good morning. coming up on eyewitness news saturday morning -- >> big storm, big problems. i'm mike hellgren in west baltimore, look at the damage. the latest on the cleanup effort. >> the rain is gone, but the heat is a major concern for us this weekend. meteorologist tim williams explains in the first warning weather forecast. >> plus, justice for chris, one baltimore county family is asking for a federal investigation into their son's death. >> a growing concern about city firehouses. why a move to safe money has many neighbors fearing the worst. >> eyewitness news saturday morning starts now.

good morning. welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning. i'm gigi barnett. emergency crews have been working all night and this morning clearing away hundreds of downed trees, damaged vehicles and snapped power lines. this is what penn people are now waking up to this morning. these pictures were sent into the eyewitness news saturday morning newsroom. from baltimore city. where fierce winds caused trees to fall on cars. causing major damage there. eyewitness news is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams is following the storm and what is ahead next, but first, mike hellgren is live in west baltimore with the aftermath of last night's storm. good morning. mike. >> good morning, gigi and everybody. we are 5 miles from last time we saw you. look at the damage we found.

this is an enormous tree that phelonia chevy. down the street there is a power, a light pole that fell down in the street and another car that has a tree on top of it. these scenes are common throughout the city. the fierce straight-line wind came quickly in maryland, topping tropical storm level, they were as high as a category 1%. a child suffered head injuries after the roof was blown off of this house. the debris littered the yard here. >> the firefighters came. the branches and wind ripped off the back side of their roof. i never saw this type of wind blow up before. >> reporter: trees came down across baltimore. the mayor activated the city's emergency operation center. one large tree crashed down in

front of the eyewitness news studios. blocking access to the top of television hit. a photography was out in the worst of the storm. >> a lot of heavy rain, lightning, thunder, a lot of tree limbs down. power outages. traffic signals were out. a lot of wind. >> reporter: this is what it looked like as the winds blew through maryland. heavy rain led to flash flooding in areas. it left 1 1/2 million people from maryland to virginia without power. more than 400,000 of them are bge customers. for some, it could be days before that power is restored. today will be one of the hottest days of the year. rain obscured the the camera at the white house. washington, d.c. suburbs, many roads are still closed. a woman died in northern virginia. near 80 mile-per-hour gusts closed the chesapeake bay

bridge, toppalling a tractor- trailers who driver to be recused. we are hearing that's two people died in virginia. they were in a car and a tree fell on top of them. it shows how dangerous this is. we're seeing scenes across baltimore with the neighborhoods with the huge trees. a lot of them are in the road. reporting live, mike hellgren, eyewitness news. >> thank you, mike. stay safe out there. our complete coverage of last night's weather continues in the first warning weather center with meteorologist tim williams. could see more? >> yes, we could there. are more storms in the pipeline and you can see the dips in the jetstream. there are storms forming to the northwest. this is up around cleveland,

near the columbus area and des moines and iowa. we just want to give you an idea of what rolled through the area. we seen storms come through here around noontime and last night, 10:00 or so, you see the middle of the screen. these were strong storms. straight-line winds. this has a name, they are called -- extended lines of storms. or extended lines of strong winds that follow strong storms. they stayed intact all of the way from the midwest into the region. as a result, we saw the storms roll through here last night. we're in a slight to moderate risk of storms. you see the state and, the area in green is in the slight risk of severe storms again. that means winds and hail. that area in red is a moderate risk. meaning that area, basically much of central maryland has a

better chance of seeing the same types of storms. now taking precedent over the storms is the heat. we have been monitoring the heat. so the purple color in the screen, ebbs sessive heat warning from 11:00 until 9:00. we lose the east of the day. a heat advisory for the rest of the state. then after that, allegheny county, that's the severe thunderstorm threat for this afternoon. that will probably be extended across the area, but not take precedent with the heat. so, 100 degrees today. we did hit 103 yesterday. the heat index will be around 110. the thunderstorms with us through the afternoon and into the evening. 73 degrees tonight. a strong thunderstorm early and then partly cloudy skies. into sunday, 98 degrees. partly cloudy skies, a thunderstorm or two. hot and humid conditions through the week. we will have more in your first warning weather forecast coming up. >> thank you, tim.

first, here's what people are talking about today. the storm knocked out power to almost 2 million people from maryland to virginia for more on the power outages and repair efforts. we have rob from bge on the phone. good morning. >> good morning. gigi. >> where are you now? >> we restored 100,000 customers, believe it or not, but we have 420,000 customers still without power. it is difficult to see the numbers go up and down early in the morning as people weaken. the real concern is the combination of power outages with the heat today. and -- this is not -- something that's going to be fished today. not going to be fixed tomorrow. this is going to be multi day in terms of restoration. just simply by venue of the destruction that we have and the fact that all utilities

from pennsylvania, virginia, west virginia, were hit and hundreds of thousands of customers out of service. we cannot rely on each other as we do through the systems network, but we are out there and attacking this aggressively. the thing that our customers can do is have patience and use common sense and be safe. if you see a wire or power line down don't touch it. >> the other things that you're asking customers to do. if you're in the dark right now and have not let you know, you want them to pickup the phone or get in contact with you and left you know where they are? >> give us a call. please do not use the number that everybody who has lived here for ever is used to. the 877 number has greater capacity, it is what we use for

outages. but let's us know, do not assume that we know that you have a power outage. or if your neighbor has called that you're out of power. until we have smart meters, until they are in place and operational. we will not know what is happening on the other end of the meter. >> okay. so, bob, 877 -- >> 778-2222. >> okay. 877-778-2222. all right. rob, thank you. >> thank you. now, let's update you with the outages in the area. right now rob said, 400,000 homes and businesses statewide are still in the dark.

