like today, the army corps of engineers made the decision to open the floodgates at the more kansas bill way, allowing water to flood thousands of homes. at the morgue kansas bill way. this was a difficult and perhaps impossible decision. army engineers had to decide whether to open the spillway, allowing flooding in farmlands or that the mississippi keep flowing into pattbaton rouge. it is enough water to fill the superdome and 60 seconds. here it comes. bursting out of the gate of the spillway saturday. fully open, the spillway to move 600,000 cubic feet per second, three times the rate of niagara falls at its peak. residents in the flood path bracing for the worst. we will lose everything we have. army engineers are taking it slow, opening just one gate saturday possibly two more on sunday. we want people to know water is coming their way and they need to evacuate. this family is scrambling to do just that. her home is among 27,000 structures at risk. kno
frederick, jefferson and points to the northwest. that includes the panhandle of maryland and west virginia. that is until 11:00 p.m. the could be some precipitation mixed in the brain until 11:00 a.m. we have areas of rain. it is scattered in nature. it is in warren 10 and up towards winchester. western maryland is where we could have a light, which remix right now. that said, it should be minimal. as of now, i have not seen any reports of winter precipitation. note freezing rain falling yet. if you encounter freezing rain, let me know about it. i do not have eyes everywhere. i could use your help. feel free to drop me a line or send me an e-mail. i am all over the place. here is the forecast for today. areas of rain through the morning. they should clear up by 11:00 a.m. or noon. temperatures rising tonight into the 50 s into the 50 s. now let s go to traffic. we are in pretty good shape. we have wet roads we have to worry about. we have a minor crash based on 66 near o
so proud to be here. i think he would have liked to have come here that wasn t possible. looking to pet help the ball club win but get this one past him. reporter: jim riggleman talking about the pressure his phenom will face tonight. drew storen did talk about his fellow teammate and did say that they have been joking around saying he just had to turn off his phone all week long. you will hear from him coming up a little later. but you guys, it is quit a madhouse down here. stephen strasburg getting ready to make miss major league debut. lindsay, thanks a lot. from the team to the fans, people are lined up since before sunrise for a chance at a ticket here. tom sherwood talked with the fans as they head flood the ballpark and more on what they hope to be seeing tonight. hey, tom. reporter: a madhouse down here. stephen strasburg said he dreamed of this day. he s 21. there are a lot of fans down here who want to share in that dream. outside the stadium, the outdoo
right now the snow is coming down across the region. a live look outside. we re gearing up for another day of nasty weather as more snow moves in and possibly even blizzard-like conditions. good morning and welcome to this special edition of news4 today. i m eun yang. i m joe krebs it s the 10th of february, 2010. another winter storm, another snow day for many in our region. all local schools are closed. the federal government is closed for the third street day. metro rail is underground service only beginning at 5:00 this morning. metro bus service is suspended for the day. let s get the latest ton forecast. meteorologist tom kierein is tracking t storm in the storm center. yes. we did have snow last evening and it changed over to a mix of sleet and freezing rain for a time. for the last two hours, it has all changed back to snow all across the region. it is now beginning to snow moderately to even heavily. where we see the green on radar in montgomery county from