And then, a sonic boom so loud that witnesses say they thought a war had broken out. Yeah. Reporter theyre bombing, this man says. 2,500 square meters of window glass reportedly shattered. Chaos inside buildings and panic on the streets, as glass and other debris comes raining down. Dash cams and cell phones capture the amazing sights. And from inside a building, this witness. It was ultrasonic. It was an asteroid. Officials report over 725 people injured, mostly from broken glass. Just look at the destruction. The blast obliterates part of this zinc factory. Taking down this outer wall. Schools were closed after windows were blown out. Temperatures in this region below zero today. 20,000 Russian Troops headed to the scene, including aircraft to survey the damage from the sky. Scientists say the meteor, which could have weighed ten tons, was not connected to the asteroid that will fly dangerously close to earth today. And Television Networks here are going walltowall with coverage of w
That meteor shower is not the only thing thats being watched in the sky today. Thats right. Scientists are tracking an asteroid that will come closer to earth than any other asteroid ever recorded. It will only be 17,000 miles away from our planet. Well talk about that coming up throughout the Morning Hours. For tucker well cover that at 6 45. Its amazing when you see those pictures, i dont remember hearing a lot of talk, a lot of chatter about that in the days leading up to that. What happened in russia . Yeah. Thats because nobody saw it coming. That explains it. Thats incredible. We got questions for greg later on. It happens occasionally. Greg will talk about it. Lets talk weather. A lot going on here. This morning were fine, its quiet and cold, 37 at Reagan National, and bwi marshall has dipped below the freezing mark at 31. There might be some frost on your windshield this morning. Hi it on mine, so be ready for that. You might need an extra minute to scrape. Otherwise all the ro
94 years old. Tonight his widow speaks to fox 5 as we learn more about the on and the wild weather roller coaster continues, the changes on the way that could affect your weekend plans. But we begin tonight with breaking news, that crippled accuse ship listening towards land is expected to reach limping towards land is expected to reach the u. S. Shore in an hour and a half. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im shawn yancy. Im brian bolter. Its the end to a nightmare vacation for thousands of passengers on board talk nothing power, no working bathrooms for many. The horrible heat and smell forced some passengers to sleep outside on the top deck. Fox 5s will thomas is following the story for us. The cruise ship is pulling up to the dock right now and for the 4,200 passengers and crew aboard they cannot get off that ship soon enough. Lets take another live shot of the cruise ship. Its already been cleared by customs, so we expect to see the first passengers walk off within 30 minutes of bei
Worse. Gwen tolbart has a look at the forecast. Any changes . We do have big changes. Today the story was the wind. We know how gusty it was. They created significant windchills. Satellite and radar showing clouds rolling in. A few flurries but mainly to the north of the d. C. Area. Not a lot happened in terms of that. But the winds, a lot happening there. We still have a Winter Weather advisory in effect for preston, garrett and tucker counties. Isolated 8 to 12 before its vlade and done. Gusty winds blowing the snow around. That is another factor as far as they are concerned. Here is a look at current wind gusts up to 33 Miles Per Hour, 43 as well at dulles. Take a look at how strong the wind gusts are. Temperatures are in the 20s but it feels a lot colder than that because of those winds. We have windchills in the teens. 12 is what it feels like at dulles. 10 at hagers town. A good hagerstown. Tonight a cold night. 1 degrees. The winds will die down once we get past the evening hour
And we heed over to owings mills now and the winds that are out of the south at four miles an hour. And more at 33. We go throughout the day, you are waking up around 7 00. 36 degrees. 45 as we go into the 10 00 hour. Well have the clouds increasing as we go throughout the day. And starting out with sunshine by the time the day is over well be under a cloudy sky with the wait weather moving in. They will come in at 53 degrees. Thats above average. Lets check now at the traffic. Good morning. You from traveling in howard county, there is nothing to get in your way here on the interstate 70. It will be clear from columbia pike over to 695. As we look at 695. Here in pikesville everything is moving along here. This is a 7 minute ride on the outer loop from 7 5 down to 70. As we look at the traffic drive times, it will take you 1 minutes to travel the outer loop on the east side of the beltway and up to 83 and everything is in great shape and through the tunnel and 8 minutes northbound all