spotsylvania county just changed s in spotsylvania county today. cleanup under way in a historic landmark in montgomery county. busted pipes flooded the basement of a historic clara barton home in glenn echo there is about an inch of water in the basement. that home is being renovated. most of the valuable items have been cleared out. the home served as the headquarters for the american red cross in the late 1800s. you can get the latest forecast for your area any time. just open the nbc washington app. >>> today a man accused of killing two teens the night before their graduation will go on trial. jose canales-yanez's case will only be heard by a judge. he waived his right to a jury yesterday. he's one of four men accused in the murders of two teens. the teens were found shot to death in a car back in june hours before their graduation from northwest high school. police believe they were killed in revenge for the robbery of >>> the search for a prince george's county man has expanded. today marks one week since he was last seen at the costco in be

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spotsylvania country schools closed today. >> we'll let you know if we get more.everybody else seemed to be on a sdlai. trending daytime television. >> we're back in 30. >> u.s. nav for more than 30 crew members. the flames and gasses coming off that tanker hurting efforts if it explodes today would be the worst tanker spill in more than 25 years. >> space x has reportedly lost 1 billion tlarz in bill don't spy satellite the rocket lifted off from florida over the weekend carrying a secret sat lie. now it disappeared. scientists have given up hope of finding it intact. scientists are trying to figure out why it may have fallen backing into the atmosphere. >> 6:11 now. tracking a powerful rainstorm could trigger sgrukttive mudd slooipz slides. rain started flowing last night. rain still falling in some areas recovering from wildfires of last year. thound leave homes in santa barbara country and 20,000 more people are under voluntary evacuation orders. >> trending this morning the "oprah" for president mov movement. her speech at the golden globes had fans and fello

fauquier, spotsylvania, frederick all closed among others. >> shenandoah page, rappahann k rappahannock, culpepper. manassas city, manassas park, loudoun, winchester schools, closed as well. maryland. montgomery, anne arundel schools will open two hours late. alexandria, falls church, two-hour delay. jefferson county schools in west virginia are on that two-hour delay as well. the federal government is open for business. we're working for you if you have to go out in the cold. exposed skin out in those elements for a short time, it can cause serious damage. news 4 went out to see how you can protect yourself from frostbite. numbness, blisters, color change and the smell of your skin. if you have any of these symptoms, seek treatment early and try to get to a doctor. clean, dry, running them under room temperature water. >> if you have a cold temperature injury and then you treat that area with something that's too hot, you can make the wound worse. >> the bottom line is, bundle up out there in this very cold weather. the nightmare continues for those trying to get up around the northeas

on monday the spotsylvania county's sheriff's office was told about a warning to kids about going to school at masoponics high school. it was vague but they decided to bring in extra help. >>> pepco wants to charge maryland customers more to help pay for grid improvements made last year. on tuesday a maryland increase of more than 5 ds last week they wanted to cut the bill. >>> here's some not so sweet news. the coco plants that are used to make chocolate treats could become extinct -- >> no. >> -- in 40 years. >> extinct? >> extinct. gone. >> how am i going to continue to live? >> they teemed up with mars company, that's the people who make snickers, m&ms working to create coco tacau plants that could survive warmer temperatures and dryer weather conditions due to global warming. last year mars pledged $1 billion to sustainability efforts. >> i think mars understands the severity of the situation. >> yeah. >> that kind of money. >> when you have an addiction. >> right. >> in all seriousness, as much as i love chocolate, it's big business as well. you think of all of the holidays and

prince william county and spotsylvania county schools are also closed.tafford county schools are closed. manassas city and manassas park schools are closed. also in virginia fauquier county, culpeper county, warren county and page county schools all closed. >> the federal government is open on see all the latest closings and delays scrolling along the bottom of your screen, also on fox5dc.com and on the fox5 news and weather apps. >> now fox5's team coverage of this deep freeze begins, of course, with mike thomas. >> yeah, ladies, good morning. unfortunate news this morning with the wind chills getting below zero for much of the region. unfortunately it's here to stick around as you head through much of your day today and much of your day tomorrow as well. 14 degrees here in d.c., nine in gaithersburg as well as westminster. doesn't really matter what the air temperature s you factor in winds out of the north and west that are sustained between for most of us 15 to 25 miles an hour and you get wind chills like these. negative 3 degrees here 93 d.c., feel

prince william, spotsylvania and fairfax county schools are closed. prince george's schools have a two hour delay. there are many more too. they are scrolling at the bottom of yor screen. you can get alerts when your child's school is closed or delayed -- sent right to your phone by signing up for our closing alerts at wjla-dot-com. larry, autria back to you. howard university is urging students not to return from winter break until sunday, because not to return from winter break until sunday, because some dorms have no heat. but for some students, that warning came too late. returned to campus early. and they're stunned about what they've had to deal with. howard university officials say there are problems with boilers and ruptured steam pipes in several buildings. crews are racing to restore heat by the time students return. the campus is closed today and tomorrow, because of a lack of heat. coming up -- a fake 9-1-1 call leads to police killing a man. how it happened and details on the person accused of making the call. plus -- here's a look at you