that storm was part of a 1- 2 punch for our area as we deal with record breaking heat. our complete coverage continues with meghan mccorkell. >> reporter: good morning. these sizzling temperatures expected to last into next week. now, health officials are warning it could be more dangerous then you think. the heat is on. the summer scorcher burns baltimore. >> unbearable. >> sweating. >> it is too hot. >> i'm insane. >> reporter: the extreme heat is dangerous. chopper 13 over the patterson park pool as paramedics rush to a report of heat exhaustion. >> it doesn't have to be that hot. >> around the area, emergency

crews responded to illnesses. >> take a break frequently, drink fluid and get inside. >> easier said than done at the os game. 100 degrees before the first pitch here at camden yards and on the field it is 10 degrees hotter. >> i'm sweating. >> this is june and july weather. >> the heat is wet. >> the park tried to cool down fans passing out free cups of ice. [ applause ] >> reporter: for some, staying cool nearly impossible. here is the under armor lacrosse tournament, players battling triple digit heat. >> i have been out in the heat for four hours. >> how are you feeling? >> horrible. >> reporter: the shade will do. >> keeping the sunburn down. >> but the heat is relentless. >> it is too much. >> bge is prepared to handle all energy needs through this heat wave. meghan mccorkell, eyewitness

news. >> thank you very much, meghan. stay with eyewitness news for first warning weather coverage of last night's storm and this weekend's heat wave. for the latest go to wjz.com. the family of a dead teenager puts in a former request. they went federal investigators to take over their son's murder case. 17-year-old brown died this month after a struggle with laboard. brown's family doesn't think that is enough and wants the u.s. department of justice to step in ask takeover the case. george zimmerman remain business hind bars this morning ag a florida judge decides whether to let him out on bond or not. george zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. his bailiffs revoked when he did not disclose thousands of dollars he received from the public. prosecutors want george

zimmerman to stay in jail. >> they were lying to the court. i say they, because this defendant was listed in doing that. >> he understands what he did to himself and the family did. not between straight with the judge. >> the judge will likely make a decision next week. firefighters in colorado are going door-to-door looking for bodies in the hundreds of homes destroyed by a wildfire there. president barack obama toured the state yesterday and declared colorado a disaster area. that clears the way for federal aid. the blaze is the most destructive fire that colorado has seen. firefighters found two people dead so far. right now the blaze is 15% contained. three of baltimore city's fire companies will shutdown for good starting tomorrow. the city is disbanding the crews because of budget cuts for the deficit. the companies include hopkins,

harlem park and broadway east. it appears as we head out for the holiday, gas prices are taking break of their own. maryland's price dropped the $3.32. that's lower than the national average. good news for the 725,000 marylanders who expect to hit the road for the 4th of july holiday week next week. sounds good. sounds good. hopefully, the hot temperatures stay with us and the storms go away. >> something needs to change. right? >> yes. we were on target for the july temperatures. is starts tomorrow. hard to believe. the last day of june today. >> half of the year is gone. >> i heard people giving countdowns to christmas shopping. >> wow. [ laughter ] >> i know. >> who was that? i know. >> we would love to have that weather. >> put me on your list. >> 100 degrees today. 103 yesterday. did not quite make the record, 105, but that is just, that is

just incidental, it felt like 111. it will be much like that again today. hazy, hot and humid days of summer. we're looking at another day with potential for strong thunderstorms in the afternoon. a few in to pipeline. they are back to the midwest like yesterday around this time of day. but the blazing heat and the humidity, the dew point is high. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere that fuels the storms. they intensify as the day gets hotter and this comes into play. as we move into the region later this afternoon and into tonight, they could stay intact and start to interact with the heat in place over the mid atlantic, that's what triggers the severe thunderstorm watch to intensify. right now, what we're watching are temperatures starting off around 75 degrees. the sunrise was around 5:44. so, we did not drop much. the storms did knock us back a little bit. kind of reset everything that

happened. it knocked the temperatures back and the dew points back a little bit. so, we're starting with 75 degrees and going up from here. 69 is the dew point. the west wind at 5 miles per hour. nothing like the storm and winds that rolled through here last night. we have 67 degrees in oakland. winds from the west -- just around 5 miles per hour. now, sustained around bwi. we did have wind gusts topping up to 80 miles per hour last night during the storms. what we're seeing here is different ripples and dims in the jet stream. that's where the storms are following. the pathway or the highway that the storms are following on in from the midwest, but not -- affected by this at all are the hot temperatures. they are staying us with from that west and the southwest.

so the comfortable air will be with us by the middle of the week, but the transition is that the storms will roll through here to get the comfortable air into our area. so the next batch of storms across indiana and ohio could move into the region this afternoon. there is another batch back towards iowa. they are going to follow this pathway. les humid conditions by the middle of the week. so, by the time we hit the 4th of july, less humidity and temperatures around 90, but keep in mind that the normal high is 97 degrees. so, 90 two or three degrees about the normal high. it is just the humidity levels and the heat index that is really going to take a hit. when that goes down things are comfortable. so, we will look forward to that. our sunset is at 8:12. no advisories on the bay.

90 on monday. 96 on tuesday. 98 on the 4th of july. on wednesday. 91 on thursday. and lows around 70 degrees. >> the 90s love us. >> yes. they do. better than the 100s. still to come on eyewitness news -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

nearly half of a million people are without power this morning as crews are heading out to deal with the aftermath. eyewitness news is live in west baltimore, mike hellgren is live with more. good morning. >> good morning, gigi and everybody. we are here on elegan avenue. this is a snapshot of around the city. you can see one tree on this car. this huge tree went over this light pole. left it on the ground. look at this other car. it is gone. it is totaled.

smashed -- from one end to the other and we keep going down the street. this is one of the streets on the city with all of the big old trees and in the winds, those 80 mile-per-hour winds, which by the way, equal a category 1%, that was coming through here. they tore down the tree all that is split in half and on the ground. up here at the house the windows are open. because there is not power out here. hundreds of thousands of people are dealing with throughout maryland. no power. bge has restored several people, i believe rob said 100,000 people, but there are many more to go. again, we're seeing a lot of damage like this. we're going to continue to stay on it for you live out here in west baltimore. mike hellgren, eyewitness news. >> thank you, mike. it may not be restored for the next few days. so, thank you very much. the mayor released a statement a short time ago.

we'll have more about the storm and the resulting power outages coming up in the next few minutes. a youth hockey coach crossing the line during a postgame handshake. look at this. as martin looks to intentionally trip a player on the opposing team. the player suffered a broken wrist there. well, the coach has been suspended by the league and police are considering bringing charges against the coach. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,

today we're going to back up to 100 degrees. with the heat index close to 110. thunderstorm potential again this afternoon and tonight. again tomorrow afternoon as well, with temperatures around 98. we'll have 90 on monday. 96 on tuesday, on the 4th of july, wednesday, 98 degrees and again, chance of thunderstorms right on through the mid to the end of the week. 91 on thursday. it has been 8 months since fire destroyed the mt. washington taverage, now the baltimore landmark is being rebuilt. >> that's right.

