Southbound lanes closed. Traffic will only be getting by in one lane. And i talked to some of the workers and got an update. They said this repair is going to go on well into the afternoon. If you are headed down 355 on into wisconsin and on into the district this morning, they want to plan an alternate route or plan on some massive, massive backups. Now for more on traffic, were going to send it to Alexis Davies in for danella. Reporter thank you, tony. Thats right. Major delays there, two southbound lanes closed on wisconsin avenue between cumberland avenue and dorsett avenue. Going to be there a while. Make sure you give yourself extra time as you travel down wisconsin this morning. Also, another accident, 16th street at east west highway. Involving an overturned suv, all of the lanes are blocked now. Were still getting information on direction there. Do be cautious as you approach 16th street at east west highway. Heres a live look at the video. Police are on the scene. The car is
These cars. This was a part of the effort to locate michael powe who went missing after ringing the new year in with friends at an adams morgan bar. The took a tragic turn when investigators discovered powes body at the bottom of a ventilation shaft at a Apartment Building here and they believe he fell to his death through an opening in the roof. A sad close to a missing person case. The Police Confirm the body of a man found in a ventilation shaft on built more street is that of 23yearold michael powe. Powe has been missing since new years eve when he parted ways with his friends at shenanigans bar. Friends say at around 2 45 a. M. New years day poe powe called a friend and said he was celebrating on a rooftop which they thought he meant he wassen a rooftop bar. That was the last they heard from him. A 911 call from a resident brought investigators to this building Late Wednesday night located a block from the bar where powe had been with friends. What he was doing on the roof and how
Hes here with more on what to expect. Tom sm. Good morning. Were getting this weak disturb an from the west. Its triggering light snow in maryland. These bright white areas in Charles County, light snow beginning to fall and reach the ground southern Prince Georges County as well. Farther south are these areas of pink mixing with a little bit of sleet or sprinkles of rain far southern maryland, southern st. Marys county. Potomac, fauquier, stafford and spotsylvania, many of those locations getting light flurries right now. Those are associated with Winter Weather advisory. All these areas in the purple color under a Winter Weather advisory in Northern Virginia, suburbs in maryland. The amount of snow expected could be affected by the temperatures. Its at or above freezing in washington. To our south, its near a little below freezing in Prince Georges County and charles, calvert and st. Marys. Farther north and west, near 30 in Montgomery County. Much of fairfax, Arlington County into L
Northern Charles County and into central Calvert County. Farther north and west, a few scattered flurries there and sprinkles of light snow maybe reaching the ground in frederick and washington county. Farther west of the Potomac River from Southern Maryland into the Shenandoah Valley. Only a few scattered flurries right now. We have this disturbance coming through. A weak area of low pressure. As it moves on through, may give us enough snow to coat the ground. Maybe a light dusting here in this bright white zone on storm team 4 radar. Thats south of clinton, north of waldorf and that is passing to the east quickly and thats a little narrow band that stretches from eastern, southeastern Prince Georges County into central Calvert County and across the bay. Its zipping off to the east. As we look at temperatures, critical value of course, we want to make sure that the road temperatures dont get too cold. Right now, theyre a little above freezing. Some of the snow reaching the ground sout
Weve seen the telltale white lines, sort of a striping on the pavement which indicates theyre pretreated. Not expected major problems but this all happening in the rush hour that can can create slick spots a just anxiousness among some drivers. Were going to continue to watch it. Again, were just seeing very, very light flurries right now. No problems to report. Of course, well continue to keep an eye on it all morning long. Well toss it over to tom kierein. How is it looking, tom . Thanks, megan. Great to see your observation there. I want to reiterate, thiis a minor event. Again, just getting a few scattered flurries, maybe a little bit of light snow. The bright white areas. Just to the east of megan, may be snowing a little bit heavier. Again, its very light. Its passing snow showers. Like megan said, there will be a lull, then flurry activity and then a lull and maybe some moderate snow for a brief time and then it moves on out. A little more of that in st. Marys county and scatter