gotten the green light overnight and headed in miles to go. back on the surface, technicians were getting bad readings. near where four miners could be taking shelter the air had turned explosive. too much methane. officials worried about another blast like the one that killed 25 men monday and they pulled the rescue teams 500 feet short of their goal. there was a buildup of noxious gas and got to get them out of there. reporter: as the rescuers evacuated, drillers got more air pumps working. drilled as many holes as necessary to prove that the atmosphere is not explosive. reporter: miner tommy davis survived monday s blast. his brother and his nephew died and so did tommy s 20-year-old son bubba. he had seen him monday before work. i turned around and walked away from him, bubba. dad. love you, buddy. love you, too, old man. the last words i heard from him. reporter: if any or all of tommy and bubba s four missing friends are still alive, the bad air outside of t
are where the warnings are. but i m a little more concerned quite frankly with this storm than it is now to the north. they will kind of move this between hillsboro and waterford. and this could have some very heavy rains with it as they push it off to the north end of the east. just to the east of hillsboro, i just tweeded about that about five minutes ago. so again, the big picture, we do have some storms exiting the north. as far as we re concerned, the heaviest activity now, we ll concentrate out here and they will watch these areas down to the south and west as they move up towards warrenton in the next half hour. we re looking at severe thunderstorm warnings for washington county, frederick county, carroll county, right along the border until 6:15. and a watch north of the border until 10 p.m. that includes franklin county and fullton and adams. we ll keep you posted, lesli. all right, topper, thank you. the global nuclear summit will be held in dc next week. you ca
a holiday weekend in the district with gorgeous weather and blossoms in bloom. will easter morning be as beautiful? i m maureen umeh. the weekend is here and the cherry blossoms in full bloom. the biggest questions, how will the weather be tomorrow. let s go to gwen tolbart. i m happy when i can forecast this type of weather. we had a great string of nice days before it. everybody is enjoying this so much, especially with the cherry blossoms out. the temperatures today, we will show you the almanac, 73 at national airport. we should be around 62. 76 at dulles and baltimore 68 degrees. temperatures are a big issue. we know that they are climbing their way through into the 70s and low 80s everywhere. just spectacular. we want to hope that the temperatures stick around and that we continue to get the sunshine. i have great news for your easter forecast. we expect a few morning clouds, warm and pleasant. temperature range from 73 to 78 degrees. we have sunrise on there because
good morning. thank you for joining us this morning. i m steve chenevey. i m allison seymour. it is back to school after the christmas break but the bitter cold weather is forcing some school systems to open late. you can check out our web site, myfoxdc.com for these school delays and updates and all that good stuff, myfoxdc.com. you can also find the weather on-line but we have tony perkins here with our forecast today. another cold and windy one. absolutely right. cold and windy. those are the key words today. welcome back. let s take a look at what is going on outside. we do have cold air in place still. temperatures in the 20s. we never made it out of the 20s yesterday. currently, 24-degree at reagan national airport. humidity, 43% and your wind are oust northwest at 12 miles per hour. it is giving us wind chills in the low teens across the area. here is a look at the satellite- radar. some clouds are building in but a decent sunrise for this morning. more clouds
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