he have teamed up with a foundation and the young school supply drive and are collecting all the essentials at donation sites in every community and for a full list head to abc 2news.com/school supplies. >> most of us would probably still trade places with a local man or woman who won a cool million dollars last night right here in our state. maryland lottery officials say the ticket was sold at a dunkirk fast stop on southern maryland boulevard. it was the eight second powerball ticket . none of the real big three from the drawing were from here but we are starting to get a better idea of who won and some of the stories behind their big wins >> reporter: the ranks of america's million areas grew by three today. one of the winners coming forward in minnesota.

>> i welcome paul white and present a check for 149.4 million. >> reporter: he bought ten dollars worth of tickets at eyelikal gas station. he said he didn't check them until his girlfriend called him. >> sure enough they were right and i said i will have to call you back and i started yelling . >> reporter: he is one of three lucky tickets. if you took the lump sum it's about half that. >> after taxes if they pick a cash lump sum payment it's about $58 million each. >> reporter: that's no pocket change, something that gives many pause before going public. officials say two grand prize tickets were sold in new jersey. the buyers still a mist. one was sold at this stop and shop, the other in new lake harbor. the city was hit hard last year by sandy. >> i was hoping it was someone who maybe lost their home and

could have usedt. >> reporter: the winner also have big choices to make like whether to save or spend. >> imagine, go pick out your own car, our one house. >> reporter: what could you buy? how about a fleet of bugadi's, $1.4 million a piece but you should probably save month cash for gas, they get seven miles a gallon. >> very good. from big winners to our world champion, ravens, we have shown unsome of the i practices but it's time for the purple and black to take the field and defend their title. we may have lost bolden and ray louis. the team is looking strong. we still have one ray. mvp joe, the ravens take on the buccaneers tonight in their first pre-season game. he was never a raven but he is a baltimore legend. tomorrow morning, we will

remember the life of art donovan. we will be on the air and online all leading up to his funeral at 11. join us for a special coverage as we say good-bye to a charm city legend that none of us will ever forget. now, the view which normally airs during that time will be aired in full at 4:00 >> if you want your baby to be allergy free you may want to rethink your birth plan. a new study shows the way you deliver could have an impact. and how to get in to the doctor faster. >> take a look at some of the boats at the naval academy. not a bad day out there through midday. then a few showers and storms clear up this afternoon. we will pinpoint them on the radar as we come back.

. we come on at five. we don't make you wait until 5:30 tonight's health alert do you play that waiting game at the doctor? >> you know the answer is yes and you know how frustrating it can be. we have some tips though on what you can do to improve some of those wait times.

>> reporter: breast cancer survivor doris webb spent an hour in the waiting room for a visit she made a year in advance. >> i told her i will wait two more minutes because very been here an hour. ten minutes i still hadn't seen the doctor soy went out front and asked for my co pay back and said i waited long enough. >> reporter: she isn't alone. according to a new poll 65% of you say that you have waited an hour or more just to see a doctor and once you get inside 37% say they felt like they were rushed. >> it's expected to get worse. hang on because there are things you can do to help. >> the key is to check in with the doctor's office before you show up. find out if they are running late so you can adjust your schedule as well. additionally ask if there is any paperwork that will be needed to fill out ahead of time because you can do that maybe from home so that you aren't spending your time in the waiting room.

>> reporter: they recommend you treat it like any other hiring decision. if you are still having problems after talking to the doctor, find a new one. megan pringle. >> you know something that every mom to be thinks about is that delivery day, natural birth or c section? a new study may have them thinking twice. babies born naturally pick up a bacteria and helps train them to recognize allerbens without overreacting, babies born by c section don't get that same benefit. many cases moms don't have a choice but experts say when they do the stud study is just another factor to consider. if there is not enough to worry about its also just the beginning of a never ending spending fest that every parent is going to go through. a company just released a list of the average cost for a baby's first year of life based on where you live.

