Road here in laurel combined ten lanes of busy traffic. This is where sevenyear old, evans, was to fend for himself by a bus driver about 3 00 yesterday afternoon. He began a long odyssey trying to find home more than a mile away. His aunt is renee hub. He was outside for almost three hours trying toe find his way home. Tyshon and his mother live here. Renee described a frantic family search for him. He was found after dark walking near the James Harrison elementary school. A few blocks from home. He was screaming. He was crying. He was cold. We tried to touch his fingers. He couldnt move his fingers. They were red down to his knuckles. Montgomery countys transportation director apologized and promised an investigation. The bus driver was a substitute. Assigned to transport him to laurel in Prince Georges County where tyshon and his mother are living temporarily, under a program to assure stability. His aunt says she is satisfied the apologies and promises are sincere, but still she wo
Gils us a little bit of light snow gives us a little bit of light snow late in the morning. Tuesday less than an inch. Wednesday morning a yellow alert, 4 a. M. To noon an inch or less. So well be colder tuesday night. The snow comes in before sunrise. Were looking at the worse timing and the morning commute could be impacted and consequently a little more accumulation because its going to be cold are. Heres just one model how much they think is going to fall, maybe an inch for the storm north of town and the second batch rolls in. Maybe if you like snow, you get an inch each time, but the main impact will be wednesday morning. Well come back, talk about that and show you another snowfall accumulation maam. A horrifying scene in arlington this morning as a mom was strapping her young child into their minivan. This happened out on north little falls parkway in front of nottingham elementary. A passing dump truck got too close, rimmed the door off that van and ripped the door off that va
Elsewhere across the region, 41. 43 in winchester. 51 in lexington park. Visibility is looking pretty good across most of the region. You could encounter fog farther south and west. Heres the satellite and radar composite. There are a few high clouds with a little disturbance over the tennessee valley. Our forecast today, still fantastic. Just a few high, thin clouds but still a good deal of sun. Temperatures in the middle 70s. This weather pattern continues over the next several days. Maybe a slight hiccup in the forecast. Ill detail that. For now, well turn it over to amanda meadows who has a look at this mornings commute. So far, so good on the major interstates. Were still watching a crash on brant avenue. If youre headed through southeast dc, infound, youll experience delays. The closures are due to investigating a crash scene. Route 50, absolutely beautiful conditions with the exception of work going on. If youre headed out toward the eastern shore, its blocked. 270, looks like a
Tremendous rain we had yesterday, and during the overnight period. North and west of us, damascus with over 6 inches, germantown, saying then in leesburg, monrovia, even reston, virginia, close to 2 inches of rain, a lot of it coming in a very short period of time. Were still under flood warnings north of es, frederick, areas down into montgomery county, come a down to fauquier and areas of culpepper county under is the flood warning, too. Temperatures in the 40s. The winds will subside some tonight, but it will still be a windy day tomorrow. In terms of whats next for us, were talking about the chance of snow showers. You can see it on the goodnight wakeup forecast. Well give you more details coming up. Weve learned a woman in maryland drowned in the floods. Rescuers comb through a homeless camp here that flooded. Anne Arundel Police tell us she drowned in the waters near ft. Mead road. Up to 6 inches of rain fell near the Patuxent River overnight. Several hundred people in laurels Hi
A fire station in potomac where he talk to some of the rescuers that risked their lives to save drivers that were stranded. Reporter we are at station 30 here on pauls road in potomac. The quiet behind me belies how busy they have been in the past few hours where a rise of Rushing Water has led to a rash of harrowing experiences. Before the sun came up, swift watter teams and other First Responders were already plucking hapless motorists out. This vehicle became strappeded and rescuers got the driver out. Not long after that yet another vehicle out of its element. This one on bright an dam road in brookville. That arrive was taken to safety without injury. We had eight. Began last night around 9 30. We had them in the upcounty, barnesville area, east county, brighton dam, as well as germantown and darnestown area. Another driver ended up in Rushing Water that came up over a bridge. He had to be rescued from the roof of his car. People still dont learn not the drive in flooded roads. Re