accumulated quickly on the roads forcing authorities to shut down part of a major interstate. >> in the immediate dc area light fluffy snow starts falling tonight and the further south and east to go it will be wetter and deeper and road conditions will get icy quickly. topper tracking this on the terrace and they say the storm is all about the timing. the winter weather advisories and it will be so cold. whatever falls will stay around a while and roads remain slick and snow will drift. the radar we zoom in and the storm taking shape off the carolina coast. looks like it's close that could take a while to saturate. it's very dry in the atmosphere. the winter weather advisories cover the entire metro area but not loudoun county or northern part of fauquier county but does include friends to the south where you see white which are winter storm warnings and

orange are blizzard warnings. blizzard warnings from the coast of new jersey through massachusetts and maine and a little part of north carolina has a blizzard warning and you don't see that often. yellow weather alert, why? minor to high risk of snow and slick roads, high risk and high winds high risk. it will slow your morning commute. extra time to slow down. drifting snow also a high impact. through tomorrow, tomorrow night and friday we see drifting snow. a trace to an inch and leesburg towards manasses. 1 to 2 inches in southern sections of southeastern prince george's county, delmarva and southern sections of maryland. and delmar but is the bull's- eye. we will come back and talk about how cold it will get by the system and why we issued a yellow weather alert for friday and saturday as well.>>

hour early tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. and we will have everything you need to know before you go out the door to work or school so use hashtag wusa9 whether to share snowpacks and we may use them on the air. >> the heaviest snow around here will fall in delaware, maryland and virginia beaches. blizzard conditions on virginia coast begin tonight and spark the governor to declare a state of emergency.>> a foot of snow could fall north of virginia beach and same for north carolina outer banks and they have been pretreating interstate highways. ramps, tunnels and bridges getting special attention. they hope to have and allstate maintained roads and passable within 48 hours after the storm. >> we like drivers to use common sense.

don't for your safety and the safety of drivers.>> they have a $5 million statewide budget and 24,000 tons of salt and 14,000 tons of sand and $168,000 of salt ryan. as the temperature drops the search for a missing man with dementia in prince george's county turns more desperate. dozens of police officers fanned out from a costco parking lot in belleville will daniel dehaven was last caught on surveillance video yesterday morning. he may have already spent one freezing night in the cold and his family is terrified he may be out another night. not only does he have dementia, he 65, nonverbal, and may not be able to tell anyone he needs help. >> it was very cold last night so i hope and pray that he's in a warm space. i can't sit and speculate as to where he may have gone. i can tell you our search last night used the helicopter and nothing of interest was picked

>> he is 5 feet 9 inches and weighs 175 pounds with brown eyes and salt-and-pepper hair. he is the brother of a montgomery county firefighter. please ask people in beltsville to check the neighborhood, backyards, and all places around them for any signs of him. the fairfax county library a long wait list to get 300 people who all want the thermal camera. it helps people weatherize their homes and stephanie ramirez tried a demo camera and has hints for all. >> reporter: my 6-year-old niece will tell you the colors are pretty but the utility analyst for fairfax county says they are important. yellow is heat coming through and purple is cold. she sold us a demo thermal camera they have with different devices for phones and you download an app. >> you go around your house and look

>> reporter: she said she added a special ceiling after looking at her house with the camera and less powerful for her and surprising sources of cold air are through outlets which is why she put covers on them. she showed us the outside of her home. the yellow shows heat going through her home's foundation. i tried it out. >> it's clearly not very warm. >> i have three layers of pants on. >> reporter: they say to wear loose layers and it fairfax county, stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> i could use one of those. to learn more about the program check out the fairfax county library website. from the pipes to everything else, in recent days it's cold this long and pipes burst and there are simple things you can do to protect your pipes from freezing. here ast

first know where and how to shut off your water from the main shut off valve. if you of air leaks around the pipes insulate those and disconnect her garden hose and shut off drains, and water pipes heading outdoors. turn your faucet on enough to have a constant drip. open cabinet doors to get the heat circulating around your sink. leave your heat on it said it no lower than 55 degrees. close foundation vents and you can reopen them when the weather warms. we want vehicles ready to go at all times but during this stretch of extremely cold weather our team set out to determine if warming up your car for a few minutes helps the vehicles performance. to verify the answer we look to the office of energy efficiency and it operates under the epa. we spoke to aaa and

