What is the latest . Jay just an incredible scene. I will step out of the shot so our cameraman can zoom in. This is the mount vernon antique center, billed as the oldest and Largest Center in the entire region. Right now it does not look all that much, but the first news photographer on the scene, the video that he got just as the fire came out at about 9 15 i think he got here about 25 minutes after, just incredible, flames shooting into the night sky on christmas night, engulfing and destroying this very large building here. Here is the situation, according to the deputy fire chief, whom we spoke with moments ago, they believe the fire started on the second floor. Beca integrity of the building, there was a significant collapse of the second floor, crashing onto the first floor, which is then ignited the fire even more, fueling it even more. We are told that it will take hours and hours for them to safely put the fire out. They came here initially thinking they could hopefully put t
Out there right now, wait until the end of the week. We are talking friday and saturday, where highs in the immediate metro, High Temperatures only in the teens. 20 in chevy chase. 19 at Reagan National. Clinton, maryland, 16 degrees. Wherever you are, this is the day you have to dress in layers. Make sure you have the sunglasses. Crystal blue skies. Temperatures not going to get better, only in the middle to upperteens in the afternoon hours. Coming up in a few minutes, we talk about how long the chill will continue and a coastal storm that might impact parts of the midatlantic starting late tomorrow night into thursday. The super cold weekend ahead. More of that coming up. Adrianna back to the water main breaks some of them causing extensive delays on the roadways. The dmv have a lot of work ahead of them. Ryan hughes on the timetable to get those problems neighborhood. Water maintoback breaks have caused major traffic troubles and delays in silver spring. Fors have been out here hou
Satellite and radar does show added clouds around capital beltway at the good news is it will stay dry as you move to the afternoon hours. These are the areas under winter storm warnings at this time. Over toward the peninsula. These areas fall under a winter storm warning tonight. Some ofe we will see these advisories expand to possibly include parts of the d. C. Metro. Temperatures above freezing, wind chill outside. A little bit of cold. If you think it is cold here, look at this frozen fountain. Even some snow. We are in tallahassee where many schools are closing as well as stores as the winter storm moves in. Right here, this highway is shut down because of icy conditions. It was snowing at one point this morning. Have you seen anything like that in tallahassee . Never. That fountain completely frozen over. Look at the ice. Florida State University is shut down for the day. Florida is not equipped to handle all the ice and snow. Salt, in florida, fhp says they will use and in some
Higher amounts to the east, as we expected. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] it is chilly out there, and the wind will become the big story over the next 24 hours. Here is what it looks like. Snow from georgia to north florida. This is the storm that almost looks like a hurricane as it rapidly moves on off to the northeast. This storm will eventually move on out of here rather quickly. Look at the snow totals national zoo a little over half inch of us know. In mount vernon. Temperatures outside right now, if you are going to be out and about for the lunch hour, it is cold. 22 degrees in burke. Newington at 24 degrees. Clouds and radar does show most of the activity moving out for the east. What you see around the d. C. Metro area is not going to expected. This will continue a little bit longer until 6 00 p. M. Windchill factors as the winds begins to pick up will take a dive later t
Meteorologist steve rudin is here with the forecast. Steve we are going to be dealing with freezing rain across the area, and the timing this afternoon and into the rushhour commute. Winter weather advisory is set to go into effect for the entire area, moving from the afternoon into the evening. Extendsd. C. Metro, it until 9 00 tonight. For southern maryland, no advisory. Take it slow on the roads. I will show you what is going on in terms of the precipitation, where it is located. On stormwatch 7 satellite and radar, a mix in North Montgomery county and into frederick. We will head in just a little a tremendousot amount reaching the ground, and this will all move our way as we had to the afternoon hours before changing to all rain. Mark at reagan national, and temperatures will continue to increase as we move into the evening hours. We will talk about the storm impact in a few minutes, plus milder air later this week. How warm . I will give you a hint. Temperatures in the 50s to near