Toss to eileen frigid start for back to work school; sunny cold afternoon frigid start for back to work school; sunny cold afternoon watching coastal system wed thursday some snow possible east of i95 another bitter blast friday saturday highs in the teens 40s return in the extended outlook today mostly sunny. Continued cold. Highs 2530 winds nw 510 mph tonight clear and cold. Lows 916 winds sw 5 mph to calm wednesday sunny early becoming mostly cloudy. Highs 3136 winds s 5 mph 5 xx and we are news in maryland three people now recovering after a freezing water rescue overnight. Police tell us the three were in a car that tried to cross over an icedover dropping the car into the freezing water. Rescue teams were able to safely pull the three onto a boat. They were very cold, but otherwise ok. Happening right now as julie mentioned. Were monitoring not one, not two, but three water main breaks. In alexandria. Montgomery street turned into a skating rink in old town. The good news no majo
Fredericksburg 6. Culpeper 2. Gaithersburg 8. And unfortunately we have lots and lots of cold in the 7 day forecast and well fwet used to it. Lets get to news. School skimzal begany and garrett out of maryland and hampshire and Orange County virginia sklz on two hour delay today. Cold weather might be to blame for blooded middle school with gas leak in south east d. C. No electricity, heat, crime are middle school. Melanie alnwick is there though live with the latest. Mel, its hard welcome back to class for these kids. Good morning. Thats right, it is. We should say they get one extra day here because d. C. Public schools g lot of damage here to clean up because of the problems with water and gas. And you can see here right in front the Washington Gas crews theyve been digging down to get to the gas line there. There was a strong smell of natural gas in the air and d. C. Fire hazmat crews tell me they understand that the water that was in the basement somehow compromised boiler room an
Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. We are out with the old and in with the cold. The new year bringing brutal arctic air blasting much of the country. Parts of 35 states remain under wind chill advisories or warnings with the record cold stretching from nebraska to new york. The deep freeze wont be heeting up any time soon with below average temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills expected over the next week. And its being blamed for several deaths. Nbcs blake mccoy has the latest from chicago. Blake . Reporter frances, good morning. This will be the fourth morning in a row that chicago wakes up to temperatures below 0, even colder when you factor in the wind chill. And its not just here in chicago. Much of the country is being impacted by this arctic blast. A bitter freeze gripping the country. Its unbearable. I feel it every second in my bones. Reporter now turning deadly with at least five suspected cold weather deaths. The latest in detroit where a man was foun
We head into tomorrow. Light sprinkles possible today. I dont think a lot of that will make it to the ground. We are looking at partly cloudy skies today and temperatures warmer than yesterday reaching 63 in San Francisco and 68 degrees in san jose. We will take a look ahead to the rain and the timing thats coming up in a few minutes. Mike has a look at whats happening at the bay bridge. We are watching closely. The live shot here, in three minutes we have seen a burst of cars on the cash lanes. This will likely clear up. We may have more traffic than we saw the last couple weeks. Folks getting back to work after many vacations. Folks in the south bay, i know my family and friends in the cupertino district are going back to school. Others have one more day, others have three more days. That will be an issue for local schools. The freeways are moving well. We expect the volume to be heavier than last week. Im going to call your attention to this side, the west side of the airport. There
Maryland. Alleghany county Public Schools cancelled all morning pre k classes and orange country virginia schools on a twohour delay today. Stay tuned. Lets talk about. It mike is in the Weather Center and caitlin in for traffic today. So, mike, what other word is there other than brutal right. Welcome back holly welcome to the cold. Yeah. Were dealing with a lot of it out there. Graphic told it all. So cold theres school delays. Believe it or not well get colder later this week. Hey, mike, so cold contending with a water main break there. That makes it difficult as the water can easily freeze. Well let you know where the work around spots are as you get ready for a very busy morning. Holly, maureen. Speaking of cold weather related problems breaking early this morning out of the district a flooded middle school in southeast. Concern is over kramer q street it could be part of a mains in the area. Melanie alnwick is live on the scene with the latest. Mel, what can you tell us. Good mor