burst of winter an april nor'easter is churning up the east coast. >> bringing rain, high wind, snow to several states including maryland. hi i am kayak son. >> i am mary -- kai jackson. >> i am mary bubala. a rare spring storm dumps rain and snow from maine to virginia, first warning weather coverage. >> reporter: wheels are spinning on icy roads, a rare april nor'easter is dumping snow and rain from maine to virginia. >> this is supposed to be springtime. >> it is not. >> reporter: in johns town pennsylvania, residents are digging out and longing for last week's unseasonably warm weather. >> i can't believe, middle of april we get snow ridiculous. >> 6, 8 inches, 10 inches that

is a lot of snow for april. >> reporter: the wet heavy snow is weighing down tree branches, bringing down power lines electricity is out for 50,000 customers in pennsylvania and western new york. >> marge is keeping her fingers crossed at her convenience store. >> we will be here unless the power goes out. >> reporter: in rochester, one surfer traded in his snow suit for a wet suit taking advantage of the high surf on lake ontario. wjz eyewitness news. all right folks look at this, it is snowing in western maryland right now, this is video just in to wjz, from mchenry, garrett county where deep creek is one of my favorite places. plows are clearing out the roads a live picture of i-68, east of garrett, they are under a winter storm warning until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow northerning, wjz first -- morning, wjz first warning weather coverage, bernadette

woods tracking all the rain that came with it. >> take a look at radar, saw some rain around the region, not real heavy but still that low pressure spinning around you see that moisture moving in from the north and northwesta baltimore has very light, spotty areas of showers sprinkles in a couple spota few brief areas of rain. west of us, some mountains here in frederick county, reporting wet snow mixed with rain temperatures mid-and upper 30s. not with that out of the question some of that could get further east. most activity you are looking at from around hancock to martins burg is light rain but further west, it is primarily in the form of snow from frost burg west take a look at the sat rad photo up to the northwest there you see it, north of cumberland, mountain areas it is close to freezing that is why they have been seeing snow most of the day and into tonight. still snowing in garrett county, 4 to 8 inches reported in portions of garrett county,

frost burg, 2 to 4 inches in the last 12 hours or so. here in our part of the world lots of rain bernadette, look at those rainfall numbers. >> we have been talking drought last couple weeks look what happened saturday night into today. drought watch continues to track rain physical totals, mideast -- rainfall totals. look at that, 3.41 inches of rain this is a real good soaking rain that put a huge dent in some of our rainfall deficit numbers let's look at a few of those around here for the month, we are down to .75 below for the year this is a huge dent so far, 3 .8 down for the entire year. so, this helped we have another chance of rain coming up later on this week we will have that shortly. >> stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage for instant forecast updates and live doppler radar log on to

wjz any time. new developments in the vicious beating caught on tape on st. patricks day in baltimore, denise is in the newsroom with news of an arrest and identities of two more suspects sought today. well, 20-year-old shayana davis is being held on $750,000 bail the second person arrested in the brutal assault of a virginia man outside the courthouse this is the early morning hours of st. patricks day charging documents say davis beat the victim in the face and chest with a high heeled shoe police are looking for 18-year-old carter and 21- year-old baldwin. 20-year-old parsons turned himself into police once wjz aired the video and he is being held on a half million dollars bond. >> thank you. wjz speaks with police we will have that coming up new at 5 and 6. george zimmerman is out of jail the man accused of killing trayvon martin released overnight on bond.

randall pinkston reports for wjz his location a closely guarded secret. >> reporter: george zimmerman said nothing to the media as he walks out of sanford florida jail he appeared to be wearing a bullet proof vest under his jacket his attorney is keeping his clients location a secret. >> we have not had any active threats recently, but the concern is, there is ground throwing of opposition to mr. zimmerman's position or what they believe his position to be, that we are concerned about. >> reporter: zimmerman believes he shot trayvon martin in self- defense but prosecutors believe he is guilty of second degree murder zimmerman had to put up $15,000 to make bail. he has to wear an electronic monitoring device, cannot use a firearm and must obey a dusk to dawn curfew. >> he may have been allowed to leave the state. trayvon martin's parents are upset the man who killed their son is out of jail. over the weekend the family

