Us. Im adam tuss. Im jennifer fitzgerald. Our former colleague tom where say a orange sherbert sunrise. You know, lauryn has some good s descriptions awell. We are happy to have her with us. Lauryn, this weather has been aioss the last couple of days. Once ag you walk outside and you are going to feel the humidity and mugginess yeah, tom had a great way of describing things out there. Lets show you guys the sunrise out there rightus now beca it is absolutely gorgeous out there. And we are go g it continue to see some beautiful conditions you see the banner, weather alert. It is red because we have got so more storms on the wayfor today. Currently that i temperature 76 degrees. 76. It is so warm out there right now. Winds are calm right now. Not seeing any rain out there right now, so that is the good eews. But we have mor rain on the way. It will be a little different than yesterday. You what to expect in just a littl bit. Guys. Lauryn, thank you vermuch. Video and pictures of the stor
Shenandoah valley and eastern panhandle of west virginia. Any showers we seeefore noon look to stay westf the district. 80 degrees is our temperatureri t now. If you have not walked outside yet, its really humid. That humidity hits you like a ton of bricks. I think its more steamy today because of the rain we got overnight last night. Wever, thats going to translate into heavy rain later on today. Lets talk about that flooding threat today. More storms coming your weay. Ill time them out in just a little bit. Thank you very much. Meantime, i want to tell you about a deadly crash. It has shut down traffic on the enter loop inaranham. C are getting by on the shoulder. Traffic is backed up because of this two car crash. One person was killed. Another rushed to the hospital. We have a crew on the way to the scene and we will have more on n this situatiater in the morning. But stay up to da on that. And backo the storms. Video and pictures of the damage have been rolling in since the storm
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.
That we had out there and then just kind of blew up as they moved through the area. I know theres a lot p ofer outages out still 74 degrees is your temperature. The mugginess is out there as well, so it is going to continue to be a hot and humid day. Temperatures rising intohe 80s awe go 9, 10 00 a. M. Teeratures back tolow to mid 90s. Heat index once again right around 100 degrees. Othing happening as you walk out the door. Theres a little fog this wednesday morning, but for the most part were just looking at dry conditions. We will connue to watch those chances of rain. Lets time them out for you and talkbout tonight and as well as tomorrow thats all coming up, but first lets talk about the roads with mollet. Good morning, melissa. Good morning. Falls church, left lane blocked by the work zone inner loop near 66. Nothing in your way, nothing to much in about here too this morning. As we take a look elsewhere, here you go, clarksburg 270 after father hurley middle of the lane blocked