesday morning March 16th (Source: Virginia Department of Emergency Services) Tornado Web Links (compiled by the NWS and Virginia Department of Emergency… → Read More
Dole has issued a voluntary recall of its Endless Summer salad kit because it isn’t labeled properly for allergens. → Read More
Early data from Virginia schools suggest that more students are struggling academically as the majority of divisions continue to operate totally or partially remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Casting his climate policy as a jobs plan, President Joe Biden left out important context and used fuzzy math when he announced sweeping new green initiatives that he says will boost the U.S. economy with the creation of 1 million new auto jobs. → Read More
Members of Congress inside the House chamber were told by police to put on gas masks after tear gas was dispersed in the Capitol Rotunda amid skirmishes by supporters of President Donald Trump → Read More
The female koala was removed from the home and is now climbing a tree outside. → Read More
The New Jersey teacher is one of 50 people Mazda is honoring with a special edition MX-5 Miata. → Read More
An increasing number of parents are looking for alternatives to virtual learning, leading to an alarming drop in public school enrollment nationwide. → Read More
Walmart’s “Black Friday Deals for Days” sale has been underway for weeks, but the retailer is about to kick it up a notch. → Read More
The most recent calf of April the giraffe — which was over a year-and-a-half old — has died unexpectedly Tuesday during a veterinary examination. → Read More
Workers closed one of the last floodgates surrounding New Orleans as residents braced for the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season. → Read More
A Cool start to the week, then slowly warming. But the rain chance stays away for a while. → Read More
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The astonishingly busy Atlantic Hurricane season of 2020 continues as we have exhausted the standard list and are now into the Greek alphabet with subtropical storm Alpha near Portugal. Here’s a refresher on the official named storms we’ve seen so far: Named storms have run through the initial list (Source: National Hurricane Center (NHC)) Now names have moved into the… → Read More
Two potential tropical storms will keep us busy in the next week. → Read More
Authorities said a Miami police officer’s wife died after getting trapped in the backseat of his patrol vehicle for hours in the Florida heat. → Read More
Starbucks released all of its fall favorites earlier than ever this year. → Read More
Security at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport recently stopped a Rockingham County man from bringing a loaded handgun onto an airplane. → Read More
Within the next two weeks, officials will determine the fate of the pit bull. → Read More
Police say Cheyanne Hardison was reported missing around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 22. → Read More
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Flooding rainfall Saturday over southern parts of the metro Richmond area, with amounts of 5-9″, was not seen as copiously at our official data site at Richmond Airport. Nevertheless the amounts continue to add up impressively. As of 10am Monday the addition to the tally since midnight has been 0.50″ bringing our monthly total to 14.84″. This ranks as the 2nd wettest… → Read More