>> a car wreck in northwest d.c. and that car hit a pickup truck. new video from canal road. trees are trying to move the tree right now and definitely slowing things down for commuters who are trying to cross the key bridge. >> just like that, the storms were gone but this was just the beginning. storm team 4 is tracking the coverage. >> mark is live in silver spring. another tree badly damaged someone's home. >> we begin with doug and amelia in the storm center. guys. >> some wind and came through to quickly. we were watching these storms. you were doing the weather last night across our region. those storms came through in a matter of two or three hours >> they were traveling between 60 and 70 miles an hour. the wind gusts were incredible some some locations. >> wind gusts up to 68 miles per hour.bq=pñ 78 actually-mile-an-hour wind gusts in quantico. last six hours,

from western west virginia all the way across our region right over towards the atlantic. six hours to make that distance. incredible. you can see the line of storms that came through very quickly as well. back this up and line coming through the area. so quickly. and that is one reason we saw those strong winds. still seeing some rain out there. rain right now still falling in fredericksburg region. no thunderstorm watches in effect and no longer of severe weather but the severe weather came through fast and furious and amelia has more on the damage we have seen around our region. >> we are getting a lot of reports of trees down and our radio partner reporfñjh power outages across the area. all of these dots on the map are strong wind gusts or the house the area.nd wind damage across you can see in kensington a tree down on park wood court and happened around

 la platta. the maximum wind gusts in quantico at 78 miles per hour. a sign of things to come, tracking cold air moving in. >> that's right. right now we are still in the 70s but tracking our next front. the front is actually way back to the west here and behind this we do cool dramatically and, yes, we have a chance for snow. let's take a look at the damage with mark seagraves ps that is a massive tree behind you. >> reporter: take a look for yourself. we are across the street from holy cross hospital off forest glen road. firefighters responded to several incidents like this. walk with us here. around the front of the house

all of the damage that was caused by this tree that fell on spring. but now i want to show you some video that we shot earlier from the rear of this house, from the neighbor's house. you can see the root of this tree, massive root ball that was pulled out of the ground before this tree fell onto this neighbor's house. that tree was in the next door neighbor's backyard but fell onto his neighbor's home. his neighbor was outside of the house when that tree came down. in fact, he was standing right where i'm standing right now. he said he heard the tree hit his chimney. when he turned around he saw his house being crushed. this=éb is just one of several houses that were damaged today, as well as cars that were in accidents. transformers down. wires down. coming up at 5:00, you'll hear from neighbors who watched this tree fall down and you'll hear from montgomery fire

were on code red an hour this afternoon during the worst of the storm. live in montgomery county, mark seagraves, news4. >> you can see why. we are getting another look at some of the storm damage in montgomery county thanks to chopper 4. this is the scene over gaithersburg and crews are trying to clear trees that fell on the power lines. if you have our weather app you know we sent you warnings to your phone before the storm arrived. >> the storms left devastation in the ñ#wmidwest. at least three people are dead including one in missouri. and two in illinois. a 76-year-old man was crushed in a falling tree 90 minutes outside of chicago. the storm system spawned several tornadoes and left a

damage across more than six states. national weather service investigators are on the ground right now counting the tornadoes and tracking their paths. >> let's take a quick look at some of other top stories at 4:00. police are investigating a shootinñensju a school in southeast d.c. they say a man was found on wheeler road today across the street from the eagle academy charter school. last thursday, three people were shot in that area and two more shootings in front of a church on alabama avenue. also in broad daylight. the accounting company behind sunday's infamous envelope flub at the academy awards won't be coming back. the associated press says the "x their relationship with pricewaterhousecoopers remains under review. >> last night's speech from president donald trump in which he struck a softer tone. later in the hour, how it's jtross the country, and around the world. >> we are just learning about a new threat against a local mosque. someone st

an envelope sent an envelope with threatening language(=7 in to a mosque in fairfax county and appears to be another country just last night, someone sent another threatening letter to a different]lexo mosque in t county. it is possible human remains in two separate parks in fairfax county have been found. 0út t(ur+es say they got th last night and since then they have been trying to track down leads. news4qcoá fitzgerald along one of those places in crater place. what have you been able to find out so far? >> reporter: neighbors say they have been watching last night as police and law enforcement agencies drive up and down crater place here which is blocked off. this is the access point for officers as they go towards homes to try to investigate that tip that came in last night of human remains found here in this park and another park in mcclain. investigators aren't telling us much at this point but they do

