Plaza. It means that there is a modified track and trains are running slower than usual. And you cant blame the weather entirely for this one. A broken water main has frozen cars in place. And Mark Segraves is there, and he says that the neighbors have said that this has been leaking for a long time. Yes, in d. C. And virginia and sidewalks looking all like this, but here on tailor street, walk with me, this Water Main Leak has created this ice dam that has literally flooded the neighborhood, and look at what it has done to the cars. Reporter thats right. For more than a month, this Water Main Leak has been sending the water down Taylor Street, and water that is now ice. Neighbors tell us that the water has been running for weeks, and they have reported it several times, and it causes this water dam that is two to three inches high in places, and look at what it has done to the cars . It has literally frozen them into place. Luckily, we dont need the car that much. Reporter and the fol
Below zero. Chopper over the scene. A maryland neighborhood evacuated as firefighters respond to a dangerous scene. And a toddler left home alone as his mother allegedly went to work. Well tell you about the 911 call that prompted a police investigation. News4 at 11 starts now. Tonight a deep freeze takes hold of our region. Cars covered in ice. Schools forced to close. And crews keeping busy repairing a water main break in northern virginia. We have Team Coverage tonight of all that out there. Doug kammerer, you said earlier that were going to be in the freezer for several days. That the story youre sticking with . Thats still the story were going with, jim. Ill tell you what. Temperatures in the freezer for sure. But not just for a couple of days. We normally see this during the winter. One or two days below freezing and maybe in the 20s. Were in this for about a week to ten more days. Its really going to be that cold. Well take you down towards union station. Notice the flag blowing
Good morning if youre just waking up. Want to get you caught up on the forecast. Storm team 4 meteorologist Amelia Siegel is here with the latest. Good morning. Everybody under a windchill advisory until 9 00 a. M. This morning. Until 9 00 a. M. , windchills will be as low as anywhere from ten to five degrees below zero. Heres the windchill temperature, how its feeling when you step out the door. It feels about four in washington. Zero in rockville and reston. Two below in manassas. Dulles right now, its feeling about seven degrees below zero. Yesterday morning, dulles hit a low temperature of two degrees below zero. The coldest its been there in 18 years. The cold Streak Continues throughout the day today. This morning, dress warm. The warmest jacket you have will be needed. And again, windchills as low as ten below through about 9 00 a. M. 7 00 a. M. , an air temperature of ten degrees. The good news, once the sun comes up, were looking at plenty of sunshine throughout the day today.
Surprised ramin started filling his home. You have to expect problems. It should be [inaudible] that is the main of a house. We had to go to the street. A frozen pipe valve. They have been swamped with cases like this since temperatures dropped. It is too cold. Very cold. You dont get that kind of temperature. It isnt just that on pipes. It is brutal on many of us going to our daily routine. Summer cant come fast enough to the car wash. I didnt work outside in the winter with water. This is something. Is noeight hour shift fun. It is cold. You do what you have to do. He have to do what you have to do to stay warm. If youre a homeowner, what can you do to keep pipes warm . Not much. Hope for warmer temperatures. Reporting live, horace holmes. Subfreezing to butchers continue to cause problems. That is prompting School Closings and delays. Cancellations in virginia. We will bring you any updates to this list as we receive them. The federal office of Personnel Matters is preparing for lay
It feels like ice out here. Today is not the day you want to be 15 minutes to catch a train. It is just called. I wish i was inside. The cold has taken an impact. This crowd of people waiting for the lines. Aranda green snapped this picture of a packed orange line platform after the cold cause problems on several trains on various lines. Something that happened during the last deep freeze. It juniors are trying to figure out the cause. Moisture has different focuses for us. We are trying to get through that. Crews braved the cold to start repairs on a water main that broke cutting off water to two dozen customers. We have water on hand. We have lost water. Ofa handball a handful breaks today. They expect that to change as the temperature drop. That water starts moving through our distribution system. Then we start to see an increase in water main breaks. Metro was able to fix that cracked rail in a couple of hours. The agency says they saw fewer of those cold related issues with the tr