>> people say you have to warm up your vehicle or you will run into problems if you don't. i would say you only run into problems by not warming up your car if you have an older vehicle that relies on a carburetor. in a carburetor vehicle the fuel pump needs to be warmed up and the car needs to be warmed up to prevent it from stalling on the streets when people pull up to a light. >> in the 80s and 90s on your -- auto industry ditched carburetors for fuel injection. that led the department of energy to write this on their website. most manufacturers recommend driving off generally after 30 seconds. the engine warms up faster being driven which allows the key to turn on sooner and decrease fuel costs and reduce emissions. they add that idling gets

miles per gallon. and another reason to avoid warming up your vehicle, leaving the car running with no one inside even if the vehicle is locked is a legal. experts said there's no need to warm up a modern vehicle to keep it from stalling out. freezing temperatures can affect your car battery. mechanics a cold weather can drain it and if your battery was running on a low charge it could keep your car from starting. to prevent this they say check your battery ahead of time and it's a good idea to have it checked every time you get your oil changed and make sure you replace your car battery every few years. for more cold weather tips and get updates on the approaching winter storm, download our free wusa9 app. coming up a mysterious leak is making an icy mess out of the street. this is what it looked like last week and wait until you see what it looks like now. steve bannon makes

tone of the most pristine and beautiful parts -- of the world. but barbara comstock just voted to put it up for sale. why? to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. comstock supported donald trump's tax scheme for the wealthy, adding $1.5 trillion to the debt and leaving us with the bill. tell barbara comstock we won't stand for selling our wild lands to give billionaires a tax cut. tonight the white house defending president trump's post about having a big nuclear button. this started when north korean leader kim jong-un warned he has a nuclear button on his desk. president trump responded with a tweet of his own yesterday and wrote lead i

and more powerful one than his. my button works. wreck sarah sanders says the president was standing up for the american people and they should be concerned about kim jong-un's mental condition. they say president trump is various that his former ally steve bannon is quoted as saying in a new unflattering book. it's called fire in fairy inside the trump white house and in it bannon describes last year's trump tower meeting between the president's son and a group of russians as treasonous and unpatriotic. and bannon suggest donald trump, jr. would have excoriated -- would have excoriated -- would have escorted the russians to meet his father. >> today president trump released a statement ti

fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. coming up an engaged couple from the area said they have seen more snow today in south carolina than they've seen in the dmz this week. and we return to a local neighborhood

falling into water during freezing temperatures can be deadly. today first responders in montgomery county trained how to save people who fall into icy waters. they have special equipment and gear and techniques to keep them safe. they say the ice in the area doesn't freeze like states in the north and no way to tell if the ice is safe. >> hypothermia sets in and gets to the point and the person above the ice shelf might not be able to hang on anymore.>> they say the best thing you can do is stay off of ice. if you see someone fall in, call 911 first, get help on the way and then try to find something like a rope to throw into the water for help. >> a leak

neighborhood for 2 years and it's a sheet of ice. it has lasted this long because no one knows who to blame. >> d.c. water says not our problem and meanwhile it's only gotten worse. >> reporter: i drove up to this intersection and could not believe it myself. the situation has gotten out of control. at 36th and camden in southeast in the hillcrest section it is covered in thick sheets of ice. you can see ddot has placed cones rocking -- blocking off a portion of the road. a downhill road covered in thick sheets of ice. this intersection is blanketed in ice. that water had been leaking for 2 years now without any resolution. last i spoke to ddot they said it was a sump pump owned by one of the neighbors spewing water into the street. i caught

neighbors today and here is what he had to say. does anyone in the neighborhood have a sump pump you know of? >> no. we are on a hill here so there is no basement that is below grade.>> reporter: neighbors at this point extremely frustrated and nervous. there are tons of senior citizens in the area and i just saw a young man walking down the street and falling on that sheet of ice. they say it's extremely dangerous and will only get more hazardous as the days and temperatures continue to drop. they want the city to take care of this issue and stop passing the buck and don't care who was at fault but want it fixed. delia goncalves, wusa9. >> ddot now admits it was not a neighbors a but trying to figure out where the water is coming from. neighbors insist it's a groundwater runoff. meanwhile the road remains close in