placed a letter in the obituary section of the miami herald thank the thousands who showed their support. on friday, zimmerman apologized to martin's parents during his bond hearing martin's family attorney, says the apology was poorly timed. >> it was hard for them being in that courtroom and for him to do what he did. >> reporter: zimmerman's attorney said if he knew the family felt that way he would have kept his client silent. >> had i known or been told that wasn't the time it wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: zimmerman is scheduled to be back in court next month for formal arraignment in sanford florida, randall pinkston wjz eyewitness news. word sanford police chief is expected to step down from his job today more on that story new at 5 and 6. trayvon martin case is having an effect on a case in maryland. attorneys for jewish brothers charged in the beating of an african american teen are asking for a fifth trial

postponement neighbourhood watchman 21-year-old avi and his brother 24-year-old elihu are claiming self-defense in the november 2010 assault of a 15-year-old boy, their attorney wants delay because of the publicity, surrounding the trayvon martin case. monique has more on the aftermath of a fire that cut off power to thousands. >> reporter: it did take firefighters several hours to get this fire under control, and today they spent much of the morning putting out hot spots trapped in all that debris. 8:30 p.m. last night massive flames filled the sky over canton after a 3 alarm fire breaks out at a warehouse in the 1200 block of bayless. >> flames everywhere started in one part just started escalating and escalating and went through like the whole entire building. >> reporter: nearly 100 firefighters were called in to battle flames as they worked to get things under control, heavy smoke forced 60 residents to

evacuate their homes. >> i was afraid something was going to blow up. >> reporter: around 1500 homes lost power thanks to torched power lines and a blown transformer fire crews were concerned with what was inside the warehouse owned by the eastern plating company. >> chemicals they use are hazardous >> it would take firefighters more than 3 hours to get the upper hand on the flames today you can see how much damage was done to this warehouse the entire roof of the front portion of the building collapsed today firefighters spent much of the morning putting out hot spots, that were trapped inside the debris. hazmat teams and maryland department of environment will now team up to evaluate any hazardous chemicals left behind. as for neighbors they are praising the fire department, who stopped flames from spreading to nearby homes. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. reporting from canton, monomeek grego wjz eyewitness news.

a building inspector is heading to the site to determine when demolition can begin. we may soon know if there will be a special session of maryland legislature, to deal with the doomsday budget, governor o'malley is scheduled to meet with the governor tomorrow at that time he will decide if it is necessary to bring lawmakers back to annapolis to deal with the state budget the 2012 session, general assembly failed to pass a revenue package needed to avoid a half billion dollars in cuts. breaking news, sky eye chopper 14 over liberty parkway and kinship road where a school bus collided with a truck the truck and bus went into a tree it is unclear if students were on the bus or if the driver was hurt wjz is monitoring the story we will bring you updates at 5 and 6. here is christy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi mary hi everyone we have a couple delays out there on the belt way travelling on the west side of the inner loop expect 15 minutes there from 70

over to security boulevard, north side outer loop slow in that direction, only 10 minutes york road over to charles street northbound 95, brake lights in that direction as you make your approach to 32, we have that accident in sky eye chopper just told you about, kinship involving the bus. east lombard, south dean, clifton and moravia at bel air. the expressway with the construction, extexting your drive things are slower -- effecting your drive things are slower than normal. past 28 slow but after that it should pick up without any trouble this traffic report is brought to you by the cock rain firm if you or someone you know suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm or visit online. back over to you. thank you. gearing up for safe drive on prom night nascar driver curt bush made a stop at a high school he was the first to get

into a modified vw bug that demonstrates reflexes of drunk drivers, then students got a chance to be pass eninjuries in the safety -- passengers in the safety bug themselves. still ahead, roger clemens gets a look at the jury that will determine his fate the latest on the purgery trial. if you suffer migraines you don't want to miss tonight's health watch report. >> deadly booby traps hidden on a walking trail where and who put them there. >> rain moving out, but, it is chilly outside, bernadette woods sup dating your first warning forecast ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is cloudy, 45 degrees some rain around central maryland, complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >> at least 10 people are hurt

