this is only one fallen tree. this one snapped onto a roof. meteorologist bernadette woods will take a closer look and analyze this destructive system. but first, alex demetrick is live. alex? >> reporter: for the folks of sunny brook farm and the meadows, yesterday's storm was like being plunged. >> thick trees cracked like wish bones. what broke up was carried into rooftops or backyard swimming pools. >> then we lost visibility altogether. it was a whistling sound. >> i was looking outside. and i saw the trees across the street lay down. and i knew something wasn't right. >> it was horrible. this was probably the most damage i have ever seen from a storm in my lifetime. thinking for sure it was a tornado. but it was just high winds. >> reporter: while tornado was

just the thought for many, the national weather service called it a straight-line wind. >> basically, it's an intense thunderstorm, where you have a down draft or down burst, that produces very intense winds. they said sometimes from 60 to 100 miles an hour. but they're very certain that this was not a funnel cloud. >> reporter: but it was still strong enough to damage the roofs of some homes and crush cars under the weight of fallen trees. this one not only landed on a car, it brought live power lines onto it as well, trapping the driver for an hour as well. and repairing downed power lines remains the area's big job. as of noon, 9,000 were without electricity. and some won't be getting it back until later tomorrow. >> reporter: and back live now with a look at some of that hard work that is going on. it is paying off. but 9,000 outages as of noon. they're going to about 6,000. but it's still going to be dark for many in the reisterstown

area. first warning weather coverage continues right now with bernadette woods who is here with more on one of the hardest-hit areas. bernadette, tell us what the storm looked like as it came through. >> this is exactly what we're going to do. we'll take you back to last night and show you the radar loops. as they were going to baltimore county, then racing off to the northeast. the second will take you in a little tighter here and highlight the area we're looking at. right there, that's where it produced most of the damage. and you can tell by those bright colors in the purple, possibility of hail when that does happen. and the large, damaging winds that we experienced. now, as far as the damage goes, here are some of the statistics. the estimates are 60 to 70 miles per hour. at the same time, a lot of hail was reported with this system. and we've heard a lot of people talking about the difference between tornadoes or straight- line winds. we're going to take you through that. straight line winds are when the winds go in one direction, as indicated by the name

itself. they go in one uniform direction. the thing is, with tornado winds, they spin. so when we're talking about wind damage, whether it be straight line or be spinning, the fact is, it will produce the same type of damage when you're talking about 70-mile- per-hour winds that is bordering on hurricane strength. we see more thunderstorms out there now. and we will have that forecast coming up shortly. and as alex mentioned, bge crews are still hard at work, making repairs and restoring service to customers. in baltimore county, the hardest hit, more than 6,000 people are still without power. in carroll county, just under 1,000 are without power. and anne arundel county, power is out for more than 800 800 customers. since the storm began, bge power has been restored. check in with eyewitness news for complete first warning weather coverage. log onto wjz.com. we have breaking news from new york. minutes ago, nfl commissioner

roger goodell reinstates michael vick with some conditions. he can immediately take part in practices and meetings. but he can't take part in playing yet. vick said, i fully understand that playing in the nfl is a privilege, not a right. and i am thankful for the opportunity i've been given. that's a quote. 18 people were shot. now, police are blanketing the area with a s.w.a.t. team and 37 officers on foot. mike hellgren has the latest on this unfolding investigation, including the first reaction from the police commissioner. >> the mayor says this was part of a feud and he is iritated by it. >> reporter: 12 people were shot during a cookout. among them, a pregnant woman and a 2-year-old girl. all of them are expected to

survive. investigators say two men opened fire. the motivation, they were members of a rival drug gang. >> it was very well planned. there's a lot of work that went into that hit. >> reporter: police say one of the targets was steven blackwell, a man under police surveillance, whose teenage relatives were kidnapped in a home invasion last april in catonsville. >> we can put this cat out of business. and he should be out of business. and the people should be out of business. >> this was premeditated. this was not a random act. so when you talk about premeditated, people knew what happened. so it's their responsibility to speak up, to think about that pregnant woman who was shot, that baby who was shot, that baby who was shot. it's their responsibility. they need to speak up. so then we can file the law and take people through the process where we need to be convicted of chill comitding those kinds of crimes. >> reporter: the shooting spree

