feeling powerless. tens of thousands in maryland brace for bge to restore service. and the heat wave continues. >> hi, everybody. i'm mary bubala. kai is off today. here's what people are talking about. outrage across maryland. four full days after a severe thunderstorm lashes across maryland, thousands remain without power. utility crews are trying to restore power for families and businesses. it is trees on top of electrical wires that still dot the landscape in baltimore county, baltimore city, and several other maryland counties. 3,000 workers from bge and other states are going to hard- hit neighborhoods, trying to repair the damage and get the lights back on. sky eye chopper 13 is over crews in parkville, where you can see damage to at least one home there.

wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. we'll check in with captain jeff long in sky eye chopper 13. but first, mike hellgren is in baltimore county, with updated information on repairs. mike? >> reporter: mary, unfortunately, this scene, this long after the storm, is still what it looks like in many neighborhoods. a lot of big, downed trees. you can see what the lightning and wind did to this one. this is one of those neighborhoods that is still without power. the governor says he are entering a very dangerous phase right now, because so many people have been without electricity for so long. about 150,000 bge customers are now out. and that's about 150,000 too many. >> reporter: this is new, amateur video, showing the straight-line wind storms, with hurricane-forced wind gusts. and winds and cracks of lightning left thousands without power. some neighborhoods still look like disaster areas four days later, with the electricity

off, outrage is growing. >> well, you can see how bad it is. when the power stops, everything stops in your house. you can't even flush the toilet. you can't even wash yourself. >> reporter: while bge is asking for patience, the governor is promising to stay on the utility. >> but i'm not satisfied and won't be until every home is restored. but i have seen steady progress. and that progress is happening in many instances, in advance of the estimates that were given to us immediately following this hurricane-like hit. >> reporter: bge says the storm destroyed some of the lines that are the backbone of its supply system. it's now gotten more than a million calls into its call center. many people wanting to know, when are the lights going to come back on? >> reporter: more power crews arrive from out of state, ready to tackle the mess in maryland of limbs and lines. >> bge put the call out that they needed help. and people are coming from far

away. >> reporter: as hot temperatures scorch the state with no ac, tempers are rising with them. >> a lot of people haven't heard from bge. >> wow. >> hoping they'll do something soon. >> reporter: and so many people keep asking us, when are the lights going to come back on? and that answer varies for many of you. for some, it could be into the weekend. depends on where you live. they're trying to prioritize this, based on public safety, and based on infrastructure, in particular areas. they don't want to give exact promises, because they don't want to have to break them later. because for many people, it is simply too frustrating. >> mike, thank you. our first warning weather coverage continues. captain jeff long is in parkville, with the damage the storm did to one home there. captain jeff? >> good afternoon. what we're seeing is a huge tree that fell on a yard. and as you can see, it's not

just the utility companies that are out here working in this heat. it's the tree crews. and in this neighborhood, which is near taylor avenue and bark -- excuse me, harford road. there's two crews within a block, working just to get things back to normal. reporting live from sky eye chopper 13, i'm captain jeff long. back to you. >> look at the machinery needed to remove those trees. captain jeff, thanks. here's the latest now on the number of marylanders still without power. baltimore county right now has the highest number of outages. baltimore city closely follows with just over 43,000 customers out. anne arundel county, 27,000 are still without power. in all, more than 151,000 bge customers still do not have service. wjz hearing from many angry viewers, wondering why it's taking this long to get the power up and running again. adam may is live in the newsroom, as bge spokesperson. i grilled him yesterday, adam.

your turn today. >> let's get answers today from rob. he's very gracious to come into the studios now. but first off, how would you rate your performance through this storm? and what are your big challenges? >> i think the challenges are trees. they continue to be the problem. we also have a lot of wires down still. so all of those things, but the trees by far. and not just the small trees. we're talking about whole trees that we're seeing pictures of that are actually down on the wire. >> very large trees. would you say you guys are doing good jobs on these storms? >> tell you what, let's figure out how to get through this. let the regulators grade us. let the facts speak for themselves. right now, there's a lot of emotions running high. we know that. we're out there. we want to get the power back on. that's our focus now. we're not worried about the grade. >> personally, i've had this issue. you call bge. you call that phone number. you get an estimated time. for me it was sunday at 9:30.

