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Delayed two hours. Frederick county, virginia, will be closed, too. We are running the other closures and delays at the bottom of your screen. Lets get over now to the storm center. Doug and amelia, when is this ending . Well, guys, you mentioned the schools. A lot more are going to continue to close. I just got word of a couple others im sure well be putting screen. Were tracking the storm. The snow is gone and into the cold and that will be here a couple days. I think it is a good idea for the schools to close based on how cold its going to feel. You look at this storm, how expansive it is, look at the snow shield. From Virginia Beach all the way into canada. For us the snow has now ended. It is moving out, but it is the cold that the now racing in behind it. You can see lake effect snow. Lake effect streamers coming all the way down towards portions of our northwestern zones tonight. The wind advisory still in effect until 7 00. We are looking at the wind Northern Virginia, almost all the state of maryland. Winds gusting 50 Miles Per Hour potentially. We have seen gusts over 40, and that could bring down some trees and possibly create Power Outages. Be ready for that tonight. The other big factor, the wind chill. That is the temperature and the wind combined. Look at this, every under a wind chill advisory. The wind chill warnings for the blue ridge and places back towards the west like Deep Creek Lake under a wind chill warning. For us, wind chills could be as low as 15 below 0. Guys, i think at times it could be 20 below 0. Under 20 below 0, amazing. We cant even hear it. Doug, thank you. This is a reminder of the morning drive in Prince Georges County. Not too bad. Since then, salt trucks and plows have been hard at work this afternoon. Our bureau chief Tracee Wilkins joins us live with a look at how the roads are this evening. Hi, tracee. Reporter hey, Prince Georges County had 75 of their roads cleared, primary roads. Now theyre starting to move to road, it looks a lot like this one here where they have already done some of the clearing. There is a truck thats been coming up and down this road since weve been here. Here in the neighborhood streets, you can see what we have compacted snow. Theyre not going to be able to get to a lot of these areas until Early Morning in some cases tomorrow. Prince georges county schools already decided to it have a two hour delay. As we drive up and down we see a lot of slushy icy roads. It is going to stay that way as we prepare for tonights deep freeze. Its too darn cold for me. Reporter and its just going to get colder. Its very slushy, very slushy. Very dirty. Reporter and that slush and ice are expected to hang around throughout the night and through tomorrow. This morning was kind of rough because the snow was accumulating so fast. Reporter chris carols plowing roads for the state of maryland. He said main roads are looking good. Have schools out today . Oh, a great help, a great help. The government was delayed so that made it a lot easier on us. Reporter but neighborhood streets are covered. The light snow. In other words, its not sticky. So its easy to get off the cars. Its easy to get off the sidewalks. And most likely for the road crews to get off the roads. Reporter but that wind. Ment news4 storm team says winds are up to 50 Miles Per Hour in Southern Maryland. Its not a bad snow. Just real cold and windy. Reporter let me show you the sign over here. You can see just how hard the wind is whipping. Its whipping the actual stop sign. When that snow hits your face and you feel that wind chill, oh, my goodness, it is freezing cold out and its going to be a real issue for folks tomorrow morning as well. Reporting live in brandywine, im Tracee Wilkins. Jim, back to you in the studio. Were in for the long haul. Even a small amount of snow is enough to make driving dangerous as you know. The little that fell in the district is enough to cause a spin out on alabama avenue. The cars airbags even deployed. Conditions on the road deteriorated as you move south this morning. By the end of rush hour things did improve. And residents broke out the shovels in Northern Virginia early today. Most School Systems closed so the kids could do the work. Icy roads made driving tricky, but fortunately there were no major accidents to report. Shovel with the wind to your back, it took me an hour to figure that one outs. This storming is causing a lot of headaches for airline passengers, too. Transportation reporter adam tuss is live at Reagan National for us monitoring the travel impact all up and down the east coast. Adam . Reporter thats right, jim. This one is reminding me of the good old polar vortex. Remember that, how brutally cold it is. 3500 Flights Canceled to the United States today because of this storm. Places like philly, new york and boston, but right here in our area, certainly plenty of pain to be felt. In this weather, even the pilots have to brave the elements. The entire crew of a flight waiting to catch a ride back to the terminal. And inside the terminal, a story of trying to rebook flights. No, youre canceled. Reporter tom smith trying to make it home to charleston, south