of the fashion game. >> it is called uber vomit fraud. you heard that right, uber vomit fraud. i'm adam tuss. i'll tel you how some drivers can be taking advantage of uber passengers by saying they got sick in their car. >> and right now fast-moving floodwaters taking over streets and swallowingp cars. >> more than 30 million people on the east coast are facing some dangerous a flooding, the dmv is right in the bullseye. >>gohat's right. afternoon, everybody. we're in a super soggy oversaturated weather alert. >> so far we've seen flash froods, torrential downpours and even a tornado warnalg. >> finan weather service says it received preliminary reports suggesting a small tornad may have touched down hear thomas jfers higon me damhoagesc on thefo ball field reported this. downanches and trees a across the area. this oneed cru c cars and blocked 30th street. this is in northwest d.c.

>> further north in baltimore county, rescuers used a raft to free threeop . >> our storm team 4 meteorologists are keeping a close eye with doug and amelia kicking off three hours ofr weat coverage. doug? >> it's really incredible the past couple of days. starting to get totals close to a foot within the last week. >> a lot of those concentrated oight in the d.c. metro area, and we're to see more rain overnight into tomorrow night. got that rain out there right now. fortunately a little bit of a break across the region. saw extremely heavy rain overnight last nhtnto tomorrow morning especially into parts of fairfax andonomery county and calvert county and anne arundel and prince george's county all under flood warnings as a result of all the rain. you can see we're intl a l bit of a lull. heavier downpours back to the i meand back to the west around the winchester area and down around culpepper area and

rappahannock countyow and d here. southern maryland down to southern neck,w you what we've got. follow this moisture all the way town to a north carolina see heavier rain. that's all trying to make its way up here so for the rest of the evening i think just the steady light rain m for thet part, and then we'll see some heavier rain builtovernight into the day tomorrow. a flash flood watch continues to be in effect until 6:00 tomorrow night for everybody in our guys, we'll continue this for one more day, and then it does get a little bit bett, but we're not done with the rain. the updated forecast, including the weekend, coming up. >> you g it, doug. we've go the our reporters out covering all of this. news s dave culver covers loudoun and faiax and prince george's county surveying storm damage. >> and he's on the grounds of thomasefferson high school where a tornado warning was issued this morning.

>> reporter: a mangled mess here on the campus of thomas jefferson hig school for science and technology. just look around. you can see wha this morning's weather system has done to lle basebaield here. this is aually one of the softball diamonds, the back fence torn down. you can see some of the fenng here brought down. this is what was the batting cages. walk with m here. you can so it looks like some of the portions within the batting cage were flipped up to the top here. one of the netting actually just sitting here at the top fencing portion. some of the damage actually caused by these large sports containers. thk cargo containers beingp picked und throws with them withhe fencing. as we walk out here towards the other athletic fields, you'll notice where a chain link fen normally is. you can walk right through. blot of damage. you may asking what caused this. you're looking into the

possibility that a tornado passed through here this morning. that has not yet been confirmed, but the damage speaks for itself. b there'n trouble spots across northern virginia that we have been discovering as we've de our way into portions of loudoun county and into portions of fairfaxri county,e william county. in'll show you some of that and what couldr into tonight and tomorrow. those are spots that you'll want for.ok out the good news here at thomas jefferson high school, no injuries after this wild weather whipped through. in the alexandria section of fairfax county, i'm david culver, news 4. >> the nbc washington app has you covered wherever you are any time of the day with an hour-bhour forecast. can you do you can download it now if you don't alreadyit have a wile bloody dispute inside a metro station. d.c. police say a rider got angry about delays on the red line and got stabbed during a fight with a metro employee. news 4's pat collins is live at the friendship heights station

details. pat? >> reporter: leon, an angry passenher barges into station manager's kiosk here,t he station manager, she has a knife. it gets ugly. it gets violent. he hits her. e stabs him, and that passenger, he ends up in the hospital. it happe shortly after midnight. the sharove train running late. a passenger waiting on the platform upset by the delay. according to the police report, he enters the station manager's kiosk, struck her in the arm. in fear of her life she stabs him in the chest with a pocket knife. the wounded passenger taken to the hospital. he's said to be in grave condition. metro police, d.c.olice called to investigate. here on the scenee pol chief