in a horrific 3 car crash in manhattan, an out of control jaguar flew up on to the sidewalk before over turning the car cause add domino effect accident when it rear ended a chevy which hit a taxi cab. investigation is ongoing. a thief plans an elaborate burglary and it is all caught on surveillance take a look you can see the man breaking in through the ceiling of this party store in kalamazoo michigan he climbed on the roof and busted through a vent the tape shows him stuffing his pockets with cash, and then patching up the vent on his way out. deputies say this video was critical in catching him. roger clemens purgery trial is under way clemens is accused of lying to congress in 2008 when he testified under oath he didn't use steroids, danielle nottingham. >> reporter: roger clemens walked into a washington courthouse with his wife debbie at his side. prosecution is using its

opening state tom lay out its case that clemens lied under oath in 2008 when he testified to congress he did not use steroids. >> ten women, six men are serving as juroralternates. >> it is a mix of men and women, black and white, people who seemed pretty knowledgeable about baseball and people that didn't have any idea at all. >> reporter: brian mcnamee his former trainer is the government's key witness. >> i injected those drugs into the body of roger clemens at his direction. >> reporter: he told the congressional committee in 2008, that he saved the used needles as evidence. >> debbie clemens was in court monday, cry wetly working on needle point. -- quietly working on needle point. defense plans to call her as a witness. >> i think her testimony will be one of the bigamist rivers and highlights of the trial. >> reporter: andy pet it is another big name expected to

testify. >> defense wants to keep his testimony as condensed as possible the government wants to open it up to as much information as possible. >> reporter: this is his second time going to trial, the first shot at the case ended last july with a mistrial. after prosecutors showed jurors evidence the judge declared inadmissible in washington danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> first witness is expected to take the stand tomorrow his trial is expected to last 4 to 6 weeks. >> investors strike out on wall street today. all the markets suffered significant losses the dow is down 103 points and back below that 13,000 mark, s&p off 12, nasdaq down 30 and back below the 3,000 mark to new york where alexis has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> reporter: stocks fell sharply on concerns about europe, new figures show

europe's debt continues to pile up despite aggressive cost cutting and china's economy is slowing down after a report showed manufacturing in the world's most populated nation is contracting. despite that report, general motors is betting big on china, gm plans to open 600 new dialer ships and build two new cadillac models in china they said china is the fastest growing market for cadillac and other luxury cars. shares of wal-mart fell sharply following the new york times report about bribery in mexico. ef hutton is talking again a group of executives are in the process of resurrecting the once popular brokerage firm there is no date when the firm will reopen but executives say they will use the companies

famous advertising slogan when ef hutton talks people listen. for more go to cbs money watch.com. >> at the new york stock exchange. for the first time ever this unusual sport will be part of the junior olympics. >> it is not bartending it is called speed stacking players stack and unstack a dozen plastic cup, in predetermined sequences these youngsters in sacramento are preparing for the competition games will take place in houston texas in july and august. thoughts mary. >> whenever i am watching the video it looks like it is sped up. like when the kids do it they are so fast. >> i mean i don't know how they do that. >> kids don't do much else very quickly like make their beds pick up their laundry. >> no, but that's a skill. >> coming up at 4, examining the president's emotional

message at the national holocaust museum. >> search intensifies for a missing 6-year-old arizona girl. it is a chilly april afternoon,. wjz is always on for the top stories on wjz.com instant updates first warning weather all the time click wjz.com ♪ so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we don't care anymore? we just eat whatever tastes good? excuse me? [ man ] like these sweet honey clusters, they're awesome so no way they're good for you. but i guess that's okay right? actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? ya know? cancel the gym membership. bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one.

