. the water was actually up to the roof of cars pushing cars down the road. >> we lost water throughout the system. >> there was waves rolling in. >> this was the first time we ever had something like this. this is 9news now. >> good evening. i'm derek mcginty. >> and i'm anita brikman. first tonight, flood watch. right now a massive cleanup is under way in dundalk maryland after a huge water main break this afternoon. a 72-inch wide pipe burst and the town was virtually under water. 165,000 gallons of water poured on to the street every minute for over two hours. the water was waste deep and part of a -- waist deep and part of a road was under way. >> here is washington, baltimore to the north. now, we'll zoom into dundalk. it's in the southern section of

baltimore county. now we're going to zoom in even farther to the neighborhood that was affected by all of this. the break occurred on the highway which runs parallel to dundalk. there it is. take a look. we have live triple team coverage tonight from james hash, brittany morehouse and gary nurenberg. and, gary, let's get you going on this. the investigation continues tonight. what happened? >> reporter: well, derek and anita, the good news is the water is receding tonight. but for residents of this 70-block area of dundalk, memories won't be receding any time soon. the water main broke at 4:30 this afternoon. ron re williams watched -- ronnie williams watched it from his front step. >> the water was shooting up out of the ground i would say three feet shooting up on to the

highway. it actually looked like we were at ocean waves and it was just pouring over here. just pouring and pouring and pouring. >> reporter: the water spread quickly flooding the parking lot of the center across the streech but not reaching the store front. it moved into the neighborhoods of water edge, turner's station and logan village. >> this is one of the large er breaks that we have -- larger breaks that we have had in recent history. >> reporter: residents waded through their knees. >> there has been no injuries, no loss of life. people used good sense. >> reporter: the streets and highways will clearly need repair. 843 homes lost power, gas lines were checked carefully. >> at this point we don't have any problem with the gas lines. however, there is still settling of earth which could affect that. but we're monitoring that very closely. >> reporter: the governor was here to offer state support to those who will be filing

insurance claims. viewers of 9news now will remember that massive water main break we covered on river road on december 23rd rd of 2008. engineers here say that that man and this one are very similar -- main and this one are very similar in design. coverage now continues now with the impact on the family and my colleague brittany morehouse. >> reporter: well, gary, there was significant damage to so many families. significant and expensive. and i can tell you that for many families here, it will not be easy to get over. >> i've never seen anything like this in any neighborhood ever. >> reporter: up and down logan view drive, neighbors are quacking and talking. >> my husband made a joke of it. he said get a for sale side on the way because now we have waterfront property. >> reporter: they have parked on their lawn or other properties. >> my car is in my neighbor's yards. >> reporter: others can't even get to their home and assess the

damage. >> when we got here and the street was flooded they wouldn't let us to our home. >> it's my house. >> reporter: chris can see her dog just fine, even though she can't reach her. her mom and son tell her the house is flooded. she says navigating the neighborhood streets is impossible. >> this is as far as i can go. >> it took me about an hour to get -- to a place where i could park my car. >> reporter: and watching that are dozens of people who crowd various porches, including one couple who lives close enough to three drains. >> it held up. >> yes, there is ones right over there, one right there where that truck is parked at and 1 across the street. >> reporter: so they're spared. but as night sets in, many more find they're not so lucky. this family needs to look no further than their basement. >> i have lost my washer, dryer, hot water heater, electrical box in the basement. it's under water. my deep freeze is under water. my furnace is under water. >> reporter: and also under

water in the basement, their family photo albums along with some antique furniture that goes way back in the family. there is the kind of damage that first rescuers have been seeing all night long. and to pick up that coverage, my colleague james hash. >> reporter: thank you, brit. the part i'll be focusing on tonight is just the massive rescue response that the baltimore county fire department and neighboring fire departments had to mount to try to render assistance to people affected by this. not only was it difficult getting the boats and the trailers carrying the boats through the small narrow streets of dundalk, but then the general traffic mess that was created by this water main break. >> this is the first time we've ever had something like this. >> normally we don't drive up to somebody's house in a boat. >> reporter: but that's exactly what chris and his advanced tactical rescue team from the fire department did this afternoon. the flooded streets of dundalk, mir land may have looked more -- maryland may have looked more

like venice with rescue crews navigating in small boats. >> trying to drive a boat down the street. >> that's the hardest part? >> while there is fences and potholes and you don't know what is under the street. >> reporter: fortunately the boat crew didn't need to make any rescues nor did the boat crews from other departments. residents were grateful for the fire department's response. >> i think it's absolutely wonderful. i've already thanked them a couple of times. they're doing a marvelous job noo r. >> reporter: and as the watt -- job. >> reporter: and as the waters receded, tired firefighters packed up their equipment knowing the real work to be done will be done by residents. >> the basements are pretty much filled, so they're quite upset. >> this high. five feet of water guaranteed. >> it's going to be a long-term event. it's not going to go away tonight. we'll survive. we're from dundalk. >> reporter: and residents are going to need a lot of that kind of determination in the coming days as they begin to clean up this mess.