pete newsome. now that eve right there may be a violent claim of self-defense in this case, and that's one of the things that we have to look at. >> you have the person that thise looking for in >> we do. all of the parties involved, we're speaking to them, so we'll be able to g to the bottom of it. >> reporter: there are surveillance cameras all throughout the metro system, but it's unclear as tot whether or his confrontation near the kiosk was cght on tape. c now, polictinue to investigate. so far no charges have been filed here. meted to cover -- are metro employe allowed to carry knives or pocket knives? so far we haven't heard back from them. coming up at 5:00, rider teaction. i'll see you 5:00. >> thanks so much, pat. pat collins reporting live. brking news, a schoolteacher

is facing charges for soliciting sex from a minor. s poli that the 50-year-old struck up a conveation with detective posing as a minor. he sent a sexually explicit image. aiken was a teacher at west springfield high school last year. he's beenuspended without pay. the news 4 i-team went through employ esrecords thatay aiken taught latin language in the school system. we have breaking neiv. ka trump is shutting down the fashionrand that carries her name. she formally separated from the company operations when she went to work f with herher at the white house last year, but she did retain ownership through a trust. blayne alexander is here to tell us why the company is now folding. blayne? >> reporter: yeah, wendy. that brand ofum ivanka products, including purses and handbags and shoes will soon be no more. in a statement today the company is calling it a very difficult decision for ivanka trump who said in her own statement that

after 17 months in washington she doesn't know if or when she will return to the business, and e's calling this the only fair outcome for her team. but this brand really has struggled wh sales i recent months. this is something that's kind of become at symbolic tar for people who are critical of her father, of president trump and olicies. we've seen stores like nordstrom's stop carrying the brand in recent months citing low sal and even seen boycotts for the ivanka trump products. of course, there's a question os why wouldhe not sell the company and keep it going. in the past ivanka trump says she doesn't want to sell the brand becauseti essly that would be selling the trump name and whoever pies it would then be able to leverage the president's name in any way thee would l around the world. so, wendy, we've learned that therere abo 18 or so employees stationed at the t ivanmp offices there in trump tower. they found out about the company closing today during a, meeti and ivanka trump visited with them personally. back to you.

>>layne alexander, thank you, blayne. >> the fbi is calling her the ke hair don't care bandit. she is wanted for robbing at least five banks in the d.c. area. agents want you to a good look at this woman.th say she wears different-colored wigs and sunglasses. she's robbe a string of banks between may of 2016 and august of >> her robberies have not resulted in large losses of cash. there was one over $4,000 and the other ones were small amounts, and in some cases she's left the bk without any cash at all. >> the fbi offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the fake hair don't careit ba the rescued boys from the cave in thailand will spend the next nine days in meditation and reflection. almost all othe young soccer players are preparing to be ordained as buddhist novices and monks. this is a rite of passage for young men in thailand.

the group will live in a monastery and focus on spiritual cleansing. they will also be praying for the diver who died during theis rescueon. the excitement is building in tokyo. today marks two years until the 2020 summer olympics. t the centerpiece olympic stadium right there.se .l and softball wilel b tokyo coming up, we'll show you how they are marking things out in the little tokyo neighborhood of los angeles. and we're working with you with aonsumer alert. check your pantries because a popular snack could make your children sick. pepperidge farm is recalling four kind of goldfish. the supplier warms them that the wder used in the seasoning may be contaminated with salmonella. there are nts repf anyone becoming sick. ditching the bathing suit

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mode. more raint times and all the way through tomorrow. doug is back in a couple of minutes with a look at when we'll finally get relief. we have proof this evening that news 4 is working for you and getting results. the owner of a localmp moving y has been hit with an order that requires him to paya nearly a million dollars in fines and restitution. susan hogan is here with this update. pretty serious. >> absolutely, wendy. when we first told you about swiss van lines c and its owner juan carlos martinez last usl, a viewer reached out to claiming martinez overcharged him and then held his items hostage until he paid. we found other customers with similar claims, so after our investigation aired maryland's attorney general filed charges against martinez and swift van lines. a judge agreed that martinez

violated another consumer protection law. today w learned a final order has been issued requiring martinez to pay more than $470,000 in penalties and costs to the state and restitution to consumers. f you use martinez's companies of swiftin van or revolution moving and storage and you feel you were s overcharged, yuld contact the maryland attorney general's office. they want to hear from you. back to you. >> good stuff, thank you,san. >> sure. >> right now, multiple wildfires are literally chang people into the sea in greece. this is one of the worst fire outbreaks in europe in decades. morehan 70 people have been killed to this point. states of emergency have been called i athens and other areas around the countries. armies of firefighters from all across europe are trying to get this son under control. the greek prime minister has declared three days of mourning for thems victi of this wildfire. >> is this weather-relaold? >> aely. you get heat waves out there this time of year.