spotsylvania and warren county schools will also be closed today. >> let's stay in virginia.e and page county schools are also closed today. stafford county and fredericksburg city schools, you are on a two-hour delay. >> in maryland p-marlton elementary school in upper marlboro closed due to heating problems. all other prince george's county schools opened on time. dorchester county schools are closed, queen anne's county schools on a 90 minute delay and talbot county schools on a two-hour delay. >> west virginia grant hardy hampshire and general and mineral county schools are closed. >> all right. erin como talking about what's happening on the roads. mike thomas talking about the cold weather causing problems on the roads. >> cold weather we're concerned with some ice, some sleet, some freezing rain moving in later on this afternoon. we'll time it all out coming up. hey, erin. >> several water main breaks, slick conditions. we're going to get you around some trouble spots this morning. my advice to you, take it slow. watch for those slick spots. >> sounds good. thank you b

fairfax, fauquier, prince williams, warren, spotsylvania, frederick county schools close. as are fredericksburg, clark, shenandoah, page, rappahannock and culpepper county schools. manase a city, loudoun and stafford counties and winchester schools are close. >> in maryland. montgomery, anne arundel, frederick county schools will open two hours late. arlington, alexandria and falls church schools will open two hours late in virginia. as will jefferson county schools in west virginia. the federal government is open today. >>> we are constantly updating these as districts make additions. you can check the nbc washington app as well. >> we let's check in the forecast first with meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning, eun and aaron. friday off to a frigid start. no doubt about that. not going to warm up much today either. 14 the current temperature at national airport. that's one of our warmer locations because it's down by the river. windchill, 3 below zero. windchills around the area, minus 5 in frederick maryland. minus 8 for hagerstown. minus 9 winchester. not quite as

in virginia, fauquier, prince william, warren, spotsylvania and frederick county schools are closed as are fredericksburg, page, rappahannock and culpepper county schools. manase a city, manassas park city and winchester schools are closed. >> now to the delays in maryland. montgomery anne arundel, washington and frederick county schools will open two hours late. arlington, alexandria and falls church schools will open two hours late in virginia as will jefferson county schools in west virginia. the federal government is open. what's happening locally? especially for people trying to get out of town. >>> justin finch live at reagan national to answer that question. justin, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hey there, aaron. good morning. so far i can tell you the flight counter is we're seeing flights mostly take off on time here from reagan with a few cancellations for flights due to arrive into the area. most of them from the northeast where snow was a big problem, triggering cancellations across the country yesterday, leaving passengers stranded in the airports, including here

spotsylvania, schenn dougha fairfax, loudoun and closed. jefferson county schools in west virginia closed as well. fredericksburg city and stafford county schools will open two hours late. >>> here are the other top stories we're following this morning. it's something we've been talking about nonstop since the temperatures dropped. water main breaks. melissa just mentioned this one. this is on east-west highway at new hampshire. this is a live look. crews still have work to do there. that road will likely be shut down during the remainder of the morning rush. >> new details in the search for a missing maryland man with dementia. prince george's county police say 65-year-old daniel dehaven may have been picked up by a driver as he walked along route 1. officers believe he was dropped off on annapolis road in anne arundel county. he was last seen at a costco store in beltsville. >>> today the teenager accused of murdering a 15-year-old girl will appear in court. charged with the murder. >> investigators say she was a member of the ms-13 gang

. >> crime alert in spotsylvania county where thieves managed to get away stolen guns. a thief caught on camera after breaking into high velocity arms off route 17. police say the men smashed out a door, smashed open cabinets and made off with weapons. jonathan: with the temperatures stuck in the dangerous and the deadly territory for the area, there is a growing effort to make sure people who are homeless have a way to keep warm. anna-lysa gayle joining us with childhood friends behind a social media challenge all focused on sleeping bags. anna-lysa? anna-lysa: that is right. two young men from montgomery county will use the social media to call on the celebrities to help them with a challenge to help the homelessness in the frigid temperatures. this is 19 degrees. they have selected fun for a hundred sleeping those who are experiencing homelessness. they want to see more people doing the same. they are calling for the celebrities to hand out the sleeping bags they already purchased through the fundraiser which started only three weeks ago. they already exceeded the mo