gang-relat gang-related. for nearly 24 hours, fairfax county police, along with members of the fbi and search and rescue teams have been scouring this pack for a possible body. several neighbors can see a white tent surrounded by crime scene tape with officers standing by from their backyard. cadaver dogs are also assisting in the search. but according to law enforcement officials, they haven't located anything of interest and they are not connecting this search to any open investigation. >> right now, they are just greeting the-+u area and doing search methodically by grid with the cadaver dogs and search and rescue team. we don't know if a crime is committed and working off a tip there may be bodies in the park. >> reporter: to that point, law enforcement officials tell us that it's possible they could spend the next several days out here looking for those possible remains. just a couple of minutes ago, we saw them bringing in

equipment. it looked to be one of the fairfax county four-wheels, all equipment helping them actually you see one of them riding around down there. they brought that in along with other pieces of [5[>xequipment, to sort of assist them in trying to discover whether or not there are possible human remains out here or not. back to you. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. should you or should you not park there? the red top meters throughout the city have been the subject of debate. now there's a change on the way. what you need to know so you don't get towed. along with the warm weather, allergy season is making an early appearance. so what is t besthe

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we are working to learn what led up to a deadly crash on one of our area's busiest highways. maryland state police say a woman was parked on the shoulder when a tractor-trailer hit and killed her. she had just gotten out of her car near copper road in d gaithersburg. pay attention to this. >> more changes are in the works for the red top meter program. ddot is resteak the use of red stoch spaces in the downtown central business district. only for drivers with disability placards. those drivers will have to pay and they can stay in a red top space up to four hours. those without disabilities who are used to parking in red top spots will get a

the new rules begin. quite honestly, it is one of the best times tof the year to e in washington and this year it's coming earlier than normal. what you need to come about the coming cherry blossom festival. >> speak of early. spring. allergy misery is already here. does it mean a

. breaking news on wall street where another big day has pushed the dow into record breaking territory. for the first time, the dow jones closed 21 points. many people in congress are praising his plan but many are- worried about the bottom q+(;ól. blaine alexander is on capitol hill. are asking if that speech last night will translate into action. >> thank you very much. we are just here to start -- >> reporter: president trump todayçq÷!ñ meeting with leaders his own party about how to turn reality. >> it begins as of now. at the by they are going to have tremendous success. decidedly different tone from the president's usual style. >> everything

our country c9ñ4ñ be fixed. >> reporter: today, that softer approach is turning heads. here in rural ohio, signs of approval. >> i thought it was very hopeful. >> i think folks that our elected folks need to give him a chance. >> reporter: a message to some on capitol hill who appeared questioning how we will all play for it. >> a president says one thing but, in reality, does another. >> reporter: in his speech the president touted his success on jobs. >> for the construction of the keystone and dakota access pipelines, thereby creating tens of thousands of jobs. >> reporter: we put that in a fact chick and in reality that number is lower. 16,000 according to the state department and mostly temporary jobs. other points raising question? hi unemployment numbers and plan to boost military funding. and on immigration

immigration bill. >> reporter: the president does not go as far as expected. an issue for many republicans. after several delays now, a revised travel ban is expected to comefíf& out late sometime this week. blaine alexander in washington. >> blaine, thank you. %]zst trees are blooming early. if you suffer from allergies, your spring misery probably started early. in news 4 your health. how to survive the allergy system. some people are sort of been caught off-guard this year. what are you seeing in your office? >> these people are a mess. they have red eyes.jró a very common thing from tree pollen and stuffy drippymm=f n and they are coughing from their post nasal drip and they think it's a cold but it's not pretty. >> does this mean the allergy season is spread over a long period or since it started early, wil i

