announcer: now, abc 7 news at noon -- on your side. looknna: we begin with a at traffic in florida. this is i-75. people are trying to make their way back into their neighborhoods and survey what kind of damage their homes may or may not have need. this is i-75 in ocala, florida. also right now, irma on its last leg. the storm, which began as a category five hurricane, is now a tropical depression. the

it. molly hunter is in naples with the latest. molly: irma is now out of florida and what remains is marching north. in her wake, she left a path of devastation and so many homes with out power. the storm's incredible force unstoppable. in jacksonville, record flooding. the swollen rivers spilling into downtown. the mayor offering this advice. put would remind folks to something that represents a quite flagged if we need to get you out. in charleston, south carolina, this lake overflowing. in atlanta, georgia, more than 1000 flights canceled. made landfall met once, but twice.

damaged homes as far as the eye can see. boats shipwrecked. >> it's devastating. >> on san marco island, no power, no running water, almost two days later. >> if you don't have to come home right now, don't. they: the storm tore up west coast. down and powers lines, but i still have a house. i am so grateful. molly: the entire state battered and largely in the dark. nearly 7 million people are still without power across five states. in florida, utility workers are working 24/7 to get things back up and running. now to more incredible images from florida. this is

house slid off a small cliff onto a beach. that shows you how powerful irma's winds were. in georgia, parts of the state are dealing with toppled trees. we are getting the scope of the damage in the keys. made landfallt there with 130 mile per hour winds. today, residents are allowed to return, but many of their homes are damaged or destroyed. are seeing area, we a lot of cloud cover, but we will stay dry for now. doug hill has a check on the forecast. doug: most areas will stay dry. a couple of sprinkles this morning. overnight tonight into tomorrow, a better chance of showers. on thursday, our best chance this week of showers and thunderstorms. beautiful at belle haven

let's show you this massive circulation of a much weaker storm. it extends from the southern plains to the atlantic ocean. heavy rain bands are now moved to the north into north carolina. of that is the energy moving in our direction, especially tomorrow morning. by thursday, the remnants of irma will head our way as well. in the mountains this afternoon, possible thunderstorms. isolated sprinkles elsewhere. sunrise,morning before may be scattered showers in the area. they move out during the day and we get sunshine. thursday is our best chance for showers and thunder. the nats play tonight. i think they have a safe lead. partly cloudy skieat

days and about 12 minutes. adrianna: this morning, flights to florida resumed now that irma has passed. sam sweeney has more on the restart of operations. adriana, good afternoon. it is not an easy restart. 70% of flights in miami already canceled today. across the state, more than 500 flights canceled for tomorrow. open, it airports are is going to take a wild to get going again. only two flights that have actually made it out on american this morning from dca to florida passenger planes. board, more than 16,000 flights have been

american airlines told me in the theyhalf hour or so that don't expect to be up and running at full operation until the end of this weekend. by friday, they hope to be at 50%. we caught up with some lucky passengers today. >> i am not sure if it will be canceled or not. i make it to call if to the plane. so far, i am not sure. >> this is a chaotic situation. i don't blame the airlines. there are a lot of weather issues and airport issues. sam: if you are wondering why it takes so long to get back up and running, a number of airline employees evacuated with their families, so they have to get back. one of the struggles right now is that there are so few

rooms available in miami that they can't get crews to remain overnight and get their planes and. again, it is going to be a long couple of days. if you are traveling in this your carrierith before you head to the airport. live at miami international, sam sweeney, abc news. adrianna: thank you, sam. find our continuing coverage online at wjla.com. you will also find a list of charities on the ground if you want to help out. happening tonight, a telethon benefiting those affected by hurricane harvey. abc is one of multiple networks ," for "hand in hand hurricane harvey relief. stars will help raise as much money as they can to help the victims of hurricane harvey. new

