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you're going to hear from those who survived a bus crash in bethesda. flooded streets and flood out cars and road detours. i am linda so. what things are looking like here this mornings in fells

point. and the storm that that slapped us selle moved up and we will check with the other cities running for cover. good morning maryland i am jamie costello. >> and i am megan pringle. yesterday it was messy. and one of the longest days. we have the race for the cure on sunday. we will tell you more about that but justin berk has the friday weather. >> good morning. the rain is pulling out. but we had another round of heavy rain rolling in in the evening and really start the cut off around midnight. lasting into the early morning hours and eastern shore but for them, it is pulling out of here. we still have remnants of sprinkles in some areas. but overall we started to see the improvement from here on end. flood warnings extend until 9:45. but one of the highlights the tide at fort mchenry and they range up and down the bay but we had high tide at 12:44 this morning. 8:24 for low tide. so we are just a few hours away from the lowest point of the tidal swing and that's a natural surge pushing out of the bay.

that's good news helping to drain the water and lower the flood levels. anyplace along the harbor and chesapeake itself. here we go. rainfall totals at bwia. record for the date yesterday, the 30th of september, coming in with 6.02 inches. and we have the flood warning but we will have clearing and breezy setup. rainfall total across the region from evan in edgemere and annapolis over 9 dundalk about 5 1á. this's water out there to be had and problems for the traffic and here kim brown with the latest on that. >> reporter: is there still water out there? plenty of water to be found. but a quick head up. we have a disabled vehicle from northbound pairing parkway getting on outer loop possibly blocking the ramp. around baltimore city downed trees westbound northern parkway and falls road closed falls road smith avenue closed for flooding. also flooding has north point boulevard at cane street closed in baltimore city. 9 # and route 100 this is a quick list of some of the closures in ann arundal county because of flooding.

glen bernie, dorsey road and couple lanes are blocked because of high water. anders inry -- nursery road closed for flooding and annapolis, route 450 between crownsville road and housely road closed because of that high water. we have lots of closures in harford and baltimore county and we will get to those in a moment. megan and jamie back to you. the drenching tropical system that killed five people is making it a messy morning commute. >> some areas have been hit by nearly a foot of rain in less than 24 hours. let's go to abc with the latest with emily. >> reporter: along east coast people are discovering a storm doesn't need a name to be a record breaker. >> a lot of rain. >> this is incredible. i've never seen flooding like this. >> reporter: wilmington, north carolina got 22 1/2 inches of rain from what had been tropical storm nicole. nicole called fied as a tropical storm -- qualified as tropical storm for six hours.

>> not a evacuation. >> reporter: problems from the weather system are just beginning. >> i have water front property. >> reporter: rain closed roads and saturated the ground and trees toppled in the wind. four people from one family died when the suv hydroplaneed and landed in a flooded ditch. many rivers won't peak for several more days. now the weather and the woes are moving north. >> within a hour, maybe hour and a half, it was four or five foot of water. >> reporter: in baltimore county, maryland, fast rising water flood cars in a tire store garage. >> it was just fast. i mean, we had no time to do, really, pull the vehicles out. we did what we could do. >> reporter: in annapolis, maryland, sailors who arrived on the boat from capetown south africa couldn't believe the wet reception. >> we have had more foul weather in annapolis as soon as arriving in all the way across the atlantic. >> reporter: the worst could hit new york around morning rush hour and exten into may. >> it will be here for a long

time. >> reporter: it may make more progreg than the communities. emily schmidt abc news. 5:36. fells point festival brings out all walks of life, but the question this morning about the weekend. are they going to be paddling down. linda so is live. >> reporter: well, i've got good news this morning. things are look pretty good. i don't think the festival will be in jeopardy. let me explain why. this is wolf and thames street. road shut down. when we were here earlier, the water was a lot higher. i can tell you almost up to the cones. but over about an hour, it's receded and you can barely see that. that's good news. looks like the festival will not be in jeopardy. let's show you video overnight. big concern is when high tide hit which happened after midnight. all in all, the flooding could have been worse. you are dealing with flooded streets, but the rain has stopped. the big issue for people wake up this morning is any potential flooding they may deal with in

