Reporting five people were on board this helicopter when it went down. And an active search is under way. Officials say an 87foot patrol boat out of portsmouth and a small boat out of station little creek are responding. And we will bring you more information as soon as we get it. Other other top story, Water Companies around the region have their hands full. They are fixing as many as 40 water main breaks caused by the historic cold weather. It is the most recent break that crews are working on to fix here in the district. And authorities hope to have this water main break repaired along connecticut avenue in northwest, in time for the evening commute. Now the cold is making it harder for the crews to make the repair, just to dig in to the ground, before they move on to the next water main break. So we could be seeing warmer temperatures soon. Which is going to be a big help. Lets go to howard to find out when. Howard . They have already starting a little bit. It is not warm but it is
Good evening, everybody. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. It is yet another bitterly cold night across much of the nation. The cold broke records at dulles and bwi and in dozens of cities across the country. It also cracked water pipes. A broken main in baltimore left this car encased in a thick layer of ice. Tonight while the winds have died down you better keep the heat cranked up. It is going to be brutal. Were under a red alert another hour and we were wondering what were going to look at tomorrow morning. I guess the good news is no wind to speak of tonight or tomorrow morning at the bus stop, but temperatures still in the dingle digits overnight in the burbs. High temperature today 21 downtown, 19 many gaithersburg, 9 in west minimum in gaithersburg, 9 in westminster, High Temperature 13 in martinsburg, did not set any record low maximums, but it was rather on the cold side needless to say and probably the coldest air weve seen in five years. Right now temperatures, 10 in bethe
The City of Buffalo s nine emergency warming shelters for use during major weather events are not equipped yet with cots, blankets, water or food, and one of them doesn t have