. >> then new toll-free lanes will be added over a new bridge over the rappahannock river to spotsylvania county. abc7 transportation reporter sam sweeney joins us live with how it will work and how it's being paid for. sam? sam: nancy, the governor calls it a win-win. taxpayers don't pay a dime. the country building express lanes will have to pay the state $277 million up front. then there is relief for drivers here on 95. one of the most congested roads in the nation. it's a parking lot. >> drivers are forced out but not for much longer. transurban a private company is about to build ten more miles of the express lanes. the two-lane reversible toll lane will stretch from stafford to fredericksburg. around the clock toking based on the volume. but -- the around-the-clock toking based on to volume. >> it will be great. >> they will build the lane and collect toll money. in exchange, they will pay the state $277 million up front to be used for other critical transportation projects along the 95 corridor. the announcement comes with the news of a bridge and additional travel lanes. >> it's

schools in fairfax county, loud, prince william, spotsylvania and stafford county as well as montgomery county maryland, will open on a two-hour delay, check the bomb of your screen for an updated list >>> cori coffin is live way look at road conditions. we begin with the forecast and sue palka. >> tony and sarah, as you said, the worst is over, in terms of the rain is pretty much pulling out. i got it in motion for last six hours, we have rain and also that pinkish color you see there, that's how the radar shows us sleet and freezing rain. and as you can see, it is pulling on out. if there's anything left tonight, it's probably just the lightest of drizzle or mist and even that will be ending if you're still getting a little of a closer look at radar, most rain pushed over to the eastern shore. the damage is somewhat done, we have heard from so many of you vee social media that your sidewalk, front step, driveway, cars have a slight glaze of ice, it's a trace to maybe a few hundreds of an inch because the pavement has been so cold for so long we found things getting able to ice up with

. >> now to the closures in spotsylvania, westmoreland, rappahannock and stafford county schools all closed. fairfax county changed to closed. all offices are closed in fairfax as well. st. mary's county schools in maryland are also closed today. montgy county schools are now closed. the federal government is also on a two-hour delay with the option for unscheduled leave or telework. stay with us, though. because we're getting updates on schools that have been delayed and now are closing. we'll continue to bring any changes for you right here. >> get out and assess what's happening on the roads and changed the status. as we learn changes, we'll tell you about it. >>> let's get to the forecast and see what we're dealing with weatherwise. sheena parveen begins our team coverage. >> good morning, guys. we're dealing with snow-covered roads out there because of how cold it is. we'll check in with chuck on the patio in a second. he's back now. here's a look at the radar. storm system centered off the coast. we're seeing all snow falling in the district. we've been seeing it for quite a wh

spotsylvan spotsylvania, prince william, westmoreland, stafford, fairfax, loudoun, arlington county schools all closed. manassas city and alexandria schools closed as well. anne arundel, montgomery, prince george's county schools in maryland are also closed today. >> the federal government is on a two-hour delay this morning with the option for a scheduled leave for telework. >>> well, good morning. we are watching the snow very closely. here's a live look at the radar. we're seeing the snow bands across the area, except winchester, warrenton. maybe flurries in inland, in the district, much of northern virginia, maryland, the storm system centered offshore. all snow this morning. as you head out, keep in mind, a lot of the roads are snow-covered except the main roads that have been continuing to be treated. those are just wet right now. temperatures are well below freezing or about the mid to low 20s. this is why the snow is sticking. it's still sticking. if you are heading out any time soon, drive slowly. keep your distance. here's what it looks like by 7:00 a.m. we'll see the snow taperin

we are getting word right now that spotsylvania county is closed tomorrow. see as muchl not snow piling up in the heart of d.c. come it is different to the east. in st. mary's county they are ready to fight the winter storm, and that is where tim barber continues our stormwatch 7 team coverage tonight. tim? us: if you guys were with and saw this coming down a little bit, now it is really coming down. the last half hour it really started coming down. take a look at this car, showing how much it has accumulated. it is only about 30 degrees right now in st. mary's county, so the snow comes right off. work, taking the kids to school, it will be worse. that is why they are getting ready with the snowplows and will hit the roads at midnight. sticking to the streets at 5:00 tonight. the temperature was 33 degrees. in just a few hours, snow is on the way. >> i'm hoping i can use this. and a shovelt salt upon returning from a colorado ski trip. >> it was colder here than it was there. tim: the county works department is getting out the big shovels, preparing for two

in fairfax, spotsylvania, stafford, rappahannock and fredericksburg. schools in prince william and loudoun county and city of manassas also on that two-hour delay. whether walking on the side streets or driving to work this morning, you want to take your time. you can see people had trouble walking last night in arlington. water on some of the untreated roads and walkways may have refroze after temperatures dipped below freezing. black ice may be to blame for a crash that left an apartment complex badly damaged in bethesda. three families are out ofh shomari stone has more from that scene. >> reporter: people who live in this neighborhood tell me the woman was driving on this cold pavement. hit some ice. you can see the tracks here and plowed into this building. take a look at all of this damage here. this is a piece of her car. right over here, you have a part of the engine. there are bricks and blinds and all types of debris all over this place. now, let's show you video that shows the actual suv smashed into the apartment. a montgomery county fire s

