amy aubert, abc7 news. maureen: milestone. after five weeks after devastating flood ripped through ellicott city, and leaving destruction in its path, stores at the top of main street reopened for the first time since the july 30 flood. those stores saw just a couple of dozen customers today. but they say they are less concerned with that and more concerned about tropical storm hermine. >> you get nervous. if we get heavy rain, we could have flooding. >> ellicott city leaders are optimistic with the way the area handled the rainstorm since the flood. a lot of water in ellicott city. and a lot of water around the east coast. brian: yeah. this is a threat for the eastern shore. we talked about how governor mcauliffe issued state of governor hogan just issued state of emergency for the eastern shore. they will get the front of it. maybe not the rain but the heavy constant wind and rough surge and beach erosion issues that will be pounded for several days. >> some flooding. the biggest thing, the surge and the strong wind. let's t

amy aubert was at the special assembly that was held in the driver's h. glenarden woods elementary school in lanham on wednesday... she never imagined... she'd walk into ?this?(nats, drums, trumpet, cheering)the prince george's county bus driver... being called a hero.?dave zahren, television specialist?"even though she says, 'i'm not a hero. i'm not a hero. i was just doing my job.' she said, 'i was really just being a mom.'" when the school bus caught on fire... she saved the 20 kids on board...?jordan richard, 5th grader?"the tragic thing was, the thing was in flames and it could've exploded.""to make doubley sure she had gotten each and every one of them, renita went back into that burning bus. imagine that."those 20 students... 20 smiles... saying 'thank you' to their hero.?lai tung, parent?"i was in tears when i saw him come back, i was like, 'my god! my baby! you're home!'"?amy aubert, lanham, md? "each of the more than 300 kids held up a 'thank you' driver."a celebration honoring a bus driver who goes above and beyond.?renita smith, bus driver?"i