i'm still without power. how explain this problem with the time zones? >> in the beginning, we did have a problem. where at some points, there were estimated times that were going out. what we're doing though, is making an effort not to make that come out. >> so you're not putting a time on that? >> no. we may do that tomorrow. and the only way we're going to do that is if we're on scene and we have high confidence that we're going to finish that job. then we'll look at it and make a determination with that confidence, what time we will be restoring service. because the last thing we want to do is play with people's minds at this point, any more than they are already feeling a bit concerned. and i know you're concerned about the other challenges, with more storms coming this way. so bge is bracing for another round that could be coming through. >> all right, adam. thank you. so far, four people have died in our current heat wave. derek valcourt in north

baltimore, with more on what you need to know to stay safe. derek? >> reporter: again, four people have been confirmed dead. all due to the heat. and health officials know that the reality is there will likely be more. >> reporter: in this heat wave, much of maryland is baking. folks trying to stay cool any way they can. >> i get very, very concerned about the alloys. >> reporter: state health officials concerned, too. already four deaths from the heat. two from baltimore city. one in montgomery county, and another in wicomico county. doctors say those at risk have underlying health problems. >> they work with the heat. and they do work with every day of the heat. so you can see increasing problems and increasing deaths, as a heat wave goes on. >> reporter: but it's so hot, even healthy adults are having trouble. >> i've gotten dizzy. so i decided to carry an umbrella today. because the heat just pounds on you. and it's excruciating. >> reporter: that's why the city health department took to the phones.

>> hi. this is kimberly. i'm calling from the baltimore city health department. how are you doing? we're calling our senior citizens to make sure you're okay. >> they've set up a phone bank, calling hundreds of baltimore residents over the age of 80, checking on their conditions. they are visiting if they don't get an answer. >> we're going door to door, to make sure we reduce and eliminate the number of heat- related deaths. >> reporter: doctors say hydrating is a key. >> reporter: hospitals and emergency rooms are seeing the effect of all of this heat as well. in fact, health officials say the hospital emergency rooms have seen a huge spike in the number of people ages 65 ask up who have begun showing up in their emergency rooms, asking for care, ever since this heat wave began. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, derek, thank you. reporting live for us tonight. our dangerous heat wave is now almost a week old. our first warning weather coverage continues with bob turk and meteorologist

bernadette woods. we'll start inside with bob. >> let's take a look at radar. there are a bunch of thunderstorms, some strong, even severe, up to our northwest, across pennsylvania. and guess what? they're heading off to the east and southeast. i think there's a possibility across north central maryland, western maryland, probably after 8:00 tonight, we may see some of these storms if they hold together in the region, and some could have very strong, gusty winds, even damaging winds and small hail and dangerous lightning. that is certainly a possibility. another batch, further north and west, may get us during the sunrise tomorrow. so we do have a chance of thunderstorms that will cool temperatures down. but it's also going to create more humid atmosphere. right now, it's still clear out. 95 degrees. but the dew points still rather low. 83 in ocean city. d.c. at 97. and the dew point at 58. 95 actually feels like 94. so going, not in the positive but going in the negative direction, which is a good thing. however, later this week, upper

90s, it's going toet go -- to get more humid. we'll probably be looking at heat indexes over 100 pretty much the rest of the week. bernadette has a look at those temperatures once again. >> it's not even that we're breaking records with this heat. it's just that it's so continuous. i want to show you this graphic here. 90-plus degrees so far this year. we're at 17. and most of those have come this month, with 11 of them, excuse me in the last month, to this one. because we just started july. we've got 11 of those in june. and three of those already in july. and they are going to continue. take a look at this graphic right now. probably the next three days, peaking with our heat. a lot of people are going to be outside. a lot of people will be trying to enjoy the day. be safe out there. it's going to be very dry and very hot. on thursday, close to 100 did -- degrees. and the thing is, even when we go into the weekend, we're still in the mid-90s. it's probably not until next week that we have the first

