now, calvert street or lombard street is closed between calvert and light street.re looking live look at the inner harbor and notice activity and repairs won't be for at least a couple days. in the meantime, use mass transit or you can take martin luther king junior boulevard or franklin street as an alternate. checking in a looking at the main lines as far as the roads are concerned here's what the harrisburg expressway looks like. no problems in hunt valley and it is clear. 11 minutes to travel from the beltway all the way downtown. 695, nice and clear and west side looking at an 11 minute ride from 795 toward 95. and no concerns on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. that stretch will take you 11 minutes. megan and charley over to you>>> a ground breaking ceremony happening today the start of construction for three new buildings within the metro center at owings mills station. plans include office space andretail space and 1700 residential units. the construction has started on the new branchs for the public library and the community college of baltimore. >>> news

a calvert county s.w.a.t. team broke down the door after getting a 911 call from an adult relative who fled the house about 8:30 a.m. calvert county sheriff, mike evans. >> it's horrible. i have seen a few in my s.w.a.t. team days and these are the worse case scenarios. there was nothing else we could have done. we were very fortunate to save frank hayward, iii. >> frank hayward, iii, is in critical condition at washington children's hospital. investigators recovered handguns, but are not sure how everyone died. how the fires were lit or what set hayward off. neighbors are in shock. >> devastating. you have a problem, let life live. but to do this and take a two- year-old's life and try to kill everybody is ridiculous. it makes no sense. >> investigators are not speculating tonight on what may have set off frank hayward to slaughter his own family. one neighbor who traded e-mails recently suggested there might have been some stress about the house on the market, perhaps headed into foreclosure. perhaps marital

the calvert county sheriff's office is investigating a murder-suicide in owings, maryland. scott broom filed this report from the scene. >> reporter: investigators and rescuers are still pouring over this scene on the 1800 block of candlelight lane here in the fairview subdivision section of owings, maryland, in calvert county. we know there are three people dead. a man, a woman, and a child. and that a 12-year-old child survived this incident and was taken by helicopter to shock trauma in baltimore. it was an apparent explosion of family violence. we know that one of the people who died, one of the adults, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. this occurred after somebody called for help from the house. when the sheriff's department here in calvert county showed up in full special operations mode, and attempted to make entry to the house, there was gunfire that broke out when they finally got inside they found the man and woman dead, a child dead, and, again, a 12- year-old survivor who has been rescued and is battling for his life. in owings, maryland, calvert county,

it's not as strong as what's in prince george's county moving into anne arundel and calvert.st of what is left. over to sentinel radar. we'll give you a look. actually that signature that was showing upper level rotation is gone now. so is that hail core. sorry, it's still there. this is indicating there could be some strong wind as this storm moves east, southeast just north of cumberland into the bay about the next 30 to 40 if you've minutes. all of that -- 45 minutes. all of that will be moving away. here's the updraft the strongest storm on raid continuing the slow process of weakening but capable of producing strong winds 40, 50 miles an hour, maybe a little hail, certainly torrential rain 1 to 2 inches per hour and maybe some flash flooding. then this other storm we've watched here is getting a little weaker as it get ready to cross 95, but still the strongest of the batch that is left. those are the two lightning producers in the area as well. this is the last hour of lightning, very much concentrated in the prince george's county area. it looks like we got a new warni

mary's county and calvert county pushing east across the bay.pushed on to the eastern shore. let's look at this rain. \ a little lightning and thunder. the brunt of the storm is on the eastern shore. severe thunderstorm approaching salisbury. lord calvert county and lower st. mary's county still seeing the rain. moderate to heavy. 78 in annapolis 80 at reagan national 69 in martinsburg, 70 in cumberland. not as humid today, highs in the mid 90's, slight chance of a lateday storms. the rest of the week, 92-98. get used to the heater and a little humidity. but it's not as bad today for the humidity. chance of rain almost every day to day through the weekend. that's what we see in the summertime especially in july with the instability and heat. more on this coming up. >> the heat and humidity and potential rainfall could all be problems as it could take weeks to clean up the debris left by the severe storm. jummy olabanji joins us live from falls church with a look at all the storm damage >> . good morning. we have been talking about power outages

mary and and calvert county they are getting hit with storms. good news we need the rain especially along the eastern shore but we are not getting any. and that's what i don't like to see. going into the afternoon we have that chance. as long as we have the chance that's a good thing. see the big picture and nasty thunderstorms firing up in alabama. showers and thunderstorms dropping through michigan and heading into indian ohio. look what we are watching. showers and thunderstorms off along the coast this morning. and this little system could ride up the coast and make that turn inward. we are watching that because it could bring us much need rain as we go through time. we will see how that goes but for right now this is what we are looking at. showers and thunderstorms around dore chest erin calvert county and ocean city get getting hammered and this is a good thing -- getting hammered and that is good thing. we don't need lightning or anything damaging with that. i take you to chesapeake beach and we are talking about calvert county where we

