Benjamin Beddoes
Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter
Harrisonburg, VA
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Benjamin is from Chesterfield, Virginia, just outside of Richmond. Benjamin got his bachelor's degree in meteorology at Virginia Tech in 2019. Immediately after graduating, Benjamin went to work at WHIZ-TV in the town of Zanesville, Ohio. Benjamin decided to return to his home state and started working at WHSV in January 2020.
Benjamin is an avid sports fan and loves his Hokies and DC sports teams. If Benjamin wasn't a meteorologist, he would want to be a play-by-play announcer for sports. A fun fact about Benjamin is that his parents bought NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin's home coincidentally.
August 10th, 2020 was not just another severe storm rolling through the Iowa countryside.
While the official summer months are about a month and a half away, many people head to the beach when temperatures get warmer. Rip current are always a factor every year and can be fatal if you get caught up in one.
With tastes of warm weather, it’s always tempting to start gardening or growing plants outside of your home. However, spring can bring anything to the area and it’s important to know when it’s likely safe to start on those type of projects.
Severe storms and heavy rain have been causing all sorts of problems on and off the coast of Louisiana including the frantic search for people missing from a capsized commercial boat.
Despite the fact that temperatures are starting to rise, that doesn’t matter for sun exposure. Sunscreen can be just as important in April as August. Here’s why.
Temperatures are rising as we inch closer to summer. This means we are entering spring allergy season. Here are some things you may not know when it comes to combating spring allergies.
North Dakota is now under a state of wildfire emergency over a fire that forced an entire town to evacuate.
April is starting on a cold and wintry note for some with snow in the northeast and the Deep South under freeze warnings.
A very tough day and night in the Deep South Thursday afternoon into Friday morning. Long-tracked supercells spawned deadly tornadoes across five states.
Check out this storm damage from Bertram, Texas Monday night which is near Austin.
Lightning is still something we are trying to study and learn about. It’s difficult to study because you don’t know exactly where it will strike, it’s only for an instant and lightning is extremely dangerous.
Tornadoes are not as common here as many other places but they do happen. So how can you better prepare if you’re ever in the path?
We continue our series with the power of derechos, the most severe of thunderstorms. So what characteristics does a derecho have versus ordinary severe storms?
Another element to severe weather are damaging winds. So what are they?
The first day of Virginia’s Severe Weather Awareness Week is today. Our first segment is about hail.
During the overnight of March 2nd, 2020 a deadly EF-4 claimed 19 lives in the town of Cookeville, Tennessee. See how they are rebuilding.
Snow causes roof of gas station to collapse in Illinois.
Check out this video of ice in the Missouri River just north of St. Louis as an unprecedented cold snap hit the area.
Our area experienced a snow storm for the second consecutive Sunday in a row.
Around noon just west of Newton, Joe Clayton from Waterloo was skidding in his semi-truck into what would become a 40-car pileup.
It was another cold and cloudy day for the most part, but our area received a treat tonight.
Many in the northeast are waking up to a foot or more of snow. Some places nearly seeing up three feet!
We’re not the only part of the country dealing with wintry weather. In fact, some areas are going to get a much bigger punch from this storm.
Extreme weather continues to happen from coast to coast. A tornado touched down in Tallahassee, Florida Wednesday while up to 8 feet of snow is expected to fall this week in the mountains of Northern California.
In the middle of the pandemic, California is battling a second emergency.
As the calendar flips to December and some of our viewing area begins to see falling snow, now is a good time to talk about what you can do to safely drive in the snow if you have to venture out.
With many vaccines required before children attend school, many are wondering if the COVID-19 vaccine will soon be a requirement for students.
COVID-19 is impacting different industries and businesses, but the chicken industry is one that is benefiting from the pandemic.
Businesses continue to expand near the Port Republic-Stone Spring Road area in Rockingham County.
It’s the time of year for Christmas and holiday shopping. One of the critical shopping days to kick off the season is Small Business Saturday. This year, that day has even more meaning with COVID-19.
Here is a look at your first alert forecast
Weather from severe storms or strong winds bring the risks year-round for weak or dead trees to fall and damage your property.
With winter around the corner, local dairy farmers are getting ready as a mild winter may benefit the industry.
COVID-19 continues to impact the holidays in almost every way. With small gatherings suggested for Thanksgiving, the market for turkeys looks a little different.
With winter right around the corner, VDOT is breaking down its snow budget for this season.