right now severe weather moving into northern anne arundel county. we'll talk about the storms and when things clear up right after this. . >>> well, we can walk along main street and see a speed boat going by. and you can see the boats out to the bay or in annapolis it's all about sailing. to captains and third mates we all need to be careful. here's a story that could save your life. >> it is the number one most effective thing to keep you safe out on the water. >> the sun is up and the bolters are out in high force on the reservoir. >> the very first thing to be aware of out on the waterer is to put the life jacket on. you need to wear it. >> the water is unpredictable. even though you can swim, it's a safeguard. anything can happen. >> you have to listen to the captain. >> reporter: carl and carey sherman know how to swim. >> i'm the captain. >> reporter: but even they know the importance of wearing a life jacket. >> they are not mandatory, even though we are swimmers, we still have to be safe. >> reporter: and those with children need to take sp

area and the anne arundel county.other strong storm approaching the fredericksburg area. could you have a warning in your area down towards fredericksburg and stafford county within the next half hour or so. we'll continue to keep you updated on all of the rain and other storms coming through the district right now. wendy, pat? >> thanks, doug. >>> a man with an interesting companion has been getting a lot of attention as he travels through parts of new york. >> this is ned neffer and his wife, teagan, oh, dear, is a man i again. the current adventure is the secretary leg of their trip. >> the it's real. we weren't legally married. but on the ocean, we took our bev >>> it's been a stormy afternoon. let's get the latest now from doug. >> a very stormy afternoon with a lot of rain out there. not a whole lot of lightning in most of these storms. but still, very heavy rain, torrential rain in some locations with very heavy downpours continuing to get a lot of calls to the storm center telling me about the heavy rain. you

warning, a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning for anne arundel county, southwestern anne arundel,ert county, eastern prince william county into virginia, southeastern fairfax county, including the mt. vernon area, which is seeing very heavy rain and northern charles county. that severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:00. further south, and you can see that line, extends down i-95 further south. we have another severe thunderstorm warning for northern spotsylvania, northeastern orange, stafford county, culpeper, southeastern fauquier and southern prince william until 5:45 so that makes its way from annapolis and the bay bridge right on down toward the south. you can see that down toward fredericksburg. we'll do a couple zooms here. the heaviest area now seems to be in towards the mt. vernon region and also over towards clinton maryland, right around andrews air force base around friendly and camp springs. some lightning strikes out of these storms, as well. as we move toward the south, we're looking at dale city, around triangle, midway island, and then even further down to

and the northern tip of anne arundel county. that means the weather service has issued a flood warning. southern baltimore city and north anne arundel and eastern howard county under that warning for a few more minutes. more storms in the forecast tomorrow. we will check that out in a few minutes. >> as soon as the storm hit, viewers grab the closest camera and started taking pictures. these were some of the photos sent. we will get the latest forecast from tom in a few minutes. late breaking news concerning casey anthony. florida officials added four more days to her prison term. she will not be released sunday, july 17, instead of next wednesday. the judge sentenced her to the maximum four years in prison. one year for each count of lying. considering the time she has served, 10 more days in prison. in addition to a fine, the state of florida wants to be reimbursed for its investigation and a company that helped search to the tune of $100,000 once anthony to pay. she was not considered missing until her grandmother called poli

. >>> anne arundel county police need your help. they are trying to find two people that are critically missing persons. we have 32-year-old schmincke. police say the two may be victims of a serious attack. they are known to frequent bars in south baltimore and in the locust point area. police say that one of the vehicles that is missing belongs to the man. a black 2005 lexus 430 license plate number is geeeh41. that's geeh41. anyone with information is asked to call the anne arundel county police department. 410-222-8610 or the homicide unit at 410-222-3566 or 3463. >>> nothing scarier for parents than something happening to their kids in their cribs. >> he was hanging from his shirt and i think, you know, it was pulling his shirt up around his neck. >> some of the surprising dangers parents should know about their kids cribs. and the reunion still ahead. and he's ready to tackle more than cakes. how the ace of cakes is using his sweet tooth on the food network. >>> and on top of that severe thunderstorm warning, a new for baltimor

it's unclear the status of the victim of the carjacking from anne arundel county. they're hoping to wrap up this investigation sometime within the hour before the rush hour. but i can tell you even with the limited amount of traffic at this time of morning, it is a mess out there. from new york avenue outbound if the city, we can see -- from the city, we can see more than a hundred cars at a dead stop. they can't get on to route 50. the ramp over to route 50 outbound heading east and so they are just parked on new york avenue there. people are standing outside their cars just waiting. there's nobody -- nobody's able to get out because there's a rock wall right there. so there's really no way to turn around there on that street. so they are just stuck until this reopens. you also have this split on 295 that is shutdown where it splits with 50 and also it turns into kenilworth avenue. so that's shut down. police are all over the area diverting traffic, but os in the easy for -- it's not easy for anybody out there. avoid this if at all possible. they're hoping to get

