because of the tree. you see it didn't come out because of the roots. it was twisted in half and snapped. the home, they had taken the branches off the roof. there is damage to the roof. but the folks woke up. they got to see the damage to the tornado. it's extensive. in some cases the homes are destroyed and in the other cases it's a lot of clean-up. we are in the bay area area. to my right. quarter mile in the area that are now gone. >> we are up the path of the tornado from where you are. this is a man's bedroom. this jumble of the lumber and the debris on the other side of that is where an elderly man was in this home and he managed to get out.

i want to show you the rest of this. look at the blue tarps on the roofs of the houses. there are dozens of houses here that have been damaged. >> most people in the bay city neighborhood were asleep as the tornado approached. in an instant, piece and quiet turning to terror. >> i heard it coming. >> i saw a bunch of colors. freight train was about to run you over. >> michelle pierce grabbed her son and daughter as the trees crashed through the roof and crushed the r.v. around the corner, this is what the house looks like after he and his wife had to scramble to safety as a storm tore a wall off their home. >> afraid to get near it. because the staircases are there. we need to go down. we were scared. >> he is not alone. dozens of homes here are damaged. hundreds of trees are down or splintered. storms like this do

undamaged house. next door a home looks as though a bomb went off. the roof blown across the yard. then this house. still standing. but blown 20 feet off the foundation. with an entire family along for the ride. >> i fete like a roller coaster from down under. i mean it was insane. never felt anything like this before. >> they certainly don't wanted to feel anything like that again. the family is lucky to be alive. what you are looking at now is the roof of the home. we showed you the backyard is littered with debris. this is all that is left. the washer, dryer, refrigerator. this is a bed where the man was sleeping when the storm came. look at this. miraculous. he got out of there with a minor injury. he has been treated and released. a lot of people here

about what happened to the houses and the trees but feeling lucky to be alive. jonathan: that is a body blow today. a lot of folks feeling like they were hit in the gut with the belongings over the neighborhood. a person i spoke to put it this perspective. we are unharm. thank you, brad. a lot of folks are coming and going taking pictures with the red oak tree we talked about in a second ago. but this is interesting. this is drone trak 7. we flew this. this gives the best view of the damage left behind. the path of the tornado once it touched down. we understand this tornado was on the ground for two miles. the swath was 150 yards wide. the winds were 125 miles per hour. those are the top winds. that is why the damage we saw today in the bay city and stevensville area.

sent a team of detectives to figure out what it was. straight line winds. tornadoes. important information. they were out here today. the meteorologist josh knight spent time with them to make a determination this was a tornado. >> that is right. the storm intensifying quickly. tracking the storm late last night with the severe thunderstorm warnings in prince george's county. ultimately in anne arundel county. what happened when the storm got to the open waters of the bay? a little bit more energy to work with. you get interesting circulation of the wind that happened on the bay. thanks to the bay bridge and the warm water now. the bay temperature. close to 80. all of that comes together. as the storm worked its way across the open water it began to intensify. you can see here it flipped the boat from the lift. then we work on shore and start to take down the strees to sheer off the top of the

>> we considered this is the ef-2. josh: you can see the damage. i spoke to a guy here in 2012 when the derecho comes through. he said he was sitting on the same porch when it came through and this was five times worse. still clean-up to go. bay city neighborhood, josh knight, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. in queen anne's county, clean-up is the object tried to accomplish today. we were going around and we would see the homeowners with a dazed look. they couldn't believe what happened. friends and family, showing up with the train saws and trucks and hauling away debris. i saw a house down the way. not only did they clean up the front yard, they were mowing

point and not for a long time to to come is more severe weather. steve rudin in the weather center. i understand they have issued severe thunderstorm warning in the viewing area. hopefully it does not make its way this far east. steve: the rogue thunderstorm warning drafted 45 minutes. it did not amount to a lot. the good news it is fizzling out moving to your area. by the time it reaches your area there is not much left. joining national harbor. brighter than it was a half hour ago. storms rolled through. the temperatures haven't moved a lot. 85 at reagan national airport. frederick is 88. show what is going on with the thunderstorm. when it was warned, not much left of it at all. this is it. right here. this is moving to vansville at 20 miles per hour. i suspect to continue northeasterly track the point of fizzle out all together. coming up we talk

rest of the week. we have a brief cooldown followed by another warmup. we are tracking a cold front for the end of the week. more on that in a few minutes. jonathan? jonathan: thank you. we talk about the stormwatch7 app we offer at wjla. this is a good time to download it. this is an aggressive season where a lot of storms pop up. severe at times. just go to wjla.com/text. when the weather turns, what will happen is your phone will buzz or vibrate or make a noise. it will tell you where the storm is or the danger that the storm poses. a good resource to have. it's free. you should get that now. that is the latest from stevensville. i'm jonathan elias. back to you. michelle: thank you. other top stories. more questions than answers. that is how a democrat on the senate intelligence committee described today's close door testimony from white house adviser kushner. the president's son-in-law. kushner spoke briefly after

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michelle: in arlington two people are dead. and they are trying to figure out how it happened. the bodies found near lee highway and the police haven't released any details but they believe this is an isolated incident and no threat to the community. the man charged in ten smuggling-related deaths told investigators he had no idea what was in the back of the track. according to the documents he heard banging and shaking and was knocked to the ground when he opened the door by people trying to escape. eight people died by the time san antonio police were called and two more died

hospital. >> folks were literally baking in the eat of the -- in the heat of the texas son. >> sad situation for families involved. we are trying to offer them the compassionate care they deserve. michelle: most of those who survived remain hospitalized with the extreme dehydration and the heat stroke. bradley could face the death penalty if convicted.