the chief concern right now for the fire department in the wake of this is gas. now, when these basements flooded, the pilot lights on water heaters and furnaces were put out. and unless the gas is shut off, that could create a fire and explosion hazard. now, fire department crews are out visiting these residences that were affected by this flooding, but they urge anyone if you smell gas in your house to leave the house immediately and call 911. from dundalk, maryland, i'm james hash 9news now and wusa9.com. >> james hash, brittany morehouse, gary nurenberg, great work guys. you can follow our story on our website wusa9.com. topper, you have some new stories to show us the magnitude of the flooding that came out of the water main break. >> this is unbelievable. this is going to take days and weeks to clean up. this covers an area of 17 square

miles. it moved southeast ward towards the bay. east of dundalk avenue and then off to the south and east again. but 17 square miles. an unbelievable amount of water. as we mentioned some earlier, four feet deep. all right. for us we'll kind of switch gears here. we don't have any water heading our way. we do have a cold front heading our way but i think it's going to move through dry. overnight partly cloudy, cooler. 56-66. winds turn north easterly at ten. we'll come back and talk about weather for the terps game and any other game you have coming up. 9news broke news this afternoon. nba star delonte west arrested and sara walsh is here to give us all of the details. what happened. >> well, the maryland native was pulled over thursday night after he cut off a police officer on the beltway. that officer found a loaded hand begun in his pocket, another in his -- handgun in his pocket, another in his pant leg and

another tied on his back. he was described as being very cooperative and has since been released. the cavaliers say they have been in contact with west but won't comment further. the 26-year-old grew up in greenbelt and played for eleanor roosevelt high school. now, last year west left cavaliers training camp to seek treatment for depression and a mood disorder. he now has a scheduled court appearance on november 20th. derek. >> sara walsh, thanks for that. just ahead, the dangerous mix of teens and explosive. and representative joe wilson setting off some firecrackers himself. back home he says he's been made a target and he wants help from his constituents. >> those stories and much more right after the break. 9news now continues.

and welcome back. here is your forecast first. 79 tomorrow. 78 on saturday for the redskins. a few clouds may come in later for the redskins but dry. and a lot of clouds on monday. i don't think we'll see any showers. temperatures go up again 80 degrees on monday. maybe some showers monday night. there is also a great children's festival saturday and sunday. the weather will cooperate for that as well. check it out. now, the weekend either side of me, we will do the forecast in detail overnight. we're looking at partly cloudy skies. cooler. low temperatures mid 50s to mid 60s. so once the cold front drops out, it will usher in some cooler and somewhat dryer air. winds northeasterly at ten. lows tonight, some 50s. maybe 58 in great falls. 52 in bethesda. 52 in silver springs. downtown will be confined to the mid 60s. that's still pretty comfortable. 59 in upper marlboro. saturday morning partly cloudy, cool, a little breezy.

50s and 60s. winds northeasterly at 10-15. there will only be a 2-3-hour period. by afternoon not really a factor. mostly sunny, did he light full. high -- delightful. 74-78. winds calm down to ten miles an hour. not a windy days. lot of showers in the deep south. and for the most part, i think the showers are going to stay to the south of us over the weekend. the front should drop south of us tonight and then just suppress all of this to our south for a while. i do think next week, though, some of this moisture will throw some clouds our way and perhaps even some showers our way. in the meantime, we are in pretty good shape. the front itself is still north of us. it did produce some showers north into new york state and pennsylvania but i think they're going to dry out before they get here. we'll do zone forecast. all six zones are on our website at wusa9.com. check out our interactive radar. that's pretty cool too. 74 in winchester. 57 in leesburg tomorrow. -- 75 in leesburg tomorrow. upper 70s for woodbridge.

downtown mid to upper 70s with sunshine. 76 in bowie. there will be a little chop on the bay, particularly early tomorrow. there is a small craft advisory until noon. but 75 for annapolis. that is not bad. 75 for lusby. not bad either. and 76 in rockville. and, again, mostly sunny skies on saturday. and really for the most part, mostly sunny skies on sunday. all right. next seven days, hant really tinkered -- haven't really tinkered with this much. terps and skins are in good shape. 80 on monday. we'll keep it cloudy and dry. fall officially arrives on tuesday. showers and thunderstorms, upper 70s. and then we get into the middle part of next week. it stays warm. low to mid 80s wednesday, thursday and friday and showers and thunderstorms are possible. but those days will not be a washout. and we mentioned this earlier on this date in 2002 was isabelle. and the people up there in baltimore rescuing people because of the flood. and if you go to our website and check out my blog, there's a lot

more on isabelle there. that was a crazy week in terms of anniversaries. ivan was yesterday and floyd was yesterday. >> anything going on now we need to know about? >> it's pretty quiet. there is a couple of areas we're watching but it's pretty quiet. >> we like that. >> we sure do. >> thanks a lot, top. representative joe wilson is back home tonight in south dare care and he's talking -- south carolina and he's talking about his outburst the night president obama addressed the nation on health care reform. wilson says he needs the support of his constituents back home. >> i'm speaking the wrong place at the wrong time. and now i'm the number one target of washington democrats. number one target to move on. number one target of acorn. >> wilson says he has apologized to the president and has been criticized in congress. and now it's time to move on and talk about the issues facing the nation. virginia's gubernatorial

