south. 73 in town. 81 degrees. very mild morning. 75 around the 8:00 hour. at lunchtime 86 degrees. 2-degree guarantee this afternoon will bring us to 93. chance of isolated shower or thunderstorm during the afternoon hours. we will talk about the storms later today and we will talk about the seven-day forecast coming up in a little bit. thousand a check of the roads this morning. 95 northbounds fort mc henry. we have been watching this. two lanes blocked. 95 northbound approach. accident on 95 southbound at 126, that's going to slow you up. we will keep an eye on the times for the next few hours, certainly going to see delays. here is the live look outside. smooth sailing, 695 at o'donnell street. so far, so good.

debris from friday's storms in the roadways. more traffic and weather in a little bit. as many as 17 people have been confirmed dead as a result of the weekend's storms through half a dozen states and district often columbia, one person confirmed dead in maryland. for more on a family in mourning, the death of their 25- year-old son, linda so. >> reporter: he crashed his car. o'brian's dad thinks his son was on his way home. they knew something was wrong when he didn't responds to text messages or calls. a friend told them what happened. he died at the scene two. friends with him in the car, miller and hodges survived. they were not seriously hurt. the family had to go searching for answers because the roads were blocked off. >> we had to come back and go to the county police station to

find out if our son was still alive or not and we were notified that he lost his life due to the storm. >> reporter: the family feels fortunate both children were not in car. his you canner sister was with him hours before the tree fell. if you haven't done it, call your insurance company today. state farm says take a look around the home, write down the damage, board up holes and broken windows with plywood. save receipts, going to a hotel or the spoiled food from the refrigerator, take pictures of the damage and write down how long it took you to clean the damage. warning if you are using a generator because you are in the dark. make sure tagenerater stays outside and away from windows

or ventilation areas. someone put a generate owner a porch near an open door, that caused a carbon monoxide to seep in to the home. be mindful physical you if you are using the generators. a judge blocked enforcement of a mississippi law that could shut down the only abortion clinic in the state. the judge issued the restraining order hours after the law took effect. it requires everyone who performs abortions to be a...ed obgyn with privileges to admit patients to a local hospital. the clinic filed a lawsuit. new jersey governor chris christie is known for his can der and no problems snapping at çreporter when he was asked question when it wasn't related to the news conference he was holding.

>> can i stay on topic? are you stupid? on topic. next question. thank you. thank you all very much and i'm sorry for the idiot over there. take care. that's chris christie at his best making headlines. he has done this in the past.

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street lights are out and tens of thousands without power, megan pringle is live in towson, in one of the worst hit areas. this is a real mess coming in this morning. i can only imagine what it was like during the weekend. >> reporter: absolutely,, no matter where you drive you are bound to see ripped up trees. that's the situation. the caution tape is up. this road is blocked off. this is a well traveled road. that's the situation out here. the reason why it's blocked off is because what you can't see behind me, now that the sun is coming up, we are getting a better visual. i'm going to step out of the way, our photographer is going to zoom in. a tree fell over on top of

power lines. not only is ate driving hazard but it's dangerous. crews have been alerting drivers, you can't come through here. i did see a bge truck come up, which is a good thing. they are going to work on this particular area. i did speak with a man earlier this morning, his kids and family has no power. karen nickels is a woman who lives in the area, she has az ma, bronchitis, no power in her building. she had to sleep in the lobby. she got emotional watching her friend being carried out. >> i have to use inhalers. i have had to use these more. we don't have a generator working. people are sick and can't get out. they are in there.

people have gone out in ambulances. >> reporter: pretty tough for a lot of people waiting for their lights to come on. when you have no power, no power means no air-conditioning and that's going to be a problem today. it's going to be 90 degrees. not as human as we have seen the last few days peevment are feeling kicked in the teeth after another round of storms. bge crews have been out here and they will start working. we will speak to rachel with bge. also this morning, 15 schools have been closed as a result of the power outages. police say a carjacker caused accidents at a cross part. he surrendered to police completely naked. it started with a 3-car crash. he got out of the car naked and

tried to get in to another person's car. he crashed his car miles down the road. >> it was a creepy thing that you never want to see in your entire life. >> police say the suspect was taken to the hospital along with several other injured from the crash. a code red heat alert has been extended due to the hot temperatures. a list of cooling centers on line to beat the heat. ♪