police in spotsylvania county, trying to track down three thieves who broke into a gun shop, and stole a bunch of guns! take a look at this surveillance footage of one of the men. it was taken right after breaking into "high velocity arms" in fredericksburg around 3 a-m saturday. the men smashed out a door - smas made off with the guns. good news in the district. new statistics showing a drop in crime in 2017. today, mayor muriel bower and dc police cheif peter newsham will highlight the decline in a news conference set for eleven a-m. now for a look at the numbers: violent crime is down 23 percent.. while property crime is down nine percent. numbers are down in every other category except for thefts which stayed the same as 2016. overall - crime in the district is down 14 percent from 2014. 5:xx and we're following breaking news from the district a pipe bursting and flooding a dc school. and that's just the start of the problems with this this cold weather. sam sweeney just got to the scene - sam? d.c. police want people to stop calling 9-1-1 to compain about dockless bikes. calling 9

right now spotsylvania county public schools will be closed tomorrow stafford county public schools are on a two-hour delay and several other individual schools are either delayed or closed. u on our website, fox5dc.com. let's take a live look outside. another concern coming our way is a wintry mix which could make for a messy commute. let's get right to gwen. another cold night tonight, ladies, but definitely we have some challenges tomorrow for that evening commute for our viewers we're keeping a very close eye on radar because we have a is tell that's heading our way and with it plenty of ice that's going to impact us. we got the clouds rolling in right now but take a look at what's out to the west of us, it's a wintry mix of rain and snow and some freezing rain and sleet and we'll be feeling the impact of it by the later part of tomorrow afternoon . the old air is in place, the artic air doesn't want to leave. we've had a bit of a southerly flow. it's having a hard time kind of making an impact in here, but with that system we will still see thiscy artic air has really got our sewer

in virginia, spotsylvania and page county schools are closed. jefferson county schools in west virginia are closed. fredericksburg city and stafford county schools will open two hours late. >> let's get a first look at the forecast from chuck bell. >> it's all about the persistence of the extreme cold have only been above 30 degrees for a few hours over the last week. in fact, we've been below 35 degrees now for so long, it's the longest such stretch of cold weather since 1961. it has been a while since we've been this frozen for this long. as a result, with the ground frozen absolutely solid and a little chance for light rain coming in, going to have a winter weather advisory today from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. day. a little wintry mix, a little sleet and snow. but my main concern would be any little bit of rain coming down making contact with every frozen surface there is. handrails, stairs, bridges and overpasses. be careful. it's cold again this morning. we're only in the upper teens to 20 degrees. there's not going to be much of a warmup.

prince william county and spotsylvania county schools closed.ools are also closed. manassas city and manassas park schools are closed. >>> also in virginia, fauquier county, culpeper county warren county page county schools, you are on a two-hour delay. >> d.c. public schools are now closed. d.c. schools had been delayed two hours but within the last 30 minutes made the decision to go ahead and is opened today but operating on a two-hour delay. federal workers do have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. >>> well, so far this hour we have been to ocean city and other parts of the eastern shore down to southern maryland, old town alexandria. >> let's head to prince george's county right now. that's where melanie alnwick is. she's in laurel. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning. one of the things we noticed here if you also look at our front facing camera, a lot of people still getting up and out this morning especially those who have more dedication than i do. going to the gym this morning. check out l.a. fitness here

fairfax, prince william, spotsylvania schools all opening two hours late. chief meteorologist bill kelly is here and we are not playing around with these. bill: the sidewalks, will be fine. it is not a big deal in terms of the roadways, but we have had a number of people , close to hear where it has happened. you really want to be careful. the numbers right now, good evening. most of you are above freezing currently. a couple of spots, frederick 32, hagerstown a couple degrees above. we are 38 degrees in the district, which is helping melt some things. tomorrow morning we will drop. they will not tank like they will over the weekend. out the door at 7:00 in the morning, mid 20's for manassas, quantico 28, right around 32 degrees d.c. any of the moisture from the rain could freeze wherever there is not any salt. otherwise the rain/sleet is gone. a much warmer forecast. wait until you see the numbers we are talking about. nancy: and stay connected with the stormwatch 7 weather team no matter where you are by downloading the free stormwatch 7 weather app. alis

prince william county and spotsylvania county schools also closed.closed. manaas park schools closed. >> also in virginia, alexandria city along way fauquier county culpeper county warren county and page county schools on a two-hour delay. >> d.c. public schools also on a two-hour delay this morning and the federal government it's opened today but operating on a two-hour delay. federal workers have the option for unscheduled leave or unschedule telework. >>> let's get to caitlin roth. caitlin what's the very latest. >> the bomb cyclone as it's been dubbed recently is performing well offshore. locally of course it might be a little underwhelming to you but the snow has coated the ground and causing issues out there. that's why we've got some of those delays and cancellations which is a good call especially in southern maryland where they're under a winter storm warning. blizzard warnings up and down the coast including ocean city maryland where our cori coffin s it's a winter weather advisory in place for a couple inches of snow and a potentially haza

