been following since early on. and it comes to you, excuse me, from the district, this is out in dc. we have beach drive closed between porter street and the zoo. you want to use 16th. the situation, a driver ran in to a pole. wires are still out on the roadway. 270 southbound, tracking volume from germantown road to 370. our next stop takes us over to virginia. 66 eastbound tracking a lot of taillights here. a lot of volume between 50 and 123. wrap it up with 395 northbound. drivers are moving at speed from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. back to you. at the top of the hour, here s a look at the stories happening today. the maryland teen nearly killed in a terrorist bombing in uganda is back in the united states. friends of 16-year-old emily say she underwent her 11th surgery on her shattered leg last night. she was hurt in one of the two attacks that killed 76 people including delaware native nathan ham. a federal judge in san francisco is expected to announce by
below ground stations. dulles, reagan national and bwi are all open. hum videos have been dispatched to help motorists in frederick county, maryland and think district is looking to recoup money from the federal government. they are tapped out like many localities in the area. we are talking about the day after the blizzard and what s to come? a nice day relatively speaking. still breezy but a lot of sunshine and temperatures above freezing. we are getting melting done and the key is it will not get too warm too fast or else we will flood it. that simple. so much water is locked in the snow pack we have to slowly work it down. the forecast first on this thursday afternoon we are looking at temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s in spots toward fredericksburg. they are already at 40, 41 down there. tomorrow mid-30s and on saturday, the lower 30s. a few clouds from a system that will pass to our south. thankfully well to the south but there are places that normally don t s
the blizzard of 2010 paralyzes our region. the epic storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power tonight. driving down right dangerous and it turns out it will last for days. our team coverage on this record breaker continues now. thank you for sticking with us. i m maureen umeh. i m will thomas. right off the top at 10:00, a blizzard alert. metro closing in just an hour. that s earlier than previously scheduled. underground service only will start up again tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. no metro bus tomorrow either. other alerts we re following, southwest canceling all service to bwi and dulles tomorrow. loudoun county schools canceling classes for monday and tuesday. the fox 5 team weathering the elements all day long. coverage begins tonight right off the top at 10:00 with the fox 5 storm force. sue palka, the storm finally moving out of here. the flakes have finally stopped flying, will. we saw the last of it ending from northwest to southeast this afternoon. and a b
over. the digout of 2010 is just beginning. a live picture of reagan national. a few hours ago you could hardly see that tower. thanks for joining us. this is our continuing coverage of the blizzard of 2010. i m will thomas. i m maureen umeh. check this one out. these are the jackpot totals from maryland, virginia and the district. a whopping 34.5 inches in leesburg. if you re counting that s just under three feet. this one is a record breaker for sure. all that snow causing a virtual shutdown of our area. you could add metro underground rail service to that list closing early. right now in fact. it will reopen tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. metro bus closed through tomorrow. southwest flights from bwi and dulles tomorrow also canceled. so will the sun finally shine tomorrow? fingers crossed, toes crossed. sue palka now with the details. i could sing it for you but i think i ll just tell you yes, the sun will be out tomorrow. i don t have enough voice left to be able to sing it
. welcome back to continuing coverage. will thomas here with brian bolter. maureen is getting a cup of coffee. a live look outside. this is one of these ustream videos coming in. you can see there s still vehicular traffic out there. this looks like wisconsin avenue, major thoroughfare. looks like a major thoroughfare that s getting a lot of plow action. so side street, brian, they really look like they ve got the 2 feet of snow piled up. indeed. that s going to the story as we transition from the blizzard of 2010 to the snow to the wind component to the big dig, the cleanup. sue palka is monitoring all things weather wise. now that we ve finally got the snow portion of this over with, the temperatures are going to drop and things are going to get crusty. we ve seen this heavy, wet snow anywhere from 17 inches at reagan national which may or may not we ll probably go up just a little bit. it s been a huge, huge deal. it will be getting a little more compacted and icy.