had over 50-me-per-hour winds, and that just continues. >> not just dry, yeah. ng thatthis is somet that part of the country or world has been dealing with for the last couple of years this, drought that's been going on out going to that's continue there, and right now continuing for us in the u.s. out towards the west, let's get to that in a second of the right now we don't have anything like that. have the exact opposite. too much rain, and you can see that rain making itsbaay right into the area right now. only a few areas of heavier do pours. the heavier downpours are in the yellows, oraes and reds. notice them back towards winchester and rappahannock county, seeing a lot of heavy rain right now righte county itself. look at the rest of the region, most of this just fairly light rain. you'll see a couple of heavier downpours. one just to the north of waldorf and coming towards clinton andd back towhe west. this towards winchester and towards martinsburht and rig here in rappahannock county. light win for thee rest of evening hours.

a steady rain, look at this, going all the wayhe down to carolinas and out to the atlantic. the moisture train is making its way fro the atlantic into our area. earlier last night this area, see t thunderstorms right here, right over d.c. that's what was coming through, and that's why we have some of our counties under flood warnings rig. n but the entire area continues to be under a flash flood watch until tomorw night at 6:00. 8.5 inches so far in washington, some locations over foot. another one to three inches between now and tomorrow night. it's really going to continue here for about another 24i hour. ant to show you the whole pattern here. you can see what's going extremely wet. the entire eastern part of the nation here. back to the west though, we're not seeing much in the rain of rainfall at as a matter of fact, extreme heat. 115 today in phoenix, izona, and 100 to 108 in the basin around l.a. incredible heat weat. denv extremely hot, and then our weather, you seehu the trough which you see a lot

of times in the winter months which is grabbing all of this moisture and bringing it right into our area. th causes the rain. that cautions the flooding. guys, the worst part about this, and amelia you'll say the same thing,re not ending today. we may actually see a repeat of this pattern nh,t week. >> y absolutely. we'll see the pattern that doug just expined break down a little bit thursday, friday and on into the weekend, and then next week we're a looki more rain, otherwise cloudy skies and humid conditions. here's futur weather at 7:00 p.m. i don't want you to look at placement so ech, but not we're continuing to deal with waves of rain. otherwise cloudy skies and still areas of rain out there at 11:00 p.m. tonight. tomorrow morning horse to contend with for the commute.no midday and aft hours, rain and pockets of heavy rain. 3 e doug said, another 1 t inches of rainfall and more flooding concerns tomorrow and into tomorrow night w be tracking heavy rain. it won't be until late wednesday and early thursday when we finally dry ow. take a look.

more widespread rain tomorrow very similar to today. we get someut breaks, there's a pretty good chance you can count on dealing with at least some rain on your wednesday, thursday and friday. lookingainly dr maybe a late-day thunderstorm on friday. over the weekend a chance for laid-day showers and thunderstorms. as you start to think about your weekend plans, plan things during the morning and midday hours because as the day wears on there's a better chance that you're dealing with showers or wunderstorms. take a being loo at your four-day forecast, 83 tomorrow and 88 on thursday. the sunshine is finally back on thursday. partly to even mostly sunny skies for the afternoon hours. friday is hot and humid. 91 and feeling more like 95, and then wendy and leon, notice next week, monday, two, wednesday, thursday, friday, there's the chance for rain in tre every day. >> literally wash, rinse, repeat. >>lu ably. >> that's what we're in for. >> that's what we've got. >> thanks, amelia. if you hen't been able to see

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>> drew: tonight brussels airlines is flying folks from here in our area to a huge electronic music festival in europe. >> and before they take off for rrowland there's a vip party and tommy mcfly is there. >> okay, tommy, wherere the folks going? looks like a party there at the airport.