they include fairfax county, prince william, loud, stafford and spotsylvania counties in virginia, as a complete list is scrolling along the bottom of your screen. >>> sue palka and cori coffin are on winter weather patrol, we begin with sue with the latest on what you can expect overnight and tomorrow. sue? >>> we've seen temperatures come up just a little bit tonight's which did help to melt off the glaze in some area, but still wet and unfortunately temperatures drop again overnight. the low 32 in most areas, we do have to remind you that there will likely be slick spots. we're happy to see most of the precipitation out. the measurable rain and we're talking trace amounts to maybe a few 100ths but that's all it takes when we're talking about ice. part of the reason is the pavement has been so cold for so long, that it actually froze on the pavement even when the air temperature was above 32 degrees, and many places it's closer to 35 right now. but you can see on radar, everything over to the eastern shore now anything that may be left falling from the sky would be in the order of m

. >>> spotsylvania, prince william and rappahannock schools are closed. just coming into the newsroom, allegheny public schools on a two-hour delay. westmoreland county schools are closed today. federal government on a two-hour delay this morning with the option for unscheduled leave or telework. >>> it's 4:30 now. we want to check out all the snow falling on the boardwalk in ocean city. you see that thick snow. this is one of the cameras. ocean city live.com. that beach community is getting hammered by snow this morning. in other parts of southern maryland, a blizzard warning. >> justin finch is live for us at the beach this morning. justin, how is it looking on the ground now? >> reporter: hey there, aaron. still coming down. an love to be out here playing in this nice fresh snow. look at it coming down here. it's getting powdery now. it was a little more coarse and frozen earlier. i want to show you how much snow has fallen. this bench presumably has not been touched. i'll wave my hand or push it off. there is an icier texture to the snow out here. as

. >> in virginia, fairfax, fauquier, prince william, spotsylvania and frederick county schools are closed fredericksburg and clark, shenandoah, page, rappahannock and culpepper schools.

. >>> spotsylvania, prince william and rappahannock schools are closed.ming into the newsroom, allegheny public schools on a two-hour delay. westmoreland county schools are closed today. federal government on a two-hour delay this morning with the option for unscheduled leave or telework. >>> it's 4:30 now. we want to check out all the snow falling on the boardwalk in ocean city. you see that thick snow. this is one of the cameras. ocean city live.com. that beach community is getting hammered by snow this morning. in other parts of southern maryland, a blizzard warning. >> justin finch is live for us at the beach this morning. justin, how is it looking on the ground now? >> reporter: hey there, aaron. still coming down. an

. >> prince william county and spotsylvania county schools are closed.o schools closed. also in virginia fauquier county, culpeper county, warren county and page county schools are all closed. the federal government is open on time today. of course you can see all the latest closings and delays scrolling along the bottom of your screen. also on fox5dc.com and on the fox5 news and weather apps. >> we have just heard from frederick county, maryland, schools. they will be on a two-hour delay today. still no word from d.c. public schools. they're on time as far as we know. >> okay. >> all right. >> good morning to you. >> things in the district don't seem that bad for driving. >> it doesn't but i think with the cold like a lot of people saying maybe we need time to bundle up the kiddos and whatnot. >> for sure. >> we're going to talk about the water main break. meantime let's talk about the weather when all ears everybody. >> when the kids do have to get off to school for the counties that do have school today make sure you're bundling it up. we don't do fro

fredericksburg, spotsylvania. around the leonardtown area. it's been snowing very lightly but it's already covering the ground because of the fact it's been so cold. we're already seeing roads that are covered across the region. nothing going on in frederick and leesburg. i think even you folks might see some. here's the back edge. and you see what i'm looking at. look at the storm. you can see over the last couple of frames, watch all the oranges, the reds develop here. associated with that. that shows you this thing is really intensifying extremely quickly. just off the coast and moving up the coast. so winter weather advisory in effect for areas in the purple. dpligdric county, loudoun county, prince william, and over toward park, everybody to the east, also including a winter storm warning down around the northern neck, eastern maryland and over toward parts of the ocean city krar. rehobo rehoboth, you're looking at blizzard warnings. snow through morning a tough morning commute for many of us and then extremely cold through saturday. we

