The Roanoke Police Department announced Wednesday that it was investigating a major crash involving a motorcycle and minivan that occurred at the intersection of 8th Street and Elm Ave SE. The motorcyclist has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

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Hazy skies have been a staple in Southwest and Central Virginia these past few weeks. This week, we have added a new pollutant to the mix: Smoke from the Saharan Desert.

Roanoke Fire and EMS Crews are currently on the scene of an incident in the area of Jefferson Street southeast and Weller Lane southeast. Roads are blocked by fire apparatus at this time. Officials say that drivers should find alternate route if planning on traveling through the area.

Three people who died in Michigan after a tree struck their vehicle were children.

Gleaning for the World is accepting donations in Lynchburg on Thursday and Friday for disaster relief following the recent storm system that has hit the Southeast and Midwest areas of the U.S.

Sunny skies with warmer temperatures!

A strong storm system is threatening to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and Mississippi.

The Roanoke Police Department is currently searching for a “male individual” they believe to be involved in a shooting incident Tuesday.

It's as if Mother Nature shut off the rain faucet in the United States in October.

Southwest and Central Virginia will experience quiet weather with sunny conditions and above-average temperatures through the weekend into next week.

The Danville-based organization God’s Pit Crew has been hard at work helping victims of Hurricane Helene and Milton across the Southeast.

CSX delivered 3% more shipments in the third quarter to help drive its profit 8% higher.

A well-known Asheville musical tradition has returned in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city.

Rescuers are scouring the mountains of western North Carolina for anyone still unaccounted for since Hurricane Helene’s remnants caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast.

Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast.

Crews are making progress on building a home for good in Southeast Roanoke.

Tracking impacts from Debby later this week

Power has been restored to Appalachian Power customers who experienced an outage in Southeast Roanoke early Sunday morning.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

The Biden administration has restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump.

Severe thunderstorms are not as common as they might be in other parts of the country, but they do still happen locally in the spring and summer months.

High pressure builds in and brings mostly clear skies and above average warmth.

High pressure builds in and brings mostly clear skies and above average warmth.

Humidity levels drop Thursday, setting us up with a beautiful end of the week

The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened application of the Endangered Species Act.

A new study found that the night sky is growing brighter every year, and the stars are looking dimmer.

We'll then turn colder Friday with strong wind gusts and mountain snow

Afternoon highs will be in the 60s the next two-to-three days

In mid-October, the Ali family will buy this year's "Home for Good" and achieve their dream of homeownership, a move that is just one part of a bigger effort to invest in Southeast Roanoke.

With support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Roanoke, the Roanoke Arts Commission is partnering with the Southeast Neighborhood, the two murals will be beneath the 9th Street bridge and the 13th Street Bridge.

Native Americans whose ancestors were forced out of the Southeast almost 200 years ago are back for a festival with a name that sums up its purpose: “We have come back.”.

The 21st century tornado problem is far different from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Killer tornadoes hit the Southeast far more than they do in Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas.

A dangerous winter storm is whipping the East Coast with significant snowfall, strong thunderstorms and blustery winds.

La Niña most often leads to less snow in this part of the U.S.

The wet bulb globe temperature tells more of the story than the heat index does

Motorists are finding gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states.

The author of a 3-year-old audit of the pipeline company hit by a cyberattack threatening East Coast fuel supplies has told The Associated Press that he found “atrocious” information management practices and “a patchwork of poorly connected and secured systems."

Those who have been rushing to gas stations across the Southeast can slow down.

The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.

Minor league baseball is back after a season lost to the coronavirus pandemic.

Hurricane Zeta passed through Wednesday with a tidal surge that caused the boat to become unmoored. In Atlanta and New Orleans, drivers dodged trees in roads and navigated intersections without traffic signals. John Bel Edwards said the state sustained “catastrophic” damage on Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish, where Zeta punched three breaches in the levee. Edwards ordered the Louisiana National Guard to fly in soldiers to assist with search and rescue efforts and urged continued caution. Zeta was the 27th named storm of a historically busy year with more than a month left in the Atlantic hurricane season.

With humidity levels slightly higher than recent days, temperatures in the 80s will leave us sweating a little more in the afternoon. Tuesday afternoon's high temperaturesThis warming wind continues through Wednesday, with high temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s. This will likely be our hottest day in seven months and our first 90 day of the year in Roanoke, Lynchburg, Southside and surrounding localities. Wednesday afternoon's high temperaturesWith high pressure over the Southeast breaking down, humidity levels will have the opportunity to climb. Humidity levels on the rise this weekA front sagging southward will lift the hot and humid air, allowing showers and thunderstorms to develop each afternoon.

ROANOKE, Va. – Multiple National Weather Service offices have been surveying storm damage left by this past Sunday and Monday’s severe weather outbreak. pic.twitter.com/vp85DrlA6w — NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) April 16, 2020So, the last thing the Deep South and Southeast want to hear is that severe weather is possible. We’ll dive into the dynamics and show you whether or not that severe weather potential comes up this way next week. Possibility for more severe weather late next weekThis means at least the possibility of more severe weather in the Plains and Southeast between Wednesday and Friday of next week. • The severe weather threat for our region Sunday into Monday looks relatively low.

KEY WEST, Fl. The National Weather Service in Key West tweeted that birds migrating north were detected on radar. 📡 Key West radar has had a busy night, but not because of weather! Spring leaves arriving early - southeast USEven here at home, you can see that some places are seeing spring leaves roughly three weeks early. Spring leaves - southwest and central Virginia