>> reporter: well, there's so much going on here. this is normal airport activity waiting a a your gate maybe trying to get your phone charged. this is what's happening on the flight heading to tomorrowland. we've got a party. we've got glow sticks. we've got flowerrourns and found andrea here from bethesda. you've been to tomorrowland. what the heck is latomorrnd? >> it's a place in belgium,he biggest eating and music festival in the world that brings everybody tone city in belgium from all over the world. today i'll be jumping on the global journey from washington, d.c. flying straight to brussels as part of 'stomorrowlalobal isurney package. >> reporter: this really cool. the only flight out of america that doeshat. 13 cities came here to get on board. there's mocktails and glo sticks a also a very energetic crew when was the last time you saw a flight crew this excited? now, these are mocktails. these are mocktails. isabelle, whatan you

perience on this flight over to brusseloi >> we're gng to have a lot of fun, of co cse, and takeare of having the engers best time of their life tomorrow at tomorrowland. >> reporter: right. a true weekend festival. ithe last weekends happening. the deejays are playi. the glow sticks are happening. g we'reng to send some really ppy passengers on to this flight pretty soon. oh, my goodness, can you imagine getting on flight and what the fun fact is? half of this flight is not pty people. they just booked on brussels airlines so oh, my goodness will they have a fun ride tonight. >> i can oy imagine how much advil they will sell. >> not from ilmock they are not. >> that's just at the gate. >> reporter: might join them. u might hear from me on "news 4 today." i may be in brussels tomorrow, who knows. >> i like it >> reporter: back to you guys. >> i want to see what ooks like.nd i guess we'll never know.

there's always tomorrow. >> all right. party on. >> oh,ne goodness. at 4:00, bracing for more rain. it won't be a party here, that's for sure. we will eel take you to prince george's couy and show you what crews are doing there. plus, doug's got an update on our flood threat. >> and think before you sip this evening because there might be an unexpected ingredient in you glassr o

looking live at the storm team 4 radar youll can see of the rain is still just saturating our region, and the seve weather will be continuing for a third straight day. as doug kammerer explains, the heaviest rain is still to come. doug? >> yea in many areas. we've seen this rain starting on saturday of lt week. boy, it continues across the area. you've got these showers and big-ti storms going on in places like rappahannock county martinsburg area and in west virginia. that's the very heavy rainfall. the rest of the region on the lighter start. it'sel starting to ee the region and i do expect rain in most locations as we head through the night. track this moisture all the way down to the carolinas. all this rain to go. again, most of this on the light side now, but i do expect to see

heavier downpours. that will continue and really we think the heaviest rain comes overnight tonight into the day tomorrow. that's why we ctinue to have this flash flood watch in effect until 6:00 on your wednesday. a very wet next 24 hours. a little bit more than that the next 2 36 hours. then we get a little bit of a break before something else moves in in timeor the weekend. we talk about that as well and see you here again for more on e the end. >> the woman killed by a tree in last night's stormy weatheras been identified as a 63-year-old woman who was killed when the tree fell on her home in burnside lake in we virginia. her husband was nearby but did survive. fairfax county firefighterdeare ribing that tree as a massive 60toot tree t crushed one-quarter of this couple's home. >> prince george's county is bracingcouesso to fall. sports there seeing high water are and that flooding

could be more widespread over the next 24ours. bureau chief tracee wilkins is live where officials are hard to stay ahead of the rain. tracte? >> repor we're here at eatm edmonton pumping station. there are five pumps at thisn. st you're looking at three of them. they pump hundreds of thousands of gallons o water. during this storm event that started last saturday, these pumps have been triggered but not right now. lete show you over there in bow. this is queen anne bridge road, and this road had standing water earlier this morning. it was coming up as high as almost a foot and a half for people who were walking in that water, living along that in low- area. it started to dissipate a little bit just when we left a couple

of hours ago, but still an area that the county is monitorg just a they are also monitoring what's going on here at this station. rme bottom line here is that we're seeing stos that are much heavier than they used to be. >> i've been with the county for yer 35 years, so in my time here,h, we've had heavy storms, but today's storms in the lastee 15 years like they are coming down harder and quicker, and that -- you can adruple the size of this pumping station, but if it drops enough water you're not going to win that battle. >> reporter: good news have not seen any flooding in this area in more than ten years. these neiborhoods hind here used to definitely have a wle burn bun bunch of issues before they were eqpped with the pumps. this is an automated pumping station. not animated by any stretch of the imagination. they have cameras here where they can actually monitor what's going on.th e are folks working here 24

