Morning. Most of it will be done by saturday noontime. We are offer to a cold start now. We are just in the went from the bay west all across virginia maryland and into West Virginia. We will have these temperatures stay below freezing here through much of the morning. And then by noontime in the upper 30s hitting mid fourth midafternoon with increasing clouds and then the rain snow arrives tonight. Next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5 11 a look at your bus stop forecast for this friday. A right now a water main break in Prince Georges County is affecting a short cut that you may take to work. Megan mcgrath is on old an napannapolis road with more. Reporter look at this hole. This was created by a broken water main. They have started the work of digging up the pipe, but they havent started the repair yet. So this will be with us for a while. This is a popular cut through. A lot of people take to goat from 450 over to 197. But all lanes are blocked this morning. You are not
Mike, andrea back to you. Thank you. Everyone is praying for a miracle but a technology executive, his wife and four grandchildren are feared dead after a massive fire at the 16,000 square foot home in annapolis. There are some indications in Baltimore Sun about that. The fire which started early yesterday morning destroyed a home and left investigators still searching for answers. Nikki burdine is live at the scene with more on what we know so far but this does not look good, nikki. Reporter the overall feeling here this morning, mike and andrea is just uncertainty and sadness. Six people are still unaccounted for and now its still very dark outside and its hard to see, so i want you to take a look at this video so you can get an idea just how massive this fire was yesterday morning here in annapolis. This is a huge undertaking for firefighters it was a 16,000 square foot home that the neighbors called the case. Firefighters still havent been able to get in and search for potential vi
Fast. There was no way that anyone could get out of this house alive. The tree was 15 feet high and it was very, very dry. Were told a lot of needles were found underneath as well as in the area that collects needles underneath the tree. It provided a big fuel load for this fire to spread. Were told that don piles body was actually found in the great greatroom area. It was normal for him to sleep on the first floor. His wife sandy and the grandchildren were on the second floor of the home. It appears they all did die from smoke inhalation. Again, were continuing to gather new information. A press conference is scheduled any moment now including the anne arundel fire chief and executive. Police credit witnesses who whipped out their cell phones for helping them track down a woman wanted in a parking lot hitandrun. Alexandra menendez is charged with many charges. Heres Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter david culver on columbia pike. Reporter mk auto is back open today but without its own
Poy 2 inches. Alike the lower erer end of this. We could see some slick road. Well talk more about that coming up. A state of emergency has declared up in new York New Jersey and connecticut tonight. And travel bans on the roads start at 9 00 p. M. In connecticut. The ban starts at 11 00 p. M. In new york city along with the shutdown of the citys subway system. 500 members of the National Guard are on standby in boston and hurricaneforce winds are expected on cape cod. About 6,000 flights have been canceled across the country. Its keeping some members of congress from getting to washington. Transp reporter adam tuss is live at Reagan National t where travellers are already feeling the impact. Adam . Reporter thats right, doreen. Airports in the northeast, boston newark laguardia jfk, newark when they see these impacts it has a Ripple Effect throughout all the other airports and that is what were seeing here at dca. Giving the planes a proper blast and coating of deicing solution before
Even 50 with snow and sleet. But i think Road Conditions will be just fine for our evening hours. Big storm system so we have a long way to go several hours that expanhandle to the north and west. Your temperature d. C. 41 to 39 degrees in warrenton. So big thing with this storm system working in our favor is its not a major storm, it will be fast moving and a lack of cold air with it. What can you expect for your weekend . The morning rush and of course with that storm system number two, well have it coming up in a few. Thanks veronica. Our Team Coverage continues with david culvert live in arlington. Crews are preparing for what could be a hazardous situation out there on the roads this weekend. Reporter they sure are, pat, and v. J. Mentioned the snow just starting. In the past ten minutes the small flakes started in arlington. Here in arlington theyll have skeleton crews on standby, 8 to 16 trucks ready to go should they need them. We found them gearing up adding spreaders and inst