Good tuesday morning. We begin with South Carolina under water. The historic rainfall has finally tapered off but the chaos continues. Rivers are still rising and dams are breaching forcing more people from their homes. At least 13 people are dead this morning. Clean dprifking water is in short supply. Hundreds of roads and bridges remain closed, completely shutting off some towns. And president obama has signed a disaster declaration releasing federal aid for the relief effort. Were going to get the latest from abcs lana zak. Reporter the rains have slowed but after a virtual fire hose of water was turned on South Carolina, the state remains waterlogged today. Just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. Reporter you can see from these aerial shots where roads have succumbed. Even after avoiding Hurricane Joaquin this destruction is as bad as when hurricane hugo hit in 1989. What we got on us is all we own. Reporter about 40,000 left without drinkable water.
North and western suburbs are in the mid60s. Look at oakland, maryland. Only 48 degrees. A look at this dry pattern and how lock its going to be lasting and the papal visit forecast. Thats coming up in this half hour. Thanks, tom. A big day for folks in Montgomery County. The Silver Spring Transit Center finally open to the public. I thought id never say that. News4s derrick ward is live there with Early Morning action. Good morning, derek. What are you seeing . Good morning. A lot of folks are coming by and saying where are the phfences . Theyre officially open for business. Theyre about five years behind schedule. 50 million over budget which includes about 21 million to make sure this concrete could hold up for the bus traffic. Theyre ready. There are 30 bus bays here. That includes metro, ride on, university of metro and shuttle buses. Youll also notice fewer buses on the streets here and that will ease traffic through here. You know what . Commuters are definitely happy about this
Towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge. crowd cheering . Might not seem so big after all. Prudential, bring your challenges. Al tonights aerial coverage being brought to you by geico. Sunday night football on this 15th night of november. Seattle, washington. Centurylink field. Palmer chased down. Throws. And throws it into the seattle bench. Third down. Carson palmer won the heisman trophy, recruited by paul hackett and played for pete carroll his junior and senior years and bruce arians. Played, of course, for marvin lewis, spent years in oakland talking about bruce and pete and two guys who were kind of 180 in ra way but they share a lot of similar traits. Cris carson says you cannot be on more opposite ends of the spectrum than those two. Bruce arians such a fan friendly kind of guy, but carson says hes rough on the players in the film discussion. Al third down and six. Look out. He loses the ball. The ball
Tonight, expect clear skies with temperatures gradually dropping back into the mid50s by 9 pm. Winds will stay up around 10 to 20 mph, so itll will be down into the mid20s. Youll definitely want warm layers as you head out the door tomorrow in the mid40s. At least well have abundant sunshine well keep the sunshine going through tuesday. In advance of a cold front, winds will be back out of the south, so a little more cloud cover flurries, so dont expect any accumulations. Most people will sleep right through it expect much cooler conditions on wednesday with highs in developing news from suffolk this evening. Police continue to look for two people responsible in an Early Morning armed robbery. Weve learned it happened just before 1 this morning at the 7eleven on godwin boulevard. The suspects went in the store, showed a gun and demanded money. The two ran away after getting money from the store employee. Portsmouth police are looking for two suspects who robbed a convenience store. Its
Available for release at this time. Now to more breaking news this time out of the entertainment world. Iconic singer david bowie had died after a long battle with cancer. A representative said he passed peacefully sunday surrounded by his family. He had been battling cancer for about 18 with hits like fame heroes and lets dance, the supe star mezmorized fans for five decades. He just released a new album called blackstar, and celebrated a birthday on friday. Bowie was 69 years old. Its already been a very busy day in the wavy newsroom this monday. Good morning. Im katie collett. And im don roberts. We have a lot more news to get to. But first, jen lewis is tracking breaking traffic news in norfolk. Good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check jeremy ad libs wx headlines today lots of sun. Breezy and colder. Highs will be in the low 40s. Winds wnw 812mph. Tonight mostly clear. Lows will be near 30. Winds sw 510mph. Tuesday mostly sunny. Highs will be in the low 50s. Winds south 515mph. A st