baltimore falls in the middle, coming in at about 25, 6$00. that includes more than 6,000 for housing, and nearly 10,000 for child care. the cheapest city on the list is atlanta georgia at just over 18,000 for the first year and the most expensive, san jose california coming in at more than $41,600. >> they are surfing by the time neil are a week old. you can falk factor in the cost of technology as they get older. to much screen time can still be a problem, even when it's for educational purposes. >> it's a fact of life that kids are using screens more for school. . >> the parents should limit screen time outside of school -- to just one or two hours a day. >> they can get headaches, eyes feeling tired, wrist

problems. >> turning off screens can also have health benefits. kids are more likely to spend time being active outside if they know the tv is off limits inside. >> now from abc2, maryland's most accurate forecast. >> fairly accurate on the radar. looks good, let's put it in motion and show you where the more significant weather is right now and if you are headed downtown early for the big concert, you are going to encounter a passing downpour. some embedded thunder and lightning with the system as it works into southern carroll, southwester into southwest baltimore county and also in -- getting out fairly heavy thunderstorm as well. that will push up into the city over the next 20 to 30 minutes. another passing thunderstorm for baltimore today. future radar shows a more robust round coming in later

tomorrow afternoon. later things will start to diminish in terms of scattered shower activity but more significant into tomorrow afternoon. weather in motion today. some sun at times, then clouds thickening up later in the afternoon. some passing showers and storm activity just west of the tide water marina. 84 right now, sunset just ten minutes past eight. travels take you to the beach tomorrow? could be a little unsettled through friday. uva index, moderate, some peeka bo sun tomorrow. water temperature about as warm as they get as we push toward mid-august, in the mid70's down there. pretty comfortable. mid80's across baltimore. 79 at the beach. 72 mountain's west and a south breeze continuing to flow and cran up the humidity. it'll send it up again into the day tomorrow. dew point mid to upper 70a. the air that you wear the saying that comes to mind. that's what we will deal with

tomorrow. not much moisture around. it's a recipe for scattered showers and storms past midday. pretty robust line through central maryland. this is 3:00 on -- the trend. by six we still see activity but it begins to drift further south and clears the area by late tomorrow night and then saturday, if everything holds the way it looks right now we will have the active weather just south of maryland toward virginia beach and nag's head north carolina. we will be sitting interpret pretty that. will be a great thing for the weekend forecast. if it stalls further north it won't be so good. coming our way to different frontal boundaries, the more significant triggering storms tomorrow evening and then pushing the most steamy and warmest air off shore and off to the south we think on saturday. saturday looks like an improved day. forecast wise, dryer, high pressure over new england. that will be a good set up through the weekend.

tropics still looking quiet. a well defined circumstance lace over the lesser antilles, not showing any signs of strengthening. tomorrow 88, showers and storm possible late into tomorrow evening and again the peak chance late friday. the threat for an early bird shower saturday but looks like the weekend will trend dwyer through it and certainly into sunday. beyond that and early next week not so bad. dryer conditions, sunshine around. a big paddle board race on saturday. >> yeah >> sanger's island. >> are you competing? >> yeah -- me and --. >> get a frosty drink. >> what time? >> sunday morning. >> sunday morning. >> not going to make it. >> i will see you there. >> all right. >> great. >> concussion cscope

concussions getting more common in teens. that. means more are working on ways to prevent and detect them. researchers have developed an app to test for them now that most high school teams practicing again before the start of the year. it's a good time to get a baseline to compare in case something happens during the season. >> we take that motion out of it by saying here is the data, based on how they were -- that's how we are today comparing their pre-season to post. >> and because cleveland clinic is still testing out the app some schools are getting a chance to use it for free. >> you can't get your hands on it just yet but there are a ton of resources, we have a special section at abc 2news with everything from warning signs to a helmet guide. >> driving small car has its benefits, less gas one safety group says the compact cars are also putting drivers at risk.