the smoke poured out. >> when anne arundel county firefighters arrived, the home was consumed by heavy black smoke and unforgiving flames. the firefighters knew that at least two people were trapped inside. am i smelled a plastic burning. after battling the fire, the mother and daughter found. the 83-year-old mother was burned. her 53-year-old daughter was deceased. >> it is sad. you cannot believe it. it was terrible. >> this tight-knit community now e loss of aith th loving woman. >> they were peaceful people. >> it is not clear if the smoke alarms were working. firefighters say the fire arted inside. >> we will not know until the estigators get in there and sift through the rubble. >> 83-year-old woman was devaced to johns hopkins hospital in critical condition unit. in the burn we understand the husband of the woman who died was away on a camping trip with a friend. >>> a suspected carjacker is in critical condition tonight after shot by a mount rainier police officer. officerators say the was in capitol heights and off- a manhis morning when allegedly intended to steal the officer

we're told there have been 13 drownings so far this year in anne arundel county. this boy did survive. he has serious life threatening injuries. back to you. >> thank you. >>> an unexpected storm capsizes a fishing boat in mexico leaving one u.s. tourist dead, seven missing. the boat was about 60 miles south of the baja california in the sea of cortez on a fishing trip. there were 44 people on board when two giant waves hit it and flipped the boat over. the search continues for the missing. >>> three united states senators are in afghanistan this fourth of july. there they have a lot to say about the president's plans in that country. in kabul, republican senators john mccain and lindsay graham call the string too risky. they say it could put american troops and their mission in jeopardy. the white house is standing by its plans saying successes on the ground especially the kills of osama bin laden have made it a viable one. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge, william and kate, resume their tour of canada today with an official welcome to prince edward island.

the boy, believed to be five or six years old, was pulled from the water and taken to anne arundel medical center with serious life-threatening injuries. we will have the latest tonight 5:00 and 6:00. tonight is supposed to be the big finale, giving all baltimore's visitors a big show. kim dacey gives us a preview of the show at inner harbor. >> these fun-loving folks from the midwest are in town for a family reunion, just in time for the inner harbor's fourth of july fireworks show. >> we will show them that we have the best fireworks and the world. >> crews to work on sunday to get the artistic explosives in place. about 1400 shells will shoot into the air tonight. >> we have jellyfish shells, we have half-moons. >> the show, weather permitting, will start at 9:30. some may opt for a homegrown fireworks. officials want you to be careful. 8400 people nationwide were rushed to hospital last year with injuries from fireworks. this weekend in washington state, a man went a bit too far. a 58-year-old is in serious condition after all made fireworks exploded on his face and body authorities sa

first thing you're going to notice is the severe thunderstorm warnings which does include anne arundely, but it's way to the north towards portions of the chesapeake bay, northern portions of anne arundel county. another storm around frederick and more towards hagerstown. we'll zoom into these storms and you can see the one right around damascus and mt. erie making its way east along i-70. we'll even zoom into that storm. around langdon woods, and back towards little georgetown, williams port, pinesburg as you make your way closer to the hagerstown region, making their way from west virginia in towards maryland. and we'll continue to see them move very slowly. a lot of rain falling with these storms, and most of the rain has actually stayed well to the north. up there towards the pennsylvania/maryland border, you can see a lot of shower activity here, but it's starting to die out and i expect it to continue to do so. so maybe a shower or storm for us tonight, but most of us will remain dry. tomorrow, a different story. that's why the national weather service has issued a flash flood wa

. >>> and a state trooper killed in the line of duty touched young lives in anne arundel county. coming up, find out how to help his soccer team in the quest to win. denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> 15 minutes away from 6. one local soccer team is helping keep a maryland state trooper's memory alive. shaft hunter died in may when he lost control of his police cruiser while chasing a speeding motorcylist on interstate 95. during his off duty time, the former marine was involved with a soccer team in anne arundel county. now that team needs a little bit of help. sherrie johnon is here to tell you more about the story. >> reporter: well, for six years the team known as the blackhawks played soccer together. this group worked hard at a shot of the national competition. shaft hunter's son plays on the team and he sponsoreded them often. they were award the u.s. club soccer region champion and after hard work and dedication, they have advanced to a national soccer com