ron matz has more on the brick by bridge project and how it is helping the community. >> reporter: early morning halloween, the fire destroys the mt. washington tavern. >> it is nerve-racking not being here. i drive by it once a week. >> the progress is on schedule. the tavern will be bigger and brighter than ever. >> it is tough, but we're starting to get to the stage with the light at the end of the tunnel. >> the project will benefit the mt. washington pediatric hospital. customized bricks are $75. >> this is an opportunity for people to help give back to the community and help restore a great building and a great community asset. so, one helping together. >> some of the tavern's 70 employees got together today to look to the future. >> it will be an updated, beautiful, beautiful building. they are working hard with the finishings. the bar is bigger. the space is bigger.

>> reporter: the tavern is scheduled to reopen early in november. >> it will be a lot of work, but we're ready to go. >> we missed you all and appreciate the support and facebook postings and the lets of support. can't wait to see everyone coming back. >> coming back, brick by brick. [ applause ] >> reporter: ron matz, eyewitness news. >> all right. see you, too. city fire investigators is saying that the fire was accidental and no one was injured. >> for more information on the tavern brick project go to wjz.com. all right. a lot of people are excited about that. >> yes. they are. a favorite fortivaltival hill. >> that's right. still to come on eyewitness news -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

welcome back to eyewitness news and our extended cover i think of the sat district attorney morning show. emergency crews are out right now clearing away hundreds of downed trees, damaged vehicles and bge is trying to restore snapped power lines. this is what many people are waking up to this morning. this is one picture that was sent into our newsroom from west baltimore where a tree had fallen on top of that car causing extension i have

damage. we're live with complete weather coverage. tim williams is monitoring the latest conditions. we start with mike hellgren in west baltimore. a lot of damage especially on trees and cars there. >> reporter: yeah. here in west baltimore they've got their work out out for them trying to clean this up. my goodness. this is one car. there are several like this in this area. a lot of damage was not just the wind but it was the lightning, too, that cracked down with a vengeance. this is what it looked like as the rain and winds hitting speeds near 80 miles an hour blew through maryland. a child suffered head injuries after the roost was blown off this home in baltimore county on mccarol road. debris littered the yard here. >> the neighbor next door to me, they left the house. they had the fire department here. some branches and the wind ripped off the backside of their roof on the second floor. i never really saw this type of

wind blow up before. it's pretty wicked. >> reporter: trees came down across baltimore. the mayor activated the city's emergency operations center. one large tree crashed in front of the wjz studios blocking access to the top of television hill. >> it was a lot of heavy rain, a lot of lightning, a lot of thunder, a lot of tree limbs down. power outages, traffic signals were out, a lot of wind. >> the wind system came from the midwest fueled by the intense heat causing similar damage in ohio. >> i'm glad my kids weren't in bed. # >> the storm restrengthened over the appalachians tearing off roofs in west virginia. >> there was wind and debris swirls everywhere, flying around, hitting every car in sight. it was pretty devastating for a

moment. >> reporter: it initially left more than 1 point 5 million people without power. more than 4 hundred,000 of them are bge customers. for some, it could be days before that power is restored and today will be one of the hottest days of the year. rain obscured the camera at the white house in maryland's suburbs, many roads are still closed. a woman died in northern virginia. near 80-mile-per-hour gusts also closed the chesapeake bay bridge toppling a big rig. if you were not awake when that storm hit, those winds were so strong it came up so fast, it was really frightening. on this block in addition to dealing with all the downed trees, they also do not have power. mike hellgren, back to you. >> thank you, mike. our complete coverage of the storm continues in the first warning weather center with tim williams. we could see more of what we

saw last night later this weekend. >> we could. basically we have a pattern where the wind is following a line of storms that are just in a pipeline. we'll show you that we did have some roll through yesterday much like yesterday in the afternoon. we were following a series of storms that are out around ohio and coming in from indiana and illinois. there is another one back here near peoria, illinois, now. that is all moving in our general direction. what we will also show you is what move through here last night. this line of storms came rolling through here just around 10:00. it started to hit the western edge of the state last night. by news time, we watched these storms roll through central maryland and continued to move out. they're part of what is called a derecho. that is a line of very strong

and very violent winds that follow a severe thunderstorm. that is what happened through here last night. they did set the stage or reset temperatures. we're at 75 degrees down from 103 which was our high temperature last evening. we did hit a heat index of 111. we expect that same type of a pattern again today. because of that, the entire state, the entire green area, which encompasses the entire viewing area, is in a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. the area i have outlined in the middle of the state is for a moderate risk, meaning that particular portion basically much of central maryland, has a better whans of seeing these same types of storms develop through the evening. on top of this, we are still monitoring the excessive heat. we have an excessive heat warning in effect for baltimore city, points south and west. that's the purple color. a heat advisory for much of the rest of the state, that's the orange color. then the severe thunderstorm

watch in effect for that small corner of allegheny county. that's out in the yellow. that is probably going to be moving a across the region. that will be expanded into the state by the middle of the afternoon. we're looking for another afternoon of 100 degree temperatures with a heat index of 110, severe thunderstorm potentially through late this afternoon. 73 degrees tonight with a strong thunderstorm. otherwise partly cloudy, then 98 tomorrow for sunday, partly sunny, a thunderstorm or two around, hot and humid conditions stay with us. the heat index tomorrow in the low a 100s. we'll have the forecast coming up. >> thank you. the area is still reeling from last night's powerful storm. thousands and millions even of people in maryland could be still in the dark. we have ed mcdonald with the maryland emergency management agency on the phone with us. ed, good morning. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> one of the issues that came

up earlier is that you are lacking for people to be good neighbors. what do you mean by that? >> well, it means looking fourth each other. if you have friends or relatives or neighbors that you know may be elderly or have young children or may have some illness that makes them susceptible to dealing with heat or maybe they have an oxygen machine that depends on electricity, check on their welfare, see if they're ok. if you have power, invote them to your place. if you can give them a ride to somewhere they can cool off later this afternoon, offer them that opportunity to get out somewhere where it's cool. this is one of the things that even the federal emergency management director has been preaching since he took over with that agency. we have to look out for each other. we have to help each other out in these times. this is a great opportunity to

do that. >> it's true. the other thing, too, in addition to that, you are also saying that folks should have patience. you are looking for cooling centers. tell me about the cooling center situation. i know there's one at annapolis high school in anne arundel county opening at 11:00 11:00 a.m. >> the one thing i don't know, the variable in this is some jurisdictions may well have had to plan open cooling centers even before the storms because of the weather. typically baltimore city and some of the other large counties when the heat index reaches a certain level, they'll automatically activate their code red heat advisory policy. i don't know specifically if baltimore city or any other jurisdiction has done that yet today or will be doing that later. one of the problems that the jurisdictions are having is trying to find cooling centers that have power but that are located near areas where there are large power outages.

