today. that will warm us up. a dense fog advisory right along the mason-dixon line. including the panhandle. it will reduce his ability north of town appeared much color northwest of town. 39 in cumberland. the temperatures right now appeared the to mitscher s this afternoon. upper-50 s while other it 60 s. they are developing out of the west. tamara increasing clouds and a few wrinkles sprinkles. they will bring some areas of rain for the first part of the day on saturday. probably some thunderstorms as well saturday midday. that is your forecast. we re going to flip the calendar. i am looking at february still. we of looking ahead to what is happening on the highway. that is the news. everything is open. they taking care of the sinkhole. it is open for the morning rush. if you re running through this, we ll show you the pace of the traffic. they will wind down with a look and virginia of traffic approaching the beltway. we will have our in traffic all morning long. coaxia
in bloom. mark your calendars for between march 24 and march 31. chief horticulturist at the park service believes that s when the trees will be in full bloom. the cherry blossom festival. marks the 100th anniversary japan gave the trees to washington, d.c. much more on the cherry blossoms later in this program. and this morning, residents in seven states are cleaning up from a string of deadly tornadoes that struck the midwest and south. the death toll rose overnight. officials say three people were killed in the powerful storms there. six people died in illinois and three in missouri. bringing the total number of deaths to 12. eun yang sat the news4 super screen with a closer look at the damage. at least 20 tornadoes spawned in seven states during the deadly storm that swept through the midwest between tuesday and wednesday morning. the first touched down in kansas. in harveyville. mall town of just 300 people, local sheriff says between 40% to 60% of the town is gone.
and 7 into easton. maryland s most powerful radar is dry, but we have lots of moisture and that s why we are dealing with that fog. so speaking of the fog, let s check the track with angela andyou have been busy because of the conditions. reporter: that s correct. very busy because of the foggy conditions and deja vu. another accident on the west side of the beltway. we will get to that in a point. but the big story is the foggy conditions. that is live look at the tidings bridge and waiting for you as you head out for the commute. foggy from cecil county into harford county. over in queen ann on u.s. 50 at sandy point, that s what we have for you right now. you want to maneuver a bit slower cross-examine the bay bridge. as we mention the accident this is on the west side of security boulevard. we are blocking two left lanes and there s the delay here. liberty road backing up before you approach 795. charley back over to you. all right. thanks. we will try to get the dela
the alliance allows the two schools to accomplish the same goal while keeping their own identities. today that is what they agreed to. the college park president was the official cheerleader for the new partnership, one designed to tear down the economic and academic perry s that separated the two schools. university of maryland students will benefit greatly under this new plan. there will be many new initiatives, including a maryland scholars program derrek texted does not in there. the new alliance permits the two schools to realign programs in public health, law and public policy, bioengineering, medicine, and pharmacy. the changes, with a $45 million price tag over the next 10 years. the alliance is still work in progress, at an both sides are still trying to iron out the wrinkles. the board of regents and chancellor are convinced it is a proposal with a lot of potential. we are unleashing too academic powerhouses that will have a profound effect on our state an
starting off this first day of march, it s also the first day of meteorological spring. get out the party hats and noise makers. well, it s been feeling like spring just about all winter. there we go. here s the washington monument under a clearing sky now. the rain is over, and the waters are receding. it s 59 at reagan national. we ve got a west-southwesterly breeze and we ve got a real springlike start to the day. we have fog to our north and quite a bit of montgomery county, frederick, carroll, west virginia, panhandle, a lot of fog there. visibility s under a quarter of a miechl watch out for that. elsewhere we ve got a clear sky and temperatures in the 50s in arlington, fairfax, montgomery, prince george s counties, mid-50s there. from fred ricks fwourg charlottesville, there s all that rain. a view from space showing a clearing sky. here s your day planner for today. sunrise at 6:40. a cool morning. we ll be in the 50s for the morning hours. fog dissipating by 9:00. th