chance of breaking this 90- degree string. we've got a ways to go still. misery loves company. and maryland has a lot. our first warning weather coverage continues. danielle nottingham reports. on hundreds of thousands of people from the midwest, suffering under the same conditions. >> reporter: utility crews in virginia are battling downed trees, oppressive heat, and upset customers. >> it is a huge mess. we haven't seen any work being done yet in the neighborhood to cut up the trees. >> reporter: at this call center, customers want to know how much longer they have to sweat it out. >> all of their customers are asking for updates this morning. and they're trying to get through the mall. >> reporter: virginia is one of seven states, along with washington, d.c., where more than 1 million homes and businesses are still in the dark, after friday's storm. >> this whole job here is probably 5 or 6 hours. and you multiply that by thousands. it just takes a lot of man hours to get back into the neighborhoods.

>> reporter: not only are downed trees a headache for utility crews, they've also cut off some neighborhoods, with temperatures in the 90s, those with special medical needs and the elderly, are at risk. >> this is when our senior citizens are most vulnerable. >> reporter: in west virginia, stores are giving away ice and water. dan gannett says his crews are working 16-hour shifts and longer. >> we're getting out on the job. and at 10:00 at night, it's not done. we're saying, you gotta come back. we're staying here until we get those people's lights on. >> reporter: still, many may not have power back until the weekend. in arlington, virginia, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> and here's the very latest notice on the cleanup from last friday's violent summer storm. right now, more than a million people from the northeast are still without power. including 151,000 right here in maryland. utility companies say repairs could take several more days.

and the heat wave continues with temperatures in the upper 90s, making those without power miserable. and so far, 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and the heat. stay with wjz for complete first warning weather coverage. for the updated forecast, a live look at radar and all watches and warnings, log onto week.com. we're going -- wjz.com. we're going to break from this and check our roads. here's kristy breslin at we'll traffic control. well, unfortunately, we do have a couple of delays that we're dealing with this afternoon. if you're traveling on the north side inner loop, stop and go there from the jones falls expressway to dulaney valley road. on the northwest side, a brief slowdown, approaching security boulevard. on the outer loop, almost 20 minutes from liberty road to baltimore national pike. northbound 95, slow traffic there, from 32 to 175. and as far as accidents go, east furnace branch road, at country club drive. we also have problems in the city. traffic lights are a major factor there. almost a 75, still out at this

point. so please treat those stop lights as 4-way stop signs. if you're traveling on the outer loop, 84 to 95. let's now take a live look. as you can see, everything is looking just fine there on the beltway at frederick road. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the-firm. back over to you. sad news today from the entertainment world. actor andy griffiths has passed away. he is best remembered as a small town tv sheriff. but his long career included movies, broadway, and music. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: who doesn't hear the whistle and remember the andy griffith show? from 1960 to 1968, it was a huge hit. and the star, andy griffith, played the show's proverbial

straight man. >> i meant charity. >> i didn't charge him nothing. >> i meant something for the joy of giving. >> i enjoyed it. >> i loved playing straight because you get to see the show and be in it at the same time. >> reporter: andy's life paralleled the show in many ways. he was born in a small town in north carolina, much like the fictional mayberry, and grew up in a poor but loving home. he was studying to be a minister, but changed his role to music. >> yankee goes. >> reporter: years later, he revealed sheriff andy taylor was supposed to be the funny man, until his friend, don knots got into the act. >> don called me when he saw the pilot and said, don't you need a deputy? >> reporter: and you know the rest is history. >> we couldn't have given him the sobriety test last night.

