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wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the city, to the county to your neighbor. now complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. powerful storms cause power outage. don scott...and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about today.. mideast and maryland. the weather -- past, present &; future. bubala. heels of a powerful line of "thunder"storms, "tropical" storm out in the atlantic. weather. forecasters say strength -- but it could still cause along east coast beaches bring us a rough weekend. we continue to danny's path first warning weather coverage first we begin with meteorologist the first warning weather center. tim williams will begin. >> we'll take you to it and give you an idea of what it looks like. this is a photo of danny, it's

still not an impressive storm on radar or satellite, looks like a wild mass of thunderstorms holding on to the tropical storm status with sustained winds of 30 miles per hour. it has gusts of 52 miles per hour. as you see, it never changes to category one status. it stays offshore about 150- miles, we'll see the effects. danny kicking moisture back in our direction. it's only one part of a rainmaker playing into the forecast for tomorrow. for more, to marty bass. good afternoon, the projected rainfall totals tomorrow through tomorrow night for central maryland and the mid-atlantic. looks like none. the bulk of moisture is going to be north of the mason dixon line and into the valley

primarily because of low moving our way from georgia. danny is not really a player in our moisture content. it appears right now, the bulk of rain we're going to get is frankly going to be this day because of that upper-level low and that is why we have flood watches in effect for almost every county in maryland. note along the coast, just as a matter of precaution, we have a surf and ocean advisory, no warning, what right, we want to talk about the flood watches on the shore. for a bigger look at that, here's meteorologist tim williams again. >> to further illustrate what marty is talking about, looking at radar, we have an active afternoon shaping up, late last

night we had an inch half of rain, you can see the moisture coming in from the gulf along the panhandle of florida. rain from west virginia an all this converging on maryland. thunderstorms kicking up around baltimore and over to edge wood, middle river, all these storms are starting to play out thank you tim-- ahead. coverage of topical storm mary. danny continues now with jessica city, where they're pr for beach damage and dangerous surf-- jessica? beach damage and dangerous surf. good afternoon, jessica. >> reporter: good afternoon. safety officials here in ocean city have been preparing for tropical storm danny should it come this way. at this point, they say they're not too concerned. they will have a full staff of about 75 life guards, beaches

are open. there's a higher tide so they said they will pull their chairs back a little further tonight if we do get hit with heavy rains and larger than average rain, they'll send units out to patrol the beach, they're saying the beaches are open at this point and want everyone on the beach to be prepared and i just met with rick, he's the mayor of ocean city and their main concern people going out into the water and any time there's a change in weather, you have rip currents and it's very important to pay attention, watch for all of the signs and watch those life guards. do not step into the water if the life guards are not out there. even if you're only up to your needs, the water can be very dangerous. he's urging everyone who has beach plans, you can still come down here and that said, again, the weather can change, all officials are keeping in constant contact with each other so they can act quickly

if they need to. mary, we will be here all day thank you jessica-- wjz 13 is always on. in with complete coverage of danny update for complete coverage and our special weather section... log on to wjz dot com. many marylanders are cleaning up after a completely section. different weather system -- a line of powerful thunderstorms that roared through here overnight and this morning. alex demetrick is live in mount washington, roared through overnight. good afternoon, alex. alex... afternoon. >> any rain that saturated. >> streams throughout central maryland running fast and high and could run higher if heavy rains hit again. if they come with violent thunderstorm from this morning,

the damage that hit lutherville could touch down anywhere. >> we heard this crack and we thought lightning had struck the house. at 1:00 i heard what sounded like bombs going off. it was just heavy rains for about 40 minutes. >> damage scattered after it took out fences and the swimming pool. the closest call came when it split a huge log in half and residents slept just inside. >> this is our bedroom here. you know, five for feet to the left it would have been on top of us, we're very lucky. say some extra prayers this weekend i guess. >> not an uncommon thought today. >> reporter: there are no reports from last night's

storms. thanks alex. crews are also dealing with damage the eastern shore, where lightning struck the tower used by emergency crews in queen anne's, caroline, and talbot counties emergency workers are currently using a back-up radio system while the damage is being fixed. it' tower in queen ann's. abduction, abuse, and an amazing outcome. a girl who was reunited with her family. we first learned yesterday that jaycee dugard was alive-- and her kidnappers were arrested. police say philip and nancy garrido snatched jaycee family. walked to the bus stop. then drove her to a home just two hours away a from her her in a backyard prison garrido was convicted rapist and registered sex offender before police say he bear when she neither of the have ever been to school or seen a doctor. thousands continue to f past the casket of

edward kennedy. his family has been surprised -- and touched by the huge public response to his death. here's whit johnson -- reporting for wjz -- with the latest the latest from boston. >> so many are coming to say good-bye, the doors of the kennedy library opened early to accommodate the trial. family members stepped outside to show their appreciation. among them, the senator's daughter, the reverend jesse jackson praised him for civil rights. thousands who never met the senator waited in the long line. >> too late to say thank you to him but to show his family and the rest of the world what he meant to us here in massachusetts and in the united states, it's an honor to be

here today. >> reporter: a private memorial will be held this evening. the senator's niece caroline kennedy is scheduled to speak. 21,000 lined up yesterday to pay represents. the library stayed open until 2:00 a.m. and ted kennedy's widow came out to stay thanks. >> he loved the people of this state and loved the city and it was moving. >> they've learned his two sons will speak at the mass. kennedy's body will be flown to washington with a motorcade to the capitol and he will be bury wjz and cbs news will bring you live coverage of the funeral starting morning always on -- for much more on kennedy's life to wjz.com. 10:00. more on his still to come on w-j-z eyewitness to wjz.com. caught on tape-- a man

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we have a lot of weather the talk about. >> we do and since our check early in the program, we have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect. this line of storms really from bel-air all the way down into disease kicked up and we started seeing it develop around the noon hour and now seeing more and more of them. most of the state not seeing much, did see some north of ocean city and it's a direct line. this is training, think of the train of the cars, these are some of the reasons why the storms yesterday dumped so much over several areas and other areas got hardly none. one after another. much of the state not seeing much. as a result of these storm, we have some watches and warnings in effect. flash-flood warning watch at 2:00 2:00 until late into the

night over towards the panhandle of west virginia. we're dealing with that. we're seeing the temperatures coming up from about 70 degrees, topping out only about 80. the dew point very high, 69 degrees. humidity with an east win at 9 miles per hour and barometer holding. temperatures ranging from 69 in oak land to 79 in ocean city where it will be touch and go. high surf because of danny moving across the region, but the temperatures holding tonight. the average is just around 83. here's danny, give you an idea. it takes it past the coastline. what it means, although it will not make land fall, it will create waves and sustained winds at 40 miles per hour and

that a reminder it's masn support much of a breezy afternoon now, but the winds could kick up. with rain moving through, we'll keep an eye on that. temperatures getting up to about 80 degrees. we'll have your five-day forecast coming up. on wjz this weekend ...when the orioles and indians engage in game 3 of the camden yards . 7pm here on w.j.z. still to come on eyewitness news at noon.... wjz 13. your kids. what a new study says about children and vaccines. and remember-- wjz-13 is always on, here are the top stories on wjz.com this hour... for instant updates on all the days news and vaccines. and the updated first warning forecast... log onto wjz dot com. warning weather forecast and in today's

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lingers showers. sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday, looking like we are catch n-f-l on wjz. the washington redskins host the patriots at 8 p-m. that's right here on wjz.... followed by eyewitness news at 11. thanks for watching wjz. news thank you for joining us. >> i'm mary bubala. >> don scott. >> tim williams. >> marty bass. go to wjz.com.