entered its final chapter. a man suspected of kidnapping to young girls in 1975 has pleaded guilty to murder. jeff goldberg is live in maryland with more on the plea lloyd welch junior. jeff: lloyd welch did not say much in court, but he did plead guilty to the murders of sheila catherine lion in 1975. you are looking at lloyd welch inside the courtroom this morning pleading guilty to those murders. the parents of the sisters also in the courtroom, sitting in the first row. n sisters went missing in 1975 after a trip to the mall. the case went and lv

decades. the attorneys for lloyd welch, who was 18 at the time, said in court today that welch abduct did the two girls but did not sexually assault or murder the girls. his attorney implied that it was committed the crime. they do accuse him of burning the girls bodies and placing the remains on a remote mountain where his family owned land. family thanked the investigators who never stopped working on this case. >> we just want to say simply, thank you. long time, a long, and we are. we just want to go home. jeff: now, as part of this plea agreement, welch also pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a

county in 1996. welch is currently in jail in delaware for assaulting a 10 year old girl there. he will be serving prison time there and then will be brought to virginia to serve his 48 year girls.e for the lyon prosecutors suspect that at 60 years old, welch will not be a free man as long as he lives. adrianna: there is a $25,000 reward for a missing pregnant teacher. her family is offering the reward. her was time anyone saw the saturday before labor day. neighbors say she left her condo , and now her boyfriend is talking. >> i pray that she is safe and that she comes back. listening, it doesn't

there is nothing we can't fix together. theynna: her family says received a troubling text from her phone on labor day but will not reveal what is said. right now, police say there is no evidence of foul play. coming up, the video that will give you goosebumps, a plane crashing into a tree, the pilot able to walk away without a scratch. plus, a disturbing discovery. a chicago teenager goes to a hotel party and ends up dead inside of freezer. police say it could have been her fault. but first, let's get a check on traffic. >> good afternoon. a pretty good right up there so far for the midday. a bit of a jam on 95 south as you pass 123 in woodbridge. southbound lanes coming into a bit of a bottleneck, but just prior to the scene,

it is not too heavy, so a minor issue to get things started as we rolled toward rush-hour. county parkway, looking good north and southbound, nothing too major at all. 66 is a similar story looking westbound past vienna. beltway, toward rossland, you are in pretty good shape. for 395good shape northbound over the 14th street bridge. a smooth ride into the district. expect a quiet ride on

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discovery in chicago, a 19-year-old girl found dead inside of freezer sunday morning after she attended a party at the crown hotel. it is still unclear how she died. the autopsy proved inconclusive. investigators initially told the family she was intoxicated and walked into the freezer on her own. >> i believe someone in this hotel killed my child. now,nna: right investigators are reviewing a facebook live video from the party has evidence. connecticut has gone viral. take a look at this plane crash caught on camera. the plane was coming in for a landing when it swerved and hit a tree before crashing into the ground. amazingly, the pilot only suffered minor injuries. i am here with doug. that is crazy video. that looks

really. hopefully, he was low on gas when he tried to land. adrianna: a little cloudy today. a light showert tonight or tomorrow morning. if we see any lightning with showers, that would be on thursday. no big deal. and we will clear out for the weekend. your weather headlines on tuesday at noon, cloudy skies, breaks of sunshine as we look at national harbor. wilson bridge in the background. than a sprinkle and isolated shower in the area, that's about it. a warm-up begins tomorrow. for the next several days through the weekend, very mild. this is the circulation pattern. lots of ow

yesterday, they were in south carolina. today, north carolina. anything left will be tomorrow morning. we have a chance of seeing as shower or thunderstorm directly left from the circulation of the storm known as irma. or shower late tonight. tomorrow morning in the area, that looks nice. as we get through the day, cloudy in the afternoon with a better chance of more showers on thursday. this is hosea, a crazy looking storm. the good news it is -- this is jose, a crazy looking storm. the good news is on the guidance it only gets to a category 1. thatope and expectation is it will continue to move north and bypass the continental east coast. at worst, cause some

and may be rick currents along the coast. we will keep -- rip currents along the coast. we will keep an eye on it just in case. thunderstorm chances tomorrow, and especially on thursday. left over showers on friday. the weekend is beautiful with low 80's and sunshine. a chance of showers on tuesday. richie good as we head in -- pretty good as we head into the middle of se (vo) there's more to life than the climb. there's the view. you've got to stop... ...and look around a little. remember who you are. let the child inside you out to play. come... shed life's layers in asheville. visit lonely planet's best destination for 2017. and let the magic find you. asheville. discovery inside and out.

