any thunderstorms can be dangerous and any thunderstorm can pop up in some spots and miss others. watch this explosive development across the bay. this one was near denton. and we are looking at annapolis. this is clouds 35,000 feet high, maybe 40,000 feet with that nice top. that is nice explosive development with the sunlighting up the higher altitude clouds. but it by-passed annapolis and that's the course of the day yesterday. we had some storms blow through northern baltimore county and york and lancaster counties and we missed out in the worst weather couldn't mean that today is going to be repeat. we could have the same general setup. temperatures upper 60s to lower 70s. one little shower there over cockeysville timonium and hunt valley but the rest being of severe weather will be around even though many storms won't reach the limits. we will go for a high of will 7 -- 87. let's see what's hag on this muggy tuesday morning. >> reporter: drives are not too bad. baltimore city and baltimore county no accidents to report

so far. it's pretty light out there. this is 895 south of o'donnell. no problems to report here. all lanes are open. let's look at our drive times heading down 83 to 695. 5 minutes. 59 out of white marsh 6 minutes and the beltway from 795 to # 0,7 minutes. bel air to providence 6 minutes a couple accidents one in harford county 95 southbound at 155. and also there's an accident in howard county 70 westbound at marriottsville. now back to you. >> thanks. the death toll stands at 116 with hundreds more homeless. churches are shelters and those with homes welcoming those with nothing left. images from joppa, missouri devastation are heart breaking. sherrie johnson is here this morning with the very latest on what's happened overnight and what's going on right now. sherrie. >> reporter: the devastation in joplin is unbelievable. to make matters worse, another tornado outbreak is possible today across the central plains including joplin. that city is searching for

survivors after the country's deadliest tornado in more than a half century. at the home depot, rescue workers found eight people seven alive. many people are holding out hope they will find loved ones and friends aliven as the cleanup and re-- alive as the clean upand recovery progress continues. many are trying to come to terms with the impact and devastation of loss. >> it's horrible. i am 34 years old and been here since i was 15. >> that's the first time i ever been in a tornado and looking at the roofs blow off and walls blow off, it was enough for me. >> reporter: now you can head to abc2news.com for for the latest information -- for the latest information and we are looking at video, the devastation that you can see overhead. this is aerials that is on tornado alley on the website. you can see there's about 47,000 people in the town of joplin. and the devastation you can see just stretches for miles.

you can see debris everywhere. justly thering the country -- littering the countryside. head to abc2 news.come for the latest information and video on tornado alley. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. 5:33. maryland seen 17 confirmed tornadoes here just since mid- april. right now, the state has no alert system in place to warn residents if they are in the path of a tornado. two weeks ago the country's major wireless providers willsend out severe weather alerts based on where you are. >> it's area specific. so if you are in baltimore and it comes to maryland it will reach the ones in baltimore under a storm warning. and it will go directly to your cell phones or to your ipads or whatever you have. and there's no charge to you. >> the cell phone text alerts are expected to be up and running in baltimore in the next year or so and until then,

emergency management officials say you can buy a weather alert radio for about 40 dollars. and don't forget, you can get severe weather alerts sent to your phone from us. all you have to do is log onto abc2news.com and click on the mobile to sign up. well, the latest on the violence in lib yeah. warplanes went after target in tripoli overnight. one site was a vehicle storage area that says to be used for supply forces that have been attack libyan civilians. the center is near moammar qaddafi's compound. matthew vandyke is missing since march and congressman ruppersberger is joining an effort to find him. he stood with matthew's whom at a news conference. a worried mother describes the last time his friends tried to get ahold of him. >> they started calling him and sending him e-mails telling him what was happening in their country. and they asked for help. so, he he decided he would go

and stay with one of his friends and try to provide some support and they wanted to talk about the democracy and what is a democracy and what it's like living in the united states. so, i think it was more of a think tank with him and he is a journalist so you know he had his pen and pad and camera. >> three other americans captured in libya were released from custody last week. 5:35. making headlines around the nation this morning, there's word tests found a dna matchbetween dom motorcycle strauss-kahn and -- dominic strauss-kahn and a shirt found on a maid. sources told the associated press they want to remain anonmons. strauss-kahn denies charges he tried to rape the woman. christian radio host harold camping said was wrong about the apocalypse thing and now he says october 21st is the day.

