Theres near tripledigit heat, the humidity is low, so were concerned with the safety of our firefighters. Reporter the big worry is that winds might send the fire in unpredictable direction. We have a 20 Miles Per Hour wind thats expected to push that fire further north. Thats why we have the dozers out ahead of that fire. Reporter this is the third such large fire in the area in three years. So the fire behavior is pretty much the same as it was in 2014 and 2015. The ground was so steep that the fire was channeled through these draws, and that promoted the fire to grow exponentially larger. Same with this fire. Reporter if there is any good news it is that this fire where we currently are is going in a direction where theres very, very little in the way of structures or people. There are a few campgrounds and things like that, but this is mostly open country in incredibly steep terrain which makes it very difficult to fight. The problem is if the winds come up that tends to fan the fi
Shooting ram passenger in Republican Debate before surgeon tuesday. The jabs super tuesday. Caitlin we have breaking news about a plane crash. How many victims there are and why getting to them will be a challenge. Carolinagood morning, carolina, welcome on friday february 26. Barbara thank you for joining us. We will have more but first weather and traffic. Here is meteorologist Don Schwenneker in the first alert storm center. Don good morning to you. As you head out weve got temperatures across the region in the mid 30s and they will climb today into the 40s. Expect 30s until about 10 00 this morning and that is the transition time to 40 and they will stay in the 40s most of the afternoon. From across the region we have dropped below freezing down to 31 now at r. D. U. 31 roxboro. 34 louisburg, 36 smithfield, 33 fayetteville 37. Mainly clear now and 31. By lunchtime mostly sunny and 44. Going home it afternoon mostly sunny and around 50. Today is the coolest of the next seven. Tonigh
Created by frigid temperatures overnight. The impact nearly 1,200 flights in and out of chicago airports have been canceled so far which is likely to impact air travel across the country today. And on the ground the full effect of the devastating storms and the massive cleanup ahead are just starting to unfold. Overnight, millions of americans hit hard as a deadly winter storm continues its march north. Torrential rains flooding the midatlantic to the northeast. The downpours creating flash floods, washing away cars and creating a mess for the d. C. Area. I thinking i would ask god to help me and pray. Reporter in new york heavy winds overturned this truck on the George Washington bridge. This time lapse showing it moving into charlotte, north carolina. Strong winds toppling trees, hopes and power lines there. More than 160,000 people without power across 7 state, its the terrifying twisters in virginia, a state of emergency in effect. A deadly tornado shredding homes, among the victim
Police. Right now we have a disabled fire truck on the right side of the roadway. With lanes are blocked. Folks trying to squeeze around that. We see the volume inbound near Fairfax County parkway. Other problems, brandywine at branch avenue, still have a crash being reported there. Follow police direction. Inner loop and outer loop looking good now. Dont have any major problems. And 270, were now clear southbound at Montgomery Village avenue, no problems northbound or southbound on 270. Thanks, melissa. Montgomery county police are looking for the driver who hit a pedestrian and took off. We saw more crashes last night as drivers deal with darker visibility. Kristin wright is live in bethesda where officials are pleading with drivers to be more careful. Good morning. Good morning. Well, recently a bicyclist drove through here along mass avenue and recently as well 95yearold woman as you may remember was killed trying to cross river road. As mentioned, last night there was a person who
Brand new at 10 00 tonight the you exclusive interview one of the moms says she was horrified to find. Our ted daniel talked to her and joined us live in hopkinton right now. Ted . At this point police arent sure what to make of this but with two separate families reporting it theyre taking it very seriously. So far theyve been able to establish that both families trickortreated in this same area near main street in downtown hopkinston. The mother we poke with spent on says her family only visited about 20 homes. Came upon this, this disc wrapped in this white paper. No writing on one side then on the opposite side it had keep out of reach of children. Reporter inside the white wrapper wasnt a trickortreat it was poison. This hopkinton mom who asked us not to show her face found it while going through the candy her 6yearold son collected trickortreating near his home. I immediately said this needs to go to the Police Station and i wrote down the addresses where they went trickortreatin