michelle: a flag in the kennedy center has had a mistake 40 years. i took a man living in virginia to notice it. >> not only is it not accurate. it has been updated. >> the kennedy center correcting a wrong that has been hanging proudly inside the hall of states since 2002. >> if you look up at that flag. it says utah. 1647. >> the hall of states is filled the the flags representing all 50 states, five territories and district of columbia. but when utah native ryan martin went in sear

ago he realized something didn't seem right. >> looking closely at it, it looked as if 1647. >> he now lives in springfield, virginia, where his family and when he came back a second time he clearly felt the date was wrong. >> a picture, zoomed in. realized no, it's not my eyes. a mistake. 200 years of history. >> they settled in utah in 1847. 5 million people passed through the kennedy center every year and the flags are washed but the mistake still went undetected. today they replaced the flag with the correct date. >> the kennedy center willing to have humor about it and to celebrate on this great day. 24 of july. >> which is the 170th anniversary of when brigham young pioneers settled in utah. he helped correct 200-year mistake and the kennedy center let him keep the old flag.

difference. >> in northwest, ryan hughes, abc7 news. michelle: would you let an employer put a microchip in your hand? a company is about to be the first to offer the option. >> hold my hand up like a cell phone. it will pay for my product. >> instead of a credit card. >> correct. >> my hand. the microchip is my credit card. michelle: okay. one reason. way more convenient. it will allow the employees to buy things in the break room and get in the front door and log in the computers. each chip implanted in a person's hand costs $300 which would be covered by the company. employees won't be required to get the chip but 50 people voluntarily signed up for one and it does not have g.p.s. in it if you are wondering so they can't track people. larry: back to the severe weather

only place to have severe weather last night. this is videotape from arizona, apache junction. it's 25 mile east of phoenix. the problem there was the flooding. look at the video. people had to be rescued by the helicopter. because the streets were flooded. in pennsylvania, you can see 17 hikers there -- i should say in pennsylvania the floodwaters lifted cars up. winds damaged homes. streets were flooded. trees were uprooted. it forced road closures. today people are picking up and trying to clean up from yesterday's tornado, or last night's tornado, people understand that the possession, belongings can be replaced. that is why the insurance companies are out here surveying the damage. but the landmarks can't be. this beautiful tree that has been in the community for 300 years has been torn to sleds. it has to come down. that is tough to digest for a lot of e

it takes forever to get this size. traumatic vent to change the way you think about things. jonathan: back to steve rudin in the weather center but people want the calm weather. they can deal with the heat and the humidity but they don't want strong winds. >> i want to show you a time lapse. this is from washington lee high school overlooking toward rosslyn in downtown d.c. put it in motion. notice the heavy rain that arrived an hour ago. a pretty rainbow could be seen all around town. it quickly faded as the storms moved out of here. here is the almanac page on monday afternoon. make it monday evening. hitting 91 degrees. today is the last day we will see the 90's at least for a good couple of days or so around the d.m.v. near average temperatures on the way. wre

temperatures cooled down a little bit. western maryland around 70. martinsburg at 87. still hanging on to 85 at reagan national airport. show you stormwatch7 satellite and radar. there are widely scattered showers and thunderstorms at the time. the thunderstorm warned on at 5:00 for 45 minutes, this is it. right over here. notice this is really beginning to fizzle out. laurel is in the clear. this is moving 20 miles per hour. i suspect that as it continues to move toward north and northeast it will fizzle out altogether. a few more showers around the beltway and national harbor and the casino. also mclean and tysons. light shower at this hour. but nothing to contain the gusty winds. nothing to contain heavy rain. no lightning can be found in the storms. so for this evening the temperatures in the 80's. warm and muggy. isolated storms here and there. tomorrow morning or tonight, 62 to 72.

the skies clear out a bit come tomorrow morning. morning will arrive, grab your sunglasses. you will need it throughout the day. the temperatures are a little below average for this time of the year. noticeable change in the humidity levels. highs will make it to the middle to the upper 80's. abundant sunshine throughout the day. don't forget the nats. they are back in town after a week and a half on the road. tomorrow night and wednesday night. looks perfect. a cold front friday. that will trigger storms that may linger on saturday. next week we are calling for temperatures in the middle to the upper 80's. erin? erin: thank you, steve. the nationals day off today came at a great time. several players banged up including this guy. we'll explain the situation

e . in is a much-needed day of rest for the nationals which is good for stephen strasburg who left after two innings of what he described as achiness in his forearm. injuries are nothing new for him. he underwent tommy

surgery early in his career and he battled shoulder, back and forearm issues in the past. we should know more tomorrow on his status. but pitcher ramero had to leave with back spasms and he is lifted day-to-day. scary moment for jose behind the plate. after this pitch in the seventh he collapsed to the ground holding his right leg. thankfully it was just a cramp. the cavaliers are confident to get a hefty return for kyrie irving. he is requesting a trade with two years left on his contract and said he wants to go to the heat, knicks, spurs or timber wolfing. check out the video. a young cincinnati reds fan kicked marlins star dee gordon before the game. gordon motioned for the little leo to come see him and as the ump walked over to him, the ump t

all in good fun. hopefully he didn't kick him too hard. there is a road match and venus is making her debut. i would like to see her play in person. michelle: make it happen. you will be there. erin: i'll be in studio. michelle: not again. >> erin: hopefully fans are there to enjoy it. steve: we get a break from the heat and the humidity. tomorrow the highs in the middle 80's. the same on wednesday. the nationals are back tomorrow night. looking forward to that. near 90 on thursday. cooler saturday and sunday and then back to middle 80's for next week. no active severe thunderstorm warnings there. garden variety showers and a few rumble of thunder moving through the early everything hours. skies will clear up. michelle: sounds good. thank you, steve. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. be sure to join us at 11:00. have a great night.

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