Got to love live tv as it was the case last night at the grammys. We do say good morning to you. Im kendis gibson. Im eva pilgrim in for diane. We begin with breaking news, the emergency at the oroville dam in northern california. So, the main spillway was damaged last week by the heavy rain, the emergency spillway is now also damaged and on the verge of giving way. If that happens, an uncontrolled wave of water could wash away several nearby communities. Abcs Stephanie Ramos tracking the developments. Reporter in northern california, a state of emergency as water gushes from the nations tallest dam. Forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes. We got a few clothing, we got our pets and a few like medical necessities but other than that, we it was pretty chaotic. Reporter the oroville damn sits north of sacramento and holds water back from Lake Oroville now at record levels and in danger of spilling over into towns after a series of storms and snow. We need to give the department
Some of you under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning tonight. Not just for the storms that weve been talking about but for strong winds moving in. Now, i want to show you a look at the flags at union station. As storm team4 meteorologist Amelia Draper joins us with the latest warnings and what well be up against in the next 24 hours. Already tracking damaging winds in part of the areas, getting reports of trees down in parro parr parts of gerrit and loudoun. These are very powerful and potentially dangerous winds moving into the area. Were talking about gusts in hagerstown. These strong winds pushing into washington within the hour. So heres the latest. The orange is thunderstorm warnings, not for storm but for wind. Kind of a lot of confusion on social media right now. Nonetheless, as this line of rain moves through, this is marking the leading very strong winds. Again, already getting reports of trees down across the area. This will continue to be the trend not just overnight tonight but
This road. There was a crew spotted on sight here. Downed trees as you said have taken a toll across parts of our region. We also got some video of a downed tree along chain bridge road and canal in the district. Also along mass avenue where trees have pretty much blocked people from being able to get through. But here in mcclain, we are dealing with a power outage situatio no word yet on when that when the crews might get to this problem and start to fix it. That is the latest live from the scene here. Back to you. And we have Team Coverage on this as well. She mentioned the numbers there in Northern Virginia and as you referenced we are looking at the highest number of people waking up in the dark this morning out in that area. Dominion now reporting 18,342 people without more than 4,000 outages. Pepco reporting about 3,000. First energy in maryland, we are looking at about 2,400 as we switch over to the maryland numbers. Bge, 443 in our region but even more out in the Baltimore Area
Wind gusts 32 Miles Per Hour in the district. 28 degrees leesburg. 38mileperhour wind gusts in camp springs but keep in mind the winds are going to get higher as we go through the day today. Gusts near 60mileperhour possible this afternoon. This is damage to trees and power lines like weve already been seeing. Crystal clear skies out here. I can see the moon bright and clear so its going to be a dry day, but other than that, the wind going to be the main concern which is we have a weather alert day speaking of the wind and the wind causing some driving problems this morning. Taking a look right now at a couple of problems around town. Lots of downed trees, lots of downed wires. We have the full list for you. Were tweeting constantly from first 4 traffic. Well have a live report in just a minute. Downed wires with all lanes blocked. As we look up here top of the beltway, some of our main roads are just fine. Most ofur northbound blocked and southbound now open. All right. Thank you. Its
Expects around the district, most of our counties in maryland expecting very high winds today and were talking about wind gusts near 60 Miles Per Hour. These are winds that we typically see in a thunderstorm. We do expect it to continue through the afternoon so its not just this morning. Its going to run through almost the rest of the day. Current wind gusts near 26 Miles Per Hour in the district. Leesburg near 40mileperhour wind gusts. Take a look at martinsburg now up to 45 but these winds will be increasing so make sure you plan accordingly. We also have some issues out there on the roads. Good morning. Several problems on the roadways here this morning. This one is actually one thats starting to get some real delays southbound. Southbound near 109. Crash on the left side of the roadway, the rest of what im talking about this morning, lots of downed trees, lots of downed wires. Wyoming avenue at connecticut, downed tree with some lanes blocked there. 66 and inner loop and outer loop