The fire. Hes okay. The remnant of this brushfire in gaithersburg are still burning. Chopper 4 flew over the scene near lay tonsville road last night. Firefighters contained it as much as they could but expect it to continue burning for hours. No word yet on what caused it. Right now, things are getting back to normal for air travelers. This is a live look at flight awares misery map. You can see that Hartsfield Jackson airport is finally green again. This after being red since the massive power outage created a travel nightmare. It lasted more than ten hours. The ripple effects were felt all day monday by millions of travelers. More than 400 flights were canceled yesterday, on top of the 1100 on sunday. A fire inside a tunnel is to blame for this blackout. New images show the damage there. Airport Officials Say a switch caught fire and burned through seven critical lines,ck system. Equipment failed by our focus and responsibility for this airport is to ensure reliability. It failed. N
Enough for patchy ice. Heres a look at the radar. Were dry but its yesterday and last night. Its precip that were worried about. Because of those temperatures. Thats why we have a weather alert. The possibility of patchy ice. Parts of Northern Maryland and virginia, look at the temperatures. 28 leesburg, 23 dulles. 23 degrees frederick. Right now its 33 in washington. So the temperatures are getting a little bit colder. Look at the visibility. Were looking at less than a half mile through much of the area. The major interstates, this is also going to be a big issue this morning as well and as the commute goes, this morning, again patchy ice, were looking at dense fog. By this afternoon, big improvements. Well talk about the warming temperatures in a bit. All right. Thank you, sheena. New problem at annandale. Between gallows and graham, all lanes are blocked because of a water main break. This is affecting folks perhaps headed out of town this to Reagan National airport. The ramp block
Quickly. Most of the region at or below freezing. Including Reagan National. 3. A lot of black ice developed overnight. Parking lots, sidewalks, drive ways, things like that be on the lookout. But thats one of the issues. Second issue is fog. You saw the live shot. Sense fog advisory for it immediate Washington Area until 8. Weather troubles subfreezing air and temperatures leading to slick roads and sidewalks. Many School Systems not taking chances with that nastyness. Lets rundown the choiceings and delays for you. Sfav ford wane Spotsylvania County schools change their status theyre now closed and frederickburg city schools also closed this morning. Virer, fairfax, loudoun, Prince William, arlington, culpeper, youre on two hour delay. Delayed two hours. In maryland, montgomery country Prince George own Howard County schools on two hour delay and Anne Arrundel and Charles County schools delayed two hours. In maryland still frederick, st. Mary and Calvert County schools youre on a two
All that plus shocking scandal. Missouris governor admits to an affair amid allegations he tried to blackmail his mistress. The teacher who was handcuffed and arrested at a School Board Meeting speaks exclusively to nbc news. And construction site catastrophe. Holy crap. A crane being used to lift a massive wall suddenly snaps. Workers run for their lives. No one was seriously hurt, but that crane is out of commission today, thursday, january 11th, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on thi it is so january. Were about to get another hit of cold weather, wet weather. Al will have the forecast in a bit. First, our top story. The death toll from the devastating mudslides that buried homes and cars in Southern California is growing. This morning, the search for people still trapped in debris is growing more by the minute. Miguel almaguer is the
Upper 70s by 11 00 or near 80. It wont be raining all the time, so have the umbrella handy. A look at your drive time forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Melissa, what subpoenais happening on the roads right now . No problems northbound or southbound right now. For all the folks on the road this early morning. Beltway at indian head highway rolling along nicely. No major problems now that were in the 5 00 hour. That road work has wrapped up and gotten out of the way. 66 and 95 overall no major issues as well. Live picture 95 at 123 gordon boulevard, northbound and southbound rolling along nicely. See you at 5 11. 5 01. Breaking news d. C. Police are on the scene of a shooting not far from h street in northeast. We got an update from police. Megan mcgrath is live now. What have you learned . Reporter well, we have confirmed that this is now a murder scene. That one person is dead as a result of shots fired in the 900 block of third street. Look behind me, you can see th