hours while we're in this storm event, just in case something goes wrong, andhey need to manually do something to make sure the pumps are working. reporting live, tracee wilkins. >> marking one yea since the violence in charlotte. >> a look at what's coming up at 5:00 tonight. ? >> an up expected race for the racist gathering and what it could mean for the one-year anniversar of the violence. also a local diagnosed teachkin teacher killed in an awful crash. her mother speaks only to news 4. >> god was showing off when he made her. this is the last thing i ever ever thought i'd be doing. >>e a l lost way too soon. we'll see those stories and a good deae. m we'll check in with david culver

en alexandria covering the flooding and dam there. we'll have our roars. we're fanned out all over region. we saw tracee there and the water is only rising. >> the worst isll s to come. >> and tokyo 2020 is offic ylly twors out. >> celebrations already underway. plus, we'll take a lookt how the host city is preparing and e new sports y can expect at the next olympics. >> and take a look. here's your forecast road conditions tonight and tomorrow for the morning commute and evening commute aswe well. e looking for rain to continue leading to wet roads issues.e flooding how much more rain can we expect, and what kind of rainfall

the excitement is building or the summer olympic games in tokyo. >> two years away. 2020, the olympic venues are already taking shape. >> they are already getting

excited here stateside in los angeles. jay grey is in the little neighborhood of l.a. he has a look at a special event to mark the special day. konichiwa, jay. >> reporter: >> right back at you, leon. how can you not be excited about the olympics. two years out. at's not that long, right? quite a celebration and getting ready to get started her at the japanese-american cultural center. here in theeautiful japanese gardens. perfect zen in this little garden here. a dozen or so olympic hopefuls re leading a youth sports clinic and trying to get everybody fired up as we officially begin to march towards 2020. the countdown continues in tokyo exactly two years ahead of the summs. 2020 game >> i think japan will be an incredible host. >> the city is building towards the opening ceremony. construction of one of sevew venues already finished. and thees faces of the g have

been revealed, mass counts mira, itoa and somati which symbol eternal hopel as w as mental and physical strength. strength that athletes will look into as four now sports are addedo the summe games, surfing,karate, spo climbing and skateboarding which could feature a familiar face for team usa. >> i'm going to and get my -- can we put the snowboard in the garage and get my steboard and see how i feel. i would love to liv out m dream in being in the summer olympics. >> a dream shared by more than 11,000 athletes from 206 nations. >> olympic games is the greest sports celebration of the world and for the humankind. >> reporter: a celebration at's already started in the city. >> yeah. >> another quick note. tokyo wants to make the 2020 games the most environmentally friendly in olympic history, and

a part of that effort includes, they will have solar power and a medalsvenues and all the will be made out of recycled cell phones? >> what? >> that's the latest live here in los angeles. >> because they have plenty of them. really rocking that shi there, jay. >> whichm are you playing on, and i'm always fired up when it comes to team usa. >> thanks a tlot. e care, jay. if you're just joining us, we don't even have to tell yo this. we're in weather alertode. all y need to do is look ow the window. >> the impact that this relentless rain is having onur area. what's still to come ton aht tomorrow. >> you know, if you lose your lunch in an uber and we're talking about puking, itha only fair tt you pay for the cleanup, but some riders say they are victims of something that's being called vomit fraud. that's being called vomit fraud. yes, folks,omit v

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boy, don't we all feel like this. we feel like we're a soggy blur. this is the capitol, and this rain has been relentless'r and hearing from doug that it could stretch into next week with just a little bitf a break in a couple of days. he's hewe in a minutes to give us the latest forecast on this. my plants are like knocking on the door and saying can we come inside. >> let me in. >> it's bad. >> this one is also bad. in advance, about to settle down for dip, hold off for a bit until after we get through this story because you definitely want to hear this one. >> and bon appetite. >> exactly. this is about uber drivers, and something is going on here and a lot of folks are comaining about this. >> yes, it's a little something