carolina, but it wont be today. Theyll book me supposedly tomorrow, sometime tomorrow. Well see. Reporter anything to the northeast is also a tough trip as the storm pounds that area. Dulles international has had to take in a number of flights, both domestic and international that couldnt go any farther to the northeast. Moreno settling in here at Reagan National. His flight to boston canceled, now he waits till tomorrow hoping tot boston. To new york tomorrow morning at 7 00. Hope that i can go to new york. Otherwise i will spend two nights in the airport. Reporter it is not a complete lost cause. Check out this pooch named ms. Coco. Sure shes bundled up. But shell be shedding layers when she gets to miami. Her flight is on time. What is she wearing . Her favorite pink velour. Reporter she is a lucky dog at the moment. Ah, miami sounds nice. That is a live look at the Potomac River right now, completely frozen over here it at Reagan National airport. Ever every day you see that. It is brutally cold here. Hey, what is it like to fly in these condition s . Coming up next hour at 6 00, jim, youre going to hear from a pilot. Hes going to tell us skpaktly what its like being out there on the runway. You dont want to miss what he has to say. Take off and la adam. Appreciate it. Well see you at 6 00. This just in, one more School Closure to tell you about and add to our list. Stafford county schools are closed tomorrow. Stay with news4 online and on air for continuing coverage of this winter weather. Well have the latest updates on school dliz aelays and cancella starting 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Wendy . The winner of House District 94 is david yancy. And thats how it went. That random drawing tips the power of balance in the Virginia House of delegates to the gop. Republican david yancys name pulled out of a bowl today so he did retain his district 94 seat. Our Bureau Reporter david culver is in richmond reporting on what the drawing means for the upcoming session. Reporter when we think of elections we think of lines. You, the voters and ballots. This, well, this certainly does not come to mind. I want to assure everyone these are brandnew canisters. Reporter a couple of film and a bowl, handmade, ceramic. Quite nice. Mix it all up, what do you get . The winner of House District 94 is david yancy. Reporter the snow kept the republican incumbent from being here in person. His challenger democrat Shelly Simonds had a 50 50 chance and lost. And it does seem like a sad end to the story to end on a game of chance. Reporter you might ask what brought us to this. One ballot. This became the deciding factor in the race. Two bubbles filled and a slash. Officials say they couldnt say for sure who the vote was for. So, they turned to the bowl. Which had the nations attention. That room wasnt only filled with the media and those involved in politics. We also caught up with a student from fairfax county. His reason for being here in richmond today . Curiosity. What did you think as it was happening . I mean, i was kind of thought this is a ridiculous process for deciding an election where theres 23,000 peoples votes decided by a flip of a coin basically. Reporter simon is not yet conceding. Shes taking a moment to reflect. For me, all options are still on the table. Reporter republicans, including the man who is likely to become house speaker, hoping this decision slid identifies their slim majority. The key point we want to make here, it is time to move forward. Reporter to think, democracy decided in a bowl. In richmond, david culver, news4. An attorney for President Trump tried, tried to stop fire and fury from being released, but now the publisher of that controversial new book says they will launch it early. The publisher says due to unprecedented demand, the book will now hit shelves tomorrow. This comes after the president s lawyer sent cease and desist letters to the author, publisher and former Senior Advisor steve bannon. Mr. Someone who lost his mine struck a different tone today. Did steve bannon betray you, mr. President . Thank you very much. I dont know, he called me a great man last night so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. Nbc news has not been able to verify much of what appears in the book. And steve bannon has neither confirmed nor denied quotes attributed to him. Many of which disparage the president. His family and those close to him. Still ahead, a homeowner turns the table on thieves trying to break into his cars in his neighborhood. What happened after he started shooting at them. Plus, a report from ocean city where that famous board walk is now covered under almost a foot of snow. The temperatures set to plummet to the Single Digits. Frostbite can come faster than you think. What you need to know to your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 1,300 items. Eat well for less. Only at my giant. Here in ocean city right now were seeing conditions actually worsen throughout the morning. The wind now picking up. As you can see, we have near whiteout conditions out here. That is the beach over there, now sand covered. The water not hard to see. The sky as well. Justin finch out at the beach covering the blizzard conditions out there today. He has seen them go from bad to worse and then even worse. Well hear more from him in just a bit. Heres what it looks like right now at the Hotel Monte Carlo ocean front. We have n quite like that. Lets head back to the storm center with doug and amelia with a look at whats coming up next. Hey, guys, what is coming up next, were tracking whats going on out there now. I just looked up some of the latest numbers. Ocean city picking up 8. 