he spent millions on billboards and rvs plastered with the warning the end would come may 21st. it was not his first goof he said the judgment would come back in 1994. humanity survived the rapture and some are hitting back proclaiming the world was ending on saturday. this billboard popped up on sunday in greensboro north carolina that read that was awkward and it included a verse from matthew stating no one knows the day or the hour. the billboard was funed through a online campaign. new video from the weekend tornado that ripped through kansas. >> yeah coming, we will show you what the cameras picked up as the powerful storm blew through a small town of redding. and where else can you find a 500 foot ferris wheel? only in vegas. why a developer wants to bring that park ride to sin city. achoo! the seasons change,

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all right look at this. surveillance video of a violent tornado hitting redding kansas. security cameras rolled inside a grain and lumber business. look at this. the owners say the force of the tornado was so strong that it

lifted the shop from its foundation and moved it next door. one person died during the storm with many properties damaged. amazing video from the storm. officials say the tornado that hit missouri may have bent single deadliest in the country since 1953. rescue crews from throughout the region are searching for anybody who is still alive in the rubble. cameras are rolling as they found one injured person and put them on a stretcher. news this morning that president obama will be surveying the damage in missouri. that trip is scheduled for sunday. >> and the stories of survival are incredible and it's so good to hear they are fining pool alive. >> the images of the home depot flattened, 8 people were taken from that and seven alive. these are the stories we hope to hear in the days to come. >> they need a lot of help. you might be wondering about our weather. let's send it over to justin berk. >> we are looking at the elemente elementary school in

glen oak a mild, muggy 72. we have cloud cover out there. and a few sprinkles to the north. no rainfall here since midnight. so, not much to worry about. but the temperatures definitely making it feel more like sum they are morning. 73 york, p.a. 70 in easton. 72 in baltimore. and again a little sprinkle past the north side. remnants of storms to the west. another cluster in west virginia trying to carry it up toward the mountains. chance of a shower this morning but you see a lot of cloud cover around and reenforcement to the cloud cover. and we are expecting to have that cloud cover try to break. we will push the temperatures up today. warmer than yesterday. we are aiming for 87. wait until you see what's happening across the nation and the outlook for the rest of the week in a moment. 5:41. here tonya with traffic. >> reporter: thanks. maryland transit service is on time for bus, rail and mobility. we are doing okay out there so far. no major problems to report. this is 695 at wilkins on west side. traffic is building in both

directions all lanes are open. drive times are doing okay so far. no problems reported. you will see the 83 to 695, five minutes 6 minutes between white marsh and beltway. beltway from 795 to 7, 7 minutes and traveling bel air to providence, 6 minutes as well. we do have delays on 70 due to an accident in howard county. it's 70 westbound at 40. delays in both directions. back to you charley and megan. >> all right, thanks a lot. you know you can see vegas like i've never seen it before. from the top of a 500 foot ferris wheel. that's one developer's plan to boost tourism. it will have an led screen larger than food ball field. developer hopes to have that in place and built by 2013. next monday's memorial day, and many of you will take to the roads spending time with friends and family. >> coming, how much company are you going to have in triple -- aaa will make that information

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now "good morning maryland." baltimore county lawyer a business owner and a married father of two boys neighbors say he is hardly the guy you would suspect of trying to meet teenage boys online. p but police say he is confessed to it. linda so is hive this morning where scott kalin lives and has reaction from those who know him. >> reporter: we spoke with a neighbor who says kalin was nice but very interested in what everybody was doing. that neighbor says that he watched everything that was going on in the neighborhood and he actually looked into homes when the doors were open. this is back river neck road where it meets cape may. police were at his home and raided it and left with hours hours after he was arrested in florida. police say scott kalin started to communicate with a 14-year- old boy in january. he flew to florida on sunday to meet the boy and when he showed up at what he thought was the boy's home in lake county with a box of condoms and lubricants, police arrested him. detectives raided his home and

removed computers he, and computer equipment, and kalin is a local attorney and owns a business called fun house entertainment agency which arranges magicians and other entertainers for parties. the company's website says kalin is a master balloon artist loved by kids and adults alike. it's hard to -- >> it's hard to believe but people do weird things today. that's all i can tell you.>> reporter: veggors in florida say he confessed to near sexual encounters with other teen boys. here locally today, baltimore county detectives will look into the claims and see if there are any other victims here in this area. meanwhile, he remains behind bars in florida and is being held without bond. live in essex, linda so, abc2 news. >> thanks a lot. funeral arrangements have been made for the state trooper killed in a car accident. 39-year-old trooper shaft hunter died saturday morning on i-95 in howard county.

