good morning. it is june 9th. good morning, sharon. we ll check in with you in just a second. 94 at lunch and dinner. heat index of 80. we re going do have a heat advisory in effect noon through 8. 94 on a way to a high of 99. like yesterday a heat index of maybe 105. jessica, take it away. marty, thank you. let s check in with sharon at traffic control. not much to talk about at this hour. we have one issue a car fire, that one in the howard county area on 32 westbound. no delays though because of it. no delays on the beltway. the top and the west side at full speed. taking a live look. that is the west side at old court road. a few more cars but traffic is light. 295 at 32, also problem free. remember, wjz 13 is always on. back over to you. the weather is what people will be talking about today as marty has been telling us. this is expected to be deja vu. baltimore city schools will be letting out early. gigi barnett is in druid hill park war where the pools are o
and the week is beginning. the rising death toll and the threat of more storms. hello. i m don scott. i m jessica kartalija. there s no rest for the met. another round of severe weather and tornadoes hit three other states but steered clear of joplin, missouri, although much of that town is destroyed. as joel brown reports, people are determined to rebuild. reporter: utility crews are repairing power lines in sedalia, missouri. a tornado slammed the town yesterday. it was pretty devastating. reporter: it ripped apart a mobile home park and damaged more than 50 homes. the damage is pretty severe. we have to be thankful, though, that it is really limited to a fairly small area. reporter: across parts of indiana, illinois and missouri, another blast of severe weather and tornadoes punished residents. dozens of people suffered minor injuries. there s significant property damage but no reports of death. in southern indiana powerful winds toppled trees. here in jopl
good morning. welcome to eyewitness news this saturday, i m gigi barnett. i m tim williams. temperatures are in the 40s area wide, a little misty out there, a little fog, a little moisture left over from yesterday. you mentioned the showers, there are no active rain drops falling but the clouds are still out there, at least for early on. we do have a slight chance, really that chance is pretty much over, but we did have a slight chance of some showers this morning, but most of the rain has moved off soon we re starting to see some drying out. again, still saturated out there this clouds out, and the fog is lingering through this morning. we ll see the clouds break. we ll see the sun returning through late morning. overall not a bad day shaping up. we have temperatures going into the mid 50s, we ll have your complete forecast coming up. now here s what people are talking about this morning, less than one hour before the government was set to shut down, lawmakers strike a d
hello again i m jessica. and i m don scott. we have breaking news where a hazmat situation has forced evacuations at a mall in hanover. a piece of machinery was trying to move a propane tank when it fell and starletted leak and started leaking. there is a half mile evacuation around that area. the mall is not effected and is open for business. sky chopper 13 is on the way to the scene. we ll have an update for you later on in the newscast. the other major story we are following right now two u.s. crew members are back in u.s. hands after their fighter jet crashed in libya. mechanical problems brought down the plane. joel brown now reports. reporter: libyans are coming to see the wreckage of a u.s. fighter jet sent to protect them. the military says an equipment malfunction brought down the f- 15. both crew members ejected before the plane crash the and suffered minor injuries. rebel forces helped to get the crew members safely back into americas hands. the u.s. and
u.s. marines loaded planes headed for the japanese mainland. people have to stand in line for water. many towns that still have grocery stores, the shelves are emptying out. authorities are checking radiation levels. many cities are without electricity because the reactors are offline, which means millions will have top spend another night in the cold. randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. as japan prepares for the possibility of a meltdown, the tragedy is drawing attention to nuclear plants in the u.s., many wondering are we safe. mike hellgren reports on the heightened concern at three mile island in pennsylvania. reporter: the industry stresses an aggressive safety campaign and strict regulations. these plants are built to withstand earthquakes and flooding but many wonder what f the nuclear plant in japan brings back nightmare for those living in the shadow of three mile highland. a partial meltdown in 1979 led to the evacuation of people. i was scared. i thought m