here was many of a one-hour span in east baltimore. two teenagers were killed. there was another shooting on harford road. all of the bloodshed comes at a time when the city's nonfatal shootings are actually down. the murder rates are up slightly. >> it's just sad that these feuds that are going on, people have no respect for life. >> reporter: many of those injured were taken to johns hopkins hospital. again, their wounds are not life-threatening. at police headquarters in baltimore, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, mike. police have made no arrest in the cookout shooting. they're still searching for the gunman. all new, eyewitnesses described what they saw when the guns came out. a horrible accident in baltimore county, claims the lives of three people. it happened in whitemarsh, around 5:00 this morning. denise live in the newsroom with what county police are saying. >> reporter: three adults were killed when a car collided with a street sweeper. the accident happened at the

intersection of honeygo and whitemarsh boulevard. the car burst into flames after the accident and was consumed by fire. the driver of the street sweeper managed to escape with minor injuries. police say the car apparently turned into the path of the street sweeper. but it's not yet clear which vehicle had the right of way. police found no tags on the vehicle. it is possible the vehicle had a paper, temporary tag, which burned in the fire. sally? >> thanks, denise. because police have been unable to identify the vehicle, they're having difficulty identifying the three people inside who died. as we have been telling you, many areas are still cleaning up from sunday's storms. first warning weather coverage continues now with mike perry, live over sky eye chopper 13, over one of the hardest hit areas in carroll county. >> how issue you? we are in eldersburg, looking about a mile from where we were this morning. just south of route 26 in the eldersburg area. this is a neighborhood where you can see multiple trees have been knocked down. this house, about the worst in

the neighborhood, suffering pretty severe roof damage. now, the damage here, looks like most of the trees were just twisted, right at the tops of the trees were twisted completely off. and then just thrown down to the ground. we don't see many housing damages. but as you get further down into baltimore county, down to where alex demetrick is, we see a lot more substantial tree damage, with trees falling on houses and swimming pools, et cetera. but there are no less than two dozen bge trucks in this neighborhood, right along route 26, in eldersburg. and we've seen lots of tree trimming companies out assisting folks assisting with getting trees out of swimming pools and out of their houses. >> thanks a lot. mike perry in carroll county. as for our weather today, sunny sunny and warm in baltimore. but that's not the case. meteorologist bernadette woods is here. tracking live doppler radar. strong thunderstorms are

moving through right now. i want to show you first warning doppler radar. they are isolated over southern parts of the eastern shore. but we have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 4:30 for these thunderstorms for sale right here. they have been moving southwest to northeast. you also notice, there is another batch just down here that will follow generally the same track. so southern parts of the eastern shore, under the threat for severe weather. there's no severe thunderstorm watch. that is just off to the south. it ends at this point here. that is in effect until 8:00. but those storms are making their way out of the watch box. have prompted a couple of warnings. and also some hail with these thunderstorms. we'll keep you up to date on that also as we head through the afternoon. sally? let's check on the roads now with sharon gibala. happy monday, sharon. >> hi, sally. happy monday to you, too. unfortunately, a lot to talk about. we still have storm issues, as

well as accidents. 95 southbound. another at 97 at 50. a wreck in timonium. another in windsor mills. security. one more at orleans. finksburg, watch for a traffic light on flash. that's through the intersection on 140. a bunch more as traffic lights out and trees down. some of the issues are the places where there are issues. reisterstown road at garrison. and green spring avenue, between ridgeway. all lanes down there, blocked for a tree. as far as delays go, you're looking at 95 southbound slow, between o'donnell street and the fort henry toll plaza. this traffic report is brought to by the cochran firm. still ahead at 4:00.

wrong way crash. a woman hits a long island family head on, killing eight. what she said just before the accident. and agent orange. sprayed by the u.s. military in the 60s. new links today to certain illnesses. >> it's warm and humid. are more storms on the way? meteorologist bernadette woods has your updated first warning forecast. 