>> sadly, no. it just means we are in this arena of pollen for that much longer. >> bummer. >> it's it a parade and has to unfold. we start with the cedars and a,ejjuj and oaks and maples and it has to unfold. >> are you going to be sicker patients? >> yes. what happens is a lot of people are doing it to themselves. they are getting the eye symptoms rubbing their eyes and getting infection so please try not to do that. they are getting lots of sinus infections because of those stuffy noses that have been stuffy and drippy so long. use sinus rinses. then we have a lot of untreated asthma and a day just like today where you have?e?x thunder and and pollen, all of those are triggers for asthma attacks. >> what are the newest drugs out there? >> what isñ"]pñ new is in the w ofp#ñ allergic is biologics. three out there and two yet to come. they are phenomenal. they really work on a targeted

basis. they are refvolutionary and loo for severe asthmatics. check it out if you have that problem. >> anything new for me? >> nothing new there. it's retro. we are going back to allergy shots. the basis of how to treat allergy. it's by giving you small little amounts of the tree, the grass, the pollen as a vaccine. it builds up your tolerance and if you're not up for that use your nasal sprays and is your first line is using the nasal sprays. >> are allergy drops ever going to be an option to replace the shots? >> so the drops, as in literally a liquid, probably not. those are not fda approved. they have never passed the clinical trials in the united states. we do have tablets that are available via the fda and approved. those are for grass and ragweed. but you have to start them really weeks or months before the season. we are actually doing a clinical trial now

that is a tablet. a nice thing. take it a at home instead of getting the shots and if you're interested look for a study site for dust mites. otherwise the actual drops you're better off doing allergy shots if you have these kind of allergies to trees, grasses, cats, dogs, that sort of stuff. wraps it up into one little shot. >> one nice little injection. thank you, doctor. >> you're welcome. let's take a look at the weather and those storms. doug, are we done with all that? >> we are done with that. very good news there. the strongest storms have now moved out of here but not done with the rain but we will continue to watch that. right now, chopper 4 over another house with a tree through the center of this house. no word on if anybody was hurt in this one but chopper 4 over l downed tree in kensington. thev::k wind through with 78-mile-an-hour winds and gh

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here in d.c., the worst is over but some areas out there still dealing with this weather. >> yeah. doug, we hear t

been a wind advisory issued? >> you might have heard the beep before the break there. that beeping showing us now that we do have a wind advisory in effect. the wind advisory for about the entire area and especially area towards the blue ridge. take a look. only exception is fredericksburg and culpepper area and will still see winds and tonight through tomorrow morning through 10:00 a.m. wind advisory issued because we could see winds upwards of 50 and possible pour outages and could have more trees down. that is with the frontal boundary coming through the area. show you that front in a second. you can see the line that came through earlier today and now just some shower activity continuing. that line racing across our area at 50 to 60 miles per hour. it was moving at a tbñ today' came through the d.c. metro area right around 1:30 he

around this area. this area right here producing 60 to 70-mile-an-hour wind and why a lot of trees down around kensington and silver spring and rockville. this line around fredericksburg and stafford county 78 miles an hour wind and numerous trees through parts of charles county around la plata and other power outages. dv to the south and east.jvrfñ fredericksburg and annapolis and more to come. take a look at the latest models here. the latest radar showing this rain down to the south. acs!e%ñying to move back in across our area across our southern zone. fredericksburg and parts of the southern maryland you may see more rain. back to the west this is where the front is and you notice more showers developing right now along the front. here is the cold front and that cold front moving on through the region right now

much colder air. temperatures 69 degrees currently in d.c.÷etç virginia beach 81 degrees right now at virginia beach. the back side 37 in chicago and 43 in indianapolis. that is where the front is and why we are going to be seeing cooler air tonight into tomorrow that is going to bring us some wind. still quite nice. 69 degrees in d.c. and 70 in leesburg and after d.c. hit 80 today tying the old record. 80 degrees! amazing on march 1st. the warmest we have ever been here with one other day it happened. now, take a look at future weather. now, tomorrow, cool and rather windy. the wind advisory extends through 10:00 a.m. but we will see windy conditions all day. pat, you watching kzm this? >> i am watching. >> snow trying to come in3jvuy on one of our computer models.

waking up to snow in part of the area and this clipper system moves through quickly. we still have snow around the d.c. metro and mix to the south. not expecting an accumulation but we will watch this closely on friday and out of here around the noon hour and behind it we are very cold during the afternoon on friday. 51 for our high tomorrow and windy and cooler. fairly chilly day and windchills in the upper 40s to low 40s. chance of rain or snow on friday and 48 saturday and 45 sunday and mild as we make our way not quite done with winter just yet. >> thank you, doug. even with that cold weather on the way all of these days of 70s and 80s means a spring tradition is getting a head start. >> it means you need tom plan ahead. what is so different about this year's cherry blossom season and why orgizers had to improvisean.