7 inches of snow. That was the most in our region. About 4 inches down in Southern Maryland and around the d. C. Metro area an inch in some locations, to the west not much. Everybody is getting wind. Everybody is going to be dealing with the wind. Were going to be talking about dangerously cold air not just tomorrow but saturday and into sunday morning. This is going to last awhile. We have a good 48 hours of cold, cold, cold. And it gets about as cold as it gets in our region. Potential records, too. Look out there now, it looks cold. You can see snow covered sidewalks. Covered grass, rooftops, all covered, 24 degrees. The winds now at 22 miles an hour. Thats sustained wind at 22 miles an hour. So, some extreme cold it gets a lot colder than this. Heres the current temperatures. 21 gaithersburg, 26 in frederick, and 18 in winchester. The storm gone as far as the snow is concerned. Once again, we are on the backside of it. The front side of it brings up enough warm air, some of this is rain here. Its all snow on the inland areas of the u. S. Around h around halifax getting some rain. This is why the wind has been so strong, were seeing winds upwards of 40 Miles Per Hour, 38 right now in d. C. , 38 leesburg, 38 in frederick, too. We still have a wind advisory in effect until 7 00 tonight. You see the areas here highlighted but thats for winds at 50. We havent seen those over the last hour or two. Wouldnt be surprised if they dropped this a little bit early. But the big deal, not just how strong the winds are. Its how cold the winds are with the wind chill. You add in the temperature. It gets messy out there, messy for sure for amelia and everybody else out there. Its going to be frigid. Its hot coco or grill cheese tomato soup weather through the weekend. Especially tomorrow and saturday. Were not talking about a little bit of cold. Its been cold here the past few weeks. Weve gotten used to it. But this is air we have not felt yet this season. Take a look, everybody under a wind chill advisory. This goes into effect tonight at 10 00 p. M. And is going to run until noon tomorrow. You can see the blue ridge and far western maryland, parts of West Virginia under a more serious wind chill warning. But regardless, even with an advisory, 30 minutes out in weather this cold and you could be dealing with some frostbite. So, lets take a look at kurnlt wind chill temperatures right now. Again, as doug said, the wind chills when you factor n the sustained wind and the air temperature, its going to feel much colder to the skin. Feeling like temperatures are in the Single Digits now, 9 in taking the dog out, dogs and humans dont want to go out when its this cold. 2 below in the district, 8 below in gaithersburg. This is hope pli what were waking up to tomorrow. The its this cold you have problems. 10 below in frederick, 20 degrees below in winchester as we head throughout the day, doug, at best in the district its going to feel 1 degree above 0. Then its kind of rinse and repeat as we look to saturday. That means many of us tomorrow may stay below 0 with the wind chill all day. Thats incredible. Take a look at the high temperatures. Actual high, 19 in the d. C. Area. Now, the low temperature tonight in d. C. Were expectth 9. The record at dulles is 5. I see no reason for us not to set records in those locations. 19 on friday, 18 on saturday. Dangerous cold, and yes, thats why we have weather alert conditions. Sunday well call it a little bit better with less wind and sunshine. 24 will be better than friday and saturday. 40 chance of some rain or mix on monday. Thats a storm system well watch. And another storm late next week, well have to watch as well. A lot happening in the storm center. I need to order some pizza, i think. Us the places hardest hit by the storm. This is video from ocean city. For those who did try to get out wound up being stuck in the snow. News4s justin finch has been there all day. He has an update on the conditions from ocean city. Reporter if not for these strong gusting winds, this would almost be a postcard perfect photo, so much snow coming down. But then you put that wind along with it, and you have the kind of conditions that almost no one wants to step into. But once they do so, they do it at their own risk. Overnight and into the morning, this whipping winter storm lashing the Eastern Shore and transforming the ocean city board walk into this arctic landscape. So, where are the people . The few dare to get behind the wheel but didnt get far. The roads are icy and a lot of these back roads are kind of plowed in. Reporter Ryan Marshall at del ma firsthand account of being stuck and rescued. He says a combination of factors made it easy for him and perhaps others like him to under