Locations. Ca there were more track problems over the weekend. Ov the wee fox5s Melanie Alnwick joinswi j us live from Lenfant Plaza p with more. Mor mel, good morning. Reporter good morning. Orni i guess its a good morningoodor when so far we havent had any a issues on metro for monday but sunday two incidents broughtncio fire and rescue crews to metro stations. Stations the first one at lenfantenft plaza about 11 oclock in the te morning yesterday. Yesterd there was a small fire thatat was caused by debris on thes on tracks, a little bit of smoke, too. Too. That fire was put out by metro t employees using a fire extinguisher. Tinguish d. C. Fire crews were not not needed but they were here justh in case. In and that was just the beginning. Bethesda metro station on then e red line sunday night aroundro the 5 oclock hour thatsr th where a suspected arcing arc insulator also caused someauseoe trouble on the tracks. Oubl turns out there was no smokemoke but single tracking during the in
Through manassas and northbound 95 to head both into quantico and into woodbridge at this point. Thats a look at the ride. Howard has our forecast, our frigid forecast. Brutally cold for this time of year. This should be cold for january. So really cold stuff. We should be in the mid50s. Well be lucky to get to 35 today. Look at the flag standing tall on the white house and also the walk monument. Just a sign of how windy things are with gusts this morning over 30. We had a gust to 40 at dulles a few hours ago. 30 at 9 00. Only 33 by noon. 35 if were lucky. Wind chills wont even be that close. The latest gusts, some strong ones out there gusting to 35 in easton. 30 at joint base andrews. Weve seen gusts to 31 in cumberland as well with temperatures this morning down to the 20s. Windchills routinely in the teens at the moment. Ouch. Officially its still autumn but today it feels a lot like the middle of winter. If you look at howards map, the temperature in cumberland 23. Gaithersburg 2
Hasnt done much for warm things up. Heres Howard Bernstein with the first alert forecast. We should be in the 50s. We have all sorts of problems. I want to talk about the winds first. Theyve been howling. 44 mile an hour gust in gaithersburg at 10. Were gusting near 40 in hagerstown now. 35 in gaithersburg and near 30 in the metro. Gusts not as strong but a very breezy day. When you factor in the arctic air mass, yeah, thats when its tough to be outside. Bright sun now. Look at the temperatures. 34. We may get a couple more degrees. Might get 37 but its not going to feel like that in washington. Were still only in the mid20s near the masondixon line. Mid30s south. Yeah, got some low 30s in cambridge. The wind chills is whats killing us today. Wind chills in the teens and 20s and theyre going to stay here all day long. We may set some record lows tonight. Ill have more on that coming up. Yes, it will warm up as we head toward the weekend. See you in a few minutes with some better news.
With layers of bags and blankets. He is sleeping on a bench in front of the world bank with lots of other homeless. I cant believe it. Reporter he has no plans to take the mayor up on had his offer of additional shelter. And i got other peoples stuff in here while they are trying to find jobs or hospitals. Reporter out at Washington Harbor in georgetown they are opening the ice rink. And tony and joes seafood place is hoping for a crowd. Other days its beautiful. Reporter you had to be from sweden to enjoy the wind and wipe caps out on the potomac. Scandinavian, viking, its okay. Reporter it is cold for your car, too. Aaa says calls for help are up 40 . Some for blown out tires and a lot for dead batties batteries. The more juice it takes for the battery to turn over. The youngest out of the group had only on a vest. Reporter Prince Georges County police are hoping to keep anyone from having to go out in the cold without a coat. Officer Jessica Mercer is asking for donations to the one
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