>> why not? >> he was too drunk. >> reporter: in 2005, he was awarded the presidential medal of honor. [ applause ] a working actor. to the end of his life. alexis christoforous, wjz eyewitness news. >> griffith was nominated for several tony awards. he won a grammy, but was never acknowledged for his work on tv with an emmy. well, still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. clinging for dear life. can rescuers save workers trapped in a burning building. what made this man so angry? and the road to recovery. now in rehab. the new plans for graduate student, stricken with that flesh-eating bacteria. the heat continues across maryland. is there any relief in sight? [ dog growls, barks ]

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it is 95 degrees and sunny in central maryland right now. sky eye chopper 13 over storm damage, being cleaned up right now in parkville. the complete first warning weather forecast and more on the cleanup coming up. well, workers begged for help as they hang from windows of an office in equadoor. fire-- ecuador. firefighters fought the fire. the blaze began around lunchtime, when most were out. one person was rescued, but one died from falling from a window, another from smoke inhalation. sometimes this can be trouble. one man rips apart a t-possibly store. he tears down a display before hosing it down. he became angry with a manager's service. he can charged with criminal

damage and causing alarm. markets closed three hours early today. dow ends up 72 points. nasdaq up 25. let's go to new york right now, where ines ferre has tonight's cbs money watch update. the markets closed early for the fourth of july holiday. and traders ended the half day session on a positive note. the dow finished 72 points higher. the nasdaq was up almost 25. investors were encouraged by a report showing u.s. factories received a boost in new orders. the results beat wall street's expectations. america's automakers are seeing a big boost in sales over last year. sales at chrysler jumped 20%. the company's best june in five years. general motors was up 16%, thanks to strong demand for the volt electric car. and sales at ford were 7% higher. but the international monetary fund is warning, europe's debt crisis could slow u.s. growth.

the i.m.f. recommends american lawmakers avoid tax increases and spending cuts to help prevent the recession next year. the annual report predicts the u.s. economy will grow 2.3% in 2013. and sales of fireworks could be down this year because of drought and wildfires. from utah to indiana, states are calling off fireworks displays. there are concerns the shows could trigger more wildfires. people in seven states are being told not to use fireworks in their backyard. last year, the fireworks industries generated almost $1 billion in sales. and that's your money watch. for more business news, head to cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm ines ferre. the u.s. men's gymnastics team is set. and it has a good chance of grabbing gold this summer. only five members of each gymnastics team. that is down from six. all are new to the olympics,

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it is a hazy day in baltimore and there are storms everybody seems to be talking about. i think we're all just gun shy after what happened friday. >> i think a lot of people are nervous. and a lot of people are concerned that this could delay that. right now, first warning doppler radar. there are a lot of storms out there. there are not a lot of severe thunderstorms with these storms, even though they are strong ones. you can see across pennsylvania. that's the batch that will be moving our way. we will see warnings, but they will pass off to our southeast. the way this is going to play out is very interesting. the next two to three hours will be very important. if this holds together. it could bring us a round of storms tonight. if it does die down, when the sun starts to set, it will set up a boundary that tomorrow, we'll have a chance for severe weather. so over the next night today, we have severe weather, possibly becoming strong. it's going to take this general path. we've got the winds coming in from aloft. they have mix coming down.

now, we're not looking at what happened on friday. but we could see some damaging winds out of these storms if they do hold together. we will keep you updated. make sure you keep checking with wjz. if any watches or warnings come out, we'll let you know about that. and also wjz.com. the other thing they seek. 95 degrees now in baltimore. 97 in d.c. bob was talking about this. the dew points have come down somewhat. so it doesn't add much to the heat index. and in some cases, it brings the temperatures down. the dew points are going up. and the temperatures are going to remain high for the next couple of days around here. i want to show you this graphic. 95 is where we topped out so far today. this is not a record. but this is now the 7th day in a row, with 90-plus degree temperatures. we could even make a run over 100 over the next afternoon. and look upstream, where this is comes from -- coming from. you can see darker colors. still all the way back to salt lake city. and all of this continues to move in our direction. we have the chance for some

storms. we've got that heat continuing. and overall, not the best scenario weatherwise. here's that batch coming down from the north. and you notice this front continues way off to the north. all of that has to pass through here tonight through tomorrow. those are our chances for severe weather. then that gets out of here thursday. just off to our south. still the chance for a shower or thunderstorm. but as we head through the day, and that pushes a little farther off to the south. those chances will diminish. however, the heat is going to continue. out on the water, with this going on, we've got a west wind. not much of a wind, other than in a thunderstorm, if you're heading out for 40 of july. be careful, though, it will be incredibly hot. and we do have that threat for thunderstorms. take a look at the next couple of days around here. jumped a little quickly on that graphic. but you get the idea, it is going to remain hot through this entire weekend. be safe, be smart, everybody. >> all right, bern. thank you. and don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup at 10:00. it's an episode of 48 hours mystery. that's immediately followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. lots more ahead on wjz at 4:30.