>> mary and i have decided to boycott the nor'easter. >> you don't want to be a part of it. >> we would rather thing of baseball. >> really interesting, they maysnow out the pittsburghs pirates game tonight i was hearing this earlier, they are playing the rockies it is in the 70s and 80s out there today. go figure. >> this is crazy storm going on all up and down and northeast for us, it brought the drought, rain, brought the snow this is what we are seeing for the most part these are rain showers, that is not the case for everyone out west, in the form of snow, and some of the rain showers are starting to mix

with snow showers down through washington county maybe getting into carroll county, we would not be surprised if all of us, all the way down to the bay, saw maybe mixed rain or snow showers through the evening, scattered about all this will move through next couple hours it will wind down overnight, we will switch it over and show you, starting last night heaviest of the rain left us that is when the cold air started to get mixed in, out west, this became a snow event, with a few inches of accumulating snow in western maryland pennsylvania, there are places, 6 to 12 inches of snow just incredible here for the rest of us for the most part scattered rain showers right now, now while this is going on winter storm warning in effect for garrett and western parts of allegheny counties winter weather advisory in effect until 2:00 a.m. then the storm will start to wind down a little bit more winds are really up bringing in that cold air temperature wise only 45 degrees outside, 32 oakland, our high on the day was only 50, we've been talking

about it being so warm for so long, today, 17 degrees, below average, and we are going to hang on to this cool air for at least another day or so before we finally can kick this storm now it is a strong one, it con can tin youd to strength -- continued to strengthen as it moved up the east coast it is bringing that cold air into it that is why we are getting snow out there. the storm will weaken as it spins off to our north and leave us by wednesday tomorrow close enough for the chance of a couple showers and the wind and chilly air to stick around. a lot of clouds we may see a few peeks of sunshine. wednesday more sunshine around, take a look to the west, next storm coming our way, starting thursday maybe continuing into friday, forecast looks like this on the waters, small craft advisory, through tuesday afternoon, winds up through the duration of this storm tonight, a windy cold one out there, spotty showers ending as we said maybe mixing with snow showers all the way down to the bay. tomorrow though, mostly cloudy,

a few peek of sunshine possible breezy cool day still a little higher than today, for temperatures, only 50 degrees, but, 59 so pretty below average, a cool day before we really start to warm it up, somewhat around here we will have that coming back to normal. >> thank you don't miss tonight's cbs prime timeline up, 10:00 p.m. surfs up with another episode of hawaii five-o. holly has a preview who what is coming up tonight. economic recovery may be slow going we are going to show you a place where innovation has launched a tech boom that has created thousands of jobs this week on the cbs evening news. investigation broad ins as more details emerge in the secret service prostitution scandal. >> gas prices are dropping but will it last. >> search is over for now, what new york police find in the case of a boy missing more than 30 years. eyewitness news at 4 continues

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>> it is 4:30 p.m., 45 degrees and cloudy, i am denise koch >> i am vic carter. >> the search ends and investigators in new york have unanswered questions in the 30 year disappearence of a 6-year- old boy. jessica schneider reports a manhattan basement turning up few details who what happened to aton pats. >> reporter: massive containers filled with debris, dirt and garbage taken away from this scene first thing this morning it has all been sifted through after days of digging into the concrete walls and floors below this shop on prince street. law enforcement sources tell cbs 2 investigators uncovered what they initially believed to be food, bones strand of hair

it is not clear if it is human or not all findings are being examined by a forensic anthropologist with hopes new light will be shed on the decades old disappearence of the 6-year-old in 1979. old and cold cases shouldn't be forgotten cases. >> this weekend authorities reportedly uncovered a suspicious stain on a concrete wall inside the basement here officials stress they don't know if it is human flood or something chemical oriole begannic -- blood or something chemical or, organic. >> people that try to clean up crime sceneleave invisible blood behind that is revealed by spraying. >> reporter: over the weekend, his mother julie emerged from the family's apartment a block away from the search site, asking for privacy. he was officially declared dead in 2001 as part of a civil lawsuit against this man, jose ramos a convicted child molester, in prison, whose girlfriend babysat him. he denied killing the boy and