adrianna: millions of people across four to are still without power following hurricane irma. crews

electricity. many who evacuated have no idea what to expect when they return home. >> there might be some trees down and some power lines, but i have a house, and i am so grateful. adrianna: residents are also dealing with no running water. thewoman says she filled up bathtub and several buckets ahead of time in hopes of getting by. florida.e picture from people are filling up with gas. there are long gas lines as people are making their way back to their homes to survey the damage and figure out what their next apps are. insaw people leaving florida -- next steps are. we saw people leaving florida in long lines for gas. now heading back, they are in long lines for gas. hurricane irma has been downgraded once again. it is now a post tropical depression. video froml getting the path of destruction.

rising to nearly unheard-of levels in irma's storm surge. take a look at this school in miami that has been closed indefinitely. the storm left a sailboat on the football field. the main school did not appear to suffer significant damage. take a look at this video from myrtle beach. a plane coming in to land and having to pull out at the last second after getting caught in the remnants of arm up. -- of irma. look at the flooding in charles to him, and jacksonville, f florida. jacksonville has not seen this kind of flooding in more than a century. nearly eight and a half million people are still without power. irma has left behind a path of destruction. holly harper's life for us in jacksonville with a look at all -- holly harpe

atjacksonville with a look the damage that has been done. holly: while other cities are cleaning up from the devastation that hurricane irma has left behind, here in jacksonville, the st. johns river is at the highest level that has ever been and threatening to overflow the banks again. all eyes here are on the rising waters. flash floods, power outages, downed trees, just some of the damage caused by the rest of irma. -- wrath of irma. a couple of hours, i thought it was coming down. it got scary. holly: the full extent of the devastation is still being determined. authorities are working to clear roads and bridges, and to restore power throughout the region. >> most people are without power. most stores are closed. there is a asked shortage.

also flooded savannah, georgia, jacksonville, florida, and charleston, south carolina. officials urging evacuees to be patient and return when there is approval. florida keys, where irma made landfall as a category 4 storm, were especially hard hit. this is the first time on record that the continental u.s. has been hit by two category 4 hurricanes in the same year. we are standing is called jacksonville landing. it is a place where people love to come down and enjoy the river. downan see stairs that go to the metal fence where people can walk along the river walk. if you were to walk along the river walk today, you would be walking in the

people have not seen this level of flooding since 1890 six. they are concerned because high tide is rolling in. we have seen the river creep up a little. yesterday, where i am standing was filled with water and flooded three blocks in toward the city. the water,e on hoping she doesn't overflow the banks. fingers crossed. adrianna: thank you so much. let's take you to saint augustine, florida. live pictures here where you can see the damage of irma left behind as well as a lot of flooding they are dealing with their. floodwaters are covering the roads in saint augustine, florida. we continue to get live pictures of the cleanup in the aftermath of irma. we will bring those to you. you can follow the impact on wjla.com. there you will also find

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are talking about decently calm weather here. we were expecting some things from irma. doug:

chance tomorrow morning and again on thursday. we see the circulation that used to be irma still coming into the carolinas. mid 70's this afternoon. as we head through the day tomorrow, warming, partly sunny, scattered showers. a better chance of thunderstorms thursday and friday. adrianna: so, we have a good weekend on tap. doug: it looks great. adrianna: stay