major damage in washington state, when a five-alarm fire destroys almost a 2,000-foot store. the towering flames broke out at home furnishing store. no one was inside when the building caught fire this morning. firefighters battled to keep the flames away from nearby homes and warm, overnight weather did not help the situation. several hours after it started, firefighters were still trying to douse those flames. elsewhere in washington state, a hydroplane racer survives a dramatic accident on the water. watch as one of the racers went high into the air.

look at there. -- that. turning over several times before landing, cockpit down in the water. the pilot managed to escape the hatch and get out of the hyrdo, where he was quickly rescued. race officials say he was a little shaken up, but should be ready to race again in time for next week's competition. a 911 call made to police before a black harvard scholar is arrested by a white police officer did not mention race. and even suggested the men trying to break in may be the home's owner. >> i don't know if they live there and they just had a hard time with their key, but i did notice they did kind of use their shoulder to barge in. and they got in. i don't know if they had a key or not. because i couldn't see from my angle. >> and what did they look like? >> they were two larger men. one looked kind of hispanic, but i'm not sure. and the other man entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all.

>> cambridge police released the recording today. henry gates is calling his arrest racial profiling. >> reporter: the controversy surrounding henry gates and sergeant james crowley calmed down over the weekend. and the two men laid low. saturday, gates accepted the president's offer for a beer at the white house, saying i am pleased to use my experience as a teaching moment. i would be happy to oblige. crowley said he is waiting for formal details. >> to both come to the white house. is that, in fact, going to happen? >> i expect that it will happen, yes. i think the president sees this as an opportunity to get dialogue going. >> sergeant crowley told the president he was game. and i read that professor gates is the same way. so hopefully we can get that done in the next several days. >> now, on the tapes, the police sergeant who responded to the 911 call, can be heard calling gates uncooperative during radio communications to

the dispatcher. a decent start to the week on wall street. stocks were up across the board. albeit slightly. the dow was up 15 points. s&p up 3. and the nasdaq up 2. let's go to new york right now, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. low mortgage rates and bargain prices are convincing americans to buy real estate. new home sales jumped 11% last month. the biggest increase in eight years. it is the third straight month of gain. the average sales price fell another 12% to a little over 206,000 dollars nationwide. that gain in home sales comes despite a rise in unemployment. verizon plans to cut 8,000 more jobs before the end of the year. the phone giant's profits slumped 21% last quarter because of its sagging land line business. and the government wants to sell its shares in general motor and chrysler as soon as

possible. the head of the obama administration told a government pag that the government is eager to sell the shares. they own 61% of the new gm and 8% of chrysler. together, the companies receive $865 billion in federal aid. and both, of course, emerged recently from bankruptcy. you can track the headlines from cbs money watch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. a california man is just one of many laid off work across the country. but his job strategy sets him apart. this man goes to a busy overpass each week and holds a giant advertising sign to show his skills. he earned an mba, but hasn't gotten a job. he said no one has e-mailed him yet. but the site attracts attention. >> should pay off. >> absolutely. coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00. grizzly attack. we'll have an update on the story of the former baltimore county officer who uses a handgun to kill a mother bear.

prosecutors say banita jacks' home was torture. that d they prove that the mother killed her four children? meteorologist bernadette woods has an update on weather next. wjz always has updates. click wjz.com.

unbelievable storm yesterday. and kai, you're right in the epicenter, huh? >> yeah. you're going to hear a story that i'm going to tell you about during the 4:30 hour, bernadette, where i was in the house, and had to take my mom to the basement. i thought the roof was going to come off. always better to be safe than sorry, right? >> that's right. stay in the center of the house, go to the basement if you have one. we do not have a tornado warning, but if you have a feeling there is a tornado going on, better to be safe than sorry. we have severe weather right now. and we just dropped the warning. you can see ocean city, they've had the thunderstorm on and for about the past half hour to hour, it continues to move from the southwest to northeast. had some hail with it.