candidates were stomping out on the western part of the state today. they spoke to members of the association down in roanoke. virginians go to the polls november 3rd. and absentee ballots will be available starting tomorrow. registered voters can get them if they will be absent from the city or county where they're registered or if they're unable to go to the poles in person on election -- polls in person on election day. the maryland democrat wants another term. they filed to run for another run of office. the comptroller is also a member of maryland's board of public works and approved state contracts. up next, a 89 news now special report -- 9news now special report. explosives. these are in the hands of teenagers. these explosives 101. how the big bang could lead to big bucks for some. that's right after the break.

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been touched by this disease, join me tomorrow for a jubilee. the cancer survivor jub sri a free event -- jubilee is a free event tomorrow. i'll be there to moderate a panel of local survivors. you can find a link to more information on our website wusa9.com. click on living well. well, tonight we take you to an unusual sort of camp where kids are allowed to blow things up with real live explosives. you heard me right. real explosives. the question obviously why? >> fire in the hole. >> five, four, three, two, one. [ explosion ] >> this is explosivs camp where young people get hand on experience in handling explosives. dr. paul worsey founded the camp. it's not only to recruit future students but hopefully future workers in the explosive industry. >> there's a lot of people

getting traumatized so there is a lot of opportunity come up in the next ten years for people going into the explosive industry. and it's very, very important that we actually put out people with the correct knowledge to keep the industry going. [ explosion ] >> high school senir taylor angle is not exactly an explosive novel list. >> i have had definitely some failure. i burnt part of my hand right here. i had a second degree burn on there. and i did a few thousand dollars worth of damage to our house. but mom and dad weren't too happy. but i thought it was fun. they said learn how to do it right here. [ explosions ] . >> as the week goes on, the explosions become larger. camp participant graham click. >> ever since i was a kid i liked firework. and as i got older i found out there was career options that you could do with explosives.

>> what i'm doing is i'm watching that spark or fueling that spark. it's probably there all right. they know the path is available for them in the area of their interest. >> interesting choice of words igniting the spark. they have seen an increase in their engineering enrollment since the camp got started. clearly a huge game this weekend. lots of people excited. >> pick which day. huge game saturday for the terps. >> high school? >> and tonight it's a huge game for every high school and they finally got good weather. ahead in sports, it's no acc team coming to college park tomorrow, but terps fan should fear this particular team from the sun belt. santana moss pays the price for this little altercation. plus it's friday night so high schoolers rule the show. did you know fios has a multi-room dvr?

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and now 9 sports where sara walsh, the best sports in town. >> in the terps defense, nobody thought they would come out after graduating 30 seniors and rock the college football world. but being an acc team, there is still the expectation they're going to hand others handle them. although the blue raiders of sun belt tomorrow would think otherwise. the season ago 0-1 against sun belt game at their place. well, that should give the blue raiders plenty of confidence for tomorrow's showdown. the terps aren't only thinking revenge at 1-1 this year. they're thinking improvement. >> i'm hoping that we continue to get better each and every week so that when we really get into the acc schedule, we're going to have a chance. we have to play better than what we did. >> nfl santana moss got fouls for this altercation.

it didn't cost either the game but it's going to cost a lot more now. both hit with $5,000 fines today from the league. the nationals and mets trying to stop a three-game fly. burke not needed at the moment because with a tie score current catcher hitting a two-run home hundred. in if the 9th nats up one. this could have been an issue but mike mick douk al do you go al knocks the ball -- mcdougal knocks the hit. that would put the sox up for good. baltimore falls 3-1. >> now operation football. >> well, in football the pros just got started. the college guys are heating up. but for the high schoolers, this thing is already rolling. it is week three of operation football and tonight we start with a pair of unbeaten

friendship. the stags came to play. watch the stiff arm right there. gets into the end zone. they go up 7-0. then it would get ugly. ryan burbrink in the end zone. nothing at break. they would go on to win 45-12. [ cheering compen inging ] young through for 377 yards and five touchdowns. the warriors win it 24-9. in the third quarter check out friendly's corey homes. he takes on two tack letters and still gets -- tacklers and still gets on. the running back partner pretty good too. starts off to the left. that is no good so you change your mind and come back the

other way. all the way back the other way. he has a few more defenders before he was brought down. they win 24-0. not too far away in upper marlboro, second half the douglas eagles cruising in this one. quarterback barber the keeper gets a stiff arm. he gets in for the score. douglas was big this evening at 40-0. >> thank you for the weather, topper. >> a pleasure. >> and it's going to be looking nice for the weekend. >> yes, it is. >> topper shutt. >> exactly. sunshine tomorrow. sunday shiep on sunday. and -- sunshine on sunday. temperatures in the 70s. maybe showers and thunderstorms next week. and for those who celebrate. >> that is 9news now for this evening. >> don't forget, we are always online. wusa9.com. letterman is up next. goodnight. have a great weekend ahead.

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