Elizabeth we are standing by one of the road closures but to give you perspective. Take look. We are standing in the floodwater which is ankle deep. But yesterday this was waist high. The conditions are improving but the governor asking residents to stay vigilant. Live in South Carolina, im elizabeth hur, abc7 news. Jonathan elizabeth, any idea when the water will recede enough for roads where you are standing now and they would be back open and the water would be gone . Elizabeth we dont have a definitive timeline but the governor said the danger is still in position. According to the forecasters, fortunately a dry trend is in the forecast for the folksment for the folks. They are watching the rivers. Its at the flood stage but they are still rising and it could reach record levels by the morning. That is what they are watching for. So until the danger is out of the area, the roads are a concern. Jonathan thank you. Coming us to from South Carolina, elizabeth hur. Very few part of the
8900 block of brookville road a large neighborhood of industrial businesses. Suzanne kennedy is live on the scene with a look at how it all started and ended. Suzanne, tell us about it. Leon, this is the area on brookville road where it all took place. It happened back here in had this industry area. There are a number of businesses located back here. Used car lot. Several landscaping companies. This started to unfold around 8 00 this morning. Authorities say an employee of a Landscaping Company showed up for work and he was very agitated. Coworkers say he went to a car and grabbed a shotgun. He fired off one round into a mulch pile and then pointed the gun at a coworker. Police responded and shut down all roads surrounding the business which left many trying to figure out how to get to work. And other businesses on lockdown. Weve locked all the doors and obviously, nobody is coming in or out. Theres no immediate threat. Theyve got the swat teams in our parking lot so theyre certainly
Here with my dad. Love being here chicago fans were in the house as well. Here come the hawks the mighty blackhawks and they were loving this washington weather. This is like miami for us. No snow its great. This is almost tropical to us from the food to the fans. This game is a new years tradition that caps fans have passionately embraced. Caps, caps, caps caps its been a long day for a lot of people. Gates opened at 1 00 but there was a fanfest across the street that started much earlier today. So a lot of people came out making an entire day of it. Fortunately, the temperature got up into the mid 40s so it was a great day to be outside and obviously, a fantastic finish to washington, d. C. s first winter classic. Reporting live in Nationals Park suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. And the day is not over for those fans yet right, suzanne . Thank you very much. Prior to the game the big discussion was whether the glare off the ice would cause a problem. But once the puck dropped, it became
Means trains are being forced to stop and a conductor has to get out and stop the traffic. According to our partners repairs could take a couple of days. The chemicals used to help get the snow and ice off the roads are anything but helpful to our vehicles. And Maryland Bureau chief brad bell is live to explain the damage that these chemicals can actually cause. Brad . You know, weve been talking about so many problems with this weather. And now, really you got to get yourself into a car wash and it is exactly because of those new chemicals theyre putting down on the roadway. You know, when you see those white stripes on the pavement before theres a snowstorm, that pretreatment that contains a chemical called magnesium chloride and as it turns out, magnesium chloride is far more corrosive to your car than the traditional road salt rock salt that they spread. Talked to the experts and they say it can wreck your car. Not good for the cars. Bad for the finish. You want to get it off as qu
Some schools to close this morning caught parents off guard especially in stafford and spotsylvania counties where the call came after many of the parents had left to go to work. Suzanne kennedy now picks up our Stormwatch Team coverage live from garrisonville. Suzanne . Important news this school is closed today. People want to know that it will be open on june 15th because the day has been added to the calendar after they had another closure here today. It initially started ouz the delay but then moved on to an all day closure. Inconveniencing many parents and forcing another day to be added in june. You can hear the rapid thaw taking place this morning in stafford county. But still, schools were closed and students were stuck at home for the sixth day this winter. I get bored. Theres not much to do when youre out of school. In this garrisonville neighborhood, kids were playing outside without jackets. Too cold to be without a jacket. Im not cold single parent and electrician david m