To the scene and will have the latest in a live report in just a few minutes. First, we are on storm watch. It is freezing outside. Nancy that means recordsetting snow totals, but in our area bone chilling cold. We start with stormwatch 7 chief meteorologist bill kelly. Inathan putting this perspective, we are seeing video of people digging out. Bill we dont have that, we dont have the minus temperatures, but 20 degrees in d. C. Right now makes it the fourth coldest day of the entire year. You have to go back to midjanuary to find a colder temperature. Below like it was at International Falls today. 18 frederick. The windchill of 6. We have a feelslike temperature in hagerstown, getting close to the minus territory. If you have pets outside, please bring them inside, it will be in the Single Digits all night long. We do not have a rebound in sight, at least not a significant rebound. Teens inton the tomorrow morning. Then we warm into the midtoupper 20s. That is about it. I dont expect
Quantico, 52 in winchester. Could see those temperatures work into the low 60s briefly this afternoon that although the brains take the rain is taking a break, we will continue to see showers through the afternoon and evening. The system should pull away tomorrow, and then we should start to break in some sunshine. A bigtime warming trend headed our way. Lindsey developing now, if Fire Investigation in woodbridge has taken a tragic turn. Officials have uncovered a body inside and much more. Q fire crews in Prince William county as well as Police Officers have been very busy throughout the day investigating this fire and death. It happened on the second floor and the fire was contained to one unit although there is some smoke damage underneath th the fire sparked at 11 30 last night when Police Rushed over right into the apartment, and discovered the man lying unconscious. Firefighters did their best to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful. As you can see also, we have video. You can s
Coming up, we have Live Team Coverage of Hurricane Sandy keeping millions of people home on this monday. Good morning washington at 5 00 a. M. Starts now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. 5 01 is the time on this october 29. I am cynne simpson. I am steve chenevey. We have a full list of closures at the top of your screen, so keep an eye on that. We will have you coverage throughout the morning. Jacqui jeras as an update on the storm. From the National Hurricane center sandy has intensified a little, still a category one but the maximum winds are 85 miles an hour. The wind is huge. The Tropical Storm force winds between 39 and 73 miles an hour, extend out more and 500 miles from the center of the storm. So they are feeling that along the coastal areas already. The storm is 400 miles away from d. C. It will impact us all day. We will be going downhill. Anything you still have to do to prepare for the storm, that needs to be done no
Welcome back. It is 6 00 here this morning. We are watching Hurricane Sandy very closely for you this morning. Good morning. Im sarah simmons. Im wisdom martin. A very busy morning indeed. Tucker barnes will have the latest information as soon as we get it. Before we talk with him, first the warnings about this storm are being taken very seriously. There is a long list of what is closed today. Metro is closed today. That includes all rail, bus and metro access service. The federal government is also closed. D. C. Government offices or closed as well and so are most schools across it is region. For a full list of closures gorks to myfoxdc. Com. We are also running all the closures on the top of your screen. For a full list of closures, go to myfoxdc. Com. Tucker, can you at least i know you are very busy over there. Here, we have a picture it was right now. What is the latest on this . So, were now looking it at the outer band of sandy actually working their way inland and starting to a
Most local governments also closed. Emergency personnel, though, are still asked to report. Every major Public Transportation agency is closed today, including metro transit and vre. Pretty much every flight into and out of our region has been canceled. Youre advised to call your Airline First if you have any questions about getting in or out of town. Marc is shut down today. Amtrak canceled most of its northeast corridor trains. Again its pret much a quiet day. Today is also the third day of an extended weekend for most School Systems in our region, and we have all of this information on our website. Its wusa9. Com. We keep it updated 24 7. Very little traffic out there, but that doesnt mean we dont have problems and road closures. So lets go to Monika Samtani whos going to tell us about that. If youre planning to head around town, let me take you to a graphic. Here at the bay bridge, level one wind restrictions. That means winds are 40 to 49 miles an hour. No empty box trailers are h