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there is the lightning heading in towards northern parts of calvert county. there could be some power outages there. we are leftover with light rain right now in washington. a little area of moderate rain for folks around dale city and into quantico. all this is moving off towards the east give it another hour and it will pretty much all be all gone. tomorrow as we go through the day, watch -- tomorrow morning, early, another warm, humid morning with pop up variety showers and thundershowers. during the afternoon and especially later on tomorrow night, i am afraid we will be looking at a similar pattern. some cooler air and finally less humid air pushes our way. as long as the atmosphere is saturated, there is always that risk of the slow-moving thunderstorms that come through and of one or 2 inches of rain in a short time. so the risks again of seeing in some afternoon thunderstorms, i think temperatures tomorrow will be into the low 80's. and as the weather front comes through, i think our temperatures on saturday will only be into the 70's and probably sun

calvert and saint mary's county getting hit the hardest. those storms that are down there right now, those thunderstorms, those are headed east out of the area. right now from calvert beach, just east of leonard town headed toward toddville. heavy rain and the possibility of some isolated hail. some earlier with that storms that came through. another cluster up and around do mass cuss this morning. dew point is 60 degrees. it's plenty stick where out there right now. hot one today, temperatures rise to 95 degrees. it's not 99 with high humidity like it was yesterday. fout of july, danella, 96. so back to some heat. back to a chance of storms for the afternoon on the fourth. >> veronica, that sounds good. if you have to travel out today, this is what you got to worry about. tricky commute you got to give yourself extra time this morning. you also have to be patient and be a defensive driver. things are in the road and they're blocking you if you're traveling southbound i-955 prince william parkway. disabled vehicle blocking one of your lanes

southern and central virginia, calvert county, prince george's county and we saw a shower through anne arundel county that was hefty at times. right now we are calming down. at least the doppler radar is quiet. i noticed a heavy downpour along i-70 north of frederick but that should pass on through in the next 30 minutes or so. right now most of the action we're seeing is out toward the eastern shore. there is still a little bit around rehoboth, bethany beach and heading out to sea. right now the camera looking good. mainly partly cloudy skies for the overnight and clearing up toward sunrise but for right now, looking fantastic. temperature at ronald reagan airport at 75 degrees and we scoured out a lot of the humidity with the next worth west so we don't have too much of a heat index to deal with at least for the overnight. currently sitting in the 70s around the beltway. we will begin to push on down into the 60s for some of the northern and eastern zones later on tonight. the loop of satellite and radar shows what is moving off to the

the backside of that is moving patuxent river and in mary's county, heavy rain in calvert county., but not as human. the humidity will drop below locally and north of town. slight chance of thundershowers 30%.ay, 3 90s today, low 90's tomorrow. we will have a chance all week long. have minor fluctuations in grain chance. fourth of july has the best some showersing storms later in the day. that is your forecast. baden.lisa more and more of my co- are arriving in the traffic center and the number , "is your power on?" the commute for some of us is quite long. is an hour one way. one woman who works here, two hours one way on a normal basis. it's not really the interstate or the beltway that's a major concern. going through neighborhoods and on a lot of primary and secondary roads. there's still lot of tree debris, wires, pulls down. we encountered a lot of major intersections where the police out stop signs of to is a four-wayt it stop. metro will, marc rail, vre will serviceng on normal today. now to news. now, 75 degrees. >> still ahead, the aftermath of the storm. we have live re

. >> showing thunderstorms south of us mainly impacting the southern part of maryland, charles, calvertst. mary's county. down into eastern virginia. we do not want to hear about damaging wind gust and power outages, but they're certainly dealing with that in virginia. we may pick up a light shower, but the really bad stuff is down here that you can see pretty good storm down in southern calvert county which will slowly drift to the south and east over the next hour or so. severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 7:15. the entire area shaded here in this purple color is under a severe thunderstorm watch. there will to our south now and i would not be surprised at the weather system drops the system down to annapolis. looks like we're in the clear now. the main storms out of the d.c. the french fries to make its way down into that part of the state. he'd advisory continuing sell the baltimore. still warm and muggy out there. 80's in low 90's. humidity levels are still high. still feeling pretty tough. that he will go way as well. we tied another record today. all the way up to 104 deg