some of the facilities may have generators and may be good for light pliensz but not powerful enough to run air conditioning. that's one of the issues that some of the local jurisdictions are facing. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. let's update you on the number of power outages in our area. so far right now more than 425,000 homes and businesses statewide are without power. baltimore county has 109,000 people in the dark. baltimore city 94 dhow. anne arundel county 88,000 with a total of more than 400,000 people waiting for the power to come back on. bge says that wait could take days. they're out right -- the total number of customers could be close to a million people.

last night's storm was part of a one-two punch for our area, a hard hit as we deal with record breaking heat expected later on today. >> reporter: good morning. these siling temperatures expected to last into next week. health officials are warning it could be more dangerous than you think. the heat is on as a summer scorcher burns baltimore. >> it's too hot. >> the extreme heat, extremely dangerous. pair merdes rushed to a report of heat exhaustion. >> it does not have to be that hot for them to get into trouble. >> friday alone emergency crews around the region responded to heat related illnesses. >> take a break frequently. drink plenty of fluids. if they feel sick, get inside into some place cool. >> easier said than done at the

o's game. 100 degrees before the first pitch here at camden yards. on the field it's about ten degrees hotter. the park tried to cool down fans passing out free cups of ice. for some staying cool nearly impossible. here is the under armor lacrosse tournament at towson university players are battling triple digit heat any shade will do. >> keeping the sunburn down. >> the humidity remains relentless. >> it's too much. >> bge tells us they're prepared to handle all energy needs through this heat wave. back to you. >> thank you. stay with us for first warning weather coverage of last night's storms and this weekend's heat wave. for the latest conditions

anytime, go to wjz.com. an investigation is underway in phoenix into whether a defendant poisoned himself minutes after being convicted of arson. former wall street trader michael marion is seen puttinging into his mouth right after the verdict is read. moments later he collapsed to the ground. he died at the hospital. it looked like he took a toxic substance. investigators are still not sure what happened. >> i'm not aware of anything that can do something that quickly because it did happen very quickly. unfortunately, we'll to have wait to see what it was. >> toxicology results are expected but may not come in for the next two weeks. he was facing a 16-year prison sentence for intentionally setting his 3 1/2 million dollar mansion on fire. three of baltimore city's fire companies will shut down for employ starting tomorrow. the city is disbanding the crews because of deep budget cuts. it's part of mayor plains to

ready the $48 million budget deficit. the companies affected include those near harlem park and broadway east. the u.s. olympic trials in women's gymnastics continue in california and the reining world champion breezes right through the preliminary round. jordan weaver finished in first. gabby douglas was a close second. the reigning olympic champion struggled taking a hard fall on her dismount from the uneven bars. only the winner of the two day trials competition is guaranteed a spot on the olympic team. back to the weather that we've been covering all morning. we have had some wicked weather overnight, heavy storms which caused major power outages and damage. now let's go over to tim williams in the weather center.

>> we had those storms really move ago cross the midwest all yesterday afternoon and into the evening. they stayed intact. they moved over the mountains. they were so fueled by heat and the dew points and the moisture in the atmosphere that they never really lost their strength. now we have those two storms, one around cleveland, the other back around des moines, moving right in the same pattern. we could again expect to see some thunderstorms roll through here through the middle of the afternoon. look at this graphic. during the day right there where the storms are is where we expect to see some of the storms firing up, which they already are. then in the night as they continue eerks we'll expect blazing heat and humidity to continue to fuel the storms. that's when we can expect to see during the heat of day and into the night as they continue to move off to the eerks that we could basically see the same types of storms almost a carbon copy of what we had yesterday

moving into the area. we'll definitely keep you posted here and on wjz.com. we're at 75 degrees with a dew point at 69. it's just 65 when the dew point starts to feel really tropical and muggy. you add that to temperatures that are going to be rising, that's when it starts to feel uncomfortable. that's when we have the heat index in the low 100s. we have 81% humidity now. west wind at five miles per hour. around the state the 64 in oakland, 7 # in elkton, 75 ocean city. the hot spot is reagan national in washington, d.c., 80 degrees. 73 in rock hall, 76 annapolis. the comfortable air being held back up to the north and northeast. we won't see much of that until the middle of the week or so. we'll be watching these storms moving through. wait it all plays out really with these storms rolling through the afternoon is that

they could present very gusty winds. hot temperatures stay with us. we should get rid of the triple digit temperatures after today. temperatures will stay into the 90s into the week. today 100 degrees, heat index around 110, severe thunderstorms possible through this afternoon and into the evening. 73 degrees tonight. 98 tomorrow, 90 degrees monday, 96 tuesday, 98 on the fourth of july, 91 thursday. >> there's much more to come. >> wild winds a massive storm, knocks out power and knocks down trees. the latest on the cleanup. ,,,,,

welcome back. it's ten minutes before 9:00. it's 75 degrees and partly sunny in baltimore. as the weather warms up, thousands of people are waiting for the power and the air conditioning to come back on following last night's severe thunderstorms. we're live in west baltimore. mike hellgren has more on this morning's cleanup. ore on this it seems like we're seeing a lot of tree damage to cars and now folks are in the dark and waiting for the power to come back on. >> reporter: they really want it on, too, because it's so

hot. you can already feel the heat coming back today. this is one of the trees that is down here in west baltimore, big tree here. the power is a big issue. look at the windows open. those people have no power at all. i talked to a man who has a young son and he says his son can barely sleep in this heat. you look at more of the damage over here. this tree just cracked. neighbors say it was problem leigh due to the lightning here and caused even more damage. it -- this is a snapshot of what we're seeing across the city. mike hellgren, back to you. >> thank you, mike. eyewitness news sedate morning extended edition will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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coming up next, ferocious storm cuts power to hundreds of thousands. i'm mike hellgren live with the latest on the cleanup. >> the high heat will be a major concern for us this weekend. tim williams explains in his first warning weather forecast. a growing concern about city firehouses, why a move to save cash has some neighbors fearing the worst. our extended edition is seconds away.