now a 76-year-old handy man is being considered a person of interest he used part of this basement as a work place and often enlisted the young boy's help three decades later, the people around here are hopeful for the family >> i feel sorry for the family they haven't had closure all that time. that was jessica schneider reporting. the fbi, searched the basement after an fbi dog indicated the scent of human remains in that room. >> fbi gets involved in a search for a missing little girl in arizona. the girls home is being searched with police dogs. >> family members say 6-year- old isabel has.seen since her parents put her to bed friday night when they awoke she was gone. an fbi dog was let into the house early this morning it appears to have found something suspicious around an entry point. few details are being released but police are treating the case as a possible kidnapping more than 150 law enforcement officers are envialed in the search vic. >> thank you.

a family friend says the family indicated a window screen in the little girls room had been knocked out. >> admitted master mind of a horrific massacre in norway is telling judges he is a victim of an attack against his beliefs he confessed to a bombing and shooting spree that killed 77 people last summer he now says questions about his mental state are intended to discredit his extreme antti immigration beliefs if found sane and convicted the maximum sentence he could face is 21 years in prison the state can hold a criminally insane person for life. secret service sex scandal is growing. a 12th member of the military is linked to the prostitution scandal in colombia. >> it just gets more troubling. >> five nights before the president's arrival, a 12th secret service official not previously under investigation, brought a prostitute to hilton

hotel in cartgehena the white house staff and press and other secret service and members of the military implicated stayed here at hotel caribe. there are six secret service personnel who left their jobs in the wake of the incident four have chosen to resign the other two are supervisors, david cheney retired, greg stokes fired but has a chance to appeal. >> the key thing here is not they were prostitutes the fact that foreign nationals were brought back into a security area, on the eve of the trip of the president of the united states, goes against everything secret service stands for. >> reporter: two senators including lieberman who has over site of the secret service, are asking the white house to make sure, no administration staffers on the colombia trip are involved. >> if anyone at the white house says from my council, at this i would say they ought to be launching their own internal review, of all white house personnel. >> reporter: but for some on capitol hill questions remain about a cultural problem in the

secret service where only 11% of agents are women >> i can't help but wonder if there would have been more women as part of that detail if this would have happened. >> no member of his white house staff engaged in improper behaviour on this trip. speaking with supporters at the holocaust museum in washington the president announces new sanctions against syria and iran accusing them of ignoring human rights of their own people the president went on to say americans have a duty to teach their children why they can't allow the seeds of hate to grow. >> we must tell our children about a crime unique in human history, the one and only holocaust, 6 mill innocent people, men, women, children, babies sent to their death, for

being different. >> before delivering remarks, the president spent 30 minutes touring the museum. the calendar says april but looks more like december in several states in the northeast a late snow storm hit several states from new england the washington in pennsylvania, people are expected to get between 6 and 10 inches of snow making it hard for drivers to navigate road that is same storm is dropping several inches of wet snow on the ground in western maryland. wjz found salt trucks out keeping the roads clear. no snow here, but a lot of clouds still hanging around in our area after a very wet start to the day, wjz has weather and traffic together bob is here with the updated numbers. bob. >> wet start is right, in fact all weekend long any where from 1.5 to over 3 inches of rain, fell over central eastern maryland, still some light rain around the area now, moving through the area quickly but we will see a few more showers in the city, this evening and, to

our our northwest, 40, 50 miles away a few wet snowflakes are mixing in over portions near thurman, temperatures mid-30s it is not possible that we may even see a few flakes down across portions of western baltimore, and maybe southeastern carroll county, portions of colombia in the next two hours or so as temperatures may drop a few degrees to the west still more activity mainly in the form of rain from frost burg west, it is pretty much all in the form of snow, take a look at temperatures from frost burg west temperatures low 30s oakland only 32, hagerstown came in 43, thurman 46 at last report, we are still mid- to upper 40s well above freezing but it is possible some of these echos may produce wet snowflakes between now and 7:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m., looks like it will stay chilly most of this week maybe warm up end of the week. stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage for updates on the forecast and a