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it is 95 degrees and sunny in central maryland. hello, everyone. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about. >> bge crews are still hard at work. trying to get electricity on for thousands of marylanders. the massive trees down like this one. making their jobs more difficult. helping out are hundreds of out- of-state workers, who are also

spending hours trying to get residents online. mike hellgren is live in baltimore county, with more on the repairs bge is making today. mike? >> many neighborhoods like this one in baltimore county are still a mess. and priority number 1 is getting the power back on. they are making progress. this time yesterday, we were talking about 200,000-plus people within the bge service area, without power. we're talking less than 150,000 people. but all of those people, and when you combine all the duration of this, and the high temperatures, top state officials are warning there could be a health crisis. they are warning that this is very dangerous. here is their warning today. >> we need to do everything we can to reach out to people who are vulnerable, people who are living alone, people who have heart disease and make sure that they are in a cool place. if they can't be where they are living, they should move somewhere else so they can stay cool. >> reporter: and as for that power situation, by the

numbers, more than a million of you have called in to bge to report power outages. and we're told, for some of you, it could be the weekend before you get your power back on. right now, there are more than 3,000 workers right now, trying to restore the power. several hundred of them are from out of state. they are making progress. but it is a long and rough go for many across this state. reporting live in baltimore county, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> okay, mike. thank you. and of course, we'll be talking live with rob gould of bge, coming up on wjz at 5:00 and 6:00. bge reports that all of its out-of-state crews are now in place. first warning weather coverage continues with mike schuh, who spent the morning at one of their two massive staging centers. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is a massive, military- like operation. one-third, more than a third of the people who are helping to restore power to marylanders are not from maryland. >> reporter: maryland has been invaded.

modeled on military planning, massive amounts of equipment are rolling out of this staging area, near bwi. >> this is the best place to make sure they have everything they need to go out on site. >> reporter: with a laundry and a mess hall. 1,000 crews are here. as big as this is, it's duplicate is out in middle river. >> today is one of our big of the days, where we have every single crew here in place. >> reporter: bge uses no larger distribution cable than this. 32,000 volts. 11 snapped poles are tackled by an 11-man work crew. >> back home, we call today overhead twisted cable. it's on the ground. >> reporter: your ear may have told you, dave is not from around here. >> from ater borough, massachusetts. >> reporter: he's 68 years old. retired once. and looks forward to these massive restoration jobs. >> it's in our blood. we are brought up through the apprentice program.

this is work we love to do. and when somebody needs help, we're eager to help. >> reporter: his crew is one of those staging centers. >> we come down because we feel we have an obligation to our profession. nobody else can do it. >> reporter: bge couldn't say how many customers could be restored. as for our orange collared guests, welcome to summer in in maryland. >> it's hot for us. but we're used to it. we work outdoors 365 days a year. i'll take the heat over the cold any day. >> 1300 are from out of state. they will stay until the job is done. reporting from north baltimore, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >> and of some those crews came from as far away as canada, mississippi and florida. and the lack of power made each worse by the intense heat. another day of 90-degree temperatures, 90-plus-degree temperatures. and there's concern for storms tonight. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are tracking the

