On satellite. It keeps getting pulled in off the atlantic ocean. The rain is heavy at times, with high wind. We have a flood watch in effect until 11 00 tonight to the west, along interstate 81. In addition to that, we have the wind. We have a wind advisory in effect, shaded in tan. That has been extended until 7 00 tonight. Across the bay is a high wind warning. This powerful storm will only get stronger as it moves offshore, continuing with rain and strong wind. Look at the wind gusts. 47. Airport in easton, 43 at reagan national. This is the area to the bay and beyond, where there will be the highest wind and wind potential. Pretty much the same with rain, rain, rain. 6 00 this evening, the rain will diminish. De wind, not making for a pleasant weather pattern. Live doppler radar. If you pick up the brightest areas of orange and yellow, those are the heaviest elements that keep pulling off the atlantic. At the moment, d. C. Metro not in the heaviest rain. They continue to push against the mountains. That is why we have the possibility of flooding. We will pull it back to give you an idea how monstrous this circulation is, with the flow coming out of the east, taking over the atlantic. As he gets to the higher elevation, the rain gets even heavier as it gets lifted. This will all out of town tomorrow morning. By this afternoon we continue with the rain and the strong and gusty wind. By late tonight, tomorrow, some areas are staying in the Higher Elevations of the mountains. Possibly giving areas of snow. Possible flakes around here, when the weather will settle down we will answer those a little bit later. Team coverage continues with john gonzalez, who has been riding around this mess all morning long in stormtrak 7. There . It going out john we have found a lot of damage at this hour. Yellow caution tape has been rolled out in Montgomery County, where it has been raining. And the wind has been howling all day long. The ground is so saturated, a number of trees have fallen. The owner of this home here heard the loud crash about an hour ago, and he felt the earth shake. When he came out, he saw his toppling his backyard down, smashed his fans smashed his fence, and it tore into a home next door. The neighbors were not home at the time, but the damage is extensive. No injuries reported, and the firefighter on the scene tells us awkward position, so it actually did not cause as much damage as it could have. There is one concern right now. They are waiting for the Power Company to arrive because they believe the down powerline that came crashing down with the trees is still live, so no power in this area right now. This is just one of a number of trees that have fallen because of the heavy wind and the rain. Far away, also in Montgomery County, in bethesda. This tree, leaning on power lines. For a time there was actually a small fire as that tree burned. The power lines literally holding up that tree there on 7 locks rd, which was closed for some time. They were able to reopen the road during morning rushhour, but then they got in and started cutting it up. They were able to eventually turn the power back on. Aspen back to us live in hill, you can see the fire depart they are waiting for the cruise to arrive. Before we send it back to you, you can see the wind gauge on stormtrak on top of 7. That thing has been very busy all day long. The wind has been extremely powerful and it is getting colder this afternoon. That is not a good thing. A lot of damage in Montgomery County so far. John gonzalez, abc 7 news. Jummy parts of the south were hit hard over the weekend, leaving a path of instruction in their wake. This is hattiesburg, mississippi, after a tornado ripped through that city, killing four people. High wind ripped the roof off a couples home. That couple was inside relying on prayer to keep them alive. I was sitting inside and when the roof came flying off, i dove to the floor and was trying to grab onto the furniture to hold on. That is when the ll giving him toward me. I ducked my head and hoped it did not fall on me. Jummy these were not the only Southern States hit five weather. Theill have more on destructive storms later in this newscast. It is not just the south hitting pounded by the weather. Record rain in southern andfornia has left roads freeways flooded. Forecasters predicted it would be the strongest in several years. Some areas got nearly four inches of rain. This all came after a fiveyear drought for southern california. Of thenk you track weather here and across the country by downloading our stormwatch 7 app. You can also follow us on facebook and twitter. Right now we turn to breaking news out of prince georges county, where a sanitation worker with the city of laurel has been killed on the job. Crash took place on old sandy spring road. Driver of the car hit a parked car and who was on the back of a truck. He died on the scene. More on this story coming up later on today. Also new this noon, President Trump is getting to work in washington as the senate plans to vote on two more of its cabinet nominees. There are also questions on the message the administration chose to send in its first press briefing. The first order of business in President Trumps first work weeks business. Pres. Trump the regulations are going to be cut massively, and the taxes are going to be cut way down. The president met with the executives from both boards of from the boards of Lockheed Martin and others. The president signed executive orders regarding trade and energy. The action on International Trade is one of several items that have foreign items foreign governments concerned. The senate is expected to vote on the nomination of Rex Tillerson and mike pompeo as the new head of the cia. Over the weekend, the president visited the cia. He blames the media for his remark for the remarks questioning u. S. Intelligence on russian hacks. Pres. Trump they made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community, and i , it isnt to let you know exactly the opposite. Jummy also far from the truth, this comment from the secretary sean speichers song sean spicer. Audienceas the largest for a president ial inauguration, period. Fundamentally fundamentally the size of the matter tonot americans, but what does matter is commi jummy the health of former president George H W Bush and barbara bush is improving. To move him out of the icu in the next couple of days. As for mrs. Bush, she was admitted for bronchitis. She had the option to go sunday, but she stayed at the hospital one more night to be close to her husband. Coming up on abc 7 news at noon , we will take you down software storms have ripped through several states. They are being blamed for 19 deaths. Also coming up, the latest on what caused United Airlines to ground its flights for hours. And later, madonna raised some eyebrows about something she said she wanted to do to the white house in her speech at the womens march. Now she is trying to quiet the controversy. Now for a check of traffic with angela foster. Jummy. On the roads this hour, some improvement in most of the areas. We are continuing with debris across the roadways, and the wet, slippery conditions that we had all morning long. This hour, yet another capital beltway