good morning. welcome toy witness news this saturday morning. emergency crews are out right now clearing away hundreds of of downed trees, damaged vehicles and bge is on the scene working on snapped power lines. this is what many people are waking up to this morning after last night's severe storms. this is one picture sent in to our newsroom from west baltimore where a tree fell on top of that car causing some damage. we're live with extensive first warning weather coverage. tim williams has been closely watching the storm. first, mike hellgren is live in west baltimore with the aftermath from the storms last night. good morning. it was ferocious. very powerful. you can see the power of mother

nature here. >> reporter: this enormous tree, lightning and the wind combined here to make quite a disaster area. we're still dealing with a a lot of cleanup around the area and a lot of power outages with the sun bearing down and people not wanting to stay inside with no air conditioning. the fierce straight line winds came quickly in maryland topping tropical storm levels, in some places at more than item item miles an hour they were at strong as a category one hurricane. a child suffered head injuries after the roof was blown off this home in baltimore county. debris littered the yard. >> the neighbor next door to me, they left the house. they had the fire department here. some branches and the winds ripped off the backside of their roof on the second floor. >> i never really saw this type of wind blow up before. pretty wicked. trees came down across baltimore. the mayor activated the city's emergency operations center.

one large tree crashed down in front of the wjz studios blocking access to the top of television hill. >> it was a lot of heavy rain, a lot of lightning, a lot of thunder, a lot of trees down, tree lips down, power outages, traffic signals were out, a lot of wind. >> reporter: and this is what it looked like as the winds blew through maryland. heavy rain led to flash flooding in some areas. it left more than 1.5 million people in an area stretching from maryland south into virginia without power. more than 4 hundred,000 of them are bge customers. for some it could be days before that mor is restored. today will be one of the hottest days of the year. rain obscured the camera at the white house in maryland's d.c. suburbs, many roads are still closed. a woman died in northern virginia. near 80-mile-per-hour gusts also closed the chesapeake bay

bridge toppling a big rig. when you talk to people about the storm, one thing that strikes them was how sudden it came up, how slide these very strong winds came up and some people didn't have time to seek cover. it was very scary for a number of people and people right now just want to clean up and get that power back on. mike hellgren, back to you. >> thank you, mike. our coverage of last night's wicked weather continues now. meteorologist tim williams is in the first warning weather center. this will be a double impact because we had storms last night and now we're getting ready for high heat. >> you're right. it's a one-two punch. timing is everything. they're both coming at an inopportune time. folks without power will have a tough are time dealing with that heat. already there are two storms in the pipeline poised to move through the area. one is over cleveland right

now. another is behind that one back toward peoria, illinois. they are following basically a bit of a dip in the jet stream. it's the pathway that they're taking as they move into this general direction. we want to set the stage for what happened last night. these are the storms as they followed that same pathway across the area. we start wavering them yesterday evening around 6:00 or 7:00. they started to make their way into illinois and then they started to make their way toward the mountains of western maryland and west virginia and continued to move through. this is something that we don't see typically here in this area. we heard a few people say they've never seen this type of wind. de are recho is the word. it's a line of violent winds, basically a windstorm that follows a line of severe storms. that's what rolled through here basically a violent windstorm. 80 degrees right now. they did knock the temperatures back to the 70s overnight. now we're already at 80.

the problem already is that the dew point is high. when you talk dew points over 65, that's when it gets very moist. that's the moisture and fuel the stores use when they get into the heat of the day. that's why they got so strong so quickly. already the entire area is under a severe thunderstorm watch. slight risk for severe thunderstorms for today. that's the entire area shaded in green. the outlined area in the middle is a moderate risk. that area encompassing much of central maryland will see a moderate chance, better chance of seeing thunderstorms this afternoon. on top of that, we're dealing with the heat. excessive heat warning in effect in that purple area for 11:00 o'clock through 9:00 p.m. then a heat advisory in effect for all the area in orange. the yellow on the left toward allegheny county, that is a severe thunderstorm watch. that will likely be moving across the area into the evening. we'll keep you posted on all of

those dynamics. it could be a very uncomfortable afternoon shaping up. we'll have more coming up. >> thank you, tim. it's not over yet. we have breaking news from anne arundel county. we're surveying the damage. this is being called a fatal storm. a tree fell on a vehicle last night killing a 25-year-old man of edgewater. it happened on harwood road. the storm knocked out power to almost 2 million people stretching from maryland to virginia. for more now on the power outages and the statewide efforts to repair the electricity, we have rob ghoul from bge on the phone. good morning. you said power has been restored so far to about 100,000 customers. still leaving 400,000 people in the dark. so where are you now? >> the storm has not even been

twelve hours past us. we're making good progress. it will be a slow go. it will be a multiple day -- multiday restoration effort without question. every utility from pennsylvania west to west virginia and beyond and through the carolinas was hit by this stomplet each has several 100,000 customers out of service. we cannot pull on those resources to assist us. we are in the assessment phase. the biggest focus for us today is the 9-1-1 centers and public safety. that's our big focus, no different than what you would hear us say during a hurricane like irene which by the way only resulted in about 200,000 more outages than what we have right now. we'll focus on those folks. then we'll certainly be restoring the most power to the most number of customers along our feeder system. then we'll do the individual customers. it's going to be a long day, certainly for customers that do not have power with this high

heat. we certainly would encourage them to have alternative plans. it could be multiple days. >> rob, so we have mull eye days. it will be really hot. you guys are stretched to the limit because you can't call on other you at this times. what -- utilities. what about your workers? >> it's going to be a challenge. when you add on all the gear that they have to wear, the gloves, rubber gloves and protective equipment, it can be extremely hot. you are probably adding another 20, 30 degrees depending on the temperature and where they're working. so it's very serious stuff. they have to work safely. our customers have to be safe. i'll continue to repeat the point of if you see a downed wire please do not touch it. don't assume it's not live. if you have a power outage, until we have smart grid

