Even hitting the jaws of a shark. Now abc 7 news at 11 00, on your side. Horace we begin with the weather. Stepping outside today felt like stepping into an oven. Is this ugly mix of heat and humidity sticking around for the work week . We check in with meteorologist devon lucie. Devon unfortunately it is, at least for several days. The belfort furniture weather center, we start tracking showers and storms moving closer to the region. As the showers and storms move in, a big ridge of High Pressure centered over the atlantic, a bubble of hot air. There are heat advisories tomorrow, excessive heat warnings for the metro through the evening. A heat advisory means its more than possible 98. 90 degrees right now. That is last hours observation. Factor in the humidity, the heat index, feels like 100 washington. Tracking the showers and storms and the temperatures tomorrow. Getting to the commute, bring a bottle of water. Wear light fitting clothing. It is still possible to have a heat adviso
A lady told me she came at 1 00 and is planning to stay until the cool closes. A number of people cooling off today. It was a hot day in the city. For kids in the summer rec programs a great day to be in the pool. The kids amused themselves at the splash park. Im with my mommy and daddy. Not so busy downtown. The food truck where a lot of people decided it was too hot to eat. At least too hot to eat outdoors. So hot. Some sat out in the sun with the newspapers. Way to take advantage of the good weather. Sam raj says this is nothing, they regularly have the temps of 103 degrees over there. We have three seasons. Hot, hotter hottest. But a lot of women had out parasol to block out the sun. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Construction workers dealt with the heat today. Whether several stories up in the sky or directing traffic on the ground. Sam he was talking about hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Construction worker dealing with it. There are the people here in the pool. Now the National Weather s
This morning. Stay with us. News4 today continues at 5 00 a. M. News4 today starts now. And good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im angie goff. Welcome to news4 today. Okay. So were talking about what it feels like out there. I dont care what the temperature says. It is i guess the best word to describe it, tom mentioned gak, the total gak factor out there this morning. Thats a meteorological term. As we have showers and thundershowers approaching us from the west the leading edge of some relief on the way from the gak. Right now we are getting some showers and thunder and lightning and coming near frostburg. To the east of washington a couple showers in Anne Arundel County south of annapolis. Those are crossing the bay, headed over to the Eastern Shore. A few sprinkles here in southern Prince Georges County. Thats a tracking east as well. Temperatures are muggy and mild. Near 80 degrees right now. The feels like well, it is oppressive humidity. But it will be dropping overnigh
Attack earlier this week. Now, neighbors are taking action too. News4s Megan Mcgrath live with more on this. Megan . Reporter well, aaron, a number of bear sightings in the great falls area including one right behind me here behind the firehouse. Now, take a look at this picture that someone snapped of a one of the bears in the area. Its a decent sized bear Walking Around. You see the back section of the animal as it goes around a stone wall. It is also believed that a bear attacked a dog on river park lane earlier this week. Later today, trail cameras will be installed in the area near where the dog was attacked. The animal control officials are trying to figure out exactly what theyre dealing with and try and track this bear. On tuesday, 6yearold lab named blue was found with claw marks on her side. Her owner at first thought that she was attack by a raccoon but the vet said no, she was likely attacked by a bear. Now, blues family of course very concerned, this happened in their yard
Dat toes elderly mother that february morning when she heard a loud noise and rushed to the front door. She went across the street to a neighbors and returned to take lodatos mother to safety. After that she went to be with a dying Ruthanne Lodato testifying franco then broke down sock on the stand. The judge called a recess. He witnessed a murder. She was shot. She led a 90yearold woman to safety, had 911 called, and then she put her own life at risk and returned to ruth ann to be with her until help arrived. The family is greenly and forever grateful to her. Reporter franco was asked to testify as the defense wanted to block use of that photo lineup at trial. But the judge rejected their request. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, i october. Neighbors are calling the fire devastating flames overnight ripping through a reof Historic Buildings in Harpers Ferrys business district. The blaze broke out this morning damaging at least four buildings that housed shops and apartments. For one shop,