look at live doppler radar any time, log on to wjz.com. in today's pump watch report finally good news about the price of gas what is driving the recent down trend. >> for the first time in four months drivers are seeing a significant drop in the price of gas. the national average has put 5- cents in the past two weeks first decline since december prices are relatively high on average, drivers around the downry are pay -- country are paying 3 .8 5 for a gallon of regular. wjz pump watch is tracking the prices, our gas is still relatively cheap compared to some other states chicago illinois, drivers are paying 4.17 a gallon. >> vic back to you. >> thank you gas is cheapest in tulsa oak la ho ma people are paying 3.5 $2. >> christy breslin wjz traffic control hello >> hi denise hi everyone we

have trouble out there on the jones fault expressway if you are travelling in the southbound direction we have an accident, that has it closed at cold spring lane the best bet will be to get off at northern parkway, at this point we will keep you updated on the situation, as far as delays go, west side, slowing, 70 to security boulevard north side outer loop, stop and go york road over to charles street give yourself 15 minutes to get through northbound, 95 still a couple brake lights as you approach 32, accidents include east lombard, south dean, clifton at popular grove, moravia at bel air and south hanover at east com well. there is a spot on the jones fault expressway where it is completely closed off we are going to expect quite a few delays out there. we will keep you posted this traffic report is brought to you by bills carpet, hard wood and laminate. call them at 1-877-75 bills back over to you. >> thank you the closing of the

ski season in one russian town brings out an assortment of costumed daredevils check out their attempts to ski through a 55-foot puddle, you have to give them points for creativity and toughness everyone who failed was fished out, safely. i bet they were cold. >> you think? >> wow. >> is the point to get over the water. >> if you go fast enough you can skim across >> they did not. >> straight ahead, deadly explosion at a chemical plant why danger may not be over yet. >> jennifer hudson takes the stand in the murder trial of three members of her family. >> all of us slept through the rain and drizzle in some areas, snowfalling in western maryland. and bob is updating the first warning forecast coming up ,,,,,,,,,, we love gardening...

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breaking news right now live to captain perry in sky eye chopper 13 over the scene of an accident mike. >> we are indeed, this is the one that christy was telling you about a few moments ago. southbound, a half mile south of the 41st street bridge, baltimore police have completely closed down the southbound expressway, just south of 41st street, as two vehicles collided and truck the center barrier, we are told, at least one of the people involved here may be an off duty police officer, city police were called for a possible to assist an officer but we believe it is an off duty officer three people injured we believe they will be relatively minor, although damage is significant, to both vehicles they have completely closed the southbound jens falls, delay extends well back towards baltimore county expect some difficulties getting through this area, for the next

half hour to 40 minutes back to you. >> thank you captain perry live in sky eye chopper 13. >> as least one person is dead after two explosions at a japanese chemical plant, the first blast happened overnight. killing one worker the second struck a few hours later. there are concerns there may be nuclear waste on the explosion site, investigators and excan you say tores say so far no toxic leek. >> jennifer hudson -- leak. jennifer hudson breaks down in tiers against her former brother-in-law. he is accused of killing her mother, brother and 7-year- old nephew in a jealous fit of rage. if he convicted he faces life in prison. >> police in colorado investigating a fatal shooting at a church key. >> denise, a pastors mother was

shot outside the new destiny christian center near denver just as services let out they say an off duty police officer who also happened to the the pastors cousin opened fire, quickly hitting the gunman he died from his injuries along with the pastors mother the shooting stemmed from an argument that started in the church parking lot. members of the church say they had never seen the gunman before. officials in massachusetts will not be opening slides at state run pools this summer, the decision stems from a 10 month review of policyprocedures, that began after a woman drowned at the bottom of a public pool in fall river her body sat there for two whole days before anyone noticed. while the pools slide did not appear to be a direct factor in the death, the slides will remain closed down until a national safety study is completed. rangers find deadly booby traps along a hiking trail in utah. they were designed to trip and

hurt people upon entering a makeshift fort built out of sticks devices included sharpened sticks spike hanging ball tied with rope two people were arrested, who confessed to placing the traps charged with wreckless endangerment. students get sick after eating cookies laced with marijuana given to them from a classmate in california. police in live oaks say the teen brought the treats to school as part of the 4/20 marijuana holiday officials learned of the cookies after one student experienced dizziness four others ate them side-effects were not life threatening but the teen could face criminal charges. in tonight's health watch new decide lines could provide relief for migraine suffers, academy of neurology is out with its list of treatments. >> reporter: jessica rodriguez has been suffering from migraines since she was a teen.