a little hail. and it's moving off to the northeast now. but notice, off to the back of it, another is coming in. that's because there was a line of thunderstorms down to the southwest. you can see, there is a lot more over virginia, where we have a severe thunderstorm watch over the west. wouldn't be surprised if we saw more warnings, as we head into the evening hours. we'll switch it over now. and show you no warnings at this point. there are a few warnings, and a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. this is what we've got going on. what was left over from last night's rain, getting out of here. a break up the first half of the day. but the next round, developing now. and it's all associated with the same front that has been bothering us for two days now. winds out of the south. they're starting to turn out to the southwest somewhat. but all of that is keeping our moisture levels very high. 66 is our dew points. and whenever you see dew points over 65. it can be enough to make that severe.

baltimore, 88 in cumberland. a little cooler weather. thunderstorms have gone through, 82. and 87 is our high on the day. that is also our average high temperature. now, in the five-day forecast, we are looking at most of this is going to continue. we're in a very summertime pattern right now. the front itself will get offshore. but you notice, even behind the front, it's close enough that there are some thunderstorms forming. even during the day, pop-up showers showers and storms are possible. and next one is moving this way. scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible wednesday, thursday, and maybe even into friday with that. forecast today. as we head out onto the water, small craft advisory. tonight, we're going down to about 70 degrees. any of those thunderstorms will start to wind down overnight. tomorrow, we will see another round developing. when you have a temperature of 90 degrees and high dew point, there is that potential for strong thunderstorms out of anything that does form. we will be here throughout the week, each and every day. >> we're making up for lost

time. first half of the summer. >> it was so dry. but then boom, it changes. >> but this is actually more seasonal. thanks, bern. don't miss csi miami. then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. wjz and the baltimoreoriole -- baltimore orioles are teaming up. we need your help. take nonperishable foods. wjz family will collect your donations at the gate. it's all part of wjz's continuing community commitment. still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. miners trapped. how one pennsylvania town is marking the anniversary of the q creek rescue. dramatic storms. we'll show you home video from one baltimore county neighborhood. and the weight of the world. health leaders, looking to find

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it is 4:29. 78 degrees and mostly cloudy. thanks story taying with eyewitness news. here's what people are talking about today. healing the healthcare system may start with obesity. a new study shows that it may be more than others. as joel brown reports for wjz, there is a strong push to fix the problem. obesity isn't just dangerous for your health. it's also bad for your wallet. new research shows on average, an obese person spends an extra $1400 a year on healthcare. that number is doubled in the last decade. now, the centers for disease control is taking aim at obesity with a three-day meaning. part of a new push. former president bill clinton

kicked off the conference, urging healthcare workers to act now. >> we are trying to turn the titanic around before it hits the iceberg. >> reporter: since his bypass surgery in '04, clinton has been leading the fight against obesity, especially in children. >> reporter: some doctors hope that by holding this message in washington, it will send a strong message to washington that if you're going to address healthcare, you're going to have to address obesity. >> reporter: among them, new ideas for promoting physical activity. that's something they support at this new york city farmer's market. >> i think it's really important that people come at home. and maybe getting the whole family to pitch in. >> doctors and health officials point to the latest data as evidence that this conference comes as a crucial time. new studies show that about one-

third of americans are obese. and that number continues to rise. in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. now, obesity-related conditions now account for 9% of all medical spending. that's up nearly 3% in the past 10 years. thousands pressing the government to pay their legal bills are one step closer to victory. sally is live in the newsroom with the latest twist. a panel of u.s. health advisers says the chemical may raise the risk of both heart disease and parkinsons disease. but the pan -- panel is quick to add that the findings are more definitive. this adds to a growing list of conditions that are preliminarily linked to the chemical. including leukemia, prostate cancer and birth defects. it was used during the vietnam war to strip trees of leaves to make bombing possible. >> 70 chemical companies agreed

to a $180 million settlement with veterans. it may be case closed. according to the associated press, the government will conclude that bruce ivins was the person responsible. he killed himself a year ago, as the fbi prepared to arrest him for the crime. to this day, there are many skeptics, including top lawmakers. they insist there was either another person involved or the fbi has the wrong person altogether. five people were killed in the 2001 attack. four young children are involved in a horrible accident that killed eight people. veteran responders say it was one of the worst crashes they've ever seen. >> ray 34-year-old mother drove her minivan, more than a mile and a half against traffic in new york city. then it struck a car head-on, killing eight people. investigators now say she might have been sick. >> she called her brother