we still have severe thunderstorm warnings in anne arundel county and calvert county until -- now, they've been extended until 6:30. also charles county until 6:30 as well. prince george's county until 6:30 as well. we've got lots of severe weather but again, generally east of 95. if you're in leesburg, you're ok. frederick, you're ok. if you're south and east of town, not so good. southern sections of prince george's county, northern calvert county, just getting hammered with rain and the biggest threat with the storms, we've been harping on this all day is flash flooding. baden, heavy rain. deal, heavy rain. this area of red you see is rainfall rates one to two inches per hour. flash flooding comes on quickly. people going down toward st. leonard, heavy rain. between waldorf and la plata and south on 301 getting hammered with heavy rain. good news is woodbridge, rain is lighting up. that's the light green you see. quantico lighting up a little bit as well. the severe thunderstorm watch continues until 9:00. it has been trimmed. essentially, if you're west of 95, you're ok. if you're east

howard county, northern anne arundel county and moving south. they got their start in western maryland earlier in the day. 93 was the high before the rain came in. inner harbor hit 98 this afternoon. much more humid today than yesterday. 69 and 73 the temperature extremes. over 1/2 inch of rain. here you see the rain coming in, where the heaviest rains in carroll county, baltimore county, howard county pared some of the rainfall amounts were up to two inches. in many cases less than 1/4 inch. much of the eastern shore missed out on a lot of the rain this time around. right now 72. 82 at ocean city on the boardwalk. westminster is 73. frederick, 72. it has dropped into the 60's in western maryland. here is what is left of the rain. you can see a front here. this is the cold front that helped to trigger this storm activity. there is the front that will be passing through overnight and pushing the humid air to the south of us. our winds have become more westerly here with the front approaching. tomorrow, the front will stall to our south, down in s

however, fitz gerald's car was found in anne arundel county. based on evidence in that car, they could be victims of assault. if you have information, please call police. >>> time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. more on the passing of baltimore colts great john mackey. and reviews of this weekend's new movies. for these stories and much more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> he is a home grown sailor who took on an around-the-world challenge. ryan bremyer fell in love with ark napolis and is now living life on the water. jessica kartalija took up a line as he raced toward the finish line. >> oh, that is cold, cold water. >> reporter: sailing 25,000 nautical miles. >> that is moving awfully quick right now. in a nonstop race around the world, from barcelona, spain. >> the water is constantly over the cabin tops. >> reporter: at the helm, 34- year-old ryan brimyer of annapolis. >> right

the accident that we had in ann adundel county 100 east -- anne arundel county at 100 east has cleared up. >>> you had the royal wedding and now the soil visit. >> okay. the -- royal visit. >> okay. they will be in los angeles today and in the city and country are buzzing. >> something is not right about that. >> the hat? >> yes. >> i love it. thr expected to take -- they are expected to take part before they take off to california. >>> new lampoon looking a -- taking a page out of field ofdreams asking one question will football season start. >> ray lewis is asking the same. >> any time you know you are welcomeed here. >> oh. ray lewis? are you a ghost? >>i walked two miles through a cornfield many let's play some football. ed parody stars taylor lautner who most moms and daughters know from the twilight saga. >> that was ray lewis again. >> pretty good. >> it's really good. if you see it it's about 4 1/2 minutes and it's a really good well produced thing. >> check it out. >>> stay with us, there's been developments overnight in israel. >> getting word israeli forces are blocking hund

and also anne arundel county, affected by that. that is until 6:45, those storms as bob mentioned, are moving through very quickly. but all others impacted by these severe thunderstorm potential and the flash potential. until late tonight. we'll keep you posted. >> right now, some people are without a place to live, following the storms that moved through overnight. first warning weather continues now with mike hellgren, reporting from baltimore county. >>> at this hour, the red cross is assisting dozens of families affected by the storm damage, primarily here in baltimore county. >> reporter: powerful storms shattered trees, peeled off roofs, left power lines draped on the pavement, and crushed cars. they also left lives in shambles. >> all of my house just started coming down. everywhere. >> reporter: jeff grieves lost his roof and more. his 3-year-old daughter had just gotten home from surgery before the storm. he was recently laid off and now has to find a place to house his family. >> it's terrible. i ain't going to have that

new developments in the investigation into a deadly fire in anne arundel county. we note names of the victims -- know the nation of the victims. roselia nolte remains in critical condition but her daughter was not so lucky. sherrie joins us with details. >> reporter: at last report, 84- year-old roselia nolte is in critical condition. a woman in her 60s died in that fire. the fire started around 1:30 saturday afternoon more than 60 firefighters responded to the two alarm fire onshore drive in edgewater. it took crews about 30 minutes to put out the fire. once they got inside, nolte suffered life-threatening injuries and the other woman was pronounced dead. neighbors say it was hard to see one man even jumped in to try to save them. >> it was all black and burned and it was incredible what she looked like. >> reporter: again that neighbor was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after he tried to rest cute victims. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> thanks a lot. >>> another fire this morning. this one

