Here to the southbound side through Prince Georges County to the split area, particularly if youre sgoing to go toilver spring, you want to be prepared for the delays this morning. As we understand,at this pedestrian crash happened right aound 1 00 this morning and it did involve u. P. S. Truck. Te police have been out here for the last s hours with this investigation. We dont have any additnal details beyond that this was, in fact, a fatality. Right around 95 south where it meets the ramp to go to the outer loop of the beltway. If your travels take you tohis area, be prepared for delays. I can tell they are building as the morning goes on. Back to you. Darcy spencer on i95, thanks. Lets check on our foreca with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Could we get more storms today . We can. T probably not level of Severe Weather we saw yesterday. Had a does severe thunderstorms warnings yesterday. Our Severe Weather parameters are lower than yesterday. That being said its anotr muggy m
So we are likely to be dry between now and lunch time. By mid to Late Afternoon our in be chances go up once again and because of that chance for some slow moving summer soakers, a flash flood wch could be issued for the metro area. 69 Prince Georges County and 70 Montgomery County. High today 87. Yesterday was 91. Today, 87. A little bit cooler but be on the lookout. Rain chance still stands at 70 . Closer look at the rest of the week and talking about the weekend is coming up. Good morning. Beltvilleowsouthbound pr mill road is on the shoulder so we are seeing delays southbound and northbound on bw parkway because of that accident. Inner loop and outer lono problems. A vehicle into a building there and a closure because of the response. Inbod 66 at 28 in centerville slow. Southbound 95 approaching tte loop for a fatal crash spencer tion and dar has more on that. Reporter good morning. That crash scene did clear a short time o. If you were coming through that area of 95 south in Princ
Moves along the northern coast of cuba. On saturday it will make a sharp turn northward, toward miami, as a category 4 hurricane. Its expected to move directly up through the Central Florida peninsula, moving up through floridas peninsula on sunday. Then monday, moving into southern and southeastern georgia as a category 1 hurricane, right around the savannah area. Its going to continue moving northward far, far inland as a Tropical Storm by tuesday moving through parts of tennessee, and kentucky. Even southern portions of indiana and ohio. Rainfall totals from this storm could be between 15 and 20 inches for much of the southern twothirds of florida, up into the jacksonville area, perhaps seven to ten inches, and beyond that into georgia and the southeastern u. S. , one to five inches of rainfall. Ive been tracking and covering hurricanes for four decades and never seen one quite like this. Amazing, spencer. As of this coming saturday, no one will be able to leave the miami and ft. La
Finishes churning through the caribbean where its leaving a trail of death and destruction. At this hour florida is bracing for a direct hit from the extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane that is irma. The governor of the state, along with his counterparts in georgia and south carolina, are pleading with residents in irmas path to evacuate and seek shelter immediately. The storms 185mileperhour sustained winds make it one of the most powerful ever seen in the atlantic. This is what we now know. Florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and lifethreatening winds. We expect this along the entire east coast. At least 13 deaths are blamed on the hurricane. All of them happening in the caribbean islands. 59 of the buildings in barbuda have been damaged. Of course, abc 7 news weather meteorologist Spencer Christian is following irmas path. Heres a look at it, Hurricane Irma, category 5 storm continuing to plow through the caribbean, passing directly over tonight as
They say 95 of the island was utterly destroyed. Started crawling. Were stopped right now. And more than a Million People in south florida have been told to get out as the hurricane closes in on the United States. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Hurricane irma has claimed at least 13 lives in the caribbean and its expected to reach south florida this weekend. Floridas governor has declared a statewide emergency. In florida with a look at irmas impact and the preparations underway tonight. Marcy. At least one shelter in south florida is already attica pasty. People are taking these warnings seriously, especially now after seeing what the storm is capable of. Hurricane irma cutting a catastrophic path through the caribbean. How we going to survive after this. Reporter the monstrous category 5 storm damaging nearly everything on the tiny island of barbuda and leaving half of puerto rico. Hospitals taking in some of the injured rescued from neighboring islands. The governors wha