This is a brandnew advisory at 5 00. She turns a little to the northeast, still as a category 1 and shes still taking the same track. This really hasnt changed. Shell parallel the southeast coast. So for the most part south and North Carolina, youre okay, some high surf, but pure okay. By sunday she starts youre okay. By sunday she starts to turn a little bit and she really starts to turn into new jersey tuesday and that would give us problems as we get into tuesday night and perhaps halloween. First things first, Danielle Nottingham is live in canoga beach in florida. Are people okay or are they freaking out down there . Reporter right now were experiencing a lot of high winds and quick bursts of heavy rain. There are people on the beach right now. Theyre curious about seeing these waves. They say this isnt something they see very often and lifeguards are flying the red flag which means the water is not safe for swimmers, not even surfers as the coast braces for Tropical Storm force w
Yesterday we hit a record high of 84. Indian head low 70s today. We will continue to drop as we approach the weekend. The big question is what will happen with Hurricane Sandy and a cold front. We will watch that closely. 63 degrees at reagan national, 62 at dulles. Mostly cloudy still at 9 00 at 66 degrees. Partly sunny and noon, 71. Partly cloudy at 5 00, 74 degrees here. More details on the tropics coming up, but now back to news. Thanks so much hurricane. Sandy is getting stronger as it moves through the caribbean. The storm could hit the d. C. Area early next week. Chances. People in huntington are dreading the thought of another storm. The area has seen three major floods in the past years. A flood wall could be years away. Residents are hoping to get through the next week. Greg we just hope it doesnt happen. Thats all i can do. Sandy made landfall in cuba overnight after battering jamaica with heavy rain and high wind, blamed for least two deaths. Lets check the morning commute
The tractortrailer. A tractortrailer takes some turn and everybodys in a hurry. The bodies were excavated from the car. Three men traveling in the vehicle died at the scene. Devastating accident that for hours near route 100. They really need to do a speed control. 50 miles an hour is a little much. The preliminary investigation indicates the chevy was traveling at a high rate of 1. Ed northbound on u. S. The truck driver attempted to into theft turn as the parking lot k the side ofstruc the trailer. People heard a massive explosion. Gonna. E people are gone. The driver of the tractortrailer is shaken up. Theres no way a person could stop. All the lanes on route 1 were down and now traffic is least one lane. Before thehours collision Construction Unit is done investigating the accident. John gonzalez reported from old from elkridge. A deadly crash in fairfax county. Old named maximilian after losing control of his poll anditting a the vehicle over backlick road in annandale. Was not we
About. Sunday night through tuesday, we are expecting threats of excessive , high and damaging wind, associated power outages, and flooding on the coast. Thankou, doug. We continue Team Coverage with many preparations underway washington area. Jennifer donelan is live in northeast washington. She has how we are battening down in the metro area. This will be the problem away the coast. Look at all of these leaves. The leaves are coming down. The possibility is very real e clawedcould have som storm drains. Mean even more flooding. In college park, pepco crews out ahead of what may be a blowout from Hurricane Sandy. Im very concerned. He lost power five days of the summer. I am concerned about my children. Other street. He pepco had already begun preparations. Outside contractors are already in the area trying to reliability. Pepco says they secure the extra storm. Or the a host of workers are going duty this weekend. And everytime it rains bad, there is flooding. D. C. Water sent out a
The worst. Jennifer donelan is live in northeast washington with an important detail to try to prevent flooding. Yesterday we saw a lot of apathy. Today, a lot more concerned. This time of year, this is the major problem. We have leaves all over the place and we have storm drains and these leaves in the storm drains mean we will have clogged drains. In college park, pepco crews were ahead of what may or may not be a power blowout from Hurricane Sandy. I am very concerned about it. Pepcos presents down the street was welcome. I am concerned for the children. Pepco said it had already begun preparations ahead of sandys arrival. 400 outside contractors are already in the region trying to improve reliability. Pepco said they are adding to their personal in case theyre needed. And the extra workers will be on duty this weekend. Frustrating flooding such a massive problem this summer, d. C. Water sent a number of crews today to check the source system. They also hit trouble spots in every cl