installed through throughout the territory, we will not know you have an outage. please call us and let us know. there are some customers that are already very angry with us that we have not restored power yet. we just have to have some patience, because this is something that we're all in. if you just take a look at some of the pictures you have been be showing, it's pretty evidence why we have the number of power outages that we do. >> the number to call for bge is 1-877-778-2222. let's now update you on the outages in our area. right now according to bge, nearly 425,000 homes and businesses statewide are still in the dark. baltimore county was the hardest hit with 119,000 people without power there. that number has been reduced so far. 96,000 customers are out in baltimore city. in anne arundel county 94,000 are still waiting for the power

to come back on. bge says it's restored power to 100,000 customers. they're on the scene right now making sure that they can restore the power for the rest of us. the number is 1-877-778-2222. as tim said, the storm was part of a one-two punch for our area. we're continuing to deal with record breaking heat expected today. our coverage continues now with megan. >> reporter: good morning. these sizzling temperatures expected to last into next week. now health officials are warning it could be more dangerous than you think. the heat is on as a summer scorcher burns baltimore. >> it's too hot. >> the extreme heat, extremely dangerous, our chopper is over the patterson park pool as paramedics rush to a report of heat exhaustion. >> it doesn't have to be that hot for them to get into

trouble. >> friday alone emergency crews around the region responded to heat related illnesses. >> take a break frequently. drink plenty of fluids. if they feel sick, get inside into some please cool. >> easier said than done at the o's game. 100 degrees before the first pitch here at camden yards. >> the heat is wet. you just sweat. >> the park tried to cool down fans passing out free cups of ice. for some staying cool nearly impossible. here at the under armor lacrosse tournament at towson university players are battling triple digit heat. >> i've been out in the heat for four hours. >> how are you feeling? >> horrible. >> here any shade will do. >> keeping just the sunburn down. the humidity remains relentless. >> it's too much. >> bge says they're prepared to

handle all energy needs through this heat wave. back to you. >> thank you. stay with us for first warning weather coverage of last night's weather storms. and the high heat. for the latest conditions and updates anytime go to wjz.com. as many travelers prepare for a vacation next week, it appears that a high gas prices are taking the a holiday. maryland average price dropped to $3.32 for a gallon of regular. that's lower than the national average of $3.35. that's good news for the 725,000 marylanders expected to hit the road for the fourth of july holiday week. typically we'd be welcoming 90 degrees around the holiday. heading to the ocean, water temperature is 72. 88 degrees at the ocean. i don't expect to see too many thunderstorms roll through the lower eastern shore. we could still see a popup one

down there. it will be a very hot next few days. unfortunately, the timing with power with, many folks with the power out, it won't be a comfortable one for some folks. we hope to get through with no real problems. we could see strong thunderstorms this afternoon and tomorrow during the day today. those storms are out toward indiana, move ago cross ohio, through the evening and tonight they'll be moving in our general direction along the blazing heat and humidity. that will intensify the storms. so we'll continue to monitor this. all of the storms and the power outages, everything we'll keep you posted on all of the progression of our weather. 80 degrees right now our temperature. yesterday with we i had a heat index of 111. the temperature got to 103 officially at the airport. the heat index was so far above

that it db matter much. west-northwest wind currently at 6 miles per hour. dew point 69, very tropical out there, very muggy, very moist. that helps fuel the thunderstorms. 64 right now in oakland, 77 on the shore, 80 at bwi and reagan national. 79 in bel air, 77 in rock hall. winds coming in from the west and northwest sustained in a very low range right now. those gusts yesterday were up to about 91 miles per hour in indiana. we saw them in the 80-mile-per- hour range yesterday. that along with the temperatures, it was a real combination of very difficult weather elements move thrught region. we have that same situation now. the hot temperatures are not going to be impacted by the storms. it will knock them back a bit. then they soar right back up.

the rain hits the ground, the ground is so hot, it just steams up which just adds to the moisture and humidity. we watched that storm system roll through yesterday in the evening and overnight hours. now we have another one following the same line. it's already moving into ohio. then one is a few hundred miles back behind it. what we'll watch is this system moving through the region for the next two days. we'll start to lose all this heat and then that will lose some of the intensity of the storms into the beginning of the week. we'll still have a chance of popup storms, but without the intense teff that heat and humidity, we'll start to lose a bit of the severity of the storms when they move through. sunset today 8:37. southeast wind at five to ten knots. no advisories on the bay. boaters, maybe you can enjoy the cooler bay temperature. today 100 degrees with a heat index around 110. thunderstorm potential right through this evening and

tonight. 98 degrees tomorrow, partly sunny, another scattered thunderstorm or two in the afternoon hours. then today we're starting off already around 80 degrees. we'll be near 90 degrees on monday and tuesday. 95 to 96 tuesday actually. 98 on the fourth of july. 91 thursday. overnight lows around 70. >> still ahead, big storms, big problems, i'm mike hellgren in the thick of it with the latest on getting your power back on ,,

nearly a half million people are without power as state emergency crews head out to deal with the aftermath of the last night's fierce storms. we're live in west baltimore. mike hellgren has more on this morning's cleanup. >> reporter: good morning. elgin avenue is a snapshot of what we're seeing across the city. you see a huge tree down on this car. you have a light pole down here. you see where it start here with a crack of lightning, rubed this scar. this car is totaled. i talked to the owner. he is still in shock about how fast the winds came up. the other huge problem is the power outages. so many people without power, a

majority in the city. you see the windows open there. people are living inside in these sweltering conditions. we expect triple digit heat today. it's just a mess out here in west baltimore. back to you. >> thank you, mike. the mayor has released a statement saying that more than 100 downed trees have already been reported in the city. she's asking residents to exercise caution on the road and to call 311 to report any other downed trees. she wants to add that 9-1-1 is on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning. emergency crews have been working overtime trying to clear away hundreds of downed trees, damaged vehicles, and snapped power lines. this is what last night's storm left behind. this is what many people are

