mountain showers tomorrow west of the blue ridge throughout the day. the majority of us will be dry and partly cloudy. 85, low humidity. watch this. we will go to newschopper 7 flying over the baltimore- washington parkway at the beltway. things look good between route 32 and the beltway. good inside to new york and kenilworth. looks good in greenbelt. the mormon temple in our next report. now to newschopper 7 newschopper 7 will be keeping an eye out. back to you. thank you. a developing story from the atlantic ocean. tropical storm katia is on the verge of becoming a hurricane. the storm as maximum sustained winds of 60 miles an hour. 65 miles an hour now. still too early to tell if it will tip the u.s. parts of the east coast are still under water after irene. others are still left picking up the pieces. the storm is being blamed for at least four more deaths. that brings the total to 44. dew point 5 million people still have no electricity. the damage estimates i
by 2:00 a.m. sunday morning it will be situated along or just off the coast line, and ocean city or near ocean city. that will be affected by the conditions. here s a look at what to expect on saturday. starting the day cloudy, been becoming windy. rain will pick up in intensity by saturday evening. northeast winds increasing 30 miles an hour. saturday night windy a north wind at 30-45 with higher gusts especially the farther east of i-95. a storm surge of up to 3 feet. let s go to newschopper 7. there s an accident in local lanes southbound 270 at shady grove road. they have provided an overturned vehicle and it has been moved to the shoulder. both lanes are getting through. foggy this morning. back to you. thank you. it is the call before the storm right now. i ve been will make landfall in north carolina tomorrow. when it does, this could be the strongest storm to to the east coast in seven years. if it stays on its current path, damages could climb into the billions
she will anger abc 7 news at 5:00 and 11:00 next week anchor. first, it is not outside. we still have the heat advisory until 8:00 p.m. this evening. another day where you need to take necessary precautions to protect yourself. east of the blue ridge, the heat advisory is in effect until 8:00 p.m., all the counties shaded in orange. that includes the metro area. 75 right now in the district, 78 in annapolis. 72 in fredericksburg. it is a warm start to the day. it will be a hot afternoon. 96 for the high temperatures today. we reached 96 yesterday. it will not be any cooler. there s a cold front tomorrow that could give us afternoon storms, which could become severe. a few degrees colder. normal service on metro rail system wide. we have been checking the beltway and that is pretty good. no problems as far as interstate travel. no construction. volume is starting to grow. we will see how things develop and how many people are still awake. in good shape as far as maryland
through the area. widespread rain showers. it s raining almost everywhere right now. the heaviest rain is lower southern maryland, crossing over the bay moderates hours south of hagerstown along interstate 81. entering its showers through the morning, intermittent rain showers. mid to upper 60 s tomorrow with gusty wind. wires down in prince george s county on frank tippett. 95 on the wab-w parkway is a little slow, but open to the beltway. no problems on the greenway or the toll road, adjust growing volume. 270 coming out of frederick s towards 109 and down to the lane divide, everything is open. back to you. thank you. breaking news at 6:00 this morning. an explosion and fire destroyed a house in montgomery county. the blast happened overnight in rockville sending two people to the hospital. courtney robinson is live on the scene with late-breaking details, joining us on the phone. i can tell you right now there are two people, a man and a woman in a hospital in
highs today in the low to mid 80 s. a lot cooler behind that front tomorrow near 60. morning rainshowers and gusty wind out of the northwest. i turned the air conditioner on before i left the house and my husband will ask about that. why are you headed out right now? because i said so. 95 is good. no accidents but that could change. looks good out of newington, springfield, heading on to the maryland side is behaving. the beltway at connecticut avenue right there. normal travel times on 270 between father hurley boulevard and the beltway. and on 66 between centreville and 95. back to you. thank you. taking steps to move forward. we are learning new details this morning about the raid that ended in the death of osama bin laden and the president s plan to mark the end of an error in or on terror. more than 24 hours after the dramatic white house announcements, new information from a daring raid in pakistan that ended a decade of fear and anger. and a surprising change i