hello, i'm vic carter. we begin with the weather. a series of strong thunderstorms hit the region, and at one point a tornado warning was issued. no touchdowns, but in baltimore county there was plenty of rain. heavy downpours caused flooding along this stretch of

reisterstown road in pikesville. a hazard for drivers in the area. without a car some people ran for cover in hamden. a lot of restaurants along there, and it looked like some diners got stuck with no umbrella. and we saw a lot of lightning on tv hill. we also got heavy rain in baltimore. bob turk is tracking the storms live from the first warning weather center. >> let's go back to about # k, 8:00. that's when a tornado warning was issued for portions of howard county. there was a lot of rotation showing on doppler radar, but no tornado touchdown. two areas of hail reported, reisterstown and southern frederick county three quarter inch hail. we have a batch of rain and thunderstorms to the west of the city. a whole line, as you can see, moving toward our region. another strong line. this is when moved through the area between 7:00 and 8:00 in

between some lighter showers and thundershowers. we'll have to deal with this until 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. any area could pick up a quick inch of rain as the airport did and downtown baltimore as well. more storms on tap for tomorrow, vic. >> these storms come as hurricane bill seems closer to the east coast churning up some major surf. alex demetrick reports the storm is generating potentially deadly rip currents in ocean city. >> reporter: although hundreds of miles offshore hurricane bill is still beg felt here in ocean city. for some, running away from the water seemed like a very good idea, because out here conditions are turning -- >> rough, really tight. they're just too big and too heavy. >> it's very rough. roughest i've ever been in. >> as hurricane bill begins churning up the east coast waves will continue building, setting the stage for strong

rip currents. >> elevated wave heights will cause more channels and more holes in the sandbar, and that tends to generate more stronger rip currents. >> reporter: larger waves mean more water. and what comes in must flow out. that volume, too, is increased. and as it looks for the easiest way out, it will gouge bottom and break through weaker sand barks creating rip currents. >> ocean city is open for business. we want people to come down but use common since because of the strong rips. >> reporter: this man injured his shoulder while body surfing. >> it just threw me into the ground. i hit my shoulder on the bought to. >> reporter: as bill passes on, lifeguards will make the call to clear the water, although maximum fallout from the hurricane is expected midnight saturday. >> don't go swimming until the lifeguards are on duty. lifeguards are trained to spot the rip currents. we'll use the whistles and flags to direct people out of the dangerous area before they

even get into them. >> reporter: lifeguards say most of their rescues happen after a storm moves on when the water looks calm but is actually still rough. back to you on tv hill. >> bob will have the updated stats on hurricane bill in about 10 minutes. and all weekend long you can log on to wjz.com for updates, the storm track, and our special hurricane section. a simple ride on the bus turned to horror for one baltimore woman. she unsuspectedly sat down into something that left her with painful burns and serious pain. eyewitness news is live right now. new at is 1:00, the woman spoke exclusively with weijia jiang. >> the victim says she sat in the substance because it was completely invisible to the eye but it changed her life forever. in an instant, patricia harris became a burn victim, and all she did was get on an mta bus. >> this is where i'm sitting down at where, i'm sitting down at, and it's going all up in the inside. >> reporter: she says a haze it

mat team identified the brown substance as acid base. after sitting in it, she's suffering from second and first degree burns on her thighs, genitals, and buttocks region. >> it upsets me stairably. it was very upsetting. i don't expect these kind of things to happen. it's sick. >> harris says the pain started immediately but worsened by the second. within minutes the bus driver pulled over. harris was rushed to union memorial hospital. >> started paining, like a real hard scrape. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the mta says police are treating this as a criminal investigation. they're reviewing surveillance video to figure out how the substance even made it to the seat. in 2007, two juveniles were found delinquent for pouring acid on a playground that left severe burns. while there are no suspects in

her case, harris and her family have strong words for whoever is to blame. >> she is going to go through a lot of trauma now, and me being a mom, heart-wise, i'm going through a lot watching her suffer. she's still the same little girl that i had. >> would you want this to happen to your child, to your mother? because i'm somebody's mother, somebody's child, and i'm a human being. what kind of pleasure do you get out of doing these kind of things? >> reporter: this just happened thursday night so the road to recovery is still quite long for harris. when we spoke with her she could barely walk. reporting live, weijia jiang, wjz, eyewitness news. >> okay, weijia, thank you very much. the mta urges anyone with information about this incident to contact police immediately. a man who escaped from police custody in howard county is found hiding inside a wall in virginia. u.s. marshals tracked down devon champagne. they say he was trying to inside a wall in the home.