because she wasn't feeling well. she didn't say specifically what was bothering her. but it was obvious something was wrong, because her brother told her to pull over. >> reporter: but there was no shoulder on this highway. they were killed. they were able to save shuller's 5-year-old son, now in the hospital. his father is keeping vigil. >> i believe there were six cellular 911 calls received. >> reporter: they have no reason to believe shuller was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. officials say they will review the highway signs to make sure they're clearly marked. hari sreenivasan, wjz eyewitness news. earlier that morning, another car was traveling the wrong way on the same highway. five peel -- people were injured in that ensuing crash. at this hour, crews around the state are still working to

clear the wreckage from yesterday's severe storms. >> we're still exploring the carroll county eldersburg area, denise. this is ridge road at marvin avenue. this is on the sykesville side of liberty road, where you can see the power of this storm. these trees were nearly 100 feet tall. it is actually ripped some of the trees completely in half. we don't know whether there was a straight-line winder a very small tornado, continued to cross, ripped the roof off of this shed area, downing some more trees. then went over and knocked down a huge oak tree on top of the man's car. now, fortunately, it did not hit his house. but you can see, it's completely demolished the front end of his sport utility vehicle, knocking down power lines and continuing toward liberty road. we can -- >> okay. we seem to have lost our signal there from captain mike perry. no storm out there, though. the situation is bad in baltimore county as well.

kai is standing by live at wjz.com, with a firsthand account of this storm. >> reporter: the storm hit my neighborhood in owings mills, particularly hard. and i grabbed my video camera and went outside to see what i could see. first thing i noticed, the hail was nothing compared to when i started walking. i found this tree snapped. and then around the corner, the entire street was closed. you can see where one tree knocked do a power line. the storm was also bad when it hit. i actually went into the basement, fearing it could be a tornado. if you want to see more of my video diary from the storm, go to wjz.com. denise? >> you heard kai's insurance with the -- experience with the storm. how bad was it then? our coverage continues with meteorologist bernadette. >> we're going to take you back to last night and show you the video on the radar of what was happening when it went through. it made its way up to baltimore county, continuing off to the

northeast. on this second loop, we're going to take you a little closer and highlight the areas specifically. it's that one right there, with the puple. it's made -- purple. it's made its way across the county. we haven't seen explain damage reports across the county as southern harold county and also baltimore county, on that western edge there. so overall, going to highlight the area that saw the most damage. with that damage, we saw everything from estimated wind gusts, 60 to 70 miles per hour. and a lot of hail, as you saw from kai's video right there. the national weather service is not confirming this is a tornado. they're not going out to investigate it either. we just want to stress, any time there is wind, when it's large, whether it be straight or twisting, there can be this kind of damage. please pay attention when we have severe thunderstorm warnings. we will try to keep you updated. and there is the potential for severe weather right now. you can see on the radar, everything is off to the north and offshore, as far as warnings go. but there's another batch down to the south.

and it's making its way into maryland. it will be clipping southern parts of maryland and the beach after this first round gets out of here. we'll be keeping you up to date on that. let's check in on the roads now with sharon gibala, at wjz traffic control. well, we cleared up that accident on 95 at boston street. now we have a report of an accident on 95 northbound. just out of the fort mchenry tunnel. meanwhile, watch for a wreck if you're traveling at security boulevard. two in the city. orleans. and finksburg, we have traffic lights. intersection 140 at bethel road. trees down in the northwest section of this city. reisterstown area. reisterstown. some of those intersections that traffic lights are out. as far as delays go. 95 southbound, a little slow from o'donnell street to the toll plaza. otherwise, looking pretty good. there's a look at 895, at the

harbor tunnel. everything running smoothly there. there's a look at 95. traffic looking good. there's a look at 50 at 97, an earlier accident is gone. this traffic report is brought to you by the ellicott city steak house. come and see their fresh new look at ellicott city. live adventurous. go, outback. back to you. they spent 77 hours, trapped in a coal mine. and today, marks the anniversary of their heroic rescue. discussions are well under way on how to honor the miners. >> they were all alive. after five dramatic days in 2002, the miners were miraculously lifted from a potential death chamber. joe spafoni led the efforts. >> our backs were against the wall. family members knew we were in a tough situation. >> reporter: for the guys trapped below, this situation couldn't have been worse.

