Im Kristen Wright at the live desk where we are watching the situation in chile after a big very earthquake. The quake hit the Central Coast so now the area is flooding. It is a huge mess. Not only that, eight people were killed. The earthquake was a magnitude 8. 3. That is massive. These are still pictures of some of the Recovery Efforts happening now. Right here, video from a supermarket right as the quake struck. Complete chaos inside. 100,000 people are without power right now and the damage is really bad. The quake wiped out homes and it was the strongest anywhere in the world so far this year. California and hawaii are both under tsunami advisories. Big waves are hitting the coast of Southern California and people in hawaii are being told to use extreme caution out on the water. Back to you. Im Megan Mcgrath live outside the districts 911 call center where a Graduation Ceremony is about to get under way in just a few minutes. Now, there have been concerns about the 911 center, sp
The ebola virus on its way to american soil for the first time. How a u. S. Hospital is preparing to care for an infected american while keeping the virus from spreading. Neighbors heard screams coming from a local apartment. What police found inside that has them calling the womans death a homicide. And we start with some breaking news from hyattsville where traffic will be a mess tomorrow morning. Route 1 will be closed at least through the morning rush because of a water main break that spilled 6 million gallons of water this afternoon. It happened near the intersection of crittendon street, near the anacostia river. Thats where jamari stone is with the cleanup. How long will this take, jamari . Seven hours is how long it took crews to drain water out of that hole over there. Thats where the water main broke, and right now theyre continuing to drain water out of it so they can get down in there and figure out exactly what happened, what caused the water main to break. I talked to pe
Mayo over the city muriel bows. Mega mcgrath is live where that swean i taking place. Hi megan. Good morning, richard. That s the second woman to hold. At ts point theyre and wono vth growt fstf e solid reliabso and that isnt easy to find these days. The d. Government employee im really excited about the freshtaat mayor bowser has for tyo ppt her vn. Ndow will taking the oath of office here shol then rcu mor vip se gllor e distrt and th wve inaugul speech. Reportilive, Megan Mcgrath news4, richard, back to you. Thank yo you c stay on top of the events wh nbc washington. Com and the washington app. We arli streaming the sweargrght now. You canch the inaugural speech online. That should happen again between 11 30 an. Ig, ofs and s bunoai all change over the weeken and we have the first forecast from tom kierein. It is part of a broad area of low pressure bringing some ra likelant ou w have meclomg throuro e the temperatures are all above freezg th mountains all the wa t the bay now. Clim
Clouds. The loprseg us ra. We dont have any rain now on storm team 4 radar. But that rain is down in the south of tennessee, georgia, alabama, mississippi, arkansas, louisiana, even into texas. And snow up in new england. Those are the only spots where there could be travel delays today. Hourbyhour coming up next weathe and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. With whats going on melissa . Looking good as you take a wide look at things. We have two situations were dealing with. 198 right athroundabout, a a crash that police are investigati aipoint. Pedestrian ck at the Germantown Mc n. More about that line and whether that is running properly this morning. 66 west of 29 gainesville is running fine. No problems there. 95 into and out of town here north and south, no problems in virginia. And prce georges county, no issues northbo or southbou into town. Guys . Thanks, melissa. 5 02. The people of d. C. Will officially welcome their new mayor. Outgoing mayor vincent gray will hand over the seat to
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