first warning radar. >> can't catch much of a break. except today and yesterday, the humidity was quite a bit lower. there are thunderstorms upstream across pennsylvania as you can see. a few have popped up not that far from areas south and west of us from virginia. and some in far western maryland. we're watching this main line across central p.a. it's moving southeast at 25 miles per hour. if it holds together, we could see some storms across central maryland, probably by 8:00, 9:00 tonight. and some of these could be locally strong to even severe, with heavy downpours, lightning, and even damaging winds are possible. hopefully this will die out, as it passes across the mountain. temperature-wise now, so far, this is about as warm as we've seen it. but 95 degrees with the dew point of 58. luckily, it's not higher. it's lower, actually, because it's so dry out. only 79 in oakland. 83 in ocean city. once again, the 95, with that low dew point, feels like 94. now, later this week, i expect temperatures to be back up in

the upper 90s. it will probably feel like over 100, several days later this week. so we're not done with this heat by far. bernadette has a look at this heat. >> that's right. so we're starting to count up the 90-plus-degree days. this has become relent will. this is our seventh day in a row of 90-plus degree days. and we did have a 103 mixed in there. most have been late in june to early july. and the thing is, this is just going to continue. take a look at the next three- day snapshotta that we have -- snapshot that we have for you. 98 and 99. as bob explained, also the dew points going up. so humidity levels will be higher. and it will make it feel even hotter out there. this is the -- hot out there. this is what you want to see. they may need an extra hand in this weather. >> friday, severe storm of course, brought down hundreds of trees across the state, leaving many marylanders, with

the burden of moving them. today, missed utility. the free call before you dig service, is recommending that you call them at 811, at least two full business days before you start to dig. this helps to prevent underground utility lines from being damaged. for the latest conditions and updates any time, log onto wjz.com. being a woman and having a cat can increase your risk of suicide. mary is in the newsroom with more on what a new study reveals. mary? >> reporter: well, vic, kitty litter boxes could be making women suicidal. that's according to a new report in the archives of general psychiatry. it says a parasite found in cat feces could be the problem. they conducted the study of 45,000 women in denmark, over a three-year period. women infected with the para sight had a 1 1/2-time higher risk of attempted suicide. the study's author make its clear that the study does not

prove that the parasite is directly linked to suicide or suicidal actions. vic? >> the study excluded men and women without children. a major milestone for feltilate specialists. 5 million children have now been born, thanks to invitro fertilization. ivf is a procedure where a woman's eggs are fertilized outside of her body and reinserted into the birth mother's uterus. a new study shows crash avoidance systems are doing their job. it warns drivers about potential collisions and those drivers have fewer accidents. when they did get into crashes, property damage liability claims were 14% lower. let's check in on the roads now, with kristy breslin, at wjz traffic control. >> hi, vic. hi, everyone. well, we still have that

traffic report in baltimore city. make sure you treat those areas as a four-way stop sign. stop and go from the jones falls loop to dulaney valley road. we have a new crash there at 70. that's on the right-hand shoulder. but we still have significant traffic there as you make your way toward liberty road. as far as the outer loop goes, 25 minutes in that direction from liberty road to baltimore national pike. a couple of slow spots on northbound 95. first from 32 to 100. and again, approaching the beltway on that northeast corner. as far as accidents go, bel air road atant ana road. also pulaski at north crescent. and commerce at east pratt. let's take a live look. you can see, things are definitely slowing down there. beginning at shawan road. this report is brought to you by cirque du soleil. it's coming to the first mariner arena. you can get your tickets at the box office, by dialing 410-510-

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attack. he was attacked by chimpanzees when he stepped out of a tour. he was pulled under the zone and dragged nearly 100 feet, where two male chimps continued to maul him. he's in stable continue but -- condition but remains sedated and in intensive care. the chimps that attacked oberly will be allowed to live. amy will spend the next six to eight weeks in rehab, while her parents remodel their house to accommodate their needs. copeland lost her two hands hands and a foot. she will learn to do yoga and use her prosthetic limbs. firefighters in colorado will continue to make progress against the waldo canyon fire. this video shows crews mobilizing on the ground. as the fire spread to entire neighborhoods.