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somenna: we are back with of the people returning to the florida keys. hard by hurricane irma, and they will be returning to a pretty bad situation. as many as 13 million fri

that is two thirds of the state's population. the storm's death toll is at least 42. irma has been downgraded to a post tropical depression. it is expected to bring rain today to the carolinas, kentucky, and tennessee. we are getting some rain from irma. doug hill is here with a check on the local forecast. doug: showing a pretty clearly on the satellite radar as the circulation continues to spin from the south and southeast, coming off the atlantic ocean. every now and then, a break of sunshine. it is comfortable at reagan national. the wind will be southerly. it will be a bit more humid as well. check out our noon time temperatures. 73 at reagan national airport. satellite radar, here is the

picture. pocket of moisture, showers and storms over parts of arkansas and mississippi, and the way overall the atlantic ocean, showers and thunderstorms coming to north carolina. these were the same dance coming in yesterday, and sunday night -- same bands coming in yesterday, and sunday night. it will not be long before we are done with it, but the effects will go on and on. adrianna: thanks, doug. this morning, flights to florida resumed now that irma has passed. sweeney has more on the restart of operations. sam: airports across south florida are opening again, but operations are very limited. than 1900ay, more flights have already been canceled. here at dca,

florida airports already .anceling their flights jacksonville canceled. both miami flights canceled. there is one flight to miami at 5:35 p.m. that still has a few seats left for $99. if you -- in total during this storm, more than 16,000 flights have been canceled. yesterday, american airlines flew in crew members and tsa members to help resume operations, but they are struggling with hotel rooms. crews are not able to stay overnight. they are flying them in and flying them out. they tell me 70% of their flights will be canceled today in miami. it will increase tomorrow. by friday, it will be up to 50%. they hope by the end of the weekend to be at 100% capacity. if you are flying the next couple of days, check in with your air carrier. there

be a number of cancellations in the coming days. a live lookt's take at lakeland, florida, as people make their way back into the state. long gas lines, much like we saw as they were heading out. back homeing to get to assess the damage. let's listen to what they have to say. >> just trying to get fuel for the generator. and the truck as well. we have a packed house, great-grandmother, two for babies.n, five >> how long have you been without gas? >> we ran through a tank last night with the generator. we went to try to get propane. we have a hybrid generator. >> hav

anything like this? >> no, not in this area. i have never seen it as that. the flooding is ready bad in west lakeland as well, higher than i have seen in the 10 years i have in here. >> thank you. look at: another live lakeland, florida. the man is getting gas for his generator. will bey, the power turned on sooner than later. well, to help restore is a florida electrical grid, virginia's to minion power is sending workers to florida. -- dominion power is sending workers to florida. >> more local responders heading to florida to assist with a recovery that could take weeks if not months. around 400 staff and contractors will join the more than 300 already deployed over the weekend to

they will assist in getting the lights turned back onto the estimated 12 million people currently without electricity. is massive catastrophic damage. you are going to have a lot of roca in polls that need to be replaced, wires on the -- a lot to beken poles that need replaced, wires on the graham, that sort of thing. >> to emergency response vehicles -- wires on the ground, that sort of thing. >> this is the second crew to floyd from the northern virginia area in three days to the hurricane impact -- deployed from the northern virginia area hurricaneays to a impacted region. >> they are suffering as much as any state right now. >> crews plan to be on the ground

two weeks. we are told by the red cross these volunteers will be in south carolina for that long as well. suzanne kennedy, abc seven news. abc 7 will continue to monitor irma's impact on florida and the u.s. on will find our coverage wjla.com. there you will also find a list of charities on the ground if you want to help out. noon, a 40 year old k's has entered its final chapter. has entered its final chapter. jeff goldberg was in bedford county, virginia, with more. aboutthe hearing lasted half an hour and lloyd welch junior did not say much, but he did offer guilty pleas in the first-degree felony murders of 12-year-old sheila lyon and .0-year-old catherine lyon

