80s, that s comfortable, the one spot touching 90 and storms rumbling from richmond south, that s where that cool air boundary is, so it s pushed all the way south in virginia and the storms just out of that air. we re back into the mid- to upper 80s, a slight chance of showers, we ll talk about that, look to the rest of the week coming up. he actually became the focus nearly every single day for more than a week. maryland health officials say 18 people have died because of heat related illnesses, 8 deaths were reported saturday through monday, two out of state residents who died in heartford and a totally of 34 people died last year in maryland of heat related causes. bg officials restored power from the big storm more than a week ago but last night s storm has a few people without power, the majority were in creightonsville, and we checked the bg s web site where a total of 1800 people were still without power this evening. we re getting any details into that triple d
for tens of thousands of our neighbors, the number of people who have not had their pour restored is just under 40,000. baltimore county more than 19,000 and or than 10,000 are still out in the city. remember, anywith still no power call bge at 877-778-2222. so how do you think the power company is doing. the maryland public utilities commission writes their report card. they expect companies to provide all the details about this. companies have to report to us starting from, again, the weather forecast, their preparations for deployment around the storm, the execution against the storm restoration plans, their customer performance, every single element of the prediction effort has to be reported to us. the power company has three weeks. if you have comments or complaints, send them to the commission. public hearings will be held. on the seventh day there will be power because the last six you have been switched off, ticked off. as roosevelt leftwich tells us, there s b
for repairs. here with everything you need to know and how to get around, abc 2 news traffic reporter angela foster. reporter: good morning. we are live at the jones falls expressway this morning. the big story is the lane closures that will begin tonight at 7:00. now, in case you have not heard, the department of transportation, the city department of transportation will be closing the left lane both northbound and southbound on the jones falls expressway starting tonight at 7:00 in the vicinity of 29th street to george park lake drive. the lane closures are needed for emergency repairs to collapse drainage pipes and those are located, of course, underneath the expressway. these closures are very important, but the big deal is going to be the significant delays that will come with the closures. as you know, we have approximately 110,000 vehicles on the jones falls expressway everyday, so what we re advising motorists to do is to plan ahead. these closures, as we mentioned,
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freeze warning and that s nect until 9:00 this morning as well. hopefully you brought in that tender vegetation and those potted plants you planted a little bit early. right now temperature coming in right around 40 degrees. good morning, arnold, you re at 45 degrees and 40 in colombia. the winds, oh, yes, nonexistent for the most part for this morning. it will be a little breezy in the afternoon, about five to 10 miles an hour, but we won t be seeing anything like we ve been seeing with those gusts up to about 30 miles an hour. those are all over. the dry weather, though, is still with us for today as we look at maryland s most powerful radar and we ll talk about our next chances for some much needed rain in the forecast. that s all coming up. but right now let s get a check of that traffic with angela. good morning. reporter: good morning, lynette. we are live this morning in front of the jones falls expressway, i-83, giving you traffic updates, but also preparing you for w