estimate these conditions. A lot of the times, you cant especially with the low visibility and your wind chills freezing up, you cant see where the large heavy piles of snow are. If you drive in one and you kind of drive up it, youre stuck like i was. Reporter the Ocean City Fire Department helped free ryans car. They and other First Responders readying for as much as 12 inches of snow fall in ocean city. Public transportation here frozen until roads improve. So, a lot of people got a day off. But not gar let. Hes ready for this storm to ship out. Its kind of what i expected. I figured it would snow all night, plow all day, hoping this afternoon the wind would die down so my wife could go shovel the snow off the sidewalk. Reporter he also said he just wants ocean city normal. Come out to the beach and relax. Hopefully that comes soon. In ocean city, im justin finch, news4. Back in to you. Im Erika Gonzalez at the live desk. Breaking news just coming into our newsroom. A Loudoun County uber driver is behind bars right now for allegedly raping a passenger. Cal hardamariam of arlington was arrested on Sexual Battery and forcible sodom y charges. She was up drinking with friends. She said estopped the stopped te got in the back seat and assaulted her in sterling. The suspect is being held without bond. Im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . 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Reporter the person who opened fire outside his home in this courtyard has not been charged with any crime. Police say three suspects ur, a 18yearold and two juveniles re silver spring. They have been charged with offenses. The adult who was shot has not been charged. Those are still pending. Reporter the adult hasnt been charged because hes in the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. It started in the 14,000 block of twig road. A 911 call for someone breaking into a car. While the police were searching the area for suspects, a neighbor flagged him down saying his car had also been broken into and he confronted the suspects with a gun and fired several shots at them. A second call came, this time for a man suffering from the gunshot wound in the 1300 block of elm circle. He fired rounds at suspects breaking into cars. You have to be accountable for all those rounds. One of those rounds could have gone into another house and hit an innocent party. Reporter police are investigating a similar shooting in chill shot someone he said was breaking into his car. That shot was fired from inside the home. In this case in Montgomery County, the resident came out of the house and confronted the three suspects before he opened fire. Police would not say if the suspects were armed or if they threatened the homeowner. Now, the three suspects, the one adult who was shot and the two juveniles have all been arrested in regards to those car breakins. As for the homeowner who opened fire that remains under investigation. In silver spring, Mark Segraves, news4. New action being taken to protect children after a report seen on news4. And the safety of students and crosswalks near schools. These bitterly cold temperatures bringing concerns of frostbite. We have tips on how to keep yourself safe. Marylands medical cannabis industry reacts to the u. S. Attorneys memo freeing federal prosecutors to enforce marijuana laws. Youre watching news4 at 5 00. Cold, it is blustery, and they could see up to 10 inches of snow. But thats not stopping new yorkers from getting out and about. This is a live look at times square. The mayor there says the big concern is that this weekend it could feel like negative 20 out there. Here in our re shore felt the brunt of this storm. With the blizzard hitting ocean city, the beach blanketed in snow and wind gusts of 40 miles an hour. Snow has come and gone for us and now were tracking the big drop in those temperatures. Its already having an i am palgt on schools. Get this, fairfax, fairfax and Charles County Just Announced they will be closed storm. A complete list is running at the bottom of your screen. Lets get back to chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer. Doug, you predicted the schools would start dropping tonight. Yeah, guys. That is because of the dangerous cold. Think about a first or second grader out at the bus stop 20 minutes inside minus 15 degree weather. Not likely to happen. Notice, not just the bus stop. Many of these kids walk to school and thats a really big issue. Thats why were seeing so many cancellations behind this system. You see it still hammering places like boston up towards parts of maine finally moving from our area. But still snow flurries around ocean city area. Look at the wind chills. Washington and that colder air continues to move on in. Wait until i show you the numbers. Youre going to wake up to tomorrow morning, guys, theyre going to be here for a while. Much more on this in a minute. Thank you, doug. And we have reached a point this this winter season where the conditions outside are dangerous. They sure are. Even if youre just out there for a few minutes, you could start seeing the early stages of frostbite. But how can you tell when its time to head back indoors . Amee cho talked to the