keeping yourself cool and if you walk the dog, probably want to be on the grass and not the sidewalk. their pads are feeling the heat, too, as they re walking. one severe thunderstorm watch in ohio. a sign of what may be coming late today and tonight. the temperatures are the bigger story. we sit at 80. ocean city at 81. new york is 80. cleveland, 79. a lot of heat and humidity. one more blazingly hot day. some relief on the seven-day forecast. we re looking forward that, howard. hello, everyone. so glad you could join us early on this thursday. green light. nothing major to tell you about. let s get started with virginia 95 headed northbound. everyone is moving at speed out of fredericksburg. on to 395, we have a new construction pattern in place crossing the 14th street bridge. drivers will lose that center right lane. stay to the left to get by. virginia s inner loop from braddock road up to route 7, we have construction holding steady there until 5:00 a.m. the same situ
to the west. i ll show you that coming up in just a couple of minutes. allison, back up stairs to you. tucker, thanks. we re sticking with the weather now. d.c. area getting off lightly compared to many other cities. about a third of the nation is seeing snow, ice, gusty winds. heartland is paralyzed with drivers stranded for hours. chicago could get as much as 2 feet of snow. oklahoma, kansas, missouri also getting pounded with a major snowstorm. here is one prime example of the hazards. a dangerous combination of gusty wins and ice caused a school bus crash in missouri. the bus slid on the slick road, hit some trees and flipped over. luckily none of the students were seriously hurt. the monster storm is crippling air travel across the country. there are thousands of canceled flights and some airports have closed altogether. sarah simmons is live at reagan national with the latest. sarah, good morning. reporter: good morning, tony and allison. most of the morning
maryland. all the rate increases in the world will not be able to keep up with the infrastructure needed. reporter: now, this pipe this section of pe was last inspected back in 1999. s made from prestressed concrete. and it was seduled to be fitted with som fiberoptic technogy that we saw in a water in break earlier that haptd up on tuckerman road tha will give them a warning when a pi is about to rupture. this pipwas scheduled to be retrofitted with that technology 13. no word ye but they may possibly move that up a bit now since they have an portunity. of course, it s not the way they wanted to do it. we areive in capitol heights. back to u. all right, derrick ward, thank you. ouream coverage ctinues with chris gordon, live in temple hills, covering the impact all ts is having on homes, businesses and schools in thatarea. chris? reporter: gd evening. the princeeorges county hlth department has issue an alert to all residents and businesses soutof central avenue,a
parking lot is unrmined, the number of businessesre devastated here. and we haveo assume some responsibility for that. reporter: while that may translate to higher rates for wssc customers, it comes against a backdrop. all the re increases in the world will not be able to keep up with the infrastructure need. and it really is impacting our competitivess. reporter: the sectionf pipe that ruptured i slated tbe fitted with fiberoptic technology tt could warn of an impending break. in the meantime, the coty s commercialector here has taken a hit, and recoveryon t be easy or cheap. we are going to check with edc, our economic developme corporation, and financial services corporation to see what we can do about providing temporary space so thathey can at least be on their feet again. reporter: now, the retrofitting of that fiberoptic chnology, that was supposed to take place in2013. they m move that u once they get everything cleared up. this pipwas last inspected in 199
here are some live updates. 59 degrees with an easterly breeze, 60 degrees in sterling, which has been a high so far. before i forget, a heads up for the weekend. coming on saturday, the team america rocketr ry. the weather will be just fine on saturday. what is going to happen here? we started with the clouds. moderate amounts of tree pollen, but the rain helped lift the molds course to the moderate category. not much is going to change overnight. the final system down to the south and west frontal system. much cooler east of the mountains. temperatures will hold steady. partly sunny skies tomorrow and a late afternoon cold front will be moving across the country. somewhere along the front is the possibility of heavy to severe thunderstorms, and some could be a cross are viewing area. not until about 5:00 or 6:00 tomorrow. we ll see a very warm and humid summer day with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. the weekend is looking pretty good. the