. >> in virginia, prince william county and spotsylvania county schools are closed. also in virginia fairfax county fauquier county, and paige county schools on a two-hour delay. >> d.c. public schools also on a two-hour delay. there are many more delays and more closures. we are running the full list of closures and delays at the bottom of your screen. >> we have also heard from the federal government which is opened today but operating on a two-hour delay. federal workers do have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. >> let's get to caitlin roth and also to erin como to talk about our roads and the weather today. caitlin let's start with you. >> maureen and wisdom i think the delays are a good call. so much of this snow will wrap up before the lunch hour even hits and locally we are only talking about an inch or two of snow. however, this is a massive storm which is blizzard conditions up and down along the east coast. those are your warnings in red. in pink, that's kind of the eastern shore. winter storm warnings for higher snowfall amounts and

police in spotsylvania county, trying to track down three thieves who broke into a gun shop, and stolef guns! take a look at this surveillance footage of one of the men. it was taken right after breaking into "high velocity arms" in fredericksburg around 3 a-m saturday. the men smashed out a door - smashed open cabinets - and made off with the guns. in the day ahead-- his seat. the senator announced his resignation weeks ago, in response to multiple allegations that he touched women inappropriately. many of the accusations refer to incidents that occurred before he was elected in 2008. his successor, minnesota lieutenant governor tina smith, will be sworn in on tomorrow and will fill the remainder of franken's term. franken is one of seven lawmakers who have either resigned or said they would not run for reelection after facing allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct. it's xx and we're just getting started. frigid forecast. as millions head back to school and work-- temperatures below freezing this morning. and another blast of winter is on the way. we will tell you when to have

stafford and spotsylvania county schools are closed.ry: dozens of delays at the bottom of your screen. also, john gonzalez is live in germantown. john: everything is under ice. are northwest of d.c. than you are dealing with cold temperatures in the air and on the services and you are also dealing with a good amount of fog. take a look at the stormwatch mobile app. storms with wintry fog. this is far northwest and you will need a scraper this morning and in the last hour, about half an hour ago, we showed you this. car.is julia's she works at the panera bread. and i did start scraping the car. an are now. so this is coming up a little bit but we did have a debate with julie wright who believes that she didn't clean the back of her car. it is there is no way she went to work with her car looking like this and she did admit to us that she did not clean the back of her vehicle. she said she didn't realize her whole car was going to be icy. she forgot about the back window. she said, hey. she had to bake the bread to make the bread. icy con

spotsylvania in virginia and charles county in maryland are already closing the schools tomorrow. get the abc7 app. you can download it and get up to date information around the clock. nancy: we are getting a lot in the newsroom. just from how cold it is out there. bill: that is what the cancellations are tomorrow. one of those things, two, delay, maybe delay until 10:00 a.m. it won't be warmer at 10:00 a.m. this is dangerous conditions. some people are on the fence. you close for today or cold. there are hearty people saying i walked ten miles in the snow uphill. but when you are talking about wind chills ten to 20 below, school, don't send them to the bus stop. larry: we talked to the prince george's county people this morning and for the same reason. extreme cold. bill: absolutely. dangerous conditions. you can get frostbite in 20 minutes or even less depending where you are, how much exposed skin you have. it's dangerous. the range today was widely varied. tenth of an inch at dulles. in maryland we saw up to six inches of snow. if for season we are at 2.7. that is down but sta

the weather is already prompting some school delays and closures right now spotsylvania public schools of course you can find our complete list as the updates come in on our website fox5dc.com. we have team coverage tonight, gwen tracking your forecast, lindsay watts keeping an eye on all of the water main breaks and evan lamb bemplet he's tracking efforts to restore heat to howard university. let's start with gwen. going to have tomorrow is not snow, but it is ice, dangerous ice. right now we're keeping a close eye on radar as we see a wintry mix with some rain moving its way in across the central portion of the country heading our way. by the time we get to the evening commute tomorrow we're going to be in full force dealing with this. right now there's a winter weather advisory stretching all the way from illinois to areas along the mid atlantic and it does include us. it kicks from 3:00 until 9:00. however, from our far western areas that advisory will begin at 11, 11:30 tomorrow morning. this means we're going to have some snow mixed in with some freezing rain and sleet, but mainl

. >> then new toll-free lanes will be added over a new bridge over the rappahannock river to spotsylvania county. abc7 transportation reporter sam sweeney joins us live with how it will work and how it's being paid for. sam? sam: nancy, the governor calls it a win-win. taxpayers don't pay a dime. the country building express lanes will have to pay the state $277 million up front. then there is relief for drivers here on 95. one of the most congested roads in the nation.