police say he may have been pursuing a speeding motorcycle when his vehicle hit a tractor trailer. a viewing is set for thursday at 4:00 at the vaughn c greene funeral home in randallstown. that will be held -- funeral will be friday morning followed by burial at dulaney valley memorial gardens. tonight the series on maryland code cases continues. garcia gilmore is a detective with baltimore city police working every day to solve crimes and save lives. but as brian kuebler explains there was life he couldn't save and he is pleading for the killer to come forward. >> if they have a conscious which i am certain they do, that conscious i am sure is eating away at them. and i hope and pray they make the phone call and come forth and surrender themselves. >> catch the story tonight on abc2 news at 11. news time 5:48. ton the kansas city royals

comes calling in charm city and the orioles could have the services of second baseman brian roberts. but he is eligible to come off the dl today but the o's say he will not. he is consulting specialist after complaining of concussion like symptoms. roberts was one of the first players to be placed on the new 7-day dl. the list for head injuries specifically. me -- memorial day weekend is the unofficial kick off to summer travel and aa releases travel projections. a news conference is set for 11:30 this morning at restaurant in stevensville. mayor of ocean city will talk about how the resort town is gearing up for the tourist season. now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. it's feeling more like summer. yesterday's high temperature in baltimore 84. yesterday above normal. and sharing in the heat of southeast virginia 86 richmond

nor torque 88. this morning -- norfolk 88. down to 72 in baltimore with 60s where they have had stormy weather to cool them down. but adding to the humidity. a little stifling and muggy out there. typically, 54. we are doing it in the morning and 76 in the afternoon. we will shoot above normal. not quite in record territory but needless to say, we are going to have summer energy to feed into the storms. sun up at 5:47. down at 8:21. hard to see some of the sun early on because the remnants thunderstorms blowing out but keeping cloud around leftover early morning thunderstorm in west virginia. and then blowing themselves out on and through central western tennessee on into the ohio and mississippi river valley basin. overall ring we are expect -- overall, we are expecting another flare-up of storms. energy from new mexico and upper level winds that will feed into the energy and develop storms here within the yellow shading. a slight risk of storms including central maryland and including baltimore annapolis

dc and back towards salisbury and ocean city later towards the evening. and if any of the storms have the risk of pinning -- any of the storms has a risk of spinning up. but this is the zone from oklahoma into kansas. maybe southwestern missouri near joplin there's threat some of the storms could have 80 miles per hour winds, baseball sized hail and large spread numerous outbreaks of tornadoes yet again. for us, though, we are going to watch the eastern edge of that storm complex. again, morning showers and storms holding together in through west virginia. the future radar indicating we will get a flare-up prime time in baltimore is between 4 and 9. so we will watch for that threat here. storms firing up and listen for watches and advisories and warnings and any storms could drop dangerous lightning and quick flash flooding and some may reach severe limits but not all. we will reach severe levels. same storm, another flare-up back to the west and we will have the threat continued throughout the week. today's two degree guaranteed

high 87. with the risk of severe storms slight but any of us could see thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon and evening hours. and settling down muggy overnight at 65. we stay in the 80s for the rest of the week and threat of thunderstorms continues into the weekend. >> reporter: commuting between baltimore and capital beltway no problems. south of the city, 95 north of 195 is doing fine. let's look. a little heavier southbound to the right of your screen. no problems northbound. looking at the map, the harford county accident, 95 just south at 155, that's over to the shoulder. our howard county accident on 70 westbound at mayor yotsville road delays in both directions one lane in each -- marriottsville road delays in both directions one lane in each direction is closed. casey anthony will stand trial. >> she is accused of taking her daughter. it has taken so long to get this to trial. recent reports of air

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now "good morning maryland." more than 100 people dead. devastation spanning for miles. this morning, we learn joplin, missouri may not be out of the danger just yet. a baltimore county man is under arrest in florida. you are not going to believe why police say he was there. and dutch ruppersberger is calling for help in finding a missing balmmore man missing -- baltimore man missing since march in lib yeah. those stories ahead on this tuesday morning. it's may 24th. thanks for joining us. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. we are asking you because of the summer job market could be tough for teens, what is your most memorable summer job when you were a teen? a lot of people will say maybe working in construction or yard work or something. which one strikes you as being the most memorable. >> we want to hear from you. hit