of this and tell you what happens next. 4 in south carolina a mixture of snow and freezing rain caused schools and government offices to close for the day. businesses will shut down as well and a dc area couple canceled plans to pick up places to have their wedding. >> it's pretty wild i've never seen palm trees with snow on them before. >> his family is from here and everyone is freaking out. the town is shut down and you have had more snow this year so far than we have and we are from the dc and maryland area.>> ddot get the ice up and then figure out who to blame. >> they say a sump pump but you can't about that much water unless you had a spring in your basement. >> it won't get above freezing and the next 72 hours -- >> let's start with the big picture if you will. these are winter storm warnings in

neck another winter storm warning and across the bay and blizzard warnings for delmarva. 1 to 2 inches metro and 2 to for south and east. fluffy and light snow. not as dry as what we had december 30. a tough call and write around 2.8 or a three on the impact meter. whatever falls will stick around and with the winds it will blow around through friday. right now 32 and dew points coming up and humidity low at 35%. indoor humidity 3%. here is the storm and snow shield air is dry and not reaching the ground yet. this is in raleigh and sandhills and coastal side of north carolina. light snow developing overnight and 1 to 2 inches by don. 's

metro will be over by 8:00. snow ends with 1 to 2 inches and slippery roads especially south and east where it's warmer in southern maryland. blowing and drifting snow through friday. here are the models and 2 inches for the gfa and around an inch for the euro so a reasonable amount and certainly in the immediate metro area. calvert county a sliver of prince george's county but the bull's-eye is 4 to 8 inches at the shore. and a look at a different model and at 1:30 in the morning, the snow in southern maryland at 4:00 a.m. across most of the metro. by 7:00 pretty good snow in loudoun county and moderate pans of snow near prince george's county but shuts off by 8:00 or

monies across the board. 25 by 11:00. winds howling by 1:00. yellow weather alert friday and saturday. temperatures upper teens. wind chills -- wind chills below zero it was one today in dulles and cold sunday but freezing. rain on monday and maybe rain or snow shower tuesday. with our coastal storm we will start the coverage earlier tomorrow. we start at 4:00 a.m. and we will have the latest in terms of conditions and storm tracker in your neighborhood.>> you came back with the snow. so wrestling season is over and i make my predictions but i will make a prediction and it's not good about the wizards.

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now wusa9 sports with darren haynes brought to you by xfinity. the wizards will lose tonight. don't get mad at me. the wizards take on the knicks and the problem is the knicks have a losing record. the wizards rise to the occasion against quality teams like the rockets, celtics and raptors but when sneaky teams are around the wizards failed to show up. teams they have lost to combine for a losing record and that's not good. it its worst. while the wizards are 11-6 against teams with a winning record they are 10-10 against teams with a losing record. they say the wizards are the best team in the east and if

comments they need to stop losing games against beatable teams and the new york knicks are one of those beatable teams. george mason's women's basketball team has no problem winning games and they are breaking records. they have won 11 nonconference games this season and that's the most since the 1987/1988 season. the patriots won 11 days at home and that's the longest streak in history and there's is the best to start a season in 30 years. george mason tips off against lasalle in your conference road opener tonight at 7:00. spongebob squarepants is part of the nickelodeon night and not the first time the team for the 76ers change up their gear. they also have pink power rangers and r2-d2 jerseys on star wars night. the spongebob jersey will be auctioned off to raise money for children in crisis. let me leave you with this. central florida football team finished 13-0 but won't finish at nu

national championship paraded hanging up a national title banner? great job but may be a case of doing too much. ucf is so serious about this they changed their twitter page to say 2017 national champions. their athletic director tweeted all coaches will receive national championship illnesses . the real national champions will be crowned on monday between alabama and georgia and i want the bulldogs to win. i love what ucf is doing but it's a participation trophy.>> the coaches are like we get bonuses! >> we get paid! >> they celebrate like that.

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