he was on the run for more than a week after attacking a sheriff's deputy who was driving him to jail. new at 11:00, police say they believe they tracked down the truck involved in the crash that killed a man on his bicycle. 67-year-old john yates was riding his bike behind the truck on maryland avenue earlier this month. police say the truck started to turn right and 80s ran into the back of it. investigators are running tests to make sure they have the right truck. so far no charges have been filed. 12 kent island high school football players are resting at home after falling ill on the practice field at their school yesterday. eyewitness news is first on the scene in queen anne's county as emergency personnel rushed to the school. jessica kartalija reports on the latest findings on a cause for the player's collapse. >> reporter: at kent high school, vars dee football players are inside recovering. >> i saw 12 guys lined up. >> reporter: this just 24 hours after more than a dozen players

became sick during thursday's practice. >> my chest started getting tight, then i went down because i was trying to catch my breath, and started dry heaving. >> reporter: 14 players and three coaches were transported via ambulance to four area hospitals where they were treated for heat exhaustion. >> they were on their knees, throwing up and stuff. i saw a couple throw up, and then all the ambulances came. >> reporter: school officials say a higher than normal heat index and strenuous exercise may be to blame. at this point, they aren't ruling anything out. >> they are looking into other factors that could have been involved in this, because it was unusual that there were 14 kids that were taken to the hospital. so we're looking at other common factors that might have caused all kids and several coaches also that went. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies are also looking at what the players ate and drank. concerns over insect side on the field have been ruled out. >> we know there is none.

parks and rec does our fields, and they do a wonderful job. they never put anything on there when they know we're having a practice. and we actually called just to confirm. that. >> reporter: some good news, all the players and coaches have been treated and released from the hospital. in queen anne county, jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> during extreme heat like we've had the past few days it is not unusual for athletes to become sick on occasion but it was odd that so many fell ill at kent island. thousands of e-z-pass users are closing their accounts just weeks after the mta started charging them a monthly fee to all users. as of july s all e-z-pass users are charged $1.50 month for the systems. nearly # 5,000 accounts were closed in the weeks following but a spokesperson for the mta points to the 2800 new accounts opened in july. blank-o fever is alive and

well. flacco thread ravens to the afc championship game last year. kai jackson reports that now fans have more reason to celebrate because flacco's jersey is among the top sellers in the nfl. >> reporter: at 13 sports legends museum downtown there are sports gear for baltimore baltimoreans who love their football. now fans have another reason to be proud of their team and the players. quarterback joe flacco's jersey is number 17 on the top 25 sellers on nfl.com. >> i would say that's actually surprising that he's that high. so that's for all the nfl players across the country. >> reporter: flacco was a rookie last year who performed with the poise of a veteran when he led the ravens to the a if fc champ -- afc championship game against the pittsburgh steelers. the ravens lost, but the team and flacco scored big in another way. >> we found out that joe flacco

is in 25%, and that was thrilling for us, not only as the store, but for the ravens fans. >> i think it's very good being in the second year of the season. >> reporter: as the ravens get closer to regular season, the gear at this store and others will start to get thin. whether that jersey belongs to joe flacco or ed reed. >> reporter: what do you think of joe flacco? >> he's a good guy. he comes in at the hyatt when we have games at baltimore and i feed him. >> reporter: kai jackson, wjz eyewitness news. >> last year joe flacco's jersey ranked 23rd in seams with his jersey at spot number 17 this year he has moved up in popularity. was it a real threat or just a political ploy? former homeland security secretary tom ridge speaks out. why he is questioning the timing of an order to him to raise the terror alert level j. and the search intensifies to find a reality show star accused of murdering his ex-

wife. the last place they were both seen together. a small plane crashes, bursting into flames, and somehow two people on boardwalk away alive. a maryland man is one of the survivors. the incredible story next. more showers headed our way. i'm bob turk. i'll have the complete first warning forecast.

it is 7 'degrees with showers in central maryland. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. breaking news after inmates set fire to at least two buildings at a prison in kentucky. check out this video. a short time ago police entered the medium security men's prison southwest of lexington, kentucky. a prison spokeswoman says no injuries are reported and no hostages have been taken. the north point training center has been on lockdown since tuesday when a group of inmates started attacking other inmates. a $25,000 reward is being offered in the manhunt for a reality tv contestant, ryan jenkins. he is charged with the brutal murder of his ex-wife jasmine fiore. police say that the couple stayed at san diego resort last week. two days later her mutilated body was discovered in a trash

bin. >> ryan jenkins is an animal what he has done to jasmine is you know speakable. >> jenkins stated on the reality show that he is worth between $1 and 3 million. authorities believe he fled his home country to canada. pressure from the white house to raise the terror level before the 2004 election that is the claim from former homeland security secretary tom ridge. ridge says former defense secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft urged raising the level. ridge objected and the claim was rejected. two men walk away from a fiery crash near teterboro airport in new jersey. sally thorner reports they were

badly burned but alive. >> reporter: a smoldering pile of wreckage is all that's left from a small plane that crashed in a parking lot near new jersey's teterboro airport. somehow the pilot and copilot managed to get out. >> i saw the wreckage, and they both said we were in the plane. so i was taken aback. how did you walk away from this? >> reporter: both men are severely burned, one with burns over 30% of his body, but both are conscious and talk. >> i tried to get a story from them, but they were both in shock. they didn't realize what was going on. >> reporter: the twin engine aircraft was carrying medical specimens for quest diagnostics. they were attempting to land when something went drastically wrong. >> at some point it attempted to do a go-around to aboard the landing, and during that time it climbed a little bit, then

struck a tree and came to rest in the parking lot. >> at this point we have no reports of any emergency or mechanical difficulty, but i want to express that that's preliminary. >> i guess god was on his shoulder flying that one. >> this is the same airport where a small plane took off earlier this months and minutes later crashed. federal investigators are on the scene of the latest accident trying to piece together what happened. >> that was sally thorner reporting. the maryland man is from laurel, prince george's county. he is 42-year-old sanel gopenhas. a glen burnie man has been cited for damaging an overhead sign on 70. police say he hit the sign with his truck and then drove off. the cost of removing and replacing the sign cost the state $100,000. it is going to create some big waves when michael phelps gets in the pool with shaquille o'neal.