experts today. Shes outside in northwest to tell you what they say. Amee . Reporter hi, wendy and jim. Weve also had tingling feeling in our fingers standing outside. Its when you stay outside and the tingling stops that youre in trouble. As freezing folks brave the streets of d. C. , some bundle up, others not so much. Just a few minutes of bare skin can be enough for frost knip, the early stages of frostbite. That little bit of exposure causes some reporter the doctor says the fix for frost nip coming indoors fixes most of it because your circulation opens up and people do fine. Reporter he showed us what you could face if your case progresses to frostbite. We want to warn you, the image is graphic. You can see how dark the nail beds are. That is a lack of blood flow. Reporter if you have symptoms, you need to call a doctor right away. Given locally in the hands and feet, that could reverse or safe some of the tissue thats been damaged. Reporter out on the streets we found most people are prepared. Do you know if you had frostbite what you would do . Go to the hospital. Go to the hospital. Reporter but not everybody knew what to do. Do you know much about frostbite pour what to do if you got frostbite . Oh, no, i dont know. Reporter now, as you take steps to prevent frostbite doctors say there is such thing as being too careful. Hand warmers can be a good boots where your feet are less sensitive than your hands, you could accidentally burn yourself. Live in northwest, amee cho, news4. Stay online and on air for continuing coverage on the winter weather. Well have updates on school cancellations, they start at 4 00 tomorrowing. With the mercury falling there is concern for the Prince Georges County man who has been missing now for a couple of days. Officers have been out searching, but so far no sign of daniel dehaven. His family tells us he suffers from dementia and is nonverbal. He was last seen on Surveillance Video Tuesday Morning near the costco in beltsville. We are working to help you stay safe as we all try to stay warm in the coming days. The last couple of weeks weve seen a number of fires started because people didnt properly dispose of fireplace ashes. Experts say even after the wood has burned down, those ashes can stay hot for up to they say put them in a metal container, pour some water over them, take it outside away from your house. Have a lid on the canned ashes so if the wind picks up it doesnt blow on you on your clothes or back into the house or structure. And were going to take it away from the building. And were not going to remove the lid, were going to leave the lid on it. Can your ashes. Thats the message. The chief also tells us if youre using a space heater, make sure anything that could catch fire is at least two or 3 feet away from it. Important advice. Firefighters in the district braving the bitter cold to put out this fire at a vacant funeral home. When they first arrived, firefighters found flames shooting from the building on hunt place in northeast d. C. Fire investigators are trying to figure out how it started. Squatters may have been living inside the empty building. There are no reports of any injuries. A country. Attorney general Jeff Sessions gave u. S. Attorneys the green light to aggressively enforce the federal marijuana laws. This reverses an obamaera rule that shielded the states where marijuana is legal. Sessions says it will help the federal government crackdown on crime. But in our area there are concerns from the medical Marijuana Industry and from its patients. News4s chris gordon spoke to some of those patients today who are worried that their treatments are now at risk. Yeah, i was going to get some flour. Robert king buys at the dispensary in jessup, maryland. He uses it to treat an opioid addiction. Sure important to keep a spotlight on it. All the facts arent proven yet. I wish the government would actually look into studies to see what the benefits are of the cannabis instead of just trying to crack town on it. The operators dispensary and grow house are disappointed that u. S. Attorney general sessions has put a cloud over their future and the treatment of their patients. It really is upsetting to think those patients are now not only at risk of being prosecuted themselves, but their supplies will be cut off and, lets face t theyll be forced back into the shadows. Reporter approximately 6000 plants are growing here now. The plants youre looking at will be ready in three to four weeks. Hes a grow tech but is a patient that suffers from severe stomach pain. Cannabis is helped my condition. Reporter marylands Prosecutor Says there is little he can do to stop the dea from enforcing federal law, even though marijuana is legal in maryland. Well to the patients, i would say were going to do everything we possibly can to ensure you get the medicine you need. Reporter the same uncertainty hangs over dispensaries in grow houses in washington, d. C. I asked federal prosecutors in our area how they will enforce marijuana laws. At this point they are not making details public. Chris gordon, news4. A celebrity chef is parting ways with mgm, National Harbor matthew samuelsons restaurant, it closed on tuesday. News4 reached out