the incidents we have right now 98 southbound after the exit to route 32 for an accident in anne arundeld northern parkway at belvedere accident with injuries. charley. >>> thanks a lot. it's not the type of thing that's supposed to happen. thousands come out to enjoy the fireworks at the inner harbor and violence. linda so is live this morning to tell us all about what turned into a terrible night down in the inner harbor. >> reporter: well, there are two incidents you will be hearing about all day. the first happened right here by pier 6 pavilion by the water. it was a great place to come with your family to catch the fireworks yesterday. over there, you have mccormick and schmick's but police say this is where a man was stabbedin the neck. he later died at shock trauma. it happened after the fireworks end last night. again, the man was taken to shock trauma but didn't survive. then in a separate incident, a 4-year-old boy was shot in the leg as he was standing with his dead after the fireworks ended. police say the boy's father heard a loud noise and the boy started to complain his le

in through charles county and answer arundel county. the watch continues until 9:00. i think though if you're in leesburg and back into winchester and culpepper, i think the threat of severe weather is just about over. here's why. look at this intense line of showers and thunderstorms from almost baltimore on the east side of 95 all the way to the east in through prince george's county and backcrossing over 95 just north of fredericksburg. these are heavy rainfall makers and a lot of flash flooding going on. so, don't cross a flooded street by car or by foot. we'll zoom in. see the reds here. that's rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour. thankfully, the storms are moving east at about 15 miles per hour. heavy rain in woodmore and davidsonville. also heavy rain upper marlboro. it will head toward shadyside and head off to the east. now, we'll move back to the southwest and this is very heavy rain. i mean just around garrissonville over toward -- south of woodbridge, it is just about to cross 95. this is going to go into southern maryland around charles county, h

the body of anne arundel county james cane was pulled from the river this morning. cane and a woman were tossed from a skiff. >>> the search for a maryland man missing in the river is in its fifth day. the missing man is identified as patrick harmon. they are looking for his body. three others on the boat that capsized were rescued. >>> dirt bike ambushes. city police have a new warning today for a new crime that is popping up in the city. jessica has more in the newsroom for us. >> reporter: it all starts with an ad on craigslist to sell a dirt bike. this saturday city's impound lot, filled with illegal dirt bikes. recently, dirt bike sellers were robbed. the dirt bike sellers came from outside baltimore to meet with the potential buyers alone. in one case, that seller was beaten. city police urge anyone selling anything on craigslist, take someone with you, and try to get valid, legitimate information on the people you are meeting ahead of time. >> good advice, jessica. thank you. police have no somid -- solid descriptions of the suspects, only that they are likel

that includes southern prince george's county, southern anne arundel county, calvert county, also charles county and portions of st. mary's county also under severe thunderstorm watches or rather severe thunderstorm warnings at the time being. let's show you what's happening around chesapeake beach and deal and an are run dell county. very heavy rain there. right along 4, as you move towards huntingtown, very heavy rain associated with this line. the line moves down. waldorf, your heaviest rain now done, but still seeing heavy rain in your region. and back down towards la plata and charles county. as we move south in towards st. mary's county, you're looking at the rain around loveville and the lexington park area. we have some video as the rain made its way through potomac area. a lot of rain coming down very, very heavily, some locations picking up 1 to 2 inches per hour as the line continues to progress east. that has caused a lot of problems in a lot of different areas because of the flash flooding. we do have some flash flood warnings in effect until 7:15 tonight including montgomery

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this year including two during the memorial day holiday. 14 people have died on the water in anne arundel county alone. >>> mike, thank you. the area where the 6-year-old died is one of two designated areas in that park. >>> late word tonight of another possible drowning, this one also in anne arundel county. rescue crews are on the scene. right now of an unoccupied boat running in circles on dobbin island. they are trying to determine if someone fell overboard. we'll let you know as soon as we get any information. >>> a boat was making a sharp turn when it suddenly flipped over. rescuers found a man but could not find a second man. >> i stayed with the boat that was sinking, looking for the diver. two or three minutes at a time. i went inside the boat and i could not find him. >> police have not released the name of that missing maryland native just yet. >>> on this holiday, fourth out of july holiday we could see a few rain drops. a little cloudy and some storms could be on the horizon. so do you need to take an umbrella out with you tonight? bernadette woods is tracking the storms. >>

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harford, baltimore and carroll county and frederick county and howard county and that includes anne arundelounty. primary concerns again are for flash flooding for too much rain too quickly. this watch extends on to the delmarva peninsula. let's get into the radar. you can see where the main line of the showers and storms are. they've moved out of baltimore. they're crossing the bay and shadyside. kent island, they're getting hit good now. centreville, up into kent county and the delaware line. you're getting downpour and dangerous lightning. it's coming your way, carroll county eventually, you'll see heavy rain out of this, too. we have clearing from frederick and westminster and back into montgomery county. the rain is beginning to let up a bit. take a little pan around town. wet in the wake of a few inches of rain in most spots. 73 now. we have a lot of rain cooling from the downpours. the winds shifted north and east. you can see the heavy showers and storms as they came in here. this is from the err and -- earth and space laboratory. in baltimore, near druid hill at robert w. coalman.