>> like a train running right through you. >> reporter: she used to get them five times a month but as the mother of twin 4-year-old boys she couldn't afford to let the painful headaches slow her down >> i used to just shut down, go to sleep and shut down for a couple days now i can't. >> reporter: rodriguez's doctors put her on a daily dose of topomax to stop them before they start part of new preventative guidelines from american academy of neurology. >> when patients do go on medications it decreases free kenosis and severity -- frequency and severity. >> reporter: other seizure medications like dival or depacote can be used to prevent migraines as can certain beta blockers, over the counter anti inflammatories including ibuprofin. >> what we think they do is dampen down the brains ability to generate the headache. >> reporter: estimated 36

million americans suffer from migraines, preventative measures would help 40% who have them frequently, very few currently use them. over the counter medications have side-effects to consult your doctor, before you starttreatment. rodriguez says taking topomax changed her life >> it calmed my headaches a lot. >> reporter: now she has more time and energy for her boys. wjz eyewitness news. doctors say if you leave frequent migraines unchecked they will happen more often until they occur on a daily basis when they get that severe the problem is more difficult to treat. weekend meteor shower brought midday delight to some this is a picture in reno nevada, a loud boom heard in nevada and as far away as other states, california, may have been the meteor experts say

meteors are pretty common, and are safe most of the time. providing they don't fall to earth. otherwise, falling to earth is a problem >> they also give you super powers if you touch them. >> is the rain gone for good. >> bob has the updated first warning weather forecast next ,,

okay, grounds nice and wet denise can get her weeds out. >> that is good. pluck those things right out of the ground. >> used to be before this weekend, the ground was so dry it was like a rock now, things have really changed over the weekend any where from 1.5 to 3 or more inches of rain have really been beneficial for this drought, that we have been experiencing the last month take a look at radar, rain around to the west of us, a few reports in the blue ridge, mountains snowflakes mixing in temperatures mid-upper 30s still warm, stay in mid-40s.

right now at 45 degrees in the baltimore area, humidity up to 70%, west winds still breeze there, at 22 but so far we've only had the strongest wind gusts i could find, 25 miles an hour winds were not that strong, at least here ocean city, only up to 20, 25 miles an hour as well. barometer very low, if you have a sinus headache that is probably why, 2.094 inches slowly coming back up as high pressure will look at it, oakland 32 right now other side of the mountain, sunshine and clouds, still light snow going on in garrett county any where from 2 inches, 3 inches around falls bury to 8 inches in garrett county, right this minute, 43 hagerstown, 52 ocean city, local temperatures chilly mid- to upper 40s that is about it, only got close to 50, west winds, around the region and

slowly diminishing tonight and tomorrow. breezy and chilly low pressure that came up from the south, up through new england spinning around portions of new england, yes, it was look at the snow, western pa, western new york, buffalo, just east of pittsburgh mostly mountain areas, johns town really getting hit hard maybe up to 12 to 14 inches of snow for johns town, it stays chilly tomorrow a slight warm up by the end of the week warm front approaching looks like we may be seeing more rain by wednesday night or thursday might even linger into friday. gusty winds in the bay, small craft advisory, bay temp mid- to upper 50s did jump up, a few spotty showers, next few hours cloudy and cold overnight, clear after midnight upper to mid-30s tomorrow upper 50s. which is till about 8 or 10 degrees below normal for this time of year, also a risk of a brief shower, for the most part tomorrow just a partly cloudy

breezy and chilly day. >> all right thank you sir. >> still to come tonight ... >> coming up, february finally shows up, in the middle of april that story as eyewitness news continues ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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