to the Restaurant Group today. They tell us the decision to go their separate ways was a mutual one and they respect the Creative Direction mgm is going in. Samuelson is one of three Celebrity Chefs who opened restaurants at the casino and hotel back in 2016. A new restaurant called conservatory cafe will take its place. Later this evening, some angry citizens planned a protest at American University over the closing of johnsons florist and garden center. Johnsons is leaving the tenleytown location because of rent increases. Community activists say they dont want that only allows chains or chains can afford to come in. A. U. Which owns the building says its made significant concession t concessions, but is unable to balance johnsons need for space and access with other tenants. Were going to miss johnsons. Immigration may be the next big thing on the president s agenda. Ahead at 5 00, what we learn about the meeting at the white house. The record set on wall street. Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. But after an electrical fire from faulty wiring, marys vintage clothing and designer shoe collection were ruined. Luckily, the Geico Insurance agency had recently helped mary with renters insurance, and she got a totally fab replacement wardrobe at bloomingdales. Mary was inspired to start her own fashion line, exclusively for little lambs. Visit geico. Com and see how affordable renters insurance can be. Your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. Visit geico. Com you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 1,300 items. Eat well for less. Only at my giant. Take a look at this. This is how cold it is rap going to feel tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. Many of us anywhere from 5 to almost 20 degrees below 0. With that were getting a lot of School Closures and delays. You can find that on our nbc washington website and also download the nbc washington app. I just finished personally updating the forecast, guys. Amelia, thank you. President trump says he wants to reform our countrys immigration system, but he says any deal for the dreamers must also include a border wall. The president met with republican senators at the white house earlier today. We are just a couple of months for the deadline they are to act on daca when it is ending. 800,000 young people came here as children to remain, any new legislation must restrict visa system. Hollywood is getting ready to honor the very best in film and television this weekend. The Golden Globes sunday night right here on news4. Late night seth meyers hosting the show from the beverley hilton. This is the 75th year for the Golden Globes. It kicks off at 8 00. But before you settle in, you can place your bets and pick your winners. Just open the nbc washington app, print your ballot, search Golden Globes. New details tonight about two security flaws in nearly every single computer. Ahead at 5 00, what you need to know to protect yourselves. And the bomb cyclone blizzard, were going to have reports from the haer hit arrdea tone of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world. But Barbara Comstock just voted to put it up for sale. Why . To pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. Comstock supported Donald Trumps tax scheme for the wealthy, adding 1. 5 trillion to the debt and leaving us with the bill. Tell Barbara Comstock we wont stand for selling our wild lands to give billionaires a tax cut. Things could get dicey as folks head home tonight and head out in the in us many of you listened to their warnings about icy conditions on the roads. There were minor crashes but no fatalities related. Reporter the first snow fall on the ground. This isnt bad compared to the blizzard. If we get a blizzard, it might take us out again. Reporter we were hardpressed to find a homeowner ready to step outside to shovel. Its cold. Reporter thats the story. It is bonechilling cold. Right, it is bonechilling cold. Reporter not much accumulation, but enough to shut down most schools across virginia and make driving tricky for drivers on major roads like this stretch of i95 south where a car went off the road. Slushy and icy on side streets and in neighborhoods. Now the big caution gusting at times and whipping in bone chilling misery. Your hands are feeling good . Yes. Reporter let me see your hands. We found construction crews on the job and confident about braving these elements. And it is trash day around dale city. Early this morning. Reporter the work goes on. Yes, everythings all right. We have to be safe. Reporter so, this team methodically pushed through snow and wind to get through their routes. Prince William County and the dale city area, molette green, news4. Well, maybe you have seen some of the pictures of the snow we got around here is nothing compared to what theyre seeing in parts of new england. Theyre not only doling with snow, theyre dealing with a coastal storm surge. That is whats causing serious flooding. A look at the storms impact up and down the coast begins in boston with eli rosenberg. Reporter the water came quick. I think its ive never, ever been through anything like this. And it came really, really fast, really fast. In my