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the group said some popular small cars on the road, don't make the grade in overlap crashes they put cars to the test, the civic received the top praise. the head and chest of the test dummy was protected, the air bag released on time and the structure of the car didn't cave in on the driver's side. the kia forte preformed the worst. >> structure collapsed, we have the restraints not doing a good job. >> reporter: the group said manufacturers have built cars to best absorb impact in the center. take a look, a more head on impact on the left and an overlap crash on the right. the damage much worse in the overlap crash. >> manufacturer redesign their cars they need to try to figure out ways to provide better prodefense exhibit for the people inside. >> reporter: along with the honda civic the dart, focus,

elantra and scion tc passed the test the sonic, beetle, cruz, s enrra and forte all did poorly >> gm, and others say they are now reviewing the results of the test for their low scoring vehicles, from small cars to a smaller way to get around if you recognize the bike in this picture from the corner of your garage, don't ride it again until you hear this. giant bike was recalling their xtc bikes and seat posts because the post cscope crack and break. the bikes included in the recall all have the letters xtc printed on the frame so if you have one of them stop using it and call giant for a placement. here is the number next time you sit down to check the e-mail you probably have at least one linked in request. you get those? >> three today . >> more than ever before you

shouldn't ignore them. a study management, 77% of companies are now using social media to recruit new employees. that's nearly double just a few years ago. the reason, hiring managers looking for potential candidate who aren't already in the hunt for a new position. >> here is a look at what we are working on at six. they want to drive the practice but also want to stay in touch with their friends. the effort to get kids to understand the consequences of texting and driving. and the hurricane outlook for august is changing but maryland's most accurate forecast isn't. why mike is sticking with his prediction. those and more coming up right here at six. [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet?

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explain the rules, the news at six starts right now. >> you're watching the station that works for you. now, abc 2news at six. >> all right. scattered storms here we go. >> he are popping up too but we will talk about scattered storms. >> yeah. they are firing in the baltimore right now. we will have a detailed look on the radar straight ahead. >> what you can see the damage is pretty extensive. >> a massive airport fire strands people in africa. how long they could be stuck. >> i would rather stay free for as long as i can. >> very good. wants your child to understand the same act the dangers of texting while driving, what it could mean to them on the sports field. the news at six starts right now. >> let's get started tonight with a messy drive home. look at the rain coming down and some slick roads. not pretty. >> we have two -- we have the

concert, we have wyatt and mike. we will start with the chief. >> really comparable. the concert is coming up in mere hours, we have a wave of rain and thunderstorm action coming in to the city this is a quick moving line. expecting this to continue to push out, come through the city, through woodlawn and eventually all of that rain pushing north of town and then behind this particular line we aren't seeing a lot of new activity so that's going to be a good time we think but for right now you are feeling it. tough drive there. cloudy skies, across the state but we did have enough sun breaking through to heat things up and fuel some of the showers and storms. as we look ahead here and into the coming hours, temperatures drop only in the 07's tonight and then will heat up big time pushing 90 again tomorrow. few more showers and storms. for more on the weather picture let's go outside to mike. >> i'm hoping we get this in

quickly because this storm is very ominous. we are on the north side of the beltway. the clouds blowing in fast. these are going to be nasty storms in the next 24 to 48 hours. could be another severe weather deal going into tonight. let's take a look at weather graphics. it's first the dew points, what you feel when you step outside, smacks you in the face. the humidity, dew point values at 70, that is a -- near saturation level. let's show you the player on the board. it's in the form of the cold front that's marching through the valley. its been a broken record. it's a slow mover and as it interacts with all the humidity it's going to fire off showers and thunderstorms. look at future radar, this evening if you are going to the concert bank on the idea of the thunderstorm, maybe severe to the north and then as we go into tomorrow a better shot for gusty thunderstorms. the storm's assessment and reflecting the storms over the next 24 to 48 hours, hail

possibility. lightning will be the big risk for the storms, we could talk dangerous cloud to ground lightning. wind gusts, certainly possible. we can't rule that out and flash flooding a concern. last night saw a lot. north of the stay into carroll and northern baltimore. when we get back we will show you the seven day forecast. that's coming up. >> all right. thank you. they went to africa to help locals build a home. now a team of nine volunteers from a local chapter of habitat for humanity is still there. >> not because they want too. how a massive airport fire has them wondering when they will get back home. >> reporter: a crowd watches as flames and smoke fill the air above the international airport. a massive fire gutted the east african hub and left passengers stuck, looking at the damage. >> everybody is shocked. >> reporter: shocked and stranded many international flights delayed