The snow is still falling in our area, causing power outages, traffic accidents, and downed trees.

Corinne Geller with the Virginia State Police says the Appomattox Division of Virginia State Police has worked 70 traffic crashes, 24 disabled vehicles, and 171 calls for service.

She says the majority of the crashes involved damaged vehicles only. There have been no reported traffic fatalities resulting from storm conditions.

VDOT’s Paula Jones talks about the road conditions in our area. Here is VDOT’s report:

Snow continues to fall across many locations in the Commonwealth of Virginia but location plays an important role in determining road conditions at this time.

As of 10:30 a.m., Route 56 in Nelson County was reported as in severe condition from Route 151 to the Blue Ridge Parkway.  There is significant snow in the area and numerous trees are down.  Downed trees are also blocking roads in Buckingham County at this time.

Major roads in the counties of Amherst, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, the rest of Nelson and Prince Edward are in moderate condition.  This means that there is snow or ice on major portions of the roadway.  Road conditions on major roads in the counties of Appomattox, Campbell, are in minor condition which indicates that there are isolated spots of snow, ice or slush, while major roads in Halifax and Pittsylvania counties are clear.

While conditions are expected to improve later today, any moisture left on roadways has the potential to refreeze during overnight hours and into early Thursday.

In terms of power outages, Dominion Virginia Power reports that 1,203 homes are without power in Buckingham.  Most of these outages are along the route 15 corridor and in Dillwyn.

Dominion reports that Prince Edward has about 100 in the dark, and in Cumberland there are about 1000 homes without power.  Most of those homes are along route 60 west of the court house.

Southside Electric Cooperative reports about 280 in Amelia without power, 400 in Cumberland, 140 in Lunenburg, and over 4000 in Powhatan County.

The latest delays and closings can be found on our website, www.wflo.net.

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