backyard, its incredible. Its like a river. Reporter this area flooded just after high tide this afternoon. This part of the south shore hit hard. First by the wind and rain, then snow and flooding. Streets filling up, then littered with debris. Trying to find a way back to my house. Reporter as residents like kenny try and weather this latest winter weather. Reporter in norfolk, virginia, blizzard conditions winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour and 8 to 10 inches of snow on the ground. This unusual Severe Weather for the south causing it to come to a virtual stand still. Tonight on nightly news, ill have more details about this massive storm, where its headed next and what to expect. Boy, we were talking how do you even walk around in that flooding . Its like slush. Its not like a hurricane in warm weather. That is so going to be so hard for them to deal with. This is not happening just along the coast. This is happening in boston. Some of the downtown streets are flooded. With a couple of feet of frozen water. It really is quite a scenario happening up there towards the boston area. For us it is just the wind now. The snow is out of here. Were not dealing with anything like theyre dealing with for sure. Take a look outside. Well show you those winds. Boy, are they gusting upwards of 30, 40, 50 Miles Per Hour at times. Once you get that wind gust, really feel it blow right through you. There is another one there. Look whats going on the snow fall is gone. Were not expecting that overnight tonight, but the snow will allow for temperatures to get a little bit colder than they normally would without snow cover. We have that snow cover, especially into our southeastern zones. Get this, guys. Parts of Saint Marys County has picked up 9 to parts of frederick county, maryland, up usually one of our snowier spots, not much at all. Another one of the storms second in a row that hit our southern portions much harder moved right up the coast, that is what this one is doing it. Behind it is the cold and wind. Wind advisory continues until 7 00 tonight. Wind gusting to possibly 50 Miles Per Hour. With that we could see some big problems here. What i mean by that is any time you see winds this strong, you could see winds between 15 and 25, but gusts of 50. Possible tree damage. We wouldnt be surprised to see Power Outages tonight in parts of the area. Were going to be out with pepco through the evening. Well have a live report for you tonight coming up at 11 00 fra that. The feels like temperature currently 3 below 0 in winchester. 9 in d. C. Again, this is with the sustained winds. With those wind gusts, it is below 0 everywhere. Once those gusts hit you, you really feel it. Thats why we have a wind chill advisory. Everybody in blue here. There is nobody without the blue. Everybody is in the wind chill advisoryro tomorrow. Now again, this is arctic air coming right out of the arctic, right out of the pole. And amelia has a little more on that. Yeah, doug, were going to talk about the polar vortex tonight. I want to show you where it is. Its right around the north pole, low pressure around the pole. It does hang out up there typically. This storm system is so strong, its been able to dislodge some of that polar vortex. And this can happen and it has happened before. But were talking about it tonight because of how dangerously cold the air is thats moving in. So, we have arctic air moving down into our area. Also through the great lakes and up through the northeast. So, yeah, boston just brutal up there with a onetwo punch, that storm, and the arctic blast as well. Back here at home talking about our feels like temperatures through early next week, this is during the afternoon. So, this is when it will be the warm est if you can even use warm est to describe this. Feeling about 0 out there tomorrow afternoon on friday. Feeling about 0 out there degrees outside. Its definitely a fire in the fireplace kind of night right on through sunday. And then monday and tuesday, doug, were finally not talking about those feels like temperatures. But over the next few days best to hunker down indoors. You mentioned monday we could see another storm system coming up monday. That could give us a bit of a mix. Thats something were going to be watching very closely. If it heads to the north, more rain. If it heads to the south, snow. Due to the dangerous cold out there, temperatures, low temperatures will be in the Single Digits. Could even rival some record low temperatures. Places like bwi and dulles. As we move on through the next ten days, we dont really see much of a warm up. The warmest day right now is friday and saturday. Thats with another storm system, once again, if it it stays to the south, im hoping it stays to the north. Lets get into the 50s next week even if it raines. Lets warm things up a bit. Were with you. Thanks, doug. Up on wall street, the dow closed at a new historic high, wendy, topping 25,000. Thats what i heard. Its a good day to check your 401 k s if youre stuck at home. Were also working for you with a warning about a major security flaw that affects virtually every computer, smartphone and tablet on the market. Enjoy this wall street video as i talk about