redwood is closed from calvert to light and lombard is closed from calvert to light but the two far left lanes will be open, the turn lanes. drivers should avoid the area if they can, especially during rush hour. your best bet is if you have to get through to use the east-west roads. don't forget, you can go to abc2.com time saver traffic, plus get a look right from our website at abc2.com and click on traffic. >>> 11 years ago the howard street tunnel fire caused a nightmare. it caused when two cars derailed. then a fire burned. a water main broke. smoke poured out sewer grates. several days of work were missed. even three orioles games had to be canceled. >>> a bus filled with members of an -- an israeli youth group exploded. six were killed. 32 were hurt. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a terror attack and he promised a response. >>> an anne arundel judge threw the book at tommy clack. it could be the end of the line for tommy clack. joce sterman is back with some of the tough words. >> calling him a shameless swindler and a rotten cook, the judge sentenced clack

redwood closed from calvert to light. lombard closed from calvert to light. the two far left turn lanes will be open. drivers, you should avoid the areas if you can. for the best bet, if you have to get through, use the roads that run east and west in baltimore. to get the latest information about all the traffic conditions downtown during these repairs, just head to abc2news.com/traffic there. you can also check out dozens of live traffic cameras all over our area. >>> all right. let's get to the update on the breaking news in dundalk. you may have seen the thick black firefighters were called out for a transformer fire a baltimore county firefighter had to go to bayview with heat exhaustion. right now very smart people are looking over the fluent she what was damaged. >>> we told you yesterday the heat is back and we meant this, from people braving the heat from a workout. the people who just wanted to rush back inside where it's nice and cool. let's check in with meteorologist mike masco. mike, how much more of this heat can we take? >> let's go 24 hours.

so again calvert county, maryland, st.y's county, maryland, a severe thunderstorm warning until 7:15. that will do it for us here. we'll see you back at 11:00 tonight and go to our website www.wusa9.com for the latest. jim: "big brother" season premiere thursday. wild and wacky once again. your summer pleasure. coming back. cbs this thursday, season premiere. ted potter, talk about a shot that suits his eye. he's in here snug. we haven't seen that many really today on the other side of the ridge. we're going to see from kelly here in a moment. nick: you're right, jim. there haven't been many. have a look on shot link. see what it can tell me. interestingly, the percentages are good. there's only been one three-putt from about a dozen guys down below the ridge. so odds are pretty good then to at least two-putt it. obviously nobody's made it from down there. jim: i can tell that you even watching the shots that land on the crest and trickle down, like potter's a moment ago. it's not lightning fast once it comes over the ridg

a calvert county s.w.a.t. team broke down the door after getting a 911 call from an adult relative who fled the house about 8:30 a.m. calvert county sheriff, mark evans. >> i have seen a few and these are the worst case scenarios. you want to do something to help. there was nothing else we could have done. >> frank hayward, iii, is in critical condition at the children's hospital. investigators have recovered handgun, but are not sure how everyone died. how the fires were lit, or what set hayward off. neighbors are in shock. >> devastating. you have a problem, move on in your life and let life live. to do this and take a two-year- old's life and try to kill everybody is ridiculous. makes no sense. >> sheriff evans says handguns were recovered that may have been used in this incident. he has no idea and won't speculate on what may have set off frank hayward to cause him to slaughter his own family. scott broom, 9news now. >> now an update on the kidnapping of cal ripken's mother. police released surveillance vi

going to be moving to calvert county over the next 15 minutes or so.ew scattered sprik sprinkles, and all of this moving west to east and temperatures in the low to mid 70s in southern maryland. and beginning of the rain as well as the eastern shore. low to mid 70s in the district. but outside the district in montgomery, howard, frederick county, mid and upper 60s. and also in the mid up ander 60s, much of nay virginia around the blueridge, culpepper, and in fairfax, arlington, prince georges county around 70. day planner, for this tuesday, a partly sunny day coming up. mid 80s by noon time and mid afternoon to late afternoon in the low to mid 80s and a little more humid. an isolated storm popping up by mid to late afternoon, mainly south of the metro area. i'll be back in ten minutes with another look at radar and a willing at traffic with danella. >>> right now, tracking breaking news on the roadways. traveling route 110, northbound lanes are affected. police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident in this area, traveling northbound, route 110