>> it was a miracle. i never thought in my wildest dreams i would get out of there alive. >> reporter: the rescue was marked with a celebration. >> just an overbhem -- overwhelming feeling. and i'm proud to have been a part of it. >> reporter: thousands still flock to the rescue site. so they are hoping to complete construction of a visitors center there. they want everyone to remember that when everyone works together, trapped miners can be saved. >> when there was a mine accident, very often, it was simply a matter of waiting until you found out how many men died. >> organizers are trying to raise a million dollars to pay for the visitors center. all nine miners are doing well today. closing arguments are under way for the mother accused of killing her daughter. banita jacks created a prison of torture. they say she mistreated her

children, murdered them, and lived with their decomposing bodies for months. she is charged with four counts of first-degree murder. baltimore county police officer wounded in a grizzly bear attack, continues to recover from his injuries. you'll recall that jerry rue suffered a broken jaw. he came across a mother bear while he was out hiking. he shot and killed the mother bear with his handgun. those cubs are now being sent to the memphis zoo. >> that's good to know, they vay home. bittersweet memories. it has been 20 years since pete rose bet on baseball. what voice recorders revealed about the copilot just before the plane went down. it's a typical late july afternoon. get your forecast coming up.

11 children are injured after a church festival coaster runs off its track. all of the injuries are described as nonlife- threatening. emergency crews were on the scene, evaluating the injured, while investigators tried to figure out what caused the accident. astronauts completed such tasks at rewiring gyroscopes and setting up cameras on the new japanese lab. the last spacewalk lasted just under five hours. set the stage for the shuttle endeavour to depart for earth tomorrow. iran is refusing to give up its nuclear program. as charlie d'agata reports, they say a strike on israel is still an option. >> israel and the u.s. agreed that iran is a nuclear threat. but tensions are building over the best way to deal with it.

israel's defense minister says israel reserves the right to launch a military strike against iran, to prevent the company from developing a nuclear weapon. >> this is our policy. we mean it. >> reporter: on a visit to israel, u.s. secretary of defense, robert gates, urged leaders to be patient. >> it is important to take every opportunity to try and persuade the iranians to reconsider what is actually in their own security interest. >> reporter: while the u.s. hasn't ruled out the use of force, if necessary, the obama administration has played down the possibility. in tehran, iran's foreign ministry says israel this shget rid of its own nuclear arsenal. and again insifted that iran's mission is peaceful, aimed only at producing electricity. iran has rejected efforts to halt nuclear aims.

president obama said he is confident that iran will come to the table to n late september -- in late september. but strises -- stressed america won't wait much longer. >> the president's suggestion is not open-ended. >> they will not allow iran to run out the clock while it develops nuclear bombs. charlie dagad acbs-- charlie d'agata, cbs news. sarah palin formally steps down as governor of alaska, with a fiery speech over the weekend. her parting words yesterday, including attacks on the media, claiming that reporters made things up. she also mocked hollywood stars for weighing in on programs in alaska, such as the one that controls the wolf population. palin did not address whether she'd run for president in the year 2012. the president of france is released from the hospital today, after falling ill over the weekend.

