sun as we move through into the course of the day. right now, it is 67 degrees at reagan national airport. we ve got 66 degrees at dulles. 68 at bwi thurgood marshall and humidity is at 73%. a very light southerly wind but those wind are going to change as we head flu into the day as well. it will be a the bit on the breezy side so be prepared for that. so for today, we are talking a hot, sunny day, humid and a little bit windy. 86degrees is your daytime high. unbelievable. we have get a little bit of change in the five-day forecast but i hope you will get out today. do take heed in the sun and protect yourself at the same time. a little tease of summer from mother nature. d.c. schools, offices and libraries are closed today in honor of d.c. emancipation day t honors the emancipation act which freed 3100 cleaves in the district. there is a parade from 10:00 to 2:00. we ll go to julie wright now way the bit more on what the traffic is going to look like. how is your foot b
news photographers captured others wooping up debris as they moved through towns. we re also getting a look at storm damage left behind. emergency officials believe a tornado hit this small town in iowa, damaging about 75% of it. some of the 250 people who live there spent the night at city hall, which was the only building that had power. storms also damaged part of a hospital in iowa. no deaths or injuries were reported there. it wasn t just tornadoed causing panic. that s all hail. tore sidings off houses in parts of nebraska. some looked more like snow. accumulations measured up to about an inch high and fell the size of baseballs, as a matter of fact, in some places. meteorologists chuck bell is with us. you saw this coming, chuck. boy, not only did we see it coming yesterday morning. i started tweeting and facebooking about it on thursday. when the setup classic for that severe and that threshold, you can see those coming a couple days away. unfortunately, our worst
still more severe thunderstorm watches now for eastern oklahoma, northwestern arkansas and far southwestern parts of missouri. may also have severe weather today from the dallas/ft. worth area down towards houston, texas. further up the line, a moderate risk for severe weather today from minneapolis/st. paul to the northwest side of chicago. so if you have flights from twin cities, st. louis or houston, may have flight delays. in the mid-atlantic, all is quiet. still a few sprinkles now across far northeastern maryland. they are drifting away from us. we have no chance for rain here in the washington area today. especially out to the south and west of washington as well. so, it s going to be a mild one as well. so, be ready for a real warm-up and a hint of summer li-like weather. closing in on 70 degrees down south of frederiksberg. 72 in the mountains of west virginia in petersburg. what about today s forecast? we do have cloud cover left out there this morning, but that s b
storms. at least three possible tornadoes have already been reported in central oklahoma. dozens more have been spotted across midwest states tonight. from minnesota to texas, a large part of the country could be at risk. here s our coverage. we still have a large tornado. reporter: the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, says it could be a high-end life-threatening event, potentially affecting 5 1/2 million americans this weekend from texas to minnesota. this is a multi day event, now underway and potentially a very serious situation. it s coming straight for us. look at the debris right there. reporter: a twister touched down friday near the university of oklahoma. the damage was fairly minimal, and only minor injuries were reported. forecasters are urging people to be vigilant. make sure you have your plan, you ve talked it over with your family. monitor the forecast constantly. have the nolo radio handy and be ready to act. we have supplies in the
homeowners association seeking help, but so far he hasn t gotten any. the pictures that i have found, the historical pictures, there is a stream that ran directly under this lot. they went so far as to tell me they put it out forbid and work would start on it immediately. in november of 2011, they called me into a homeowner s association meeting to tell me they would not fix it. you can understand that dowling is not the so confident about finding a buyer at any price. the rest of his family has already moved away to florida. not far away, the austin ridge subdivision faces similar erosion problem last year. several of those houses had to be condemned. secret service scandal is overshadowing president obama s diplomatic visit to columbia tonight. nearly a dozen secret service agents have been brought back to the u.s. amid allegations they brought prostitutes to their hotel rooms in columbia. tonight, white house spokesman jay carney says the president retains confidence