category 2 but rather a middle- sized category 2. we still believe that tomorrow it draws a beat on the outer banks, likely causing the outer bangs as a category 1 in the banka as a category 1. while it s close to the coast for us, it s weaker and the winds should be down around 80 miles per hour to a category 81 storm that is is a improvement over yesterday. still dangerous and huge and still a big storm surge. it s passing our latitude early in the morning. the worst affections locally are going to be, let s say, any time after 6:00 until about 7, 8:00 in the morning and then we work our way up the coast. it s possible that it s going to go into new york city at perhaps a as perhaps a tropical storm or somewhere in southeasternic inland in that southeastern new england and it s so big, we have to watch it. this is the latest. you can see the hurricane warnings extending up the coast in our area. we have a tropical storm warning. it s not for everybody. the worst effec
the water and children a bit closer. of course you have to stay close to them and keep your eye on them all the time. the main thing is just trying to stay awake and keep your eye on them. that s the best you can do. reporter: and after this morning a reminder of what every parent must do. brian kuebler, abc 2 news. fire officials tell us this is the 13th drowning in the county so far this year. according to the center of disease control drownings are a huge problem especially when it comes to our kids. cdc officials say every day about ten people die from unintentional drownings. of these two are children age 14 or younger. two of the largest factors for drowning are lack of supervision of children not wearing a life jacket. we have a list of boating safety tips on our website at abc2news.com. just click on the spot light section on the right-hand side of your home page. gas prices stayed even for the 4th of july weekend around $3.56 a gallon t. first of 30 million-b
engineers will close each line, if the pressure holds, it could be controlled. in this exercise, high pressure is good. reporter: they announced plans for a thousand skimmer plans on the surface by the end of july. 85 days into the disaster, the gulf residents will believe a fix when they see it this could be a problem for years to come reporter: he grew up along the mississippi shore that was wiped out by katrina and has a long way to recover. now the same shoreline is dotted with oil. they have to oil spill going on now, i think it has everyone depressed and just down. everyone is hoping that the latest attempt will bring an end of what has become a sadly familiar sight. the obama has spent the fourth bill to bp totaling 122 million have been paid. there s a tropical feel to the air and more rain could be on the way. outside it s warm and humid. let s go to bernadette woods tracking the first warning doppler radar okay. most of the storms over most of the
hello again, it s 6:00. not a a s watch unless you are watching us from the bell wear beaches. let s take a look at first warning doppler radar. an intense complex of showers and thunderstorms. baltimore, we are going to be fine. we had a severe thunderstorm warning if effect for saint mary s countien it was dropped about a minute going. suffolk county, delaware, you are in line to get hammered in a few minutes. north ocean city, you have already had the thunderstorms ill rolled through many getting ready to see more. any time you see black and white on the scale here, that s pretty intense action. taking a look at the day part here, a pretty good amount of sunshine. 84 is the high, 85, 6, this evening, 81, the percentage chance should not stop you from tailgating for the football game or going. ton. don, take it over. here s sharon at wjz traffic control. they are trying to fix a water main breakdown town that has saratoga street blocked off. take pennsylvania ave
just being schooled on the white marlin open. the largest bill fish tournament in the world. right there. watch this. the fog actually rolls in 8:00 to 9:00. then the sun broke out, it was a hazy humid standard august day at the beach. storms rolled through north ocean city on in through delaware. rehoboth beach, a little haze now at 76 degrees. locally we re in the low 70s. we have patchy fog. that is about it. it will be hazy this morning and this afternoon, scattered thunderstorms redeveloping with our two-degree guaranteed high of 85. her mouth on the floor for the fish but she s looking so nice and bright with the yellow dress. let s have a good day here. thank you. my mouth is more on the floor because of the million dollars that the guy won for finding that marlin. as we check 95 southbound headed toward the capitol beltway through howard county, a little increased volume but things flowing nicely now. still working that crash, bel air road at cotrington in notting