The metro tunnel. Dcs mayor is promising total transparency on the citys part. And Stephanie Ramirez has more. Reporter bruce, this is the 37page report that gives a more detailed time line into what happened last monday. It also provides information of communication issues. Communication issues that were reported days before the fatal tragedy. Its not surprising. Reporter while maybe not surprised, there are many concerns with this report, reported on past metro emergencies, now runs a fire and ems website, often working as a consultant. With this new report, he tells me his concerns are number one, that metro waited a number of minutes before they contacted dc 911. When they contacted them, they didnt have a lot of detailed information. The other thing in the report is that the dc 911 center very quickly. It took them 6 minutes once they had a confirmed call at the station before they dispatched fire and ems. Thats way too long. Reporter but one of the things he finds most interestin
Is welcome news. Temperatures still chilly, still 41 at reagan initial. The colder air off to the west. Scanning the skies, quiet conditions, High Pressure moves overhead. That means our skies will clear for the overnight. Well see temperatures that will eventually fall into the 20s to low to mid 30s and waking up to a little bit of sunshine. Coming up, well talk about what to expect for Christmas Eve and christmas day. We could be looking at a more significant storm over the next seven days. That is not the news that people at dulles wanted. The winds caused backups at the airport tonight. Richard, if a period of time it did slow things down at the airport. Thats right. At least for now things seem to be dying down. These bushes were blowing around wildly just a short time ago. Traveling through the holidays it could always been a hassle but the win added an additional element. A gusty day. A little bumpy coming in. It wasnt snow but 40 miles an hour wind. All our christmas deck creat
Thieves rough up a fedex driver and steal packages from his truck just days before christmas. Plus, its getaway day f that involved traveling by plane, the wind made it slow going for some. Good evening, everyone. Have you been outside . Its blustery out there. Been that way all day. So lets get right to storm team 4 meteorologist. That wind makes it feel colder out there tonight. Absolutely right. It sure does. The wind, even though its fading down now that the sunset, its still just enough of a breeze to keep wind chills in the 20s for your saturday evening plans. How high did the winds gust this afternoon . How about 51 miles an hour at mart inzburg airport. Also 51 mile per hour gusts at dulles international. 49 mile per hour in hagerstown. Even in town, reagan national, a 43 per hour gust. Were down to that 15 to 30 mile per hour range. That is helping a bit. Wind chills are in the 20s and low 30s. Prepare for a Cold Saturday evening. What about tomorrow and christmas week . Thats
If you are watching us now youre included in this winter storm warning. Thats right. Weve been tracking this storm since last week. The question isnt if the snow gets here but when. Now the latest on the timing and the track of this storm. Well, parts north of washington will already start to see a wintry mix by 9 00 this evening. Were looking at a wintry mix overnight in the d. C. Metro area from about 11 00 p. M. Until 2 00 a. M. Everybody under this winter storm warning and it goes until 6 00 tomorrow evening. So with the wintry mix were worried about a layer of ice and then when that mix change to snow, snow on top of ice. That will lead to dangerous travel. Especially early tomorrow morning. And once we see the change over to all snow, the snow will be heavy. By 6 00 a. M. , most if not all the area will already see about two to three inches of snow. Heres the radar right now. Just scattered rain but dont worry. This is going to fill in. This is our storm system. All of this rain,
Temperatures plummeting in texas. In san angelo 23 late today. Yesterday a balm me 87 and stephenville 20 down from 80. In indianapolis, the storm brought this seasons snowfall total to within six inches of breaking a record. My business has never been closed this many times, five times this year. Reporter residents in search of shelves. Everyone is out. They cant get it anywhere. Ice health yesterday morning and gone before 11 00. This is the first year in 17 years we havent will. Reporter in chicago, a record 3,000 people embraced the cold for the annual polar plunge raising money for the special olympics. Among them mayor emanuel and jimmy fallon. He just went in with his suit on. Look at him. He is wet and clothed. These four will have you covered all the way through this winter storm. Were starting early, 4 00 in the morning tomorrow. Storm comes, here here for you with the latest on the Road Conditions and snow totals, and you can track the storm on live interactive radar. Its fr