75 in college park. 70 in bethesda. Fredericksburg coming in it little over. 40 inches. Well look at the full forecast and when the storms will come to an end and what to expect for the next seven days. As the storms pushed through several massive trees came crashing to the ground. One landed on a home in silver spring. Jay korff is there with a look at the damage firsthand. Really spectacular scene, terrifying one on the backside of this property on woodmore drive in silver spring. Im going to step out of the way and ron will walk up. You can see this massive tree. In fact theres three of them. Two maples and an oak. Were told by the Tree Service Company here, they are on the front side of the property, that thats about seven tons of wood, branches and leaves on top of this home. Thankfully there was a huge canpy and it protected the hope canopy and it protected the hope from being crushed. If that huge section of tree were in the middle of the house, if it didnt have the canopy it wo
Up. Some republicans in congress are trying to get d. C. s law overturned, and if they succeed, along d. C. s border in maryland, which adopted a similar law, marijuana use can be a ticket offense on one side of the street and a jail offense on the other. Tieesha told us she cant spoke because shes on probation. Republicans say they have pushed this law they say they have pushed the law because young black males have been locked up for marijuana possession. But if they if people keep smoking in cars and public places, potentially nothing will change. Sam ford abc~7 news. And getting caught with small amount of marijuana in maryland will soon be met with a fine instead of an arrest. Starting october 1, a new law, anyone caught with less than 10 grams of marijuana will be given a citation. People caught smoking marijuana and those found with paraphernalia, would still face criminal charges. As sam ford mentioned the d. C. Decriminalization law may go up in smoke. The house votes on a spe
Two people were struck by a car on lockwood drive. We just noticed paramedics taking patients into an ambulance there. Were told they suffered some minor injuries. The screak stayed on the the vehicle stayed on the scene after the accident. We dont know if weather played a father a factor but well keep you posted. This tree toppled into a home on woodmore drive in Silver Spring. And there are similar scenes all over the area. Horace holmes is live in bethesda where a tree went down across a busy road. Were here on bradley boulevard and you can see with those heavy winds and the strong rain, what it did to this tree right here. It just snapped late this afternoon. It came down, all of bradley boulevard, closing it down for a short period of time. The county crew came up and they were able to move most of it to the side and they just reopened bradley boulevard. Now were going to talk more about the;yn problems that we he here, just a couple miles from here, another big problem on river r
Place outside of the school building, just outside the gymnasium. It could be he gymnasium we are hearing from multiple people and it was a chaotic scene initially. Two teenaged victims students, both taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The shooter is still on the loose at this hour. We spoke with a number of parents were waiting outside and a student who was inside when this happened. Basically, they were standing inside the gym watching the game like they normally do. Next thing you know, there is a shooting. People started flooding from the lobby into the gym. I dont know what was going to happen or when it was going to come in. It was a concern for everyone safety. We got a text from the coach saying we are ok but we are on lockdown. Then our son sent a text and said we are on lockdown, cant talk right now. This is the view from chopper seven of the active scene. One teenager was inside. They were worried because they did not know if the shooter was still insid
We begin with the nasty winter storm making a mess of thanksgiving plans across the northeast. Northern new england is getting slammed with more than a foot of snow. Knocking out power to hundreds of residents. A travel nightmare for much of the east coast as millions took to the roads and skies of the more from abcs elizabeth hur. Reporter the game plan, simple, plan ahead and leave early. Sounds easy enough but when millions of travelers have the same idea and add to the mix a noreaster, you guessed it, holiday headaches were inevitable. Its rough because we keep getting texts its delayed so im hoping we can get out. Reporter in the air hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed. New york airports hit the hardest causing a Ripple Effect across the country. On the ground, heavy snow snarled traffic and the roads were littered with accidents just west of the i95 corridor. Were urging motorists to drive with additional care and allow more time to reach their destination. Re