called vomit fraud because uber drivers are being accused of . they are being charged fees that are pretty left toe clean up vomit that never curred. >> our transportation reporter adam tuss is digesting thisne for us from dupont circle. >> reporter: uber vomit fryod, heard that right. you ever had one of those uber trips where it just, you know, seems a little fuzzy at the end of the trip and you really don't remember all of it. well, you should check your receipt becauseome uber drivers could be trying to take advantage. faking vomit for extra cash? what do you think vomit fraud is >> i think it's when a driver probably claims someone throws up their car and tries to get the money to clean itr charge the passenger. >> reporter: yeah, correct. we'll spare you the graphic pics

but "the miami herald" had uber drivers fake vomit scenes in car and hit customers wit f theee to clean the vehicle. >> i didn't know this was happening, but it. makes sen what do i think of it? rtpretty ununate. >> reporter: and most drivers acted if i was aboo vomit in their car and they pulled away, t we did manage to travel with this uber driver. he does say in many cases the fee is justified. >> sometimesou have people who are not quite all right. >> reporter: uber says in a confirmed case of fraud, appropriate action will be taken against the driver. however, with about 15 million uber trips taken every day, this kind of thing can happeso times it is amazing what the world of transportation actualli

gets yo and the kind of stories that you cover, i can tell you that, guys. listen, we've been in contact with d.c.'s uber office and if you think anything is wrong with your receipt, you should immediately contact them to make sure everything is okay. again, apologies if you were eating your dipper.ea this is a thing. this is happening. we are bringing it to your attent fn. ba you. >> here's my thing on this. if this is a problem, ian if people vomiting because they are too drunk is a problem. why don't ty put barf bags in their car like we have in the airplane and airplanes and the seat in front of you. >> good idea. secondly k don't youw when you've thrown up? i don't know. >> maybe you do. >> reporter: i think if you're athatoint you probably don't realize that the barf bag is even there and it just gets to the point. >> but to protect yourself.

>> reporr:ow about just don't get to that point. just don't get to that point. >> go to a bar and try to explain that to a bunch of drunks. thank you, adam. there's a plentyund here. >> thank you, sir. >> all right. >> on that note, we're getting sick to our stomach from the rain. >> come on, doug, get us out of here. >> you for examplen the r has been an issue for the last couple of days. we started off almost three weeks of july almt zero rain at all. >> we were watering our plants, deep watering our plants. >> and the grass was starting to turn brown. >> crispy. >> and then last week we saw tuesday, last tuesday, each airport set record all-time rainfalls for the date, and since then one wet week for sure. you can see that rain right now. heaviest rain back to the west. in and around the d.c. metro area, all fairly light rain and heavy s.downpo here's front royal coming through warren county and

western parr of fauqu county and clark county. very heavy rain and this is a mountainous aa. he towards the blue ridge flash flooding occurs much fastener these locations than out to the east and prince george's county saw some today ande arundel saw s today and this is right around the chevrolet area. othelo we are a 50 making its way n atheast andng the berlin area and over towards college park as well and seeing some of the heavier rain moving in. there's a lot mor to come, but notice with this, no yellows or reds. not a lot of them anyway in our area. they are all down to the south. not coming our way just yet. expect more overnight and into tomorrow and thas why the flash flood watch continues to be in effect until 6:00 tomorrow evening. once again we've seen 8.5 inches ineashington and s locations way more than that. enother 1 to 3 inches possi or more through tomorrow. you think we've set any records? yeah, amelia is doing the research on it and it's pretty

extensive. >> absolutely, doug, so i povstd estimated rainfall areas and a lot of areasun in and a the d.c. metro area amounts have reached a foot or more. that means this is baltimore' wettest on record and top ten wettest julys right new and we'll continue pick up rainfall tomorrow and tomorrow eveningo to add t on to that, b so far this is the wettest seven-day totalainfall in july. bottom line, seen a lot of rain, and we'll be dealing wit more. tomorrow once again, not a great pool day. pulling into work today and saw a campo walking kidse pool in bathing suits, and they had their umbrellas out, a little or confusinge to see. i would not recommend heading to the pool tomorrow, but on thursds and friday i look good, and the sun is back on thursday, and there's a for late-day thunderstorms on ndiday so get to the pool a little bit earlierou should be just fine. aside from the rain it's been incredibly muggy outside, a

