I know a lot of people heading back to work and kids heading back to school. The actual temperatures will be in the teens. Were concerned about the windchill. Make sure you cover up any exposed skin. Were talking about snow chances for part of the area. Thanks, sheena. In the midst of the brutally cold temperatures, an explosion knocked out power to a lot of families. They were left in the cold and dark for hours. Pepco had to quickly work to restore the power. Well send out weather alerts during the frigid temperatures. Download the nbc washington app. Also got breaking news in maryland where First Responders rescued three people from this car. I retweeted this video from Montgomery County fire and rescue. You see that car stuck in several feet of icy water. This was in Ten Mile Creek at Shiloh Church road. 0. Kramer middle school in southeast d. C. Has been flooded. Heres what we know so far. A pipe in the schools basement burst causing water to overflow and to make matters bores, wo
Breaks out there and checking the full roads and full check ahead. Maureen, wisdom. Caitlin and mike, thank you. 4 30 and breaking early this morning out of the district were checking out reports that a middle school flood overnight in southeast. The concern is over Kramer Middle School q street. Fox5 Melanie Alnwick is live on the scene with the latest in this story. Mel, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning, guys, still a lot of equipment on the scene here. We have d. C. Hazmat crews standing by and what youre seeing here is Washington Gas crews getting ready to go in with a digger into the school here. As you mentioned two hours going we got reports that was some kind of water main break and water in the the basement. Several feet were told and were also seeing emergency lights inside the school going off as well. One thing we noticed is strong smell of natural gas. What im told is that some of the water got into the boiler room and compromised some of the natural gas lines
In this deep freeze for nearly a week and i think we are starting to suffer from cold stress. Temperatures are well below zero. We have 6 a. M. , 10 00 a. M. Temperatures going from 14 to may be degrees by late morning. Then at least it is drive for the day. For the day. Even in the afternoon, like this morning, make sure the kids are really warm if they will be waiting at the bus stop by themselves and not able to wait inside your car. As far as Road Conditions go, we are in the green. What, late you wednesday, thursday, we will see this postal storm in some areas of the northeast with blizzard conditions. More on that, coming up. Main breaks, as larry mentioned. Three of them south of the beltway. John lewis out there at the scene. This is a water main break that occurr traffic now able to get by in each direction. Traffic north and southbound to and from takoma park squeezing by to the right. You will find that we have a water main break on wheeler road with water getting with traff
Fredericksburg 6. Culpeper 2. Gaithersburg 8. And unfortunately we have lots and lots of cold in the 7 day forecast and well fwet used to it. Lets get to news. School skimzal begany and garrett out of maryland and hampshire and Orange County virginia sklz on two hour delay today. Cold weather might be to blame for blooded middle school with gas leak in south east d. C. No electricity, heat, crime are middle school. Melanie alnwick is there though live with the latest. Mel, its hard welcome back to class for these kids. Good morning. Thats right, it is. We should say they get one extra day here because d. C. Public schools g lot of damage here to clean up because of the problems with water and gas. And you can see here right in front the Washington Gas crews theyve been digging down to get to the gas line there. There was a strong smell of natural gas in the air and d. C. Fire hazmat crews tell me they understand that the water that was in the basement somehow compromised boiler room an
Maryland. Alleghany county Public Schools cancelled all morning pre k classes and orange country virginia schools on a twohour delay today. Stay tuned. Lets talk about. It mike is in the Weather Center and caitlin in for traffic today. So, mike, what other word is there other than brutal right. Welcome back holly welcome to the cold. Yeah. Were dealing with a lot of it out there. Graphic told it all. So cold theres school delays. Believe it or not well get colder later this week. Hey, mike, so cold contending with a water main break there. That makes it difficult as the water can easily freeze. Well let you know where the work around spots are as you get ready for a very busy morning. Holly, maureen. Speaking of cold weather related problems breaking early this morning out of the district a flooded middle school in southeast. Concern is over kramer q street it could be part of a mains in the area. Melanie alnwick is live on the scene with the latest. Mel, what can you tell us. Good mor