With the officer and the homeowners store live because of if. Dan clutching his wife who both are arrive today thanks to Sergeant Scott brooks who pulled them from their burning home. They were at their home in Silver Spring when the f re broke out around 5 00 a. M. It was a vigorous fire. Reporter sergeant brooks was driving to work on New Hampshire avenue at that sametime. Observed like a big funnel cloud smoke going straight up in the sky, like black smoke. Brooks called in the fire and followed the smoke to the house. He was the first to arrive. The house was fully engulfed coming from the back area with both smoke and fire. Reporter brooks didnt wait for help. Went to the front door and the front door was locked. Reporter meanwhile inside them burning the couple were trying to get out. My wife jumped up the walls on fire so i jumped out of bed and started making my way towards the door. Reporter thats when sergeant brooks decid to kick in the front door. When i kicked the front do
Degrees. By 7 00 p. M. Low 90s but its feeling close to 100 when you factor in the mugginess. Most of us are dryt there. I cant rule out a few isolated showers and thunderstorms, in especially northern virginia. Again, most of us are dry. Everybody is warm. That should say 81 at 11 00 p. M. , but it will feel more like 91 at 11 00 p. M. When you factor in the humidity. Heres the latest check of storm team 4ar rad the d. C. Metro area is looking dry. Back to the west, showers into washington county,he panhandle of West Virginia and out into lualay. This is about the dangerous heat. More on how hot it will feel as the week wears on coming up in my fl forecast right around 4 20. Thanks, amelia. Folks, as those temperatures rise well be on weather alert later this week, and the best h thing toe with you, our nbc washington app. That or a fan. Can you make weather your home page there and getts alerent right to your phone at any time. Pat . Its been one year since a 10yearold girl sitting o
Tonight and tracking some isolated showers back into Northern Virginia and into parts of fauquier county. Im going to have more on that coming up at 625,but, again, its just all about the heat and the warm nights and hot days that well be experiencing right on into the weekend. 11 00 p. M. Tonight, taking the dog out for the last time, its still at 81 deges. The humidity levels, think that is wednesday, thursday, saturday and sunday says it it all. Weont see the humidity start to come down until monday and dangerous heat is in thest foreca. Potentially tomorrow, but especially friday, sarday and sunday. Much more on that at 6 25. All right, amelia, thank you. There is another escalion in the public friction between President Trump and four Freshmen Congress women of color. The democrats are taking steps to formally rebuke the process and there was a vote on n wheth Speaker Nancy Pelosi was out of word when she called the president s wor rates of on the house floor. For a third day in a
105 in frederick, maryland, and 112 degrees ileesburg right now. Heres the latest warning. Everybody here in pink is under an excessive heat warning until 9 00 p. M. Tonight. For feelslike temperatures until 9 00 p. M. , around 100 degrees or hotter. Again, we have a heat warning in effect for tomorrow and a heat ay. Ch in effect for su for your evening planner, check it out. At 90 degrees right now. It still feels like 105 degrees at 7 00 p. M. 9 00 p. M. The sun is down and still feeling like 100 degrees out there, and by 11 00 p. M. It feels like 95 degrees. Now coming up at about 4 20, im going to be walking you throughout your day tomorrow hour by hour with the feelslike temperature and also breaking down what is the difference between a watch and ag . Warn pat, back for you. Thanks, amelia. Our coverage of this dangerous heat is just getting started. Coming up in five minutes were working for you on how to save on your electric bill. Then later in the hour your heat and your heal
Ere starts right now. Ws 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. And good afternoon. F happy fourthuly to you. Thanks for spending part of your holiday with us, and if you have plans for the rest of the holiday ight, strong storms could affect those plans. Thats right. And thats why were starting things off at this hour hereth storm center with amelia draper. Weve seen some sprinkles with rain out there on the mall right now. Lo what are you king at in. Im tracking very heavy rain down at the mall right now, and youre hearing the dinging going off. A new Severe Thunderstorm Warning out there. We talked about the high likelihood for storms and heavy rain yesterday, leon. Right. And here it is. First, lets take you to some video at the Lincoln Memorial where the president is set to give his speech at 6 30 tonight, and check it out. Just an absolute downpour down there. Our camert checking the right now. No Severe Thunderstorm Warnings t there, but very heavy aspl speech at 30eng rig