waking up to. this is a picture sent to us from west baltimore, where a tree fell on a car causing some major damage on that street. we're live with complete first warning weather coverage. tim williams is monitoring the latest conditions. we start with mike hellgren in west baltimore, who has a closer look at the damage. there are many homeowners who this morning are distraught. >> reporter: yeah. we talked to a few of them. they want to get their insurance adjust ors out. many of their phones are ringing off the hook. i talked to the guy whose car was smashed here. he says he is heart sick about that. he just got the car a short time ago. now he sees this. he says at least he didn't get injured. for that many people are thankful. this is what it looked like as the rain and winds hitting speeds near 80 miles an hour blew through maryland. a child suffered head injuries after the roof was blown off

this home in baltimore county on mccarol road. debris littered the yard here. >> the neighbor next door to me, they left the house. they had the fire department here. some branchs and the winds ripped off the backside of their roof on the second floor. >> i never really saw this type of wind blow up before. pretty wicked. >> reporter: trees came down across baltimore. the mayor activated the city's emergency operations centerment one large tree crashed down in front of the wjz studios blocking access to the top of television hill. our photographer was out in the worst of the storm. >> there was a lot of heavy rain, a lot of lightning, a lot of thunder, a lot of trees down, power outages, traffic signals were out, a lot of wind. >> the wind system came from the midwest fueled by the intense heat causing similar damage in ohio. >> i'm glad my kids weren't in

bed. >> the storm restrengthened over the appalachians tearing off roofs in west virginia. >> was winds and debris swirling everywhere flying around hitting every car in sight. it was pretty devastating. >> it initially left more than 1.5 million people in an area from maryland south into virginia without power. more than 400,000 of them are bge customers. for some it could be days before that power is restored and today will be one of the hottest days of the year. rain obscured the camera at the white house and maryland's d.c. suburbs, many roads are still closed. a a woman died in northern virginia. near 80-mile-per-hour gusts also closed the chesapeake bay bridge toppling a big rig. that driver was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. we have been talk to be people out here in this neighborhood bringing in generators because

they think it could take several days to get their power restored. they do not want to take any chances with this heat. back to you. >> thank you, mike. we've already heard that it will take several days to get the power back on. joining us now on the phone is mare mare. good morning. how is the city dealing with it right now? i know there are cooling centers you want to get up and running. >> right now we're responding to the calls for service for trees senator road. the police are assisting us in identifying the biggest priority. we are working in coop raise with bge to prioritize our public safety and vulnerable citizens for power restoration. bge just informed us this is the third largest power

outage in the mid-atlantic reg in history. the difference between the other ones is they were hurricanes. they were predicted. this was unexpected. so everyone in the mid-atlantic region is now struggling to identify resources to get these customers up and running. so i'm very proud that bge is here working with us and we're going to make sure that we work together to get the power back on and that the city is doing its part to remove the trees and providing cooling opportunities. call 311 if you want to know where the nearest cooling center is. we're extending the pools today from 12:00 to 8:00 for the big pools and for the -- it will be another scorcher today. >> if there's any time that you do not want to lose power it's now considering the high heat that we're going to feel and

see today. what are you telling residents in the city? patience is a big factor. what else nad to that? >> i just want to put it in context to make is that your people know this was unexpected and it is a major power outage. it will take patience. you have to be smart. if your power is out, don't go into the refrigerator. leave it closed. also conserve water. also if you have vulnerable neighbors, elderly or people with disabilities, make sure you check on them. this is one of the times that we really have to come together as neighbors. we're opening the cooling centers, opening some rec centers, some senior centers. we're putting all of the a assets that we can have available, we're putting them into place to help people who that don't have air conditioning because of power outages. please take advantage of those resources. check on your neighbors.

>> mayor, thank you for joining us. >> take care. >> our coverage of last night's storms continue in the first warning weather center with meteorologist tim williams. we could see more of this as we feel the heat coming on later today. is that correct? >> we certainly could. we already have some storms in the peep line much like yesterday afternoon. we had a series of storms we watched moving across the midwest and into the mid- atlantic. these storms many times will lose their punch as they move into the overnight hours and move over our mountains. this time they did not. what are hearing is a theme. you heard a few of the victims of some of the storms talk about how they never heard winds like this before. you heard the mayor talk about how this was unexpected. we already have a few storms that are in the pipeline. one is over ohio, one is back toward north of st. louis, back toward omaha and back toward the dakotas. these storms are already in the

same pat earn the same path that the storms that came through here yesterday were. they're following the same line. that storm yesterday blew up as it started to make its way into the mid-atlantic. this is a picture of how this looked yesterday. we started watching it last night at 10:00. that line of storms is something we typically don't see in this area. it's called a de are recho. it's a windstorm that's associated with violent or storms that move across the region. they basically just stay intact, violent windstorm associated with severe thunderstorms is basically what that is. near record high temperatures yesterday. the dew points were very high. temperatures near 103 degrees with a heat index in the low 100s to 111. you are dealing with severe conditions. those storms moved into that and they just blew up as they

mod across the mountains. we're still dealing with very high dew points. dew points over 65 are very tropical, a lot of moisture. that's the fuel the storms work with. so again today with that same dynamic in place and all those same ingredients in place, we're looking again at a slight to moderate risk for severe thunderstorms. slight risk for the entire area in green there. that's the coverage area in the green. the red area is a moderate risk. that portion of our viewing area could better see severe storms through and the afternoon. chance of hail and damaging winds. we also have excessive heat warnings in place. all that purple area including baltimore city dealing with the heat. heat advisory in effect for all of the orange area which is most of the rest of the viewing

area. then on top of everything that yell ole area out toward allegheny county will probably expand throughout the region. that is the risk for severe thunderstorms through the afternoon. so 100 degrees ore high today, severe thunderstorms late this afternoon with a heat index around 110. tonight 73 degrees, strong thunderstorm early, otherwise partly cloudy. that same chance of spotty thunderstorms tomorrow, partly sunny, a thunderstorm or two, hot and humid conditions stay with us. we're still looking at a heat index in the low 100s. we'll have the five day forecast coming up. >> thank you, tim. baltimore county was the hardest hit. so far 110,000 people are still in the dark there. we have county executive kevin camden on the phone to tell us about their efforts in that area. good morning. how are you?