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welcome back, hundreds of thousands of people without power, since friday, rachel with bge joins us with the latest. not only were you deal twg weekend, 12,000 overnight. we have about 400,000 customers that we have restored. we have about 245,000 customers that are out. some of those, 12,000, are from

last night's storm. >> what did bge learn from irene that maybe they've been able to implement in to what happened. >> after every storm, we have a lessons learned session where we discuss how we are prioritizing jobs. in addition we have storm drills so we can make sure even of our employees is ready for a storm to hit. >> one of the things we don't know as customers until you tell us, you are get suggest port, bge is getting support from crews in florida and texas, as far as customers go, what would be your message to them relative to patience or manage this. we do thank customers for patience. especially coupled with the heat, it can be frustrating. if you have a new outage, please call the number to repot i. if you have a downed wire,

please call. only call once to report your outage. please respect our workers while they are out there, they are working and doing hard job. >> that's something you point out. i don't think it can be stressed enough, respecting the men and women while they are trying to help you. don't take it out on the people trying to help. they will answer your questions if you have any, give us a call at the call snow. they are trying to work as quickly and safely as possible. there are a lot of tough conditions they are dealing with. >> a qaet of a million people g a quarter of a million people still without power. . we are dealing with hot temperatures out there, also another red hot alert today, cooling centers are open.

>> reporter: folks are bracing for more hot temperatures today. the code red heat alert has been extended through tuesday. a lot of folks are trying to find ways to beat the heat. arundel, they have five cooling centers open and 25 people that have utilized the cooling centers, four police district rooms are open. pet stores, pet smart and animal control offed facilities to pets to beat the heat. stephanie rawlings blake passed out ice in a northeast baltimore community. the community action program will operate five centers around the city, each will have cool air and free water. they will operate 6 additional cooling centers. on a code red day, the health department recommends that you

remember to drink water or juice, avoid alcohol and caffeine and try to way light colored clothing -- wear light colored clothing. >> check on those that you know don't have electricity or air- conditioning, make sure they have fans, make sure they have water. our seniors are extremely vulnerable in the heat. there is an increase in emergency room visits for heat exhaustion and heat related injuries. you can also call 311 with a heat related medical emergency and log on to abc2news.com for complete list of the cooling center, their addresses and phone numbers and it's located on the home page. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. the heat is not making things easy for a number of people in oh states. including the state of virginia. national weather service issued more than 100 tornado and severe warnings across the common wealth since wednesday.

dominion power estimates 2.5 million affect by the storms. the widespread damage up and down the east coast and neighboring states added to the problem. the people who normally would be in virginia to help are not here because they are working. >> more than 200 members of the guard have been called in to virginia. the state now has 7 confirmed fatalities due to friday's severe weather. this is a repeated story like you said, mike, doing it all over again. >> the atmosphere is charged up. we got the cool pockets coming out of canada. that interacts with the humidity. we will talk about that in the seven-day forecast. this is downtown, city cam showing us that the skies are clearing after the storms. we got a pretty shot and a nice looking afternoon going forward. couple of scattered showers from dundalk, lake shore, cross over the chesapeake, rock hall, a few showers, not a big deal.

73 in town. towards the eastern shore 73, salisbury. see the clouds exiting stage right. we will get sunshine to go to work today allowing for temperatures to get in to the 90s. see the heat around 80 degrees, dc, down towards norfolk and eastern carolina, 75, 73:80s towards the center portion. the heat backed up towards the rockies, later that will recharge and head east allowing for highs to get closer to 100 degrees. 93 today. with lekeep the chance of a spot shower or storm after 4:00 in the afternoon. tonight partly sunny, isolated storm for tomorrow. 2-degree guarantee, going forward around 93, 93, 92, low humidity. here comes the humidity by wednesday. 92 feeling like 95. 95 feeling like 100 on thus. shot of isolated storm.

dryer but here come the extreme heat. 97 on friday. 95 as we head in to next week. a check on the roads, watching a couple of instances popped up. this is 95 northbound at fort mc henry. traffic redirected to the left tube. this is a better alternative. this looks like it's going to be tied up for a while. if we look outside, 895, another pretty shot, 895, o'donnell. so far, so good. debris from the storms on the roads. you want to exercise caution. another check on weather and traffic in a little bit. dog has been a family's prize possession until an accident forced the family to put her down or so they thought. coming up, what gave a dog

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hunchth of thousands of people still without power. i'm megan pringle, see roads are brocked off. a live report just ahead. a code red alert through tuesday. more on the cooling centers to beat the heat. we have the story on air and on line. we are not the only ones baking in the heat. how the extreme weather is affecting other parts of