. >>> extra security will be on hand today when students return to a school -- high school in spotsylvania county. on monday the sheriff's office was told about a social media post that warned kids not to go to school today at masaponics high school. thear say it was a hoax. they decided to bring in extra security just in case. >>> your budget is getting ready to take the first hit of 2018. pepco wants to charge maryland customers more to help pay for grid improvements made last year. on tuesday they asked the maryland public service commission to approve a rate increase of more than $5 a month. last year they asked for a rate increase hike that would add $7 more a bill. >>> right now we're cranking up the heat. might see higher gas bills, electric bills. >> that's what i was thinking. i try not to put my heat on because i can't stand the dryer air. >> mine is through the roof. >> i cannot take the dry air. recently i've obviously turned it on because it's been just brutal and i'm afraid -- but i know everyone -- if you don't have the heat on, you must have your fireplace roaring if you do

. >>> students will see extra security when they return to high school in spotsylvania county today.ay the sheriff's office was told about a social media post that warned kids not to go to school today at masaponic high school. the post was vague and they say it was a hoax, but staff at the school decided to bring in extra security today just in case. >>> your budget is getting ready to take its first hit of 2018. pepco wants to charge maryland customers more to help pay for grid improvements made last year. on tuesday they asked the maryland insurance. that could add more than $7 a month to customers' bills. >>> right now the bills are going up and up and up because we can't survive. >> my bill usually triples this time of year. 15 degrees. >> what do you keep your heat on? >> see, he doesn't want to say. >> people think i'm crazy. >> i want to know. >> while i'm at home, 75 -- >> whoa! >> okay. >> down to 73ish. >> i try to keep it 72. >> i put mine to like 68 and then i dropped it to 66 but it's working overtime. >> layers inside. >> yeah, i do. i can't stand the dry air from the

you can farther south li spotsylvania you let the glean. -- you get the green. we have rain and it's moving up. so areas to the north is where we are watching for mainly sleep. as it transitions to rain some could hit the freezing ground. the advisory until 9:00. we are tracking that and temperatures. 35 in d.c. 33 in manassas. fredericksburg at 37. freezing and below freezing to the north. this is something to be careful with. we talk about the roads and the sidewalk. talk about the roads and go out live to meteorologist josh knight in stormwatch7. you are on the dulles toll road heading where? toward reston? josh: that is right. we are heading to reston. a chance to look and see the roads. it's moving here and we want to head north and west. where the colder temperatures are. we are checking to leesburg. hanging around the freezing mark. right here the roads are dry. i have gotten a chance to dry out from the rain we had earlier so i haven't seen issues. the big thing to keep in mind traffic is a mess. a lot of people left work early got head start. it looked

in virginia, spotsylvania, page, shenandoah, fairfax, loudoun, frederick, clark, rappahannock and winchester counties schools are all closed. jefferson and hampshire county schools are closed. >> we have a few delays too. fredericksburg city and stafford county schools will open two hours late today. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk with an update to the breaking news we've been talking about the past hour. we're getting a first picture of the fire down at a marina in southwest d.c. two boats caught fire in the last hour at the marina. the regular units were even knocking down the heaviest part of the fire. now a fire boat is on the other side. trying to extinguish it from the water. there is some fuel burning that is very difficult to put out. again, d.c. firefighters trying to put this out. two boats on mire at the marina on d street. our adam tuss is on the way to that scene. he mae pictures in the next few minutes. aaron, back to you. >> chris, thank you. it's 6:34. in the top stories, it's something we've been talking about nonstop since the temperatures dropped. water main break

charles, fairfax county, prince william, spotsylvania and stafford county schools all closed torp. dislaid, anne arrundel, prince george's county, they will open with a two-o we'll keep updating the list four for you. you can check the bottom of the screen. back to our live team coverage beginning with sue palka and a first look at the forecast. are you sure you want to look, tony? >> i'm not sure. the easy part for us locally was the snow. certainly a different story at the coast where we continue to watch this massive noreaster which had the strength of a category three hurricane which has a pressure down to 950 million bars. we can show you pictures from there a little bit later. on the back side of it, though, the wind has been absolutely relentless and now tonight we are under a wind chill advisory that will stay in effect until noon tomorrow because wind chills overnight could be as cold as 15-degrees blow zero. we also have wind chill warnings out in the mountains. they could be as cold as 25-degrees blow zero even colder. temperatures, everybody is already into the teens. w

. >> staying in virginia, spotsylvania and king george koumentsy schools on two hour delay.redericksburg city and mannasas city and mannasas park schools are delayed two hours. >> let's head to maryland now, montgomery, prince george and howard country schools on a two hour delay. anne arrundel and charles county schools also delayed two hours. staying in maryland. frederick, st. mary and counter schools on a two hour delay. and now we have complete list scroll ago long the bottom of updating on "fox5"d.c..com and the "fox 5 news" and weather apps. >> let's check in quickly with mike and erin to talk about how this weather is affecting traffic and how it's affect everybody else. >> another concern is fog. we have less than quarter mile visibility around the d.c. area. sun coming out and above freezing later today, hey, erin. >> 5:32. fog around the area. water main breaks impacting your commute and potential for icy conditions. we want to help steer your clear of those problems. >> thank you both, busy morning for both of you guys. as mike mentioned some places are above fre

prince william county and spotsylvania county schools you are also closed. stafford county schools closed. manassas city and manassas park schools are closed. let's stay in virginia. we're going to let you know that fauquier county culpeper county warren county and page county schools, you are on a two-hour delay. >> all right. in d.c., public schools which had been on a two-hour delay now closed so no school in the district of columbia. >> and the federal government is opened today but you're operating on a two-hour delay. federal workers you do have the option for unscheduled the d.c. government is opened on time. >> let's get to our team coverage across the region. some of the most impressive images though coming out of ocean city maryland. yes, the palm trees look pretty in the summertime. the boardwalk looks amazing. everything covered with snow. >> all right. cori coffin is there. i was hoping that you were reporting from that car that we were looking at but let's get you right now. cori, man, this is crazy. this image really looks like a hurricane but

