Well, this week we saw what can go wrong if y dont heed that advice. A father for carry his kids through waistdeep floodwaters. Molenas therescue. Reporter it only took a few ion to for a bad dec put a family in danger from the dramatic high water th the heigg rush. Watch here as this dad had to carry his two little girls, they were around 7 years ofe, ag in each arm to get them out of their stalled car, trapped in high water here at the intersection of little falls parkway and massachusetts avenue. Luckily, the dad was able to carry them away safely and a Good Samaritan rolled up, who watched all of this play out and actually gave them a ride home. He was unable to open the car so thats why he that why the grabbed them out of the window. I was going t just go nearby him. Then i saw that it was okay, that he grabbed the kids. So then they were walking on the grass area. Reporter and you took them home. I took them home, yes. The kids were a little bit afraid and they were like, oh, dad
Localized flash flooding tomorrow. Viously the ground is saturated because of what happened around here on monday. But for now, your wednesday morning getting off to a beautiful start acss the region. Visibility not as much of an issue today as it was yesterday. There are a few pockets of foggine fogginess. Your planner for today, temperatus in the low 70s by 7 00. Mid 80s by lunchtime and upper 80s to right around 90 degrees for a High Temperature tod. T no chance for rain today. Increasing humidity, increasing rain chtoces for orrow, more about that coming up. Melissa, good morning. Good morning to you. Chopper 4 showing you this issue here eastbound 450 near bw parkway have this situation with a water main break and these repairs under way. So you can see quite a big hole there in the eastbound lanes of 450. Inner loop, outer loop no issues ther in leesburg, near claudia drive, crash involving a deer. Somelow downs. Arlington north key boulevard between north quinn and north oak wat
Problem clarks burk southbound 270 after 121 clarksburg road crash on the right shoulder. We do have that crash but not t. Eing much of a delay eastbound 66 Fairfax County parkway, disabled vehicle has cleared out of the way. Everything is nice and open. Inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, dont have any complaints on the beltway. No road work either. Those eastbound lanes clo d another water main break in arlington, northeney betwe north quinn and north oak street. Eun . Thank you. Ne its 5 01, a controversial arrest has turd into charges for a montunmery coty Police Officer. The announcement was made on tuesday. Now people in the county want more accountability from police. News 4 justin finch is li at Police Headquarters in gaithersburg now with more on this story. Justin, good morning. Reporter aaron, eun, good r mong. Those charges came down yesterday, Second Degree assault and misconduct in office for officers kevin morris. He he is t officer seen in that video that first appea
Tests the Home Delivery services. Announcer news4 midday starts nmo. Good rning and welcome to m news4day. Im melissa molette. And im aaron gilchrist. We start with the weather. New orleans dealing with floodingt similar to whawe saw on monday. A flash flood emergency is sued there. This picture or video coming from nbcs Morgan Chesky i believe. It is a very different scene here. It is warm and dry. The sun is out. Finally calm conditions, but it wont last. The system thatan hit new could be headed this way. Lets check in withry laun ricketts with more on what is ahead. Chuck and i have been fall following this and it is a potential Tropical Cyclone number two. Look at this rain. And it is not even close to landfall yet. They will fly a hurricane hunte service into it today to check it out to see if it has the tropical capability to become a depression or into a hurricane. Eventually so again this is what were watching. But a lot of heavy rain pushing around new orleans. Ix fo inches f
Right now on news4 this week flash flood emergency. A father finds himself in a dangerous spot after heavy downurs during a messy mornin commute. Changing climate. Why warming Global Temperatures could mean more dangerous flooding events in the future. And grocery wars, ompetition bringing down the prices at your local supermarket. Susan hogan went out in search of the best bedeals for you and your family. Announc welcome to news4 this week. I am leon harris. One of theto biggest sies this week was a morning commute turned upside down by a dull uj. When water rushes over the road we warn you all the time turn around, doesnt drown. Th week we saw what could go down if you dont heed this advice a. Father forced to carry his kids through waist deep flood waters a. Rescue you will see only on news4. Reporter it only took a few seconds to make a bad decision and put a family in danger during the dain that felling the height of the morning rush. Watch as this dad had to carry his two little