thousands of people were evacuated. over 350 homes were destroyed. the fire is now 55% contained. most of the evacuees were allowed to go home. a bump sends debly brooy flying. take a look at this. a stretch of highway buckled during last week's extreme heat. a woman caught the whole thing on her cell phone and called 911 right away. no one was seriously hurt. she was in a league all her own. doris sams died today, after a long battle with alzheimer's. she was a leading play ner the all american girls baseball league. pitching a perfect game for the mus kegan. she was also the inspiration for the movie you're looking at, 1982, a league of your own. it's a ship of kind. a ship that can flip a full 190

degrees in the water. the office of naval research designed it so that scientists could take acutrick measurements. they t also studies oceanography and air-sea interaction. i can barely read. >> that would be one wild ride if you didn't know what was about to happen. it's a wonder they don't use it more often. >> yeah. it's a hot afternoon, with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. >> bob has the updated first warning weather forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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aawh no, look, i know this is about the troops and not about me. right, but i don't look like that. who can i write a letter to about this? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. another hot afternoon. luckily, the humidity is quite low. but a band, line of thunderstorms. this is not like the other night. but there is a line of thunderstorms across pennsylvania. some of those areas north and west of us may see heavy downpours and lightning and gusty winds. and if it holds together, it looks like north central maryland, baltimore, d.c., annapolis, area may see some of

this activity by 8:00 this evening as it continues to move off to the southeast. so yes, there is a risk of thunderstorm activity this evening and again probably tomorrow morning. and maybe even tomorrow afternoon, unfortunately. 95 degrees right now. with the humidity, how much, down to 29%. that's the only caveat. we're not looking at a heat index. and no heat advisory, at least not today. dew points down to 58. north winds at 5. barometer 29.91. currently holding steady. right now, 81 in oakland. 91 in cumberland. but north of the area, there's a batch of thunderstorms. that is probably going to move into washington, allegheny. that will cool things down quickly, into the 70s. right now, 95 here. 83, nice and cool. with a nice breeze off the ocean, ocean city. still upper 80s to low 90s and some mid-90s. there's baltimore and over in columbia. and of course, d.c. at 97. 95, 67 today. the average wouldn't be too bad. 87, 66.

the records, 1898. 104 in 2001. 50 degrees on this day. right now, a light nort wind in- - north wind in the area. and if any of these storms come through, wind gusts could get maybe 40, even 50 miles an hour. that is possible tonight. hot humid air over the west of us. however, by thursday, looks like humidity gets pressed further to the south. may dry out a little bit. but it will still be on the hot side. in fact, temperatures could be in the upper 90s for a couple of days. this batch of storms washing across the great lakes. heading through ohio, pennsylvania. weakening somewhat. but i do think we have at least a chance of widely scattered storms tonight. and probably again sometime tomorrow. maybe in the morning hours. perhaps something popping up again in the afternoon. west winds at 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, look at that. 80 degrees now. tonight, perhaps strong storms. isolated. low of 73 with a warm night tomorrow. back up, upper 90s. yes. strong thunderstorms possible. maybe as early as 7:00 to 8:00

in the morning. and something may pop up in the afternoon. hopefully done by dinnertime tomorrow. 4th of july. >> and fireworks time. >> yes. 9:00, 10:00 tonight. >> thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >> reporter: after the storm. i'm mike hellgren. a terrible, tangled mess of power lines and limbs makes getting power back difficult. getting power back difficult. i'll have the latest ,,,, ahh, now that's a clean mouth. i wish i could keep it this way. [ dr. rahmany ] you see, even after a dental cleaning... plaque quickly starts to grow back.

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coming up next on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. utility crews struggle with massive power outages across maryland. weench is -- tracking the first warns weather coverage. officials are hoping that phone calls can help save

lives. i'll explain coming up on eyewitness news. getting ready for big crowds for the fourth of july. i'm adam may. how baltimore police are changing their strategies to keep them safe downtown. that's coming up. >> check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. impatient, without power. thousands sweat through another day, with no ac. >> more help arrives in maryland. but when will the misery end? >> hi, everybody. i'm mary bubala. >> i'm jessica kartalija. kai jackson is off tonight. here's what people are talking about. >> more than 145,000 fr