now at 4:30. air coming in after the sandstorm is bringing some big?y changes to our weather. now that the strong winds are moving out of our area, storm team 4 is keeping an eye on what is ahead and the damage left behind. international effort to stop scammers in their tracks. how investigators here in washington just got justice for those who were cheated out of millions of dollars. get ready. metro is about to pull some

this time it's going to last for more than a month. let's show you a live look at the title basin right now. believe it or not the cherry blossoms could hit peak bloom in two weeks. today the national park service predicted peak bloom will happen between march 14th and 17th. as news4 tom sherwood shows us the blossomnl8 organizers have make a few adjustments. >> the cherry blossom trees. the first came in 1912 from japan. there has ab an annual cherry blossom feu+ez here since 1927, 90 years ago. today, the national park service announced peak blooms are coming up quick, march 14th and way early because of the warm weather so the festival, the city's biggest tourist event is going to start early too on march 15th. and the festival will run right through april 16t

fireworks on april 15th. tax day. in the district, tom cherwood, news4. spring like the cherry blossoms peak bloom just a few weeks away but we are seeing and looking for signs of the new g9p season. we invite you to please tweet us your pictures of spring. tweet them to nbc washington. in northern virginia, drivers and pedestrians see changes for the better. today, the ribbon was cut at a busy intersection in fairfax at bradrick road and oxford road in fairfax are designed to keep traffic moving and keep pedestrians safe. additional turn lanes have been added. signals have been improved and the crosswalks and sidewalks it's moving significantly the question what are the traffic counts and how does it project going forward? >> during construction, crews discovered evidence

civil war era. that intersection was busy one evenyok:! back then. metro saysúvív this last ma safe track disruption in for the aspirin. david culver explains why. >> reporter: this next safe track surge, surge number 13, it's expected to impact both the yelx)>g!and blue lines right hee in virginia. it's going to start where we just got on. bradrick road. on the yellow line continue to huntington and on the blue line to van ud=8ñ?sádorn street and thousands who rely on these lines to get to and from work or even to the airport. we did catch up with one rider who says she has to add another 45 minutes to her commute. >> it takes quite a bit of time waiting for the train to arriveo and when it does arrive, there is a lot of delays, like

this happens quite a bit. >> reporter: just ahead on news4, we are working for you with how to navigate around this major surge. along the yellow line, i'm david culver, news4. tonight, as we mark the ju+hsjk e are reminded of our nation's path towards civil rights and the work still remains to be done. >> president donald trump opened ñ reference to black history month and calling on americans to unify. that speech was watched closely, not only here in the states, but around the world as well. >> and some world leaders took exception to some of the things the president said last night. news4's matt bradley reports from london. >> reporter: donald trump's speech last night was mostly

as such, international reaction has been somewhat muted. as far as official reaction is concerned from some of the foreign countries, we heard that vicente fox, the former president of mexico, he tweeted during the speech last night that donald trump should build a wall around himself. donald trump also mentioned china. the united states for china chinese government said today that that is not true. another one of donald trump's favorite targets that he mentioned was nato. he is often accused nato member states ofmhx) paying their fai share to their armies as part of this mutual defense agreementy@- two world wars, that fascism and the cold war and defeated communism. but our partners must

financial obligations and now, based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. in fact, i can tell you the money is pouring in. >> reporter: it's worth noting is there no evidence that in 409 days since donald trump became president that nato states have actually increased their payments into their militaries. this was simply not true. nbc news spoke to nato and they [u$at some members say it has increased their funding for their militaries but this allná began in 2014. back to you. >> we want you to weigh in on it's our nbc washington flash survey today. the results so far? depends on who you ask. some of you thought it was a better speech than you expected. others didn't like it. you can vote on the nbc washington facebook page. >> the nation's wealthiest v our area but plenty of people in need of help every day and now their stories are

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the national weather service has issued a wind advisory for just about everybody. this is in effect now and going

right now but i'm tracking gusts in gaugersburg 25 miles per hour. the overnight and early morning hours, gusts to nearlyú2 50 mi an hour are possibly and could lead to spotty power outages and it's going to drive down that feels like temperature tomorrow morning. take a look at what you're waking up to. keep in mind this is after we hit 80 degrees today and tying the record for march 1st. tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. it's feeling about 38 in washington and 31 gaugersburg and 61 in nancy. i'll have more on the timing coming up and the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin. >> news4 is working for you to highlight the faces we see every day in the community and bring you their stories. >> loudon is one of the wealthiest countiesxl?r in the country but the most generous to help people in need so a local group sought to change

