Schools closed in maryland, virginia, as well as d. C. Metro trains and buses are shut down for the First Time Since 2003. Marc, vre, also all closed today. And Amtrak Service in the northeast corridor shut down today as well. Most of the students in our area are also getting the day off today. All major Public School systems in d. C. , maryland, and virginia are closed this morning as well as all private schools in the area. You can find a complete list of school and business closings running at the bottom of your screen as well as online at nbcwashington. Com. Lets get to Storm Team Meteorologist tom kierein here. Whats the latest . Weve got moderate to heavy rain about to move into the metro area. Be prepared for that. Stay inside. Stay with us at nbc 4. Well keep you fully informed. It is still a huge hurricane. Taking a turn to the north. All day yesterday it was moving northeast. Now taking a turn to the north. It is swinging in heavy rains into the Eastern Shore, southeastern vi
All of the flights here at the local airports at reagan national, dulles, and bwi are cancelled. Be sure to check your airline as you head out the door. Breedsy and light rain already falling and getting heavier across parts of our immediate area right now. Some of the places that are more to the east are being hit particularly hard already at this hour. Now weve got storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to break it down. You can see the extent of this storm. Its huge. Its about 1,000 miles wide. Its continuing on a track that is now taking aim at our atlantic seaboard. And way out ahead of it hundreds of miles, we already have very heavy rain bands that are moving in. Heres the latest track. This came out about an hour ago. Its going to be updated about 8 00 this morning. Well get that to you immediately. And the latest track is taking it ashore somewhere from the Central Jersey shore to just south of ocean city. Anywhere in this landfall zone. By then, a very small post tropical low
All of the flights here at the local airports at reagan national, dulles, and bwi are cancelled. Be sure to check your airline as you head out the door. Breedsy and light rain already falling and getting heavier across parts of our immediate area right now. Some of the places that are more to the east are being hit particularly hard already at this hour. Now weve got storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to break it down. You can see the extent of this storm. Its huge. Its about 1,000 miles wide. Its continuing on a track that is now taking aim at our atlantic seaboard. And way out ahead of it hundreds of miles, we already have very heavy rain bands that are moving in. Heres the latest track. This came out about an hour ago. Its going to be updated about 8 00 this morning. Well get that to you immediately. And the latest track is taking it ashore somewhere from the Central Jersey shore to just south of ocean city. Anywhere in this landfall zone. By then, a very small post tropical low
All of the flights here at the local airports at reagan national, dulles, and bwi are cancelled. Be sure to check your airline as you head out the door. Breedsy and light rain already falling and getting heavier across parts of our immediate area right now. Some of the places that are more to the east are being hit particularly hard already at this hour. Now weve got storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to break it down. You can see the extent of this storm. Its huge. Its about 1,000 miles wide. Its continuing on a track that is now taking aim at our atlantic seaboard. And way out ahead of it hundreds of miles, we already have very heavy rain bands that are moving in. Heres the latest track. This came out about an hour ago. Its going to be updated about 8 00 this morning. Well get that to you immediately. And the latest track is taking it ashore somewhere from the Central Jersey shore to just south of ocean city. Anywhere in this landfall zone. By then, a very small post tropical low
And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im savannah guthrie, and it is an anxious morning for folks up and down the east coast. Hurricane sandy strengthened over the night. Want to give you the information we know right now. Sandy is a category 1 hurricane with wind speeds of 85 Miles Per Hour. Its located about 285 miles east of cape hatteras, North Carolina. Emergency officials in new york city and washington, d. C. Had taking unprecedented actions to deal with this storm. Thats righ the mass Transit Systems shut down, schools cancelled. The stock markets are also closed. The first weatherrelated closure in 27 years, and just take a look at this nasa image from space. This is one massive hurricane. 800 miles wide which means its impact is going to be felt across a massive region for a very long time. You forgot to mention one precaution. Starbucks in new york and long island closed this morning. Dont hear that very often. Weather