we'll stay muggy right on through friday, but then as we head on into the weekend, especially on your sarday, our humidity levels drop down, and it's only feeling a little bit humid out thereor saturday and sunday. so here's what you need to know. more rain times through tomorrow evening. e'll get somewhat of a break thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. more on that in just a second, but then we're talking about more rainy and mgy conditions xt week. next week we're not seeing as much rain as we've seen this week, but, still, there's a chance for rain every day onhe ten-day forecast, doug, next week. >> yeah. this week we saw upwards ofo 6 12 inches of rain. next week we're talking maybe 1 to 4.ll it's s a lot. i'll tell you. weather alert day fimorrow, a h day in a row. 88 on thursday and 91 on friday. the heat index in the mid to upper 90s. a ha40%e of afternoon storms on saturday and this is from a cold front that's coming through. comes through late enough and could even see stronger storms

late friday into saturday and then a chance of storms on sunday. look, a chance ofaiand rather stormy and all the way through next week. won't be raining the entire time, but we'llee morehances for rain as we make our way intl the first fu week of august. >> thank you, >> a multitasking dad managed to watch a ball game, hold a baby and then take home a souvenir all at the same time. >> this was a phillies fan who managed to catch a home run ball in one hand while he was holdiny his n the other hand. this all occurred during last night's game. dads canti mulsk and on replay it looked like heeat out the hy next to him who had the advantage because didn't have a baby in one hand, but the dad ended up leaving the game disappointed because the dodgers won. >> and i bet you mom was at home just screaming. >> no. >> she saw the ball heading that way was screaming her head off. everything is okay though. >> yes, good dad. >> all right. we've got two horers of this weather alert day for you.

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fm heat waves to floods, a large swath of the u.s. is and ng with extreme dangerous weather this week, and in some areas conditions are expected to worsen in the coming days. >> reporter: at the mcy of mother nature. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: millions of americans facing sere weather and treacherous conditions. >> the streets are like rivers. >> reporter: a 600-mile stretch of northeast coast bcing for e threat of heavy rain and flooding. at least two people have alrea k beenilled including in massachusetts where a tree fell on a home. inva pennsa zachary was lucky. >> it just happened out of ofwork and next thing my car was just shut f, and i'm like what do i do now?

>> reporter: eli was rescued by firefighters from at of his jeep. >> thank you. >> reporter: farther south. >> wow. >> reporter: visitors to myrtle beach on monday watched a water spout make its way on shore and transform into a tornado. parts of colorado, meanwhile, >> the hail just came down, and all of this happened rather quickly. >> reporter: and no moisture but record-breaking temperatures out west. >> excessive heat warnings, valleys, mountains, deserts. >> reporter: central california firefighters hampered by the extreme heat and dry conditions. as they continue to battle a large blaze near yosemite national park. a wild summer weather ride coast to coast. news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> right now at 5:00, here we gg n, folks. >> yes. >> another weather alert today. this is our fourth one in a row. check out this scene.

more trees keeling over asin hey ra drenches their roots. hello, everybody. i'm jim handley. >> and i'm wendy rieger. >> no one was hurt in that cident but branches took out a car on 30th street in northwest d.c. you can sees how much rain across our region right now. the flood warnings are up for most of us and they are up through this evening. >> and you guessed it. the heaviest rain is still to come our way. we have team coverage and our meteorologists and working to keep you weather sady. >> letrt with doug and amelia in the weather center. when are we going to be able to get some dryhaland? >>s what everyone is asking me, no matter what it was today, the hardware dore. o go to home depot and get something. i'm like when is it going to stop? thanswer is thursday, a we're not done with the heavy rain just yet. >> seeing a rteny p set up next week. not as bad as this week, butbe we'lealing with the chance for rain every day. >> we've seen upwards of aoot

rain, just incredible the amount of rain we've seen. still coming down. have another 24 to 36 hours of rain. at times it will be heavy. right now for the mostart 're looking at lighter rain across the d.c. metro area and heavier rain back towards the county andwarren clark county. shower activity. most light around the d.c. metro area.o starting t see at least some of these showers break out. they are becoming a little bita r into parts of montgomery county. north of gaitburg and that's a heavy shower. this one around bethesda right around the kensington area. right up to georgia avenue and you might see some moving on in here. a lot more where that came from. moisre out of the uth, but not a lot of yellows an oranges. not talking heavy rain for the next few hours though weo anticipate it picking up. much more on this, and the dryer tt