nicolas sarkozy spent the night in the hospital. the 54-year-old french leader passed a battery of tests with no problems. sarkozy's doctor says he was feeling faint. in the summer heat and from carrying a large work load. they prescribed a few days' rest but no medical treatment. new information about the health testify copilot. sally is following that story from the newsroom. sally? >> the copilot was apparently sick. before she got on the plane, killing dozens of people. first officer rebecca shaw said she felt ill and would have liked to have skipped the flight. she also complained of poor treatment from colgan air and about how little she was paid. testimony at a may hearing shows the two flights made -- pilots made a series of critical errors before the crash. >> flight 3407 crashed in mid-

february, near buffalo, claiming 50 lives. a sheriff's deputy in north carolina is under an internal investigation for allegedly attacking a woman's car in a road rage incident. i'm scared to stop it. >> julie brown says a male driver, later identified as a deputy, cut her off, and she honked at him. when they reached the stoplight, the man reportedly got out of his vehicle, pounded on her car and threatened her. the deputy claims she flipped him the middle finger and that he was -- she was the aggressor. could pete rose be reinstated into the hall of fame? rose was accused of betting on games. selig says other hall-of-famers like joe morgan, frank robinson, have been asking him to reconsider. there are more calls from

child advocates over suleman's famous octuplets. they are slated to begin a reality show on october 1st. today, child care advocates went before a judge, to protect the suleman children's estate. they want to ensure labor laws followed and the money earned will stay safe. suleman's attorney says that suleman has already established a trust for the children. typical july weather for baltimore.

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i know biggers can't be choosey. we needed the storm. >> they came together. and that's what happens, unfortunately. fortunately, we haven't had much of it yet this season. but unfortunately, there are fewer different chances for strong storms. i want to show you now. we have some just off to the south. now, the front is generally draped over the eastern shore. that's why we're seeing all of the thunderstorms here. down to the south, this is a

severe thunderstorm watch. over virginia. we have warnings with dispatch. take ape look what is about to make its way into maryland. there are warnings off. and we could see these get extended off to the north again. gusty damage with winds and hail. we'll switch it over and show you, the warnings are off to the south. thunderstorm watch to the south. it's very close. we're going to pay a close eye on this one. early this morning, we still had some showers showers and storms going through. they died down most of today. there are few scatted showers, too. they could get their way down here. but these are going to be popscorn. winds still responsibly out of the south. that's keeping poifort levels pretty high. and any time you see the 65 clus, that's an indication that if we get thunderstorms, there is the potential for them to become severe.

87 degrees is where we sit at this hour. we topped off at 87 today. that is now the average. the averages are on the way back down. and that's what we're going to see, close to average temperatures or above. here's the front, bringing us all of the problems from yesterday and today. trying to make its way off shore, but very slowly. and behind it, there is already one that is going to move our way. even though this moves overnight, it will be close enough that we could see a couple of thunderstorms move in tomorrow. then next monday, they come in. thunderstorms are possible also. that's going to continue into thursday and friday, until we are done with this front. out on the water, we have a small craft advisory in effect. we are going down to 70 don't. thunderstorms for the most part, dying down.

then tomorrow, another chance for rounds to develop. when you're talking about temperatures close to 70 degrees, with these humidity levels, there is a potential for some of these to become strong. there are a few more chances as we head through the week. and we'll keep you up-to-date as we head through the weekend. >> incredible. it was stunning. >> were you lying down or standing here? [ laughter ] still to come today on wjz's eyewitness news. i'm mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news of the

coming up increase on eyewitness news at 5:00. damage done.

brings down trees and power lines across maryland. there is more to come. i'm mike hellgren, at police critics. 17 people were shot at night in east baltimore. that's right. 17 people, including a 2-year- old and a pregnant woman. deadly accident. a car slams into a street sweeper. check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. intense winds. severe storms cut through maryland, bringing a hailstorm of damage. >> tonight, incredible pictures of destruction as thousands

remain without power. hi, everybody. i'm sally thorner. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. severe thunderstorms. straight-line winds cause damage. here's a look. of the damage in eldersburg, carroll county. where trees toppled onto cars. eyewitness news live with extensive first warning weather coverage. mike schuh, is live in carroll county, with more there. but first, we go to alex demetrick, live in reisterstown. the area that seems to be the hardest hit. >> reporter: what started out as a quick thunderstorm, quickly intensified, into blinding hor horizontal rain and violent winds. thick trees were snapped close to the ground. or cracked like wish bones, further up. and what broke up was carried away on rooftops. or backyard swimming pools as wind and rain from a thunderstorm roared through