>> we're doing ok. good morning. our baltimore county emergency operations center has been operational since early this morning. obviously, we have countywide reports of dang, ranging from branches down on trees falling on to the structures. our public works crew is out there assisting with the tree removal process which is going to take a long time. it's almost reminisce ntd of the hurricane damage we had last fall. so our people have experience at this now, but it is going to take some time and i do know that bge obviously has their crews out and they're presently in the process of recruiting additional crews to come in from out of town. i think everyone was caught off

guard. >> right. that was what baltimore city mayor just told us is that even though you have the experience, it's that being caught off embarred element that now has jurisdictions across our area scrambling. so having said that, what are you doing to make sure that it doesn't last for weeks now? >> i hope we don't go through this again. obviously from the county perspective, our job is to try to assist bge and get these trees down, get them out of roads and make sure that structures are safe. bge's job is to restore the power and to the extent that we can assist them, we're going to do everything we can. we also have our county health services people in full mode, people who are displaced or have problems with power, we

will likely set up alternatives for them. >> baltimore county executive, thank you. let's give you an update on the power outages in our area. so far baltimore county 119,000 people still in the dark, baltimore city has 96,000 people without power, anne arundel county 94,000, a total of 425,000 people still in the dark. this will be slow going for the next few days according to bge. make sure that you allow them to do their work, to have some patience, and then as many of the county executives and city leaders have been telling us, try to help your neighbors. be a good neighbor at this time. stay with us for first warning weather coverage of last night's storms a and this weekend's heat wave. for the layest conditions a and updates anytime go to wjz.com. three of baltimore city's fire companies will shut down

for good starting tomorrow. city is disbanding the crews because of budget cuts. it's part of the mayor's plan to reduce the city's $48 million deficit. the companies affected include those near hopkins bay viewrks harlem park and broadway east. going green, to save green, here's marry marry with ideas. >> good morning. more energy efficient way to cook, experts say microwave you have says save energy. they're 33% more efficient than convection ovens and 66% more efficient than conventional ovens. i'm trying to help you be an energy saver. >> thank you. for more information on how to save energy, go to wjz.com. speaking of energy savers, right now because of the power

outages to hundreds of thousands of people in our area, they cannot get any of their power in terms of air conditioning and staying cool and that's going to really affect us later today. joining us now is tim williams in the first warning weather center. >> you're right. yesterday we preached record high temperatures. the record was 105. we got to 103 officially. the heat index was so high, it stayed up around 110, 111 degrees yesterday. it's much the same type of scenario today with blazing heat and humidity. the dew points are very high. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. that will fuel those thunderstorms. the only saving grace is if the thunderstorms come through and we don't have the severity, they'll knock the temperatures back a bit. the problem is these could very likely come with damaging winds. that's the problem we'll have coming into this afternoon. it's kind of a a catch-22. one part of it will bring us

the cooldown, the next part of it will bring us potentially the winds. we'll keep you posted on how this is all playing out. we expect those storms to be here through the afternoon, through the day we're seeing them fire up across the ohio valley, indiana, illinois, even the dakotas. they're following the same pattern and patway the one did yesterday when it came through here. 80 degrees right now our temperature, dew point 69. anything over 65 in a dew point, there is a lot of moisture in the at atmosphere. we expect again another day with the heat index up around 110 across much of the area. the cool spot on the map is oak land at 64, 80 in washington, d.c. and bwi. 75 in westminster, 80 in

columbia, annapolis and kent island. winds coming in from the west- northwest, a bit of a saving grace. we're getting a little bit of a break. the majority of the comfortable air is being held back by the jet stream. it's the dip in the jet streams, we talk about a trough, it's the dip in the jet stream that allows for the storms to roll through here. every place you have those dips, that's where we're getting these storms firing up. the front associated with these storms is just laying over us. those dips are what these storm seniors following. they're moving right across the area right through the evening. the hot temperatures stay in place. we'll lose the near 100 degree temperature, we'll stay in the upper 90s tomorrow. the fourth of july we'll be in the 90s. if there is any positive sign

is we'll be closer to average temperatures by the middle of the week. 8:37 is the sunset time. we'll start to lose the heats of the day. 73 tonight, chance of thunderstorms through tonight and into tomorrow afternoon. 98 degrees. 90s for the rest of the week. >> we',,,,,,,,,,,,,,

at weather warms up thousands of people are waiting for the power to come back on. mike hellgren is live with more on the cleanup. it seems that you are seeing a lot of car damage because of downed trees. >> reporter: a lot of downed trees, a lot of lightning and power outages because of the downed trees. you see we're right in the thick of it here. look up here behind me. you can see the windows are open on this house because they don't have air conditioning.

we're getting into the triple digits today. it's very dangerous. you heard the mayor talk about that and the importance of the cooling centers. she said, if you don't have power, don't open the refrigerator. just use common sense to try to make sure that you stay safe in this kind of weather. definitely a lot of damage wherever we go and still a number of people without power. the storm was deadly, killed two people in virginia. we're hoping that this next round doesn't hit us at all or doesn't hit us quite as hard. mike hellgren, back to you. >> thank you, mike. eyewitness news saturday morning's extended ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the u.s. olympic trials in women's gymnastics continue in california today. the reigning world champion breezes right through the preliminary round. jordan weaver finished in first after an impressive routine on the vault and the uneven bars. next up was gabby douglas. she was a close second. the raining olympic champion struggled taking a hard fall on her dismount from the uneven bars. only the winner of the two day trials is guaranteed a spot on the women's olympic team. a film maker in new york has turned a subway step into a youtube sensation. this is a montage of people tripping up the stairs at the

station. dean patterson said he got the idea after he repeatedly tripped on the same irregular step himself over and over. he filmed 17 people stumbling in an hour. the video got some laughs and got the trance it's department to send over a repair crew. stay with us. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,

today with temperatures going up to around 100 degrees, heat index near 110, chance of thunderstorms again this afternoon into tonight, chance of thunderstorms stays with us tomorrow. 9 # degrees tomorrow. 90 degrees monday, 96 tuesday. fourth of july 90 degrees. >> that does it for our extended edition of saturday morning newscast. please stay safe, have patience and know the lights will come back on. >> i'm tim williams. join us tonight at 6:00. we'll keep you posted on the

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