their homes or businesses. thames street was not built to handle more than 4 inches of rain but that's what it got. yesterday, cars were towed and people had to find other ways to get around. mayor is asking people to use common sent and don't walk or drive through deep puddles. now, again, even though the rain stopped, we are still dealing with a little bit of sprinkles this morning. not the heavy downpour but the good news at thames and wolf street in fells point, the water recede and you aren't dealing with flooding. the street had probably open -- be be reopened later this morning and any other problems you might be dealing with maybe the water that got into homes and businesses. live in fells point, linda so, abc2 now is. >> 5:37. the flooding problems that have led to schools and post delays this morning. right now, harford county public schools are in a two-hour delay. harford friend school will open at 10 a.m. monarch mont tear yes school a one hour delay and rosedale

baptist in baltimore county is on two-hour delay this morning. you can get latest on school delays and cancellation on the website or if you want more information on weather, just go to abc2news.com and you can find it on the home page. it's 5:38 and here's the latest on the deadly tourist bus crash in montgomery county. police say they found no mechanical problems that could have led to the accident. the driver was killed in and a dozen injured when the bus plunged on interstate 270 near bethesda during rush hour on wednesday. survivors say this was just a terrifying ordeal. >> everybody hurt on the ground. >> everyone laying down and bloody. no parents there was really scary. >> witnesses say the driver appeared to have a medical emergency and slumped over in the seat leaving the bus to swerve over the railing. state police say the bus fell more than 40 feet from a ramp on the washington beltway.

starting today, anyone in our state who chooses to use the cell phone while driving will need a hand free device. if not you could be fined $40 for the first violation. but you can only be be pulled over if you commit another violation first. such as running a stoplight. >> 5:39. and armed robbery in a las vegas doughnut shop. the suspect just 11 and 12 years old. what their mothers are saying about the arrest. and a violent street attack caught on tape. we will show you what happened here. and let's see how the trains and buss are moving with mta mark jones. good morning, happy friday. >> reporter: happy fridaych good morning. commute is good one. light rail and metro subway operating full service. and operating on time. out on the buses, look for the number 3 bus to be about 30 minutes late 10 and 20 and 30 running 20 minutes behind. and the 24 bus by-passing whispering woods and 35 using franklin square drive 4 and 10 dundalk avenue this morning. if you are on the big rails the

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35:43 right now. sunday coanl race frt cure kicks off and raises money for breast cancer research and support programs throughout the state for those affected by the disease we want you to join us. if you can't, want whole thing on air. we will broadcast the entire race so you can tune in at 7 in the morning and it runs until 9 in the morning and there will be numerous road closures in the area. so kim brown is going to be live doing traffic reports and if you would like to register for the big race, join us. it will be fun. all you have to do is go to abc2news.com. when you get there, click on the lifestyle tab and click on think pink. now, the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> one of the big questions today, how much did we really get? in fact on top of that, some people have been asking me, if this was snow, how much snow

would we have gotten. >> how much? >> if you do a 10 to 1 conversion meaning one inch of rain means 10 inches snow edge mere would have seen 110 inches of snow. >> what? >> think about that. now it would not have happened it wouldn't have been this much moisture with the temperatures. that's right. hickory coming in with over 9 1/2 inch of rain. it would have been 96 inches snow. all right didn't happen. parkville about 9 inches but it was rain. all right. we want to say that one more time. it was rain. we are check out maryland's most powerful doppler radar with heavy rain that move in overnight and it is pushing out. and we have flood warnings in the 9:45 and going to 71 with clearing skies. and kim brown has a check on the wet roadways. >> reporter: yes, the flooding and downed trees are going to play a big part in the morning's commute. just keep that in mind gf you make your way around. look at the maps. let's look at several cones illustrating where everything is going to be at. so a quick heads up i will

mention a couple place and perry hall bel air road remains closed at necker avenue and rosedale route 40 eastbound closed at 66th street because of flooding. 40 westbound closed at rosedale and anne arundel county firstry road at baltimore annapolis boulevard and harford churchville road closed at moores mill and leeway and incidents we will goat in a few moments. but now linda so is standing by with the latest details on one of today's top stories. good morning. >> reporter: that's right. i am sherrie johnson out with a major sink hole. coming up, the latest on the road repairs. - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected.