. >> let's start in virginia where fairfax, loudoun county, spotsylvania warren and clark county schools are all closed today. >> also fauquier shenandoah king george and page county schools closed in virginia. >>> stafford county and fredericksburg city schools on >> over to mayor where point ridge and marlton elementary are both closed today because of heating problems. all other prince george's county schools are opened today on time. >>> dorchester county schools are closed. queen anne's county schools are on a 90 minute delay. talbot county schools are now closed for the day. >> and in west virginia grant hardy hampshire jefferson and mineral county schools are all closed. you can see the closings and delays running o bottom of the screen and the fox5 news and weather apps. >> our team coverage continuing this morning. >> tuck joins us now with the first check on the forecast talk about the threat of freezing rain which is really what we're worried about this afternoon, right, tuck. >> hard to believe with temperatures as cold as they are this morning we're talking about freezing ra

prince william, spotsylvania and stafford county schools also closed. manassas city and manassas park schools are closed. >> also the federal government is open on time today. you can see all the latest closings and delays, they are scrolling along the bottom of your screen. and also on fox5d.c.com and on the fox5 news and weather apps. >> let's get right to tucker barnes for a first check on our forecast this morning and i can only assume from the school closings it's because of the cold because we're not expecting accumulation, right, tuck. >> i think it's a combination of some of the leftover snow and ice from yesterday and certainly these bitter cold temperatures and the wind chills right now pretty extraordinary here. getting minus numbers for just about everybody. there are your wind chills. you probably heard the wind howling all night long as it's been blowing out of the north and west gusting over 30 and there yo g now minus four in washington. minus 11 out in winchester. you get the idea. we're under a wind chill advisory through late morning

. >> sfav ford wane spotsylvania county schools change their status they're now closed and frederickburg city schools also closed this morning. >> virer, fairfax, loudoun, prince william, arlington, culpeper, you're on two hour delay. delayed two hours. >> in maryland, montgomery country prince george own howard county schools on two hour delay and anne arrundel and charles county schools delayed two hours. >> in maryland still frederick, st. mary and calvert county schools you're on a two hour delay and complete list is scroll ago long the bottom of screen and always updating on fox5dc.com and on the the "fox 5 news" and weather apps. >> and our team coverage of early morning warm conditions rolls on depending where you live there will be vick spot and there will be heavy fog. >> "fox5" mel smell drive around fairfax county now checking out road and sidewalks conditions. she join us live from restin this morning. good morning, mel. >> and stop village center here me restin. there's fog in the air. one thing we noticed everyone is kind of doing this little you have to do icy parking lot

prince william, spotsylvania and stafford county schools are also closed. manassas city and manassas park schools are closed. >> also the federal government open on time today. and you can see all the latest closings and delays scrolling along the bottom of your screen and on fox5d.c.com and on the fox5 news and weather apps. >>> now the bone chilling temperatures, they have left the region shivering also responsible for a surge in water main breaks. we've seen a bunch of 'em. >> the big one has popped up this morning on 27th street northwest. that's near rock creek park. now, this will cause traffic headaches. fox5's melanie alnwick is live on the scene with more now. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning, steve and allison. this became a real problem about 3 o'clock this morning and d.c. water says that the repair itself probably won't be completed until at least maybe 1:30, maybe 3:30, 4 o'clock this afternoon, the weather definitely making these repairs take a little bit longer. longer time for even for them to be able to get the crews out here t

prince william and spotsylvania county schools are closed. prince george's.. fairfax county and d-c public schools have a two hour delay. you can also see the full list scrolling on the bottom of your screen. we have team stormwatch coverage. eileen whelan is on the road in storm track. but we start with veronica johnson in the weather center. (location) so - just how big of a storm system... are we talking about?? seen from space!! take a look. this was the view from a nasa satellite. and while some parts of the south are seeing snow... for the first time in decades -- the north is bracing for almost unheard of cold. in fact -- by the end of this week, parts of the northea colder than the planet mars... which at last check -- had a high temperature of minus 2 degrees. happening right now - this winter weather making life very difficult for student returning to howard university. student athletes tell us that the dorms are too cold to take showers! tom roussey is on campus with the issue -- and the impact it's having remember, you can get alerts when your chil