accident. We are looking at the outer loop in silver spring, the crash between Georgia Avenue and connecticut avenue. It is jamming up traffic reflate. This is more the case around the area. A live look at interstate 95 through dumfries. You can see the road spray, and the slower conditions through that area. We have been dealing with a crash on 95 in Prince William county for quite some time now. Southbound 95 at Marine Corps Base quantico we have just reopened that ramp. A quick peek at interstate 66. No major troubles to report. If you are heading into the district, just a heads up. Beach drive is shut down in both directions between west each drive and eastwest highway test between west beach drive a slow traffic as you cross the 14th street bridge. Keep in mind that word spray that road spray and Wind Warnings at the Chesapeake Bay bridge if youre heading out in that direction. That is a lo announcer you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side. Has beenited airlines playing catchup all morning after all of its domestic flights were grounded late last night to read the problem reportedly involved uniteds issue with the Communication System airplanes used has to seo united operations. Several flights were even delayed or canceled. To clear up the mess. The airline is working to clear the backlog. We turn to a house fire in Montgomery County, creating a search for a woman who could not be found at first. Eventually she was found, but the house in hightstown is a total loss. Ryan hughes the house in hyattstown is a total loss. Ryan hughes has the story. A look at the airconditioning unit. That shows how the fire was so intense. Neighbor called the Fire Department at 2 15 this morning, but but the time they got here, the home was fully engulfed, the flames quickly spreading. It took two hours to bring it under control. Crews originally thought that no one was home, but then they said a woman was unaccounted for. A few hours later, she was found just up the street in the was, luckily with no major injuries. We were able to locate she was evaluated by ems and transported to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. She should have some hypothermia, but no lifethreatening injuries. Authorities fear that these ropes could collapse, so the area has been roped off. The house is a total loss, estimated at 700,000. We are told that the cause is undetermined. In hyattstown, ryan hughes. Back to you in the studio. Jummy developing out of fairfax county, police are searching for the person who shot a police cruiser. It happened on midnight on georgetown pike in great falls. The driver of a car that had been pulled over shot at a cruiser. The driver and the passenger are still on the. Police are looking for a white fourdoor sedan. The passenger window may be south, 30 reported tornadoes this weekend and 19 people are dead. One of the hardest hit states is georgia. That is where we find abcs gio benitez. Gio this is one of the more harder hit areas of southern georgia. That is a gas pump completely whipped completely ripped out of the ground. Show you whats i was a Convenience Store in albany. Talkinghis area, we are about at least four People Killed so far. That is what they found in the dark. Morning light,is we may be able to have more survivors, more people who might be trapped. This Convenience Store, look at the twisted metal. It shows you how strong this tornado was. Across the south from here through mississippi, this weekend we saw at least 16 People Killed, at least 40 injured. Just devastating. Georgia. New video frome, the avalanche in italy that is going to get a lot of all was, some good news. Three companies are rescued from the rubble of the hotel slammed by an avalanche. The puppies appear to be in good condition. Look at them. They are like snow white. I know. Doug gio is reporting a tornado outbreak. In that area, for the south and southwest of here, different atmospheric ingredients. It is the same storm, and it is coming inland. What if this storm would have been snow . If this thing had come all the way up the coast come we probably get a foot, a foot and a half. But it did not happen. We have rain and we have wind and colder temperatures right now. 42. We look live at our camera on the Western Shores of chesapea they were gusting from 42 to 45 Miles Per Hour in the morning. The farther west you are from washington, the wind is not quite as strong. This is a pretty good image of that over at the airport in region in eastern. You could see it on your hand side as you are headed to ocean city. Reagan national, the same. 37 mile per hour gusts at bwi thurgood marshall. That is going to be the story for the rest of the day. Locally, we just had a 45 mileperhour gusts. Itself, andintain that is why the wind advisory has been continued through 7 00 this evening. Doppler radar, you could just look at the brightest colors your, the orange, the red, the yellow. That is where generally from the west northwest, there are good pockets of it. But just south of the there is another batch. That will stay to the south of the natural area. But there is more where that is coming from. We continue. Theres the storm system Circulation Center there. Ontinues to plan a massive a continues to pull a massive amount through there. It will take a while for this to break down. It will take to the lowpressure Center Getting far offshore before the intensity of the rain and coverage starts to diminish. You will see that on a futurecast 5 30 this afternoon. Maybe some snow in the highest mountain tops, but early tomorrow morning a little rain left over. Finally, that comes to any indy. We might see a few glimpses of sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. Rain in the morning, and it will in end and stay cloudy and we are thinking a little sunshine. Heiser of the 53 degree mark. As we look to our 10 day outlook, we have the chance of morning showers becoming partly we will see move in friday and saturday, but it never is bitterly cold, just seasonably cold the way it kind of should be for the end of january, beginning of march, through this weekend and the first few days of next week. Stay with us right here. 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Metro will run trains avery eight minutes on each line, resulting in services at every two to four minutes in the core downtown areas. Keep that in mind. We have video out of china of a massive demolition. In just 10 seconds, you can see it took down more than one dozen buildings. Five tons of explosives were used. You can see what it looks like from joan footage. The area will be turned into a bicester did into a business district. Doug take a look at satellite radar, the moisture being pulled in over the atlantic ocean. We have gusty wind with wind advisory in effect until 7 00 tonight. Rain tonight, ending in the morning with maybe some afternoon sunshine tomorrow. Fory thank you there are times when its nice that things go up. And its sometimes even better when things go down. Novec, a notforprofit electric cooperative, provides wholesale power to its customers at cost. Any changes in that cost are passed along through an annual power cost adjustment on bills. 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