cecil county at 22% and arundel county 7 percent.chester 22% >> we are working hard to keep beaches safe and health. >> the maryland department of environment says the state's storm water management act of 2007, which helps control storm water drainage in the state's largest counties, is helping somewhat but should get better with time >> we have water regulations for development and redevelopment. we have new permits going in place for the largest municipali municipalities. we have construction activity as it relates to storm water >> the report went on to assign star ratings from 1 to 5 for the state's most popular beaches based upon testing issues and water quality. sandy point state park in annapolis got two stars. gunpowder state park two. elk neck state park, two. point lookout state park, four stars. ocean city beaches, four stars. the e officials feel ocean city should have received five stars like it's delaware neighbors did in dewie. >> i think there is what appears to be an error. they listed ocean city as having four star

that's around the anne arundel county line. we'll show you what the police know about the suspect.on? >>> jamie, as you can see, 295 is open. earlier today, it was closed. that's to route 100. the police are in the air and on the ground, searching for an armed has been. armed-- man. >> reporter: a contractor was sitting in this white jeep. he was operating a mobile speed camera setup. a man approached his car. >> the man said that the individual had a shut gun and a hammer. he said that the individual went to the rear window of the jeep and began tapping on the rear w

. >>> an anne arundel county plan is expected to plead guilty in a peeping tom case today. charless novak is charged with secretly taping women as they changed their clothes inside their homeses. he was arrested in december after a woman says she spotted him in her garage. a search of his home turned up evidence linking him to other burglaries. >>> pleading guilty, another baltimore city police officer accepts a plea deal for his part in a huge corruption scandal. >> that's right. officer louise nunez is one of 17 officers charged in the scandal involving illegal kickbacks. according to federal documents the 33-year-old admitted to taking part in a scheme to direct motorists involved in accidents to the majestic towing company instead of a city approved towing company. the officers allegedly received thousands of dollars in kickbacks. three other officers have already pleaded guilty. by taking a plea deal, they will likely receive less severe punishments. >>> sentencing is scheduled for october 21. >>> the field is set for the upcoming contest to be mayor of baltimore. stat

canton, 91 and into anne arundel county. you'll hit 92 before the storms change in the afternoon. most of the activity is to the south. you can see the boundary pushing in. you're optimistic we'll get storms tomorrow. take a little bit of rain, that's an inch behind the annual rainfall. the future caster is showing little overnight tonight. there it is tomorrow. we'll get popup showers and storms. then, into friday, we'll get isolated showers. overnight, 72 and warm and balmy. tomorrow, a 2-degree guarantee of 90. though, the early part of the day should be dry. the seven-day forecast, things are summer like. the weekend looks dry. it will be hot. it's july in maryland and baltimore, we know it's hot. >> i know you've been concentrating on the local front, what about the shuttle. >>> they get the sea breeze off of the atlantic and the coast. >>> the count down is on. the shuttle could be delayed because of the weather. the forecast for the scheduled launch is heading downhill. as wyatt said. the forecasters say there's a 70% chance of rain and that could scrub the launch. that's w

. >>> the search for a missing boater has come to an end in anne arundel. searchers recovered the body of the 235-6789 he was boating when a sharp turn caused him and another woman to be tossed. the woman was rescued. >>> the man at the center of a nationwide manhunt and was known then as clark rockefeller is on the move again. his real name is christian gerhartsreiter and is on his way to california where he is accused of killing a man 25 years ago. he is accused of kidnapping his daughter from boston and bringing her here in 2008. >>> a man who approached the capital with a gun -- officers fired wounding him. the mother said he was suffering from depression and was trying to get officers to kel hill. >>> president obama is meeting with congressional leaders today to try to reach a deal on raising the debt limit. analysts say after weeks of stalled negotiations, democrats and republicans may be moving toward as come promiechts the white house is pushing for more deficit reductions while the republicans say they are open to closing some tax loopholes. >> ta

the sentence is in for the anne arundel county man convicted of peeping on his neighbors. >>> paving the way for better streets in the city. how a big purchase is doing just that. i'm mary bubala, that story is next on eyewitness news. >>> i'm jessica kartalija. and we are here with elmo. and we're talking about the late, great jim henson. that story is next on wjz. >> yeah, baby. >>> any pop-up storms in the region. meteorologist bernadette woods is back with your updated first warning forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, >>> out of the ashes. a baltimore city church struggles to rebuild. flames tore through the paradise greater christian center. while the sanctuary was destroyed, the church's pastor says thankfully no one was injured. >>> we as a people, not only need to be focused, but as a community, we need to watch out for each other. but it also tells them, through tragedy, god will give us victory. >> a special fundraiser to help the church rebuild will take place tonight. >>> many cities across the nation are privatized across the nation. mary joins us now with more. mary?

