Most local governments also closed. Emergency personnel, though, are still asked to report. Every major Public Transportation agency is closed today, including metro transit and vre. Pretty much every flight into and out of our region has been canceled. Youre advised to call your Airline First if you have any questions about getting in or out of town. Marc is shut down today. Amtrak canceled most of its northeast corridor trains. Again its pret much a quiet day. Today is also the third day of an extended weekend for most School Systems in our region, and we have all of this information on our website. Its wusa9. Com. We keep it updated 24 7. Very little traffic out there, but that doesnt mean we dont have problems and road closures. So lets go to Monika Samtani whos going to tell us about that. If youre planning to head around town, let me take you to a graphic. Here at the bay bridge, level one wind restrictions. That means winds are 40 to 49 miles an hour. No empty box trailers are h
System usually to be in play this far north. We only have a week or two window of opportunity every year to get this. This is rare. I dont remember anything like this. You may never see this again. Lets hope so. Just an extreme, extreme weather event. Kudos for everybody for taking it seriously, for canceling schools, work, transit. I think thats easily the right call and calling the evacuations. Lets get you going with a look at our day plan other this monday morning. Weve got rain which has picked up. Moderate rain right now. By noon heavy rains and wind going on there. Temperature steady if not falling. Right now 53 degrees with moderate rain. Weve got Hurricane Force Wind Warnings from the midatlantic to the northeast. This is where i think the Hurricane Center blew it. They thought, you know, past cape hatteras, we wont issue hurricane or Tropical Storm warnings because we think its going to be an extra Tropical Storm. Well confuse everybody by going to another warning system. Thi
Museum is celebrating its 40th birthday with a big bank. Bi life music, new exhibits, star gazing and more. Get this, theyre partying all night. Weve got your party pass, fox5 local news at 10 starts right now. And we thank you for joining us, im tony perkins and im sarah sip once in for shawn. Sh if you are like am americans yoi may be getting out of town this weekend which also means youre dealing with the inevitable Holiday Travel rush. Lets take a look at sky fox for drivers that are heading eastbound. It hasnt led up a the lot. Lot i have to say it is better than what it was earlier. Where it seems like traffic was worse. Storms didnt stop people goingo east for the Holiday Weekend. Bad weather was the cause ofcaus some problems at the marylandarl statehouse earlier today. Take a look, a lightening rod at the top of the building struck by lightning. The strike activated the Fire Protection system sprinklers. Firefighters were sent out tout the billing, but thankfully there was not
Alison we have breaking news from largo, where a Prince Georges County sheriffs deputy was involved in this car crash. Look at these unbelievable images. This is the 8400 block of central avenue. The deputy was responding to a call when he lost control hit an suv, and the Police Cruiser hit a pole. The driver of the suv and the Police Officer were not injured. Leon a cloudy and cold night tonight, a chance of flurries in spots tomorrow morning. Alison can you believe it . Where we can see the snow and how long it will last from meteorologist eileen whelan, who has the timeline. Good to see you, eileen. Eileeen good to see you both. Lets get to the stormscan to show you what is going on. This is a weak weather system, a fastmoving clipper, very weak weather system. As it has moved from the midwest into the midatlantic, it is losing some moisture. I think just a few flurries, no impact Tuesday Morning. The temperatures are chilly, upper 30s, lower 40s. Overnight in the district, we dropp
You can see behind me it burned down. They are working on determining the cause of this fire. But again thats going to take some time. They cant get into whats left of the structure. It appears the roof is gone some of the outside wall compromised. They are still putting water on it. Well have more later on news 4. Were live in fairfax. Back to you. Derrick ward. A sad story for many residents there. Thank you so much. Right now we want to turn our eyes on the weather. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell says the sun is going to make an appearance today. Have faith. Right, chuck . Not only have faith, i can see it out the window currently. Once you can see it out the window you know its going to happen. Outside we go on a chilly sunday morning. Temperatures are in the 40s. Depending on where you live youre either seeing mostly sunny or mostly cloudy skies as evidenced by our tower cameras. This one is pointing to the north into Montgomery County. Look at that sky, clearing out beauti