Local forecast and the coute. Wtop jack taylor is in for Melissa Mollet today but lets chart with ouror st team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. I dont know if our region can any more storms. Lo im with after last mondays flash f emergency here. We know what the folks in new orleans is dealing with. They had a flash flood emergency yesterday and 5 to 6 inches of rain in a couple of hour and are all too familiar with that around here after monday. Unfortunately, another storm team 4 weather alert day today. An opportunityor not only thunderstorms this afternoon and evening but because the ground is saturated, a brandnew Flash Flood Watch has been issued. No heavy rain outside early this morning. The Flash Flood Watch begps at 2 00. This afternoon and goes until two a. M. Friday morning and includes all of the d. C. And Baltimore Metro area so keep ndat in mi. Be weatherlert today. Your evening commute could be seriously impact by rain, jack tayl taylor. Beltway outer loop breaki traffic. Tro
No heavy rain early this morning. There are raindrops here across northern Baltimore County and a couple of drops also west of nwarrenton. Heavy rain yet. That will be much more of an issue later on in the day. The flood watch includes all of tothe metro washing area, southern maryland, metro baltimore, frederick and hagers town today and gusty winds along with the storms today. Its steamy. Mid70s this morning and afternoon high up to 90. Afternoon commute likely to be hardhit by heavy ra and thunderstorm. Jack taylor has issues before that gets going this morning. Ly certaino. Unfortunately, from mondays storms we are still dealing with those. Canal road is closed until further notice betwn reservoir and foxhall. F tunately, with the Structural Integrity of the roadway, this will remain blocked until further notice. We also had activity on the beltway out of the Prince Georges County. Up at kenilworth avenue. The tractortrailer has been dghup ateon he shoulder throughout the rush hour
Causi any rumbles thunder but we have shower and some fog and a broader view showing that acrosshe eastern saesheaboard, rather delightful. How about 77 degrees in our Nations Capital . Still in the 70s for anchors town and paxnriver, i the 80s. Not as hot as yesterday but close to 90 degrees. We will talk more about the weekend in a moment. For traffic, we go to jack. Clay, we start on the beltway Prince Georges County before 202 accident activity has blocked two left lanes. You find we have activity closing powder mill road. Damascus a vehicle involved in a crash single vehicle. Tow truck on the scene and traffic is alternating. N radolph drive remains closed because of an accident. Back in to you. Jack, thank you. Breaking news off the coast of south florida. Seven americans, including West Virginia billionaire, were killed in a Helicopter Crash in the bahamas. Est Virginia Governor and one on the state Supreme Court s coles executives and others were killed in the crash and they cr
Solstice. Only 9 26 of daylight today. Tomorrow we get 3 seconds more of daylight than today. Washington southbound, the skies have been clear. Any travel plans today . This is good news for today and tomorrow. Looks unsettled around here as we get closer to saturday. Ill show you that forecast in a minute. As we get your thursday morning started, 22 in warrenton. 24 in dulles. 26 in montgomery county. A milder 36 at National Airport. Theres your planner then. A fair amount of sunshine today. Temperatures in the low to mid40s for most. Closer look at the travel plans forecasts in a few more minutes. Molette . Thanks, chuck. We wanted to let you know about a water main break impacting connecticut Avenue Northwest near the university of the district of columbia. The campus and six other buildings are impacted here. Were stilry how it will impact the roads. Were going to keep you posted with updates throughout the morning. Today is the worst travel day of the Holiday Season for our area.
Effects. Well have Team Coverage of the holiday rush all morning. More details emerge after a bus overturned on tuesday killing 12 people. We now know that a group of family members from lorton, virginia, are among the dozen that lost their lives there. Anna behar and her son died. Daniels grandmother was also killed. Moises behar was killed. Friends are now mourning the loss of daniel. He was always the life of the party. Very energetic and happy. He always has a joke and makes everyone laugh. Just like energetic and loved the world. The family was on its way to see the mayan ruins when the bus flipped over. A preliminary finding shows excessive speed and the drivers neig that driver is now facing vehicular manslaughter charges. Police have reopened some of the lanes on the interstate highway in Washington State where a train derailed and sent railcars tumbling down to the road. Last night, work crews cleared the southbound side of i5. The right lanes remain closed as they clean up th