Silver 1f nspring. A big gust. I bet you it was 50 miles an hour. I saw it go down on the house. Reporter not far away in kensington, another house crushed by a fallen tree. Actually, we have a few houses. W one in prather and dealing wi that. Firefighters having tough access getting there. The electric meters are smoking and trees and wires are down. Reporter heavy rains and strong wind pounded our region. On canal road, a tree fell on a car near fox hall road and causing the driver to hit a truck. The driver of the car4; e transported to the hospital. Montgomery county had thousands of calls in one hour and several trees hitting homes. A tree came down and trapped a box truck. There were arcing live wires around. The truck couldnt move and cut the ¿o tree and got the dri out and no injuries. Reporter now the owner of this home isfvnbqu11e in very good spirit, considering what has happened to his house. He tells me that just last week, he and his wife were out at the dulles expo
Capable of doing a lot of damage. So while the storms may be done, well give you a peak how fast they moved through the area between about 1 00 and 3 00. Theyre off the coast now. Cant rule out a few more showers later tonight because we still have to wait for the frontal boundary. But they will not be severe. Its all about the winds Going Forward and theres a peak at those high temperatures today. You can say goodbye to those as well. Were going to see temperatures dropping. As we mentioned, big problems today with the winds that gusted and took down normal tree to say. One of the biggest trees ive seen coming down on a house in quite a while is in the forest glen area and our Alexandra Limon is there, im really hoping that nobody was injured in this, those pictures are terrify to go. Reporter yes, fortunately. Not. Were in the forest glen neighborhood, not too far from Holy Cross Hospital and take a look at about, these huge oak tree was blown over from the neighbors yard on to this
Temperatures will remain above freezing. Will it get on track for a more predictable pattern . We will let you know coming up in 15 minutes. [siren] q listen, it has been a wild weather experience for the midwest. That is for sure. With 27 reported tornadoes over a 48hour period. The deadly storm system is responsible for at least three deaths. Cleanup is underway right now in illinois. Where a fastmovingee ef3 reduced part of a town to rubble. They say it affected them physically and emotionally. To see the streets the way they look this morning versus yesterday morning, yeah, its emotional. A lot of stuff got damaged but its all replaceable. All you got to look at it this way. Its all something to get back. Q high winds in North Carolina ripped the roof off the ford dealership but they plan to work through the cleanup efforts. Michelle first at 4 00, he threated his son and blow up buildings across montgomery county. Now he is behind bars. At the center of it all, anger over a child
Michelle the president s cabinet grew today. The u. S. Senate confirmed retired neurosurgeon ben carson as the new secretary of housing and urban development. An hour after carsons confirmation, they voted in rick perry as the secretary of state of energy. Perry famously forgot the name of the department in 2012 when listing agencies he would eliminate if elected president. He said eliminating the department would be a mistake since then. President trump spent the day aboard the uss germed r. Ford speaking to members of gerald r. Ford speaking to members of the naver i navy. He also discussed an Expansion Plan to increase the navy. Alison right now police are investigating a threatening email sent to a woman in winchester. Michelle she is the leader of a Government Watchdog Group working to protest president trumps agenda. Alison but as Richard Reeve reports th it was alarming. I dont alarm easily. Richard for lisa holiday, founder of the Watchdog Group indivisible winchester it began
Those of you hoping we were done with our final freezes. It does not look to be the case at all. So youre planning your outdoor activities. Nothing to worry about for today. Tomorrow though, maybe an indoor day at the gym. Cold and blustery, only in the 40s tomorrow and likely to be a hard freeze wednesday night into thursday morning. Thursdays, sunny, staying on the chilly side but without the wind it wont be too bad. Saturday, clearly the nicest day out of the next 7 to 10 so start making your outdoor plans for saturday already. Today 63. Tomorrow only 46 with that gusty northwesterly wind around. Now it is time to go over to Melissa Mollet and see how things are doing in Northern Virginia this morning. Eastbound 66 after 123, do have a crash in the right lane. Were not seeing it very easily on camera. 270 at montrose road, like this is just before this camera. Eastbound braddock road near sully park road, all lanes blocked there. 66 and 95 overall, no major impacts. Inbound 66 there