one person dead and another injured after a two-alarm house fire in anne arundel county. the fire broke out just after 1:30 p.m. on a short ride in edgewater. one died on the scene and a woman in her late 60's was rushed to the bayview burn unit. because of the fire remains under investigation. one buyer in the southeast baltimore has one family looking for a new place to live. the two-alarm fire started on carbore way of around 7:30 a.m. and investigators say the fire spread to two adjoining homes. >> when i got up and heard the smoke detectors, and i went to the stairs to see the smoke coming up the steps. i went to get back the kids -- i went back to get the kids. >> everyone made it out safely, but it one barman was treated for smoke inhalation. no word yet on what caused the fire. >> two things we're watching this weekend and for the rest of the weekend are the rain chant and temperatures. here is the wide view of the radar. here is a wide view of the chesapeake bay. those clouds are evaporated, that is not active rain. active showers around hagerstown and west virgi

brand-new severe thunderstorm warnings for anne arundel county. most of the area under a flash flood warning for low lying flooding and too much rain, too quickly from the downpour flash flood watch for all of maryland for the rest of the evening. we'll talk about where the storms are now. you can see the particular cell of concern south east of severna park. we could have damaging wind gusts in the storm cells. again, the main concern for most of us watching is the possibility for flash flooding. there's a delayed effect in terms of the run off from the showers and storms. that's pretty nasty and wild looking. that's the line of storm cells. it will continue to clear from the west to east. >>> take a look live downtown. we'll have a tough commute on the evening. when it rains lightly, it slows everything down. it will be raining hard around most of baltimore. winds from the north at 10 as the front pushes in. as we time lapse this over baltimore, the downpours are coming in and dousing the camera over. then, that's the storm coming in. we have we

queen annes and talbot and anne arundel county. we'll show you the radar. bottom line, there's still a flash flood watch. even as the storms clear out of the northwestern suburbs as they have. you have run off going on from a few inches of rain that come down in a matter of an hour or two. you have the potential for some flash flooding. and as woesome in a little -- and as we zoom in, here's the area in question. you have the lightning coming in and damaging winds on the front end of the damaging storms. but, again, the heavy rain with that, it's sparking flash flood concerns. we'll continue to monitor the sky and they're continuing to clear in baltimore. we'll have more on where the storms head, coming up. >>> red cross workers are helping victims of last night's storms. strong winds ripped off roofs from apartments. . the red cross is helping families affected. >> lightning started this three alarm fire in jarredsville. a neighbor vehicle up to a loud bang. he saw the roof on fire at this home also. before the firefighters arrived, four young girls ran ar

rescue team will continue their search this morning for a boater missing in anne arundel county. the 25-year-old was thrown from a boat whether it made a hard turn yesterday omplet the potomac last night, one man died after he slipped and fell from a boat near the memorial bridge. >>> the business beat is up next. how does more than 56 miles per gallon sound? the obama administration wants to make it happen but automakers could have a hard time getting in gear. >>> you never know what you will find in the basement. vehicle overs have found treasure adding up to at least $11 billion in a vault under a temple in india. it includes replicas of coconut shells made of pure gold, gold chains as long as 18 feet along with rubies, sapphires, emeralds and pearls. search was order by india's supreme court as it tries to seek more transparency for the administration of the temple. of bra   --  soy the obama administration presenting a challenge to automakers that will benefit you but it could be tough to accomplish in these t

it is moving towards anne arundel county. it is moving at 26 miles an hour. it will reportedly have some hail. it reaches towards montgomery county and sugar land and on towards northern virginia as well. let's look at the warnings. there is a watch covering our area until midnight. the brighter yellow for baltimore and howard county have a warning until 6:30. the district of columbia has a new warning out until 7:00 this evening. we will keep track of the storms as they move across the area. we will let you know what will happen with the complete forecast in just a minute. >> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a two- alarm fire in sparrows point. crews were called just before 4:00 this morning. they were met with heavy flames shooting from the single-family home. officials say most damage was confined to the back of the home. everyone made it out safely. a firefighter did suffer a sprained ankle. there is no word on the cause of the fire. this happened around 12:45 p.m. on south carlton's tree. no one was in the home or hurt. police dropped

have new developments tonight to tell you about in the investigation of that deadly fire in anne arundel county. 83-year-old rosalee nolte remains in critical condition but a woman in her '60s who police have not identified has died. when they got inside, nolte had life threatening injuries and the 6-year-old woman was pronounced dead. >> it was all black. it was incredible. >> one of the people were transported for smoke immolation after he tried to rescue the victims. >>> another fire to tell you about. baltimore police got the call just before 4:00 this morning. as they got there, they saw heavy fire. luckily everybody made it out. the fire is under investigation. >>> tonight police are searching for a killer after a night of partying came to a tragic and there was a deadly shooting outside club baltimore around 2:00 a.m. officers found a large group of people along with a man who had been shot in the head and neck he was taken to bayview medical center where he was declared dead. police say an officer was also assaulted but suffered minor injuries. >>> here we are. less than 24 hours

