From western West Virginia all the way across our region right over towards the atlantic. Six hours to make that distance. Incredible. You can see the line of storms that came through very quickly as well. Back this up and line coming through the area. So quickly. And that is one reason we saw those strong winds. Still seeing some rain out there. Rain right now still falling in fredericksburg region. No thunderstorm watches in effect and no longer of Severe Weather but the Severe Weather came through fast and furious and amelia has more on the damage we have seen around our region. We are getting a lot of reports of trees down and our radio partner reporfnjh Power Outages across the area. All of these dots on the map are strong wind gusts or the house the area. Nd wind damage across you can see in kensington a tree down on Park Wood Court and happened around la platta. The maximum wind gusts in quantico at 78 miles per hour. A sign of things to come, tracking cold air moving in. Tha
Out there but as chuck said, the bottom is about to drop out. Temperatures are not making it out of the 40s tomorrow. Weir talking about rain and snow. By the werend, were only talking 30s. Right now, we want to show you traffic with melissa mollet. Good morning. Outer loop ramp to northbound connecticut avenue. Southbound is unaffected and we have seen some people getting around in this morning. But it is a little bit slow there as youre getting off on to northbound connecticut. Other problem on the beltway, outer loop ramp to southbound 95, still have that crash blocking the ramp there this morning with that overturned semi. Right now, not a huge on impact. Southbound traffic being pushed on to westbound 644 and it seems to be working. We have a little bit of a yellow, meaning a little bit oh a slowdown through that area. Inner room avenue, still problems there. Blue and yellow line, Train Services restored there in both directions. It is 6 02. Get a pen and paper ready just in case
Top staff were getting bonuses. Mark seagraves has our report. Reporter d. C. Fire chief gregory dean says he approved over 20,000 in inn bonuses this year. Its the first time hes given bonuses since taking over the department. I gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. And that was for work that had been done. Weve been working very hard the last year and a half, two years. I felt that it was i needed to acknowledge the hard work they did. Were in the midst of contract negotiations. So if theyre giving bonuses for hard work and good work, remember the members that do the work daily. Reporter each assistant chief given a 5,000 bonus. The civilian employee received about 1,300. I rely on seasoned managers like chief dean to make the right personnel decisions at his department. If thats his judgment, i support it. Reporter the bonuses came as the department saw a spike in overtime costs. Overtime jumped from 1 in fiscal year 2015 to 23 million in fiscal year 2016. In the fir
Right now on news 4 this week, crumbling bridges. Cracks, shaky, potholes. What crews are doing to make sure your drive is safe. Overtime costs skyrocketing in the d. C. Fire department. Costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Now were learning its happening at the same time some members are getting bonuses. Billboard fight. The mayor finds herself in the middle of a growing advertising struggle in the district. Welcome to news 4 this week. Well start with spiking cost of overtime in the d. C. Fire department. It has doubled in just one year. And costs taxpayers millions of dollars. Now were learning as those overtime costs were going up, several members of t top staff were getting bonuses. Mark seagraves has our report. Reporter d. C. Fire chief gregory dean says he approved over 20,000 in inn bonuses this year. Its the first time hes given bonuses since taking over the department. I gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. And that was for work that had been done. Weve be
Lawson muse. Investigators are now saying a shocking shooting in Charles County appears to be a murder suicide. Two Young Children dead. Their mom in the hospital right now. News 4s justin finch is live in waldorf. Reporter thats right, new information from the Charles County Sheriffs Office identifying three of the four victims in this case. Were told that when officers arrived here last night they found a woman bloody and shot outside of her home. Inside an upstairs bedroom they found two daughter, one 4 years old died on scene. A 17yearold later died at the hospital and suspected shooter in this case is their own father who is said to have turned the gun on himself. On this cloudy quiet day, hardly a trace of the horror that befell this block thursday night. Little girl is a cute little hi, hi. Reporter but neighbors wont see the friendly faceany more. 4yearold and her father carl ton, they and lay las 17yearold sister died in a shooting in the 3300 block of west dale court. Their f