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this morning we have school delays for you and also be aware of bel air road this morning. there a a he a large sink hole at old forge road in perry hall. sherrie johnson is live staring at a traffic mess. good morning, sherrie. >> reporter: imbued morning. we are here off bel air road where there's a large hole in the road and that has caused police to close the road down a portion of it. take a look behind me here. now the hole was reported about 9:00 last night after a pipe burst and water caused the erosion. crews have been working around

the clock just to repair that hole. police closed bel air at old forge lane for a 3 by 5 hole in the middle of the road. crews are putting the finishing touches on the hole. we had a chance to talk to workers a few moments ago. now, this is a temporary fix is what they are telling me. the crew plans to come back on sunday for a more permanent repair. now drivers should avoid this area and find alternate routes. crews expect the road to reopen around 6:30 this morning. that's basically what they are it will me. and they are putting the finishing touches on it right now. and this is a temporary thing. they will come back on sunday for a permanent repair of the reporting live sherrie johnson. >> the flooding problems led to schools to post days around the area this morning. so right now, harford county public schools are on a two- hour delay. harford friends school opening at 10 this morning. monarch mont teary school a one hour and rosedale baptist church in baltimore county is on a

two-hour delay. and if you need more information about school delays, and cancellations, go to abc2 news.coip -- abc2news.com and click on the top of the home page. now the forecast certified most at ribbing but weather rate and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. flood warnings until 9:45. most of the area under the influence of still some potential flooding as the water continues to drain out through the tributaries. we had high tide at 12:44 and this is very close to the time frame at fells point. we are hours away from low tide. that's good news. and it's good news as the storm pulls out and the wind shift, the tide is rolling out of bay and it should lower the water levels. the we start off with temperatures of 61 and 63 towards easton. ocean city missed out of the worst part of the storm because that was in annapolis through baltimore. they are at 68 and they had the

heavy rain and gusty winds to 45 miles per hour overnight. that is improving this morning. 59 right now in york. and 57 hagerstown and 40s in western maryland. a sign of the chill trying to spill in. here the rainfall pushing up towards new york and new england and the area of low pressure and trailing cold front lapping in the cool northwesterly wind behind it a drying wind that taps into the clearing and what we build in by mid to late morning and into the afternoon. we should see a improvement throughout most of central maryland. and we have to set our sights on what's happening along the coast. because as we have the slow moving boundary, we also have this very, very cold pocket in the jet stream. that may actually stall out and help get another storm to form in the same location as we head through next week. forecast models pushing over towards new england and we dry out this after nan. the cool -- afternoon. the cool air spills in overnight and tomorrow a mostly sunny sky. but then, we watch this front and another storm off the coast

of carolina. this one is farther east but there's some indication they may try to merge and actually pull this thing back onshore as we head through the early part of next week. showers try to develop on sunday. today, look for clearing and we will get up to 71. and drop it back into the 40s overnight with clear skies. extend outlook looks for temperatures tomorrow of 68. and we have temperatures back in the 40s again. sunday morning, should be cloudy and we will hold off the rain until after race for the cure. but late showers and 64. mid-60s and rain early next week. kim. >> reporter: we have two accidents this morning to let you know about both in baltimore county. one in notingham at bel air road and another accident in the southbound lanes of 795 approaching owens mills boulevard that blocks the left shoulder. traffic lights will be on the blink in parkville lock rain boulevard southbound at joppa road treat it as four-way stop. southbound 795 an earlier accident is off to the shoulder. you won't encounter delays from route 140 to the beltway i was

9 or 10 minute ride. and look at the cameras, the big roadways are okay. here 50 at sandy point through anne arundel county reminder in annapolis route 450 closed between crownsville road and housely road because of flooding and we have flooding reported in glen bernie and stay with us because we have more of your news, weather and traffic when good morning maryland returns after this break. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] the best way to tell how great you look içy. and enjoy a good source of fiber aour favorite special k® products. ♪ jeans don't lie. go to specialk.com to design your plan.

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. violent street attack caught on video camera in california. now police are hoping that someone will identify the attacker seen in the video. it shows a man trying to grab a woman's purse. the victim won't let go. that's when he throws her to the ground and punching and kicking her. she refuses to surrender and finally the attacker gives up and takes off. police say the victim was badly bruised. all week we have been asking you to think pink. >> we are thinking it this morning. this morning, we will be a meet a breast cancer survivor learning how the disease was caught early and changed her life. and people flock to him wherever he goes. now he wants the highest job in the nation. the naked cowboy. >> sng along with him, megan.

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