prison. here he is pleading guilty to the murders. the parents and siblings of the yon sisters were sitting in the first row. this case went unsolved for decades, but in 2013, cold case investigators in montgomery county found evidence connecting lloyd welch to the abduction and murders. the attorney for lloyd welch, who was 18 at the time, said welch abductor the girls but did not sexually assault or murder the girls, implying it was welch's elders who committed those crimes. prosecutors say his story has changed many times. they accuse him of burning the girls bodies and burying them on mountain where he owned land at the time. today, the family thanked the investigators who never stopped working on this case. >>

thank you. it has been a long, long time. we are tired, and we just want to go home. of hisoing as part agreement, welch also pleads guilty -- jeff: as part of his agreement, welch also pleads guilty to assaulting a girl in 1996. he is currently serving jail time in delaware for assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 1998 in that state. sentenceompletes his there, he will be transferred to virginia where he will surface 48 year sentence. prosecutors expect he will spend the rest of his life -- he will serve his 48 year sentence. prosecutors expect he will spend the rest of his life in prison. adrianna:

a gruesomeow to discovery in chicago. a 19-year-old girl found dead inside a hotel freezer. the body was found sunday morning after she attended a party at the crown plaza hotel. it's unclear how she died and an autopsy proved inconclusive. the family says police initially told them the girl was intoxicated and walked into the freezer on her own. >> i believe someone in this hotel killed my child. adrianna: police have not said if they have ruled out tell play, but investigators are reviewing facebook live footage that shows -- ruled out foul play,

but investigators are reviewing facebook live footage from the party is evidence. record heat making a mess out west. straight days of 100 plus heat in napa valley has turned grapes into raisins. they enter his expect about a 25% loss of product -- that winemakers expect about a 25% loss of product this year. with a friend's camera rolling, seth got down on one knee in kansas city and dropped the ring through the cracks of the bridge. the bridge andr i was like, it really did fall. we have watched that video so many times.

laughing and be like, what are you laughing at? watch the video again. searched butends did not find the ring. a gofundme page has been set up to help them buy a new ring. yeah right. doug: i have never seen that before. that's quite a wrinkle. i bet sooner or later if they keep looking downstream it might get stuck on a rock. choose the weekend to get screens and nets and go looking for it. my wife didn't get an engagement ring until we got married. our 10th anniversary, she got an engagement ring. adrianna:

this story. doug: there was a good reason. it will come out in my book that i will publish in my downtime. the beach looks nice. a lot of people on the beach even though it is cloudy. water temperature is decent enough. low 70's at the beach. air temperatures about the same. and onomorrow morning thursday, remnant energy of fourth left of irma circulation is headed our way. today, 72-74 will be the range. wind turns southeasterly tonight. will bring up humidity levels and temperatures over the next few days. , moisture outr west. it looks more like ground clutter than anything else.

on radar, moravec coming off the atlantic ocean. this is the daschle more of that coming off the atlantic ocean. on radar, more of that coming off the atlantic ocean. some of that could be them oyster that comes tomorrow night and thursday morning. comesld be the moisture tomorrow night and thursday morning. until will calm down thursday when the actual circulation heads our way and may bring showers and thundershowers. the latest on jose, still doing in the atlantic ocean. the expectation is it will move north and northeast. no real indication it will

as far as our extended outlook, shower chances tomorrow. thursday, 50-50 is the best we go. scattered showers possible for a while. the weekend looks terrific. next week

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it off. they will grow up as family at the san diego zoo after one was rejected by its mother. visitors will be able to see them in action through the zoo's nursery window. could this be the next story in the future of shopping? nordstrom's is opening a store with no clothing. instead, a stylist will help you find to perfect item, then order it for you. they will also offer tailoring and manicure services. that's different. doug: still works. here, clouds, sunshine, maybe an isolated sprinkle. irmairculation from bringing shower chances wednesday and thursday. a beautiful weekend. some rainy days early next week as well. thanks, doug. thank you for joining us on this midday. we will see you back here

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