this horrible stuff. The reason it is so dangerous is it involves the computer chips found in all those devices. There are two major hacks that chip makers are concerned about. The spectre, which can trick your apps into revealing your secret information. Then there is the melt down hack. It also impacts servers and cloud services. Tech companies are already working on patches and some have already been issued. But in the meantime, here are some things you can do to protect yourself. Make sure you install all Software Updates on your devices and run your Antivirus Software if you have. Dont click on any links in the emails. Dont do it. News4 was first to bring you news of marylands plan to examine the safety of students near schools. Coming up next, Scott Macfarlane on what one local school uncovered during a recent safety review. But as we head to break, some sights and sounds from all over our region. Were sledding down and trying to tag them. If you tag the person, you get a point. Its us three against them three. I dont know, it finally feels like winter. Last year was really warm. So doesnt look like its much snow, but it works. Out here, maximizing on the time. Were making ice so my brother and my dad can play hawk. How is this working out . Good. Reporter good . Little scary . You know, its just being outdoors. Theres something, you know, magical, the freedom of it. Its definitely a lot more fun and natural. Kind of fun. You see videos of people playing out here on ice like this. N you get to do it youowrs there are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you the call going from bad to worse, wicked winds ushering no mean temperatures. We are in weather alert. Doug and company leading our Team Coverage in just 90 new action to protect children because of a report by news4s Scott Macfarlane. Montgomery county officials have now released an internal study showing possible safety vulnerabilities along a state road near seneca valley high school. And this comes days after news4 reported maryland is considering maybe ordering a statewide review of every School Crosswalk in the state. Scott now joins us to explain. Reporter yeah, wendy, monday we reported once the state Legislature Reconvenes this month it will considering requiring the state Highway Administration undertake an engineering review of all Maryland School crossings. In part because of the series of recent accidents in which ki were hit and injured trying to get to school. That includes a 2012 crash we reviewed monday in which a sophomore from seneca valley high in germantown was killed along germantown road. They showed us why they are releasing their own internal review of Pedestrian Safety near that same school, seneca valley, showing pedestrians crossing and potentially unsafe locations and unsafe times and review suggests possible upgrades, including restriping the crosswalks, adjusting the Traffic Signals for pedestrians, and pedestrian warning signs. The review was requested months ago by Montgomery County Councilmember Craig rice who represents germantown. Weve had students that have been hit and a lot of places and a lot of near misses so from that perspective whatever we can do to ensure that kids can get to school is really important for us. Reporter local police also conduct special enforcement patrols near schools to reduce risky driving and reduce jay walking. We expect some of those early this spring. In the newsroom, Scott Macfarlane. News4. Now at 6 00, first the snow, this perhaps may be amongst the worst conditions we have seen so far. The roads are icy and a lot of these back roads are kind of plowed in. Now the cold. Its really freezing out here. Burr. If you thought this was cold, wait till tomorrow. Tonight bracing from the deep freeze from the rush to clear the ways. Ways you can save face if you have to be outside. Bonechilling, lifethreatening cold impacting millions of people right now all up and down the east coast. Temperatures plummeting into the single digit territory with wind chills in the negatives tonight. New england among the hardest hit areas. Images from boston, flood forgive a seawall that broke through. Tonight our team is work for you. Its not the storm. Its the cold moving in next. Well have schools for you at the bottom in real time. Lets begin our coverage with Doug Kammerer in the storm center. Doug, we have not even seen the worst of this yet, have we . No, guys. I mean, this really is going to get a lot worse over the next 12 to 24 hours or so as we move on through the night tonight into tomorrow. Waking up tomorrow morning, wait until you see how cold its going to be. Heres the storm now. The storm system itself, historic storm make its way up the coast. You can see where the center is just to the east of the boston area making its way up toward the coast there. Boston getting hit extremely hard, new york, philadelphia right along the jersey shore. 17 inches reported towards cape may. Around the d. C. Metro area about an inch in some locations, down to the south Saint Marys County picking up close to 4 inches of snow. This whole system moving out and behind it the cold is really starting toet

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