. >>> a 6-year-old boy couldn't be saved at sandy point state park in anne arundel county. he may have been underwater in an unguarded section of the beach for up to half an hour. when the boy was pulled from the waters, rescuers administered cpr but they couldn't revive him. >> come inon, virginia says the customers still without power in arlington should get it back by 6:00 tonight at the latest. this is a live picture just outside one of the dark neighborhoods at glebe road and old dominion drive. entrances to those streets are blocked off this morning. verizon crews worked by the light of last night's fireworks display. this morning, they tell 9news, the crews can't get to some areas until vdot clears down trees. about 1600 people in northern virginia are still waiting for the lights to come back on after sunday night's storm. >>> it is now time for the latest "your money" report of the morning. wall street gets back to work. investors will look at the latest report on how america's factories are doing. new numbers showed improvement in manufacturing. that gave wall str

we'll have a live update new at 6:00. >>> also in anne arundel county, an elderly woman is killed in a car crash, after someone runs a red light. police say the 70-year-old 70- year-old arnold woman was killed. two other people were hurt. the crash is still being investigated. >>> the federal documents show exxon mobil released inaccurate information about the time it took to stop an oil spill in the yellowstone river. vic is in the newsroom with details about the company's response time. vic? >> exxon claimed it only took 30 minutes to seal the leaky pipeline. the department of transportation says the pipeline was not fully shut down for 56 minutes after the break occurred on friday. 42,000 gallons. crude oil spilled into the yellowstone river. as the river crests, it's sending more oil downstream into mashes and ponds. -- marshes and ponds. exxon says close to 70 people are working on the cleanup. >>> the cause of the pipeline's failure remains under investigation. but investigators believe erosion exposed a line to damaging debris. >>> a new terror warning for airports around the

in anne arundel county, the man accused of entering homes and taking pictures of women is expected to enter a plea in court today. 35-year-old charles novak was arrested in late december on burglary charges. police found cameras and videos and women's undergarments at his home. he faces more than 20 charges, including burglary, theft, and peeping tom. the search continues this noon for the person responsible for the stabbing death of a man monday night after the harbor fireworks show. the father of 04-year-old boy shot in the fight wants answers. jennifer franciotti has that story. >> tens of thousands gathered at the inner harbor to watch the fireworks, but a deadly stabbing, shooting and fights marred the celebration. 26-year-old joseph calo was stabbed to death outside the mccormick and schmicks restaurant. police have released a picture of a person of interest. police believe that calo was that as a result of an argument between two groups of people early in the evening that reignited. >> moments later, the victim reengages the suspects and the fight resumes, whereby the suspect w

that's howard county, anne arundel county. those warnings run until 11:15.e have a couple new warnings, too frederick county back here which is really just for western sections of frederick county, virginia, i should say so that you know it's not frederick county, maryland. that may change, though, before the night is out, very heavy rain there. that flash flood warning runs until 1:30 a.m. and we'll reevaluate. very slow moving thunderstorms dropping a lot of rain. they are going to be the loud variety with a lot of lightning and very loud thunder because these are tropically rich and those produce a lot of lightning and very loud thunder. let me show you the temperatures, 82 degrees in the city, a lot of moisture, humidity for these thunderstorms to feed off of and that won't change much over the next 24 to 36 hours. back in the central plains i take you to missouri and over to illinois, this little cluster of thunderstorms very important because this is being produced by an upper level wave of low pressure and it's moving in our direction. as that gets he

. >>> one person dead, a woman fighting for her life after a fire in anne arundel county, in the 1300 block of shore drive in edge water. one person was already dead when the firefighters arrived. the other taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition. more than 60 firefighters responded to the scene. >>> another fire in east baltimore spreads to three houses, displacing several families. the flames started inside a row home. the firefighters say everybody was able to escape safely. one of the houses partly collapsed. the investigators are searching for the cause. >>> new mexico's massive wildfire continues to spread tonight. but firefighters say a nearby nuclear lab is safe from the flames. more on the progress in los alamos. >> reporter: the fire burning near the town of los alamos keeps growing. the firefighters say it is no longer threatening the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratory. hundreds of employees of the los alamos national laboratory returned saturday to prepare it for business as usual. >> we're checking things like the -- air handling systems to make sure

one a little storm in northern anne arundel county. everything else is west of hagerstown. rain chances increase this afternoon. thunderstorms today and into saturday morning before things finally clear out. temperatures in the 80's over the weekend at ocean city. thunderstorms today could be heavy, severe. there is a flood watch in effect as well. tomorrow, high temperatures same as today, but lower humidity. >> at least the weekend will be good. thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter.

