Ild wind and rain hitt g our region hard yesterday. This video from a parking lot in leesburg. Homeowners from around the region haveleaning up to do today. News4 justin finch joins us live from yuma street where the storm caused serious damage. What are you seeing . Reporter thats right. H first ting you notice here at 4 30 is how dark it is at yuma northwest. Hey are working restore power to several customers in this area. Take a loi beh me here. Working under way is right now on what was a l veryrge tree that came down in yesterdays storms. Crews having to frst get the tree down to work on the wires that came down with it during thest storm yeday. Take you to owdeo right from late in the afternoon. Close to 6 00 p. M. , neighbors tell us the storm was really being down on this area and eventually they heard the snap, crackle, and collapse of those big branches to that tree there. That also took down some wires. Also, too, setting off small fires, until the yard of that home where th
Coming up, we have Live Team Coverage of Hurricane Sandy keeping millions of people home on this monday. Good morning washington at 5 00 a. M. Starts now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. 5 01 is the time on this october 29. I am cynne simpson. I am steve chenevey. We have a full list of closures at the top of your screen, so keep an eye on that. We will have you coverage throughout the morning. Jacqui jeras as an update on the storm. From the National Hurricane center sandy has intensified a little, still a category one but the maximum winds are 85 miles an hour. The wind is huge. The Tropical Storm force winds between 39 and 73 miles an hour, extend out more and 500 miles from the center of the storm. So they are feeling that along the coastal areas already. The storm is 400 miles away from d. C. It will impact us all day. We will be going downhill. Anything you still have to do to prepare for the storm, that needs to be done no
The impact so far this morning terrible andthat the metro area. Coastal areas are getting and the rainfall has been heavy. We have a strong band from hagerstown down toward frederick and warrenton. We can see zero 0. 5 inches per rain. F we can seek higher totals in the delmarva peninsula. Dover, delaware, over four inches. About 2. 5 inches in annapolis. There has been an incredible of wave action. This is a time lapse from ocean city, maryland. Look at the end of that pierre. That is about 100 feet appear that was wiped out. Of pier wiped out. We see 35mile per hour wind gusts. Here is a time line 3050 hour gusts are expected then 4555 6 00 midnight and by tomorrow 5070g, we will see the per mile power wins. Ds. Talk about other aspects of sandy coming up in a little bit. You can still find us online wjla. Com. You could also use your mobile phone. We will be applied streaming. As you mentioned, the Maryland Line is really taking a pounding. Has beener ocean city by waves. Brianne ca
Traveling for the holidays if they havent left already. But depending on your destination there could be some wicked weather waiting to greet you. And that is creating holiday havoc for many travelers. Jonathan elia developing now a rough start to the holiday break for the family of donald trump. A flight carrying trumps daughter and grandchildren was delayed leaving california. One passenger had to be removed after Security Officials say he began harrassing them. Ivanka, who was flying coach, remained on the plane, and eventually made it to hawaii. Some witnesses say the entire ordeal could have easily been avoided. Jetblue released a statement saying in part if the crew determines that a customer is causing conflict on the aircraft, the customer will be asked to deplane, especially if the crew feels the risk of escalation during the flight. Turning now to the war on terror. German officials are now confirming that anis amris fingerprints were found on the truck used in mondays attack
Interrupted the mayor at a city council meeting. Today the mayor caused reporters in and showed us video of what happened on Christmas Day. The video shows what happened the moments before javon hall was kill and the mayor released transcript of the 911 calls that hall was beating his girlfriend. My sister is locked in the house. Her boyfriend is crazy. He got a knife. He turned on the gas. Im locked out. When police arrive, the scene was chaotic but the girlfriend coming out, sitting on the step. The boyfriend in the doorway with a knife. [gunshot ] no, no, no. Move, move. Sam an officer retrieved the knife and r another ran to get first aid. Mayor bowser met with reporters who viewed the video afterwards. Its our decision that this is in the interest of Public Safety to make any and all information we have available. The regulars today does it make you feel you made the right decision in insisting all Police Officers have those cameras . Absolutely. Sam afterward the officers are hea