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by a tractor-trailer on i-270 has died. chopper 4 over the scene this morning in gaugersburg. her name was not been released or said why she was%zou on that roadway. >> the cherry blossom will appear at the tidal basin earlier than usually this year. they predict march 14th to 17th. they had to move up the start of the cherry blossom festival so look for that on the 15th. the strong winds brought trees down today on top of cars and road. even some homes as well. these are the same storms that brought deadly tornadoes to the midwest. we saw some of those high winds. boy, they got near that speed. >> yes. spring coming in like a lion. >> exactly. >> and it is spring! this is the first day of spring! >> happy meteorological first

q in=ut our area yesterday. tomorrow jj is blustery out th. get this. there is a chance for some snow showers around on friday and taking us to march to talk about maybe some snow but we are at scattered showers out there this evening. those will quickly come to an end. more importantly it's going to be chilly and windy overnight tonight and not too bad out there right now. most of us in the six. 69 in washington. we tied the record high today in the district of 80. start off chilly at 46. blustery from start to finish. you'll0h0éñ want a jacket and ma warmer jacket. 50 about our high so you'll want the sunglasses as well. winds. at recess the kids will

jacket at least long sleeves and the same thing for outdoor exercise. to friday, future weather. i think it is slight overdone but i want to show you the potential what we are looking at. we are looking at a quick through, mainly during the morning and mid-day hours. here we are at 8:00 a.m. and chance for snow showers. temperatures likely above freezing like we have seen in all of our events this year so it my be raining snow out there and not supporting accumulation. around noon, we are still tracking rain and snow showers across the area and the afternoon and evening hours we are likely mainly dry but i think mostly cloudy. here is the latest on on the cherry blossoms. this picture is the stage that they are out right now. we are starting to see those green color in the buds. the current stage. it's stage one of five. before we hit peak bloom. peak bloom this year expected to be between march 14th and the 17th. average peak bloom is about april 4th. i'm going

forecast as we get the latest information from the national park service the next few weeks. look at friday. we are chilly. a high of only 42 degrees. there is about a 40% chance of rain and snow showers around. mainly during the morning and mid-day hours. the weekend first weekend of march is looking chilly. 48 on saturday. 45 on sunday but we will keep it dry both days. then monday we do warm back up. 61. we continue to warm through tuesday. later in the day on tuesday, a cold front. another cold front looks to move through on the area. then we are windy on wednesday and chance for some showers by next friday. big story as we close out the workweek. blustery and chilly out there and maybe snow showers on the way. >> 40 minutes from now former vice president joe biden will receive a congressional patriot award and comes from the bipartisan policy center and honors leaders who are commit to coupkq age in the face of partisanship. former president obama surprised mr. biden last month by

him the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. a wild car chase on the george washington parkway that didn't stop until the person crashed his car. >> we are learning new details how it went#lúld down. >> hi, guys. this was a wild one. we first told you about this earlier. police chase a guy down the gw parkway. he crashes his car and gets out keeps going. >> 115 miles an hour! that is how he keeps going before he crashes. lçi-team got new photos5jt&há% of that crash and we are now learning how he is going to be punished. plus also new at 5:00. what does a lion do when he has a toothache? i found out recently at the national zoo when luke, the lion, went to get a root canal and i got to sit through the procedure and i got to pet him while he was out! and look into the business

this was an amazing experience! the video, you have got to see this. luke, himself, is a very cool guy. he is the alpha male at the zoo and he has a great back story so this is coming up at 5:00. >> were you nervous? because you ran your fingers through his mane? >> they said could you put some gloves on if you're going to keep touching this? yeah, sure. i don't want to get my germs all over him. he was amazing! it's cool to be around a creature that powerful. he was under anesthesia, obviously. the veterinary dentist is a local guy and a lot of interesting stories in taking luke to the dentist! >> those teeth are enjginormous! >> see you at 5:00. >> no reason to be nervous! he is out like a