the same thing down towards anne arundel county. back in to end this part of the foothills. this is still quite mild. it does cool off. it is 68. this is moving out of the ocean. severe storms run gold -- rumbled through southeastern virginia. and there are still some showers popping up. the front is moving south of the lakes. there is a chance for off and on thunderstorms. 68-78. cooler in the northwest suburbs. sunrise at 5:47. there is one front, won over the weekend. the new front comes in and will take the same position. it will likely stall and fadeout. as it goes in tomorrow and to friday, there will be a chance across more of maryland and we have seen in a couple of days. there is tomorrows map. there are some scattered thunderstorms in the area. the storms will wind down tomorrow. maybe linder. it is looking perhaps into the morning on saturday. the whole system slides off the coast. tomorrow will be another muggy day. the west winds are 5-10. this is giving way to afternoon storms. light wind and waves around a foot into the afternoon thunderstorms roll through. th

and the radar showing a few light showers, a few sprinkles now, anne arundell, calvert, prince george's, charles, and st. mary's counties. those are traveling off to the east, but there's a cluster of heavier downpours where you see that red and orange. that's just not northeast of richmond. that's drifting off to the east-northeast, into the northern neck. that red area, it's unloading rain at an rate of about 2 inches an hour. it has some thunder and lightning with it too. that will pass well south of the metro area. right now our temperatures are approaching 80 degrees, and we're seeing a little sunshine breaking out. where we had the rain, it's still in the 70s across parts of northern virginia and southern maryland. but after this rain moves away, we'll get some sunshine breaking out and that ought to warm things well into the 80s, maybe even low 90s a few places. and we do look to see the possibility of some storms breaking out later this afternoon and this evening. a very slight chance they would be severe. then on thursday and friday, more of the same, although friday may be in

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one person is dead after a two-alarm house fire in anne arundel county. officials say the fire broke out just after 1:30 this afternoon in edgewater. one victim died at the scene. another, a woman in her 60's or 70's, was rushed to bay view burn unit with life threatening injuries. >> the propane tank or something that is standard in the area here, many homes have propane gas stoves and that's what those tanks are for. there was no damage to the tank or any indication that the tank was involved in the fire at all. >> the cause of the fire remains under investigation. a fire in southeast baltimore has one family looking for a new place to live tonight. the two alarm blaze started in the home around 7:30 this morning. the fire quickly spread to two adjoining homes. >> the dog was barking like crazy. when i got up, i heard the smorblee defectors going off. i saw smoke coming up the steps. i got the kids and got out the house. we looked in the kitchen. you could see the flames coming from the stove. >> everyone made it out safely, but a firefighter was treate

. >> in other news tonight, fire investigators in anne arundel county are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly fire. flames started engulfing the home around 1:00 this afternoon. when rescue crews arrived, one person was already dead and a woman in her late 60s was air lifted to hopkins with life threatening injuries. >>> a six-year-old boy is recovering after almost drowning in a local swimming pool. the child was attending a city run camp in alexandria. he was found unresponsive in a 4-foot deep area of the pool. life guards pulled him out and gave mouth to mouth reseesation until rescue crews arrived. today the swimming pool staff said they are glad their safety training paid off. >> it was a mixture of emotions. i mean, on one hand i was afraid, but on the other hand i know i was trained properly. >> in my five years of experience, i never thought i would have to do this. we are preventative life guarding. >> thank goodness the boy was breathing by the time rescue workers arrived. he was taken to children's hospital as a precaution. >>> just in time for the long holiday weekend, h

china wants to limit that under anne arundel protection policy, but the u.s. and others are not buying that. this could set a precedent for the european union and u.s. to go back to the wto and file a complaint against the whole red earth debate. i will have a lot more on that in 20 minutes. -- complaint against the rare eartj dayh date. >> in australia the police will now be able to demand that people removed their veils or othe burka. refusing to comply could lead to up to a year in jail. let's find out how the australian muslims have reacted. >> some say it will allow the police to discriminate against muslim women and some civil libertarians are concerned and the police in south wales are being given paul is they don't need. other members of the islamic community in this country have given the changes they're cautious support. they believe that muslim women must be treated with respect and sensitivity when the new laws are finally introduced. >> long will that take? there will be plenty of time for campaigning against it by those who think this is an infri