that breaks down to 263 in calvert county. 1024 in prince george's county. potomac edison has a total of 14318. allegheny county 3685. garrett county 2429. howard county 824, front good morningry county 1964 and washington county 58. >> oh, my goodness. hopefully we won't have to do anything like that until the winter. well it is weather that caused all of these outages, but at least today, weather is not a severe problem. >> reporter: we did have steady storms come through overnight. i heard a little rumble in my neighborhood, but right now we are calming things down on the radar. i think the moisture will be around for most of the morning, it might be an issue for some folks on the roadways. most of this could clear out by the 9:00 hour completely. right now though, 80 degrees at reagan national airport. it is steamy out there, our humidity values are quite high. we are going to steadily rise into the lower 90s for later on this afternoon and as the cloud cover comes back, we'll run the risk of seeing more showers and storms later on this evening and into

lombard street is shut down between calvert and light street because of the water main break. one lane is getting by. light street is shut down between fiat and lombard. some closures expected along redwood. closures in effect in advance of artscape. that is this weekend they are doing some preparation for artscape. you will need some extra time because delays expected. we have an accident in sykesville. this is the east side of the beltway just prior to the key bridge. you can see we have several lanes closed on the inner loop. we may have all lanes closed. we will keep you posted on this. the inner loop is where you're seeing those closures. the northeast corner of the beltway is looking pretty good. pass peninsula expressway, one lane is getting by if not all are closed at the moment. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> there was a big water main break last night. it is expected to cause some big problems for this morning's commute. >> that problem is centered at lombard and light streets. kim dacey is live downtown with the details. >> we're right at redwood and lig

a few showers popping up in calvert county right here chesapeake beach down to calvert beach and calvertopped up in st. mary's county. one here maybe getting going, too, north of waldorf on the prince george's county line. for your day, have an umbrella handy. might have an isolated shower this morning. by 8:00, low to mid 70s. humid today. by noontime, low 80s. downpours this afternoon and th evening with thunder and lightning. more of the same on wednesday and thursday. a little hotter. settling down a bit friday. saturday, sunday, monday, each afternoon a chance of passing thunder showers. highs, low noingts and humid. >>> right now i'm watch watching the bn. if you're traveling the outer loop of the beltway at van dorn. we have a multivehicle accident just on your right shoulder lane here. police are on the scene. delays are as you head towards telegraph road. let's head over to the beltway in montgomery county. not too bad on the inner loop as you make your way past colesville road but the outer loop we are seeing some delays. in fact, travel speed about 33 miles per hour as you tra

farther south, moderate showers and thunder and lightning from southern maryland into calvert county, charles county. there's another area of thunder and lightning rolling across the shenandoah valley, heading east to the eastern shore where they're getting heavy rain this morning right now. temperatures around the region are in the 70s most locations, near 80 in the cities from washington to annapolis and down the pax river and farther west. low 70s to the 60s out of the mountains. here's your "day planner." by noontime, still a few scattered thunderstorms around, mid-80s by then, then peaking in the upper 80s by mid-afternoon, then a smaller chance moving in, any more storms later this afternoon with highs in the upper 80s and steamy humidity. we'll look at the rest of the week and weekend coming in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >> good morning, tom. it's going to be a rough commute. if you're heading out of the house, give yourself extra time today so you can be cautious. traveling eastbound i-70 near route 97, we have a car reportedly spun out in th

again, you can see some big storms moving through calvert and st. mary's county. this is a big one here with a tremendous amount of lightning as these storms slide through the chesapeake and will be offshore in the next couple hours. 6:00 status sitting at 89 in the city east. 91 down towards solsbery. again a new record of 100. we tied that 1993 record of 100 degrees. but we are done with heat and humidity for the next several days as we get cooler air moving in. 105 here in charlottesville. 90 degrees around the 8:00 hour. and then notice it gets drier by tomorrow morning. 76, to 87 through tomorrow. again this cold front is moving from southern new jersey through delaware and back into the ohio valley. we are again going to shift our focus towards the north as opposed to the southern direction, and that will bring in the cooler hair. we are right between this cooler area and this hot humid air mass to the south and that will maybe bubble up some showers and storms. so for the overnight, 74. warm and steamy with a thunderstorm threat through the overnight. 87 fo

here's another one near calvert and pratt streets at the inner harbor.water bubbling out of that manhole... in the middle lane... and drivers doing their best to avoid it. 3 anne arundel county policc need your help fighting back 3 back a thief who broke into the severna park golf center is caught on camera and has an audience on... youtube. a "nanny-cam" captured the thief ransackkng the office recently. making off ...with 300--dollars and a laptop computer. the owner was so disgusted by the break-in he so disgusted by the owner was computer. the owner was so disgusted by the break-in he on youtube. (10:36) "the in disarray, he'd rummaged through drawer and the cash rummaged through our really an invasion. i really felt personally like my space had been invaded." invvded." 3 call police with any information you may have on this crime. police catch the man they say attacked a 10 year old girl in philadelphia.police released this video of the attack earlier this week in hopes of finding the suspect... and it worked. carlos fah-go turned himself in last night.he is facing multiple charges

