A house at the front where i am looks fine. But looking down, you can see the incredible damage that occurred here this afternoon. This is the line of storms that topper just described. Came through this section of Silver Spring at about 2 15 this afternoon doing lots and lots of damage, particularly here to the woodmore subdivision in Silver Spring. That is Mother Nature really flexing her muscles. Damage was extensive to this house in the woodmore subdivision of Silver Spring. The show piece of this backyard gave way and crashed full force on the house. One was home or in in time lapse, witnessed the power of Mother Nature as she winds up to throw her punches on our region. Within minutes, incinerating strokes of lightning lit up the horizon. The storms came with wind gusts that push sheets of rain into blinding curtains. Minor flash flooding was one result. Another result, down trees and power lines. Many streets blocked and Power Outages that came hand in hand. Fortunately, damage
C. P. R. On carol glover who died that day. He says he was on the train an hour before being evacuated. It was way too long for the people on our car to get the help that they needed. So you know an hour cant survive in an hour if youre really in trouble. Today, the mayor said an initial report on the incident will be released in the next 48 hours. From our point of view we have to make sure that the Response Time for our department responded in every every fast and safe way possible. Fire Service Consultant dave statter questions the timing of many aspects of the response. Certainly if youre on that train, its an eternity. But the firefighters do have to make sure theyre safe. In the end carol glover was taken to the hospital at 4 25 p. M. More than an hour after eyewitnesses reported first seeing smoke. As for that report that it was released within 48 hours, it will also include hours of radio traffic information as well as interviews from first responders. As for metro, we called t
Coverage from metro headquarters. Chris . Well, alison its only been three days since that train filled with smoke and had to be evacuated and already tomorrow the very first lawsuit will officially be filed. Now, the man filing that lawsuit, his name is malbert rich, a 53yearold new yorker who according to his lawyer was just released from the Georgetown University hospital. He says he is suing to make metro safer. Now, he said hed also like some compensation though he wouldnt say how much and wouldnt discuss his injuries. But what he would discuss is that he believed that he was going to die when that train filled with smoke. He even sent a goodbye text to his mother and two of his children. I told my mother that that i loved being her son. And i told my kids i loved being their dad and i told them told them, you know proud to have been there and was going to move on to somewhere better. Now on monday when that train filled with smoke, 84 people were injured and had to receive medica
Drivers. In leesburg very picturesque and had that snow globe effect for most of mid morning and early afternoon. We were on the roads in ashburn, chantilly and herndon as well. Drivers were taking it easy and driving with caution. That was good news. Vdot had 800 plows treating and salting the roads across Northern Virginia. Did seem like they were all over the place. Drivers we spoke with said that the roads seemed fine but they were hoping for a smooth rush hour. A little skittish maybe, yeah. I think its because its whiting out a little bit for people. Other than, that the roads are fine. I think everybodys driving, you know sensibly. Just starting to get wet mostly. But temperature keeps dropping. Well have problems. Thats a concern for some of the drivers if the temperature drops. This snow has been the hard, wet packed snow. Good for making snowballs and im sure thats what a lot of kids were doing out here. Afternoon and Evening Activities Canceled in arlington and fairfax. Comi
Say if this was an accident or not but one person is confirmed dead today after their vehicle went in to what metropolitan police described to be 10 feet of water in the potomac. Reporter emergency crews are seen trying to revive the victim but it was apparently too late. Police tell us the person who saw this happen was a dc duck operator. The witness called in and basically stated that he saw a vehicle in the water 3 4ths of the way submerged and one person was seen, the silhouette of a person. Reporter a k9 unit surrounded the area to make sure there wasnt a second person who maybe jumped or fell out of the vehicle. We have Violent Crimes unit detectives respond to the seen as well as our major crash unit responding just to determine what we got, what likely happened. Based on what we know that had happened. Police tell us nobody actually called in saying they saw the vehicle go in to the water but they dont believe the victim was underneath for a very long time. Off the parkway, im