>> exactly. thanks, guys. developing story now. police officers accused of betraying the badge. seven members of a special baltimore city police gun task forces are facing federal racketeering and conspiracy charges. the fbi says they have proof the officers robbed people, they"ib filed false police reports and lied about overtime. baltimore's police chief says this case is related to reform efforts his department is working on with the federal government. they point out the officers are innocent until proven guilty. it isn't a stunt from a hollywood movie. this is a high-speed chase ended for an inmate[hmt run. the man was trying to escape from a work release program in louisiana. he stole an employee's pickup truck. then led sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase and they had a spike that sent the truck into the air and it flipped over and on its roof. the inmate

>> wow. that looked like special effects there. the holy season of lint ent under way. the arch bishop of washington celebrated mass today at st. matthews cathedral. a massive investigationow2t shuts down several international monday laundering rings. >> authorities unsealed federal in various scams. consumer report susan hogan is joining us with a real victory for law enforcement. >> not only is this a victory for law enforcement, this is a huge victory for the victims who wired millions of dollars:ú" to these alleged criminals. the charges were announced today at the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. the arrest followed a multiyear investigationy

international law enforcement agencies. now the defendants were arrested overnight and todayipv= in a la enforcement operation coordinated by the fbi. the arrest took place in new york, los angeles, as well as >> it was the art of deception and human nature that allowed the criminals to carry out their illegal activity by exploiting individuals that trusted they were dealing with business people. >> reporter: these alleged schemes exposed included online vehicle fraud where scammers actually falsely advertised cars for sale they didn't own and buys unknowingly wired money to fake accounts. business e-mail compromise scheme. here, the criminals posed as executive employees and convinced lower level employees to wire money to their company in fake bank accounts. two other fraudulent practices included unlicensed money transmitting network and international money laundering

all of these schemes they stole more than $13 million from more than 170 victims, primarily all in the united states. if convicted, the suspects face about ten years in prison and millions of dollars in fines. this is one of those things for victims it really is kind -- we do these scams all the time and you think when you report them they don't go anywhere but they do now now proof with the fbi in this massive sting. >> this was pretty high level stuff as well. >> huge thing. and more to follow. >> thank you, susan. >> sure. we are not the only ones who just saw rough weather. almost a hundred million people across the country saw these storms. a look at the cleanup and where the weather took a tragic turn. the worst may be behind us but there is still a lot to talk about for storm team 4. more rain and a drop in the mercury.

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fy the same storm system that hit our area today ravaged the midwest first. >> yeah. you look at some of this video. at least three people are dead and after these tornadoes and extremely high winds left a path of destruction. we are getting the latest now from nbc. >> reporter: strong straight line winds tore through middle tennessee on wednesday. toppling trees, utility poles and other structures near nashville. in a line of storms that still stretcfr

the midwest. >> yeah. the scariest experience i've been through. never want to do it again. >> reporter: the systemou move through!gç the southeast after light up> reporter: illinois's governor surveyed the damage himself on wednesday, comforting victims, some of whom lost everything. >> the town has been divestevas. >> this is heart breaking. >> reporter: also devastated part of perry county, missouri, where one of 22 twisters touched down. >> truck started shaking. ran to the -- i ran to the -- ran to the door but couldn't get the door pe

blowing too hard. >> reporter: so like the month of march, to blow in like a wmzo lion, but hopefully leave like a lamb.4,gs chris klakum, nbc news. our news continues now with jim and wendy. >> the line of storms that left that trail of damage in the midwest made its mark on our area. good evening, i'm jim handily. >> i'm wendy rieger. wind gusts topped 70 miles an hour in some places. and after they were gone, this is what was left #0jñbehind. large trees to mind on to homes. we have team coverage noo tonight. >> we begin with mark segraves ma >> reporter: good evening, jim. take a look at this ho

from holy hospital. montgomery county fire and rescue tell us that this is not the only house that is looking like this today. in fact, they say they responded to hundreds of calls today. there was damage like this all across montgomery county. this man watched as a tree fell on his neighbor's house here on damron street in silver spring. >> a big gust. when the storm came through, it was probablyir i bet y-- i bet 506 miles an hour. i saw it go down on the house. >> reporter: not far away another house crushed bay tree. >> a couple of down in the germantown area as we speak and dealing with that.jywy firefighters are having tough access getting there, but the electric meters are smoking and trees and wires are down. >> reporter: heavy rains and strong wind pounded our region. on canal road, a tree fell on a car near fox hall road and causing the dri t