their made-for-tv race will be taped at loyola college on sunday. the two will appear at a news conference tomorrow at tinner harbor to hype their duel in the pool. can you imagine that. >> that should be fabulous. >> he'll dive in and knock phelps right out of the water. >> we have some thunderstorm activity west of us and east of us. the east line, that's what moved through earlier. we still have some showers and thundershowers around the region, particularly west of us, and it is going to be moving through our region in the next two hours. so if you're heading out this evening later on, showers and storms from just west of d.c. all the way through westminster, all heading out to the east-northeast. we'll be dealing with this lightning and thunder. take a look at temperatures. 70s most places, ch oakland. ocean city the hot spot. no rain there. 84 degrees still. a warm night in the low to mid- 70s around the region. still very moist, very humid. there's a front across illinois and michigan. that actual cold front will move through the region during the day tomorrow, and that's

what's going to kick up even more showers and thunderstorms. any of these showers can have heavy downpours. a little over an inch. some spots only a 10th of an inch, but there's a big cluster of rain to our east-northeast. more down around virginia and kentucky. another batch out to the west. the good news is, by saturday night, this front should be just offshore, less humid air starts moving in for sunday afternoon. monday and tuesday look very nice with low humidity and nice weather conditions. now, not so nice, of course, with bill this is puerto rico. bill, the eye, clearly showed earlier this afternoon, then it becomes a little more ragged. it did drop from a category 3 to a category 2. it's kind of hard to see that. that little spot is bermuda. there's bill right now. it's going to head up to the northwest eventually by saturday afternoon off the

carolina coast about 450 miecialtion then makes a right turn up toward the north- northeast. south winds here 10 to 15 knots, bay temperature at 8 # 2. we'll be dealing with heavy surf along the coast. showers, maybe a heavy thunderstorm, 7 # 2 overnight. tomorrow more the same, high of 84, could be some flooding rains in some spots. the next five days, we're looking at 884, 84, 84 #, but drying out, warming up, maybe a scattered shower here again on wednesday. have a good weekend, vic. >> you too, bob. check in with meteorologist tim williams and jessica kartalija tomorrow morning. and mark has more on brian roberts and the o's next in sports. #

this time of year always looking for good news from the orioles. >> looking for incremental

improvement here. nothing too big really. winning two straight games on the road. now, that sounds like a modest accomplishment. but it's something the o's have done just once in the past two months. well, they're in chicago going for that elusive second victory in a row on the road coming off a win on the road in tampa bay last night. guthrie was good. here he strikes out jermaine dye. guthrie goes seven innings, allowed just one run. brian roberts got a solo home run in the 3rd inning, and as it goes it ties the game 1-1. roberts facing floyd again in the 8th. another big fly for roberts. two homers in one night, this after, remember, he hits a grand slam at tampa bay last night. two wins in a row for the o's. they beat the white sox in chicago. 5-1 is the title. get greedy, go for three in a row. masn on wjz tomorrow.

coverage at 7:00. in d.c. today the nats introduced the highest paid draft pick in baseball history. pitcher steven strauss burger is welcomed by ryan zimmerman. fans paid a dollar to see his press conference and watch the nats game. ray lewis and the ravens are ready to wrap up training camp. that will end the four-week session. the ravens say they broke their all-time attendance record of fans going to training camp practices. next, a preseason game against the jets in baltimore monday night. tonight the debut of brett favre in minnesota. he's waking himself one smelling salt. his first toss with his new team goes incomplete, and he was hit pretty hard in the process. welcome back from retirement,

brett. an uneventful night for favre. he completed one pass in four attempts and a brief appearance, and the vikings beat the chiefs 17-13. from the elderly favre to veteran nascar driver mark martin, 50 years old but still fast. he earns the poll on the short track at bristol, tennessee. earns the pole for the fifth time this year. not so swift was erik amirola. he hit the wall, failed to make the field. everybody have a good weekend. look at what we found. how a lack of rain led to an historic discovery. that's next.

a drought in mexico brings about an amazing sight. the lower water levels in this lake revealed a convent. more than half of the convent is visible above the surface. it was a life saving action from a six-year-old colorado girl. she saw her friend on the bottom of the community swimming pool. she was able to lift her to the surface and get the attention of lifeguards. they were able to perform cpr. stella recovered and is doing just fine, thanks to her best friend. and we'll be right back.