Areas in north in inches. But the big story now is the Road Conditions. What those are like. Combine the friday evening commute and it can cause a mess. With that said go to josh knight. What is going on . What are you seeing . We are traveling east. We are on 50. We just went over 301. You can see close to the outlet shopping center. What is going on for us . Roads have been wet. We are still getting light snow coming down, a little sleet mixing in at times as well. But a lot of traffic. I dont know if its weather related or just friday getaway and people trying to bet the weather. In general, the Road Conditions on if main roads have been relatively quiet and dealing with the road spray when you get to go fast. I want to show you the temperature out here from the storm track. We have instruments on the roof. Around 28 d so my concern is the roads with the less travel and the less traffic. Those places have a chance of icy and more slick and more quickly. So keep that in mind. It can
The Road Conditions, speaking of that. Check in with meteorologist josh knight in stormwatch7. Good evening. It has been quiet and congested. We want to stay around anne arundel. We are in the area. We are east of bowie. Traffic is moving slowly. I dont know how much out has to do with the Road Conditions because of the weather. Predominantly they are just wet. But i want to point out the current temperature harringing around 28 degrees. So once we get less traffic out there. The water on the road might have a better chance to freeze up. Really want to be careful as you are out and you dont have the choice but to move slowly. But if you get the opportunity to go quickly its still take your time. Heading east. Send it outside. Thank you. Take your time. Sam sweeney is patrolling the roadways in mobiletrak7. We keep an eye on his feet and josh as well. We will alert you to the problem spot. Keep tabs anytime you want. You can download it. Radar is nice. Check it at any time. Thank you. W
On the ground. Is everybody okay . Im still figuring that out. We have cars everywhere. Down on to the highway. Lindsey this is a new train route for this train. Todays voyage was the inaugural run. Part of a 181 million project. The ntsb will no doubt take a close look at the project as well as interviewing and operating the amtrak train. You can see a live picture of what is going on there right now. A team is headed from here in d. C. To that crash site right now. At the live desk, lindsey mastis. Jonathan thank you very much. Look at the map. When you see the green line, that is the old route. The orange line is the new one that opened this morning. This was the inaugural run and meant to reduce sharp curves and enable the train to speed up. The train was going 81 m the Washington State project had the max speeds of 79 miles per hour. We dont know at this point if the speed was a factor in the derailment. This rail project cost more than 180 million. You know there were cars on bot
As part of a 181 million project. The ntsb is on the way to take a close look at the scene, the project and interview those operating the train. The ntsb team is traveling from d. C. To the crash site. We are hearing report that six people died, that is not confirmed and we are told that the death toll could be higher. Jonathan a hectic scene there in pierce county. Larry investigators will be there all day to piece together what happened. Tom roussey has a detailed look at where the train cars fell off the track. The Bigger Picture this train was supposed to be going from seattle all the way to portland, oregon. On the way to olympia the capitol. Look at the new secti where it happened. Interstate 5 where the traffic was headed southbound this way. The train was headed this way and the train is hanging over the side where it happened. This is an aerial view from the helicopter over the scene of what it looks like. We are hearing stories of the passengers on the train and not seriously
Firefighters went to the offensive fire tack and the rescue. The rescues included pulling two people to safety by ladder from balconies. Favor victims treated for smoke inhalation. 30 people displaced heading to the holiday. That building was very pretty. They had the lights all around it. You know, so im sure everybody is devastated. I hope christmas comes for them. Many people are stoic now. But it will hit them. The red cross says replacing the lost gifts for displaced children will be a priority. We are going to provide assistance today to meet those immediate things folks have clothes, food, replacement of medical items. We will also have conversations with them about where they plan to go. The red cross is working with the families tonight. There were a number of children displaced. Local churches have been gathering goods, clothing, that sort of the Management Company looking for the vacancies within the complex to put families up tonight so they can try to rebuild the lives. Fo