the hospital serves prince gorges, calvert and st. mary's counties. the hospital sees more than 65,000 people in the emergency room every year. >>> a warning from charles county health officials. one of several bats found in an apartment complex has tested positive for rabies. so far only one of the bats has been caught and tested. two people who live in the apartments have gone through a series of shots. health officials say anyone who may have been exposed should be tested. rabies is infected through a bite and can be fatal if not treated. >>> police in maryland are going under cover in a fight against pan handlers. police say they have received several complaints about panhandling. >>> coming up we are getting the closest look yet at the secret vessel that looked like a space ship over i-270 last month. >>> taking a dip in the lake may be the last thing you want to do in minnesota. >>> showers and thunderstorms across the area today some of which have been severe. i will let you know what to >>> you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> jumping into the w

. >> let's get to our other big stories -- a tragic scene in calvert county has police asking a lot of questions. >> in maryland, a man, his wife and her -- and their two children were found dead in their home. a 12-year-old was the only family member still alive. the neighborhood and police are asking why this all happened. >> neighbors are saying it is stunning but we have learned some things about this marriage. it has been troubled for a long time. in 2007, the wife filed a restraining order and was granted bail with eight of -- and granted a divorce. they built that big pool back there and neighbors say they had not seen any sign of trouble until this morning. >> in 2010 when this photo was taken they seem like a happy family. this morning, and all came to a tragic end. police say frank jr. killed his wife and 2-year-old and he also slipped his son's throat before taking his own life and setting the family home on fire. on this -- they seemed a happy family. this morning, and all came to a tragic end. police say frank jr. killed his wife and 2-year-old. he slid his son's throat be

it used to be the rod and reel in calvert county. maybe do a little rockfishing. take a look at some of the weather through the day, middle town, frederick county, by not a cloud in the sky. postcard weather, west of baltimore today and how about north and northeast of baltimore, bel air with a sapphire blue sky. pilots call this cabu, ceiling and visibility unlimited. enjoy a nice dray in the eat -- day in the 80s. then the heat will crank up. it will feel like 105. again, a pleasant evening now with the humidity around 30% to 40%. dry air has come in big time and coming in on a welcome note. that high humidity that soupy air, it's south and west of us and will move in big time. mid-morning at the latest. the pattern is quiet for the evening, dry, pleasant and that humidity is extreme to our south and west. this is what will make the difference. i know i will get laughs from the studio. in meteorology 101, when you get this big narrow surge, that's a moist tongue coming up through the nation's mid-section. it's not going to feel funny. look at the heat index valu

calvert county .../ in... what police... call.../ a... murder- suicide...//.it... happened... in owings...// police... believe... a... 32- year- old man .../ shot... and killed his wife... and... child.../ before .. turning... the gun... on himself....//a... second child.. also... believed to be... a... family- member.../ is... being treated ...for burns ... and cuts ...//. while.. the,... investigation... continues. the search for an anne arundel county man who police say stabbed his mother ended just hours ago.21 year old james zito was arrested near the glen burnie mall.police had been searching for him since about 7-30 last night, when his mother was found stabbed in the chest at their home on stacy oak way in millersville. she was taken to the hospital and is expected to be ok. police are still trying to figure out what caused the attack. the supreme court could reverse a maryland case blocking police from collecting d-n-a samples from people arrested for certain crimes.chief justice john roberts previously blocked the ruling from going into effect. but yesterday, he wrot

. >> we start with breaking news of a tragedy in calvert county, md.. police are on the scene of what is believed to be a triple murder suicide. among the dead, 04-year-old child. hurt in this? >> yes, a 12-year-old boy. apparently he suffered back injuries to his neck. we have a 32-year-old man and his 31-year-old wife. both of them are deceased. a child described as 84-year- old, and now i am learning it was actually two-years old -- this is just off of route 5 in dunkirk. we have video. it began at about 9:00 a.m. according to neighbors this morning. police swarmed the neighborhood. they realize that they had a barricade on their hands. the police brought in the swat team and basically surrounded the house. we understand at some point in this drama that lasted an hour and a half, the armored vehicle approached the front door of the home. the neighbor tells us that he heard what he describes as crackling sounds. he believes it may have been gunfire. officers charged into the home. they found the mother and father and the 2-year-old boy seized. they di

