Record temperatures and hate waves in europe the United States and the arctic coincided with a major ice melt in greenland data from scientists at the danish me to a logical institute shows melting on almost 60 percent of greenlands ice sheet that released 197000000000 metric tons of water into the Atlantic Ocean in july we actually now see a. Signal of. Climate change Global Warming the arctic is actually warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world and now theres a very clear signal that is or may is actually driven by too much Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere so as this year 2 increases so should temperatures around the world were going to see more of these type of heat wave. These heat wave events. Behind large wildfires since early june wildfires in the arctic pumped out more than 100000000. 00 tons of Greenhouse Gases thats equivalent to belgiums Carbon Dioxide emissions in a year climate Scientists Say there is still time to limit Global Warming to 1. 5 degrees celsius abo
Right now, on news 4 this week. Safe streets. A new effort to make intersections safe for pedestrians. And we explain the markers popping up along streets in d. C. Shutdown slow down, how a big closure is impacting businesses in alexandra. And remembering the titan, a look at the ian whopired the movie remember the titans. Hello, everyone. Im leon harris. Icou may have n a lot of yellow at intersections. But were not talking about traffic lights but new plastic pylons that have been cropping up. We started investigating and we report its all in the name of safety. Reporter after 53 years of crossing the same intersection, aieda arudis takes a little more time. Are you worried about the cars and the driver ths . Yeah. Yes, theyre speeding, you know . Reporter and as she rightfully points out, speeding and turning dont mix. Thats why they are using more and re of these yellow pylon and yellow stripe devices, a lot more of them. We have 85ti locas across the district. Theyre known as left
Our transportation reporter started investigating and it is all in the name of safety. After 53 years of crossing the same intersection she takes more timeo get from one side to the next. Do you worry about the cars and the way the drivers are . Yeah. They dont see you . They are not looking at who is coming, nothing. Just speeding, you know. Speeding and turning. They dont mix. That is why d. C. Is using more and more of these yellow pylon devices, a lot more of them. We have 85 locationsthcross e district and put in place 35 of them. Over the next year we will be putting in more. They are known as left turn calming devices and are designed to protect pedestrians. The idea is to force drivers to go out into the intersection and stay away from the crosswalk, more of a 90degree turn. Drivers are still getting used to them. I think they are going to study it and see. C theity has data showing the intersections need the devices and so far this year traffic fatalities are down 25 and d. C.
A perfect Beach Weekend and were going to talk much more about the beach forecast, the pool forecast and the heat recast and the storm forecast and ive got a lot of bforecas. Sy friday for you. All right. Well check back in just a bit. Doug, thank you. The heat is going to be a major llenge for folks heading down to the mall for the fourth of july, and today district leaders gave us new details about what we can expect next week. The president will speak, as you know, warplanes will fly overhead, and, ocourse, fireworks will explode near the mall. News 4s corey smith joins us live outside the Lincoln Memorial helping you get red for the big festivities. Hey, cory. Oh, jim, are you red re, because im very, very ready to celebr first fourth of july here in the nations capital. As we all know, President Trump likes celebraions to be huge, and the 4th will be no different. Thats added extra stress to thd local federal agencies who have pthlatollisn a reporter the stage is not quite set for
Marlboro oh first africanamerican mayor tonga turner says shes beenhe target of racist attacks and bullying since she took office according to people at the town hall meet. She explained a lot about receiving threatening emails and being called certain words from her constituents. Her tires have been slashed from what i understand. And then kind of like the kicker, and i think what mde it be a part of the meeting is that someone who attends very regully had been sketching swastika signs. Reporter the many allegedly drawing thes swastika a former town commissioner. Monica wilson took these pictures of him in a meeting. I look a over see him scribbling swastikas over and over again. There have been some things that happened during her year and a half as mayor that she did talk about at the town meeting last night. There have been some incidents that shes had to deal with, but those were not incidents that had anything to do with her resignation. Reporter upov per marlboro spokesperson sa