For today. Not only do th see , but were also seeing the very hot temperatures. You can see the temperatures right now. On the warm side. Again, the temperatures are in the 90s right now. You see the 70s out there. Thats where weme have so rain showers rolling through the area. Let me show you the showers and storms that ar out there. We have a severew thunderstorm ning to the south and west for loudoun, clark, warren, fauquier and Rappahannock County until 4 30. Well continue to watch that as it moves up the north and east at a pretty good rate, about 35 Miles Per Hour. Could have a downburst so well continue to watch the storm as remainder of the the afternoon. Can you see the storms are leading all the way back into west virginia. Of course we he the heat advisory until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Its rather warm around here, beotuse its narm enough already. The heat indices are well into the triple digits at this moment. Were going to continue to trac. This stor just to the south and west
Viciously hot wi the potential to be very dangerous. I go insidethe house. What happens when going inside isnt much better . Allen cassidy and his wife are in their 70fo years theyve been living at the charter house, which is a 55 d olderpartment community in silver spring. If it was on, you would hear it. And lately, their air conditioning unit hasnt been working. We were inside his apartment for about 15 minutes and we also started to sweat. Thats why a lot of people n downstairs othe second floor. We followed allen downstairs to the mezzanine. This is when we saw, an empty water jug and neighbors fanning a woman who had passed out it felt as though the air wasnt working on this levelf the building, either. She got too hot. D an drink. And were having to Work Together because the water bottle was out. She fated. She fainted. That woman was taken to the hospitaer montgcounty fire and rescue Officials Say the heat likely exacerbated this womans preexisting condition. On daike today thi
Molette green. Im aaron gilchrist. We gin with fantastic weather lauren talked about. Very hot weekend has passed us by. Were now getting a very short brem the heat and humidity. Very short. Okay, lauren, can we expect a rainfree day wihese beautiful pictures that youre showing right now . Yeah, its gorgeous out there, molette, absolutely beautiful. And i think we can keep it goin for today wi rain chances. Get out and enjoy it. Lather on the sun block, because that sun is shining out there today. Current temperatures right now, approaching that 80degree mark in some spots. Marine base u quantico alread there, as well as annapolis. Everybody else in the 70s. Feeling good out there. Poolout lo eool outlook, comfortable, plenty of sunshinhroughout midnight, along with a chance of rain for tuesday, better chances ofrms as we get into your wednesday, thursday, 4th of july and friday. Lets talk about the 4th of july. F youre not staying here, we have your forecast, especially in the area be
Engine of the truck on Martin Luther king highway. The flames extended back to the trailer portion of the vehicle. Crews were able to bring those blames under control. There were no injuries. Now to the alleged rape on board a metro train. Tonight angry riders want to know why metro never told them about it and why it only came out in the media when the suspect appeared in court in Montgomery County more than a month later. Bruce has metros response to all of that energy. Bruce. Reporter yeah, leslie. Big change today. Metro s new ceo ordered Transit Police to let people know the same day about any Violent Crime on the system as long as that will not jeopardize the investigation. A lot of riders really disappointed that it took more than a month to find out about this attack and alleged rape on women who finally escaped here at glenmont at the end of the line. Thats crazy honestly. I think we should have known about it. Worried women riders more answers from metro. When i saw it i knew
Impact the rain drops will have on your commute. For now, trouble on 270. Big backups on 270. Chopper 4 over the scene. Looks worse than we were expecting. You can see disabled semitrucks there blocking two central plainplain lanes. Very slow as youre headed southboundme me southbound. Another problem, baltimore road at wellington, a crash, that crash is in the intersection there. Beltway at st. Barnabas moving along fine. Battery lane, tow truck on the way there. More on the crash at 270 slowing things down in a couple of minutes. Breaking news, officials release details of a report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. Sources familiar with that report saying the investigation finds the plane was shot down by a russian made missile fired from rubble held eastern ukraine. Nearly 300 people died on board that day. The Dutch Safety Board is expected to continue investigating. Meanwhile, that report were waiting for the official release of it and well bring you more as we get it