this effect. the united states is offering our full assistance to haiti and to others in the region. the worst earthquake to rock haiti in more than # hundred years. thousands injured and the death toll ignificant. i m steve chenevey. i m gurvir dhindsa. thank you for being here. there have already been several aftershocks and the images show the sheer devastation. everything from simple shams to the national palace have collapsed. at least two americans are said to be among the wreckage. it could be some time before we know how many people may have been killed. we ll get a full report coming up in just a few minutes. we want to check in with tone way perkins, say good morning to him. good news as we begin the warm-up we ve been talking about. we ll see our temperatures rise to the seasonal normal. we are heading in the right direction. right now, it is a cold start to the day. 28degrees under mostly clear skies. relative humidity is at 51%. the winds are out of the
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teafnootrn a as ternoon at. i satytrubcln. he man was sa m wheas wis sesay mp attempting to get the tolthe ser in advan othf ere coming storm and that is when the lightning struck. the 42-year-old man is hospitalized at this hour. he was taken by ambulance to suburban hospital and decision was made to transfer him by helicopter to the washington hospital center. no information about his condition has been made available but he was conscious and breathing on his own when he was wheeled into the helicopter. for more on the lightning we are seeing across our area, let s go upstairs to bob ryan. we are seeing more lightning. we had that one batch that did come across montgomery county and here is another one you can showing thank you lightning. quite a few strokes and all of these are those potentially deadly cloud-to-groundstrokes. remember, whatever especially if you are outside and hear the rumble of thunder don t wait until you begin to hear or see any lightning. thunde
up into frederick county, maryland. remember, we will be seeing more thunderstorms tomorrow when you hear the rumble of thunder, don t take any chances. seek a safe, secure spot. move inside. and the 30/30 rule, if you can hear thunder, you are in danger and once you don t hear any thunder for about 30 minutes you can go back outside. we are going to continue to see some heavy rains although, unfortunately, right around much of the washington area, haven t seen much. here is what has been going on. you can see this area of rain moving up into new england. that s going to be a nasty storm there. so still a few more heavy rains and at months pier is saturated. we are going to be seeing for the most part, i think, a lot of shine this weekend. still cannot rule out a few thunderstorms. i will tell you more about that when i join you downstairs. lightning in the area. speaking of lightning we begin tonight with the breaking news from bethesda where a man is hehospitalized after