Gonzalez. Tens of thousands of customers lost power. News4s Darcy Spencer is live oi u street more on the folks affected and what areas. Darcy . Reporter there is never a good day to lose power, but you defily dont want to lose it on a day like today. It is extremely hot out here. And you cant help but think about the people who are stuck inside without air conditioning. We are here on Georgia Avenue in n wthwest where power just restored to this intersection. There are many intersectionsfe afed by the power outage where there are no lights, and you have to treat that as a fourway stop. We want to show you a photo. This was a moment during the pou r outage. Yocan imagine how frightening it would be to be inside an elevator when the power goes out. D. C. Fire a ems were able to rescue numerous people who got trapped inde elevators when the lights went out earlier this afternoon. The outage is affecting also Washington Hospital center and Howard University hospital. D. C. Fire and ems sa
The storm is expected to become a hurricane byhe time it makes landfall this morning. First responders have told people along the coast in louisiana that the time to run has passed and now people have to hunker down and barrel through the storm. T good morningo you, im meagan fzgerald, were tracking the latest developments on Tropical Storm barry and how that system could affect us here in the d. C. Region. We want to check in with Lauryn Ricketts. First and foremos this storm system is continuing to churn very slowly over the last several hours. It has sped up. From three miles to five miles an hour, heading towards the coast of louisiana. Now, not sure if its going to get to category 1 status manufacture it makes landfall. Winds are 65 miles an hour. The thing is, it m doesntatter if it makes hurricane 1 status, capgory 1 status, or troal storm. The damage is starting to be done right here. Lots of rain headed towards new orleans, towards baton rouge, just to the west of new orleans.
Eastboundeesburg pike at reston parkway, right side is blocked by a work zone. 66 and 95 looking okay. No worries there. Beltway everything is looking good inner loop and outer loop. 66 and 95, no major issues. That looks very familiar to anyon who was outside yesterday tening. It was a mess onhe beltway. Late last nice the fast moving stofs left a trail o damage across the d. C. Region. They also knocked out power, forcing some families to get through tou night with the ac. News4 Megan Mcgrath is trackinga the dmage in bethesda this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. S there i a lot of cleanup still to be done this morning. Im here on whittier boulevard in bethesda. We have a tree that has fallen across the street here so its completely shut down. Th t tree, though, also falling on a car. It looks like an suv that was parkde hire along the si of the road. We are seeing similar scenes here on road around the area. Odr example, wo haven boulevard, brook drive also closed this
Were live at h the whitese with t very latest. Heroes w. The world cup winning u. S. Womensoccer team arrives home with the hardware. This morning, their big plans to celebrate on both coasts and their new calls r eq what more do you want from us . Athat, plus d. C. Deluge. The Nations Capital paralyzed by a month worthf orain in one hour. Momes ofimpact. An american tored duringhe running of the bulls tells the tale and shares the video he took of his near death experience. Thats where i got hit. And f crazy coco. The teen sensation who wowed at wimbledoniv joins use to talk about herun historic and whats next for her, today, tuesday, july 9th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morng, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us nice an early on a tuesday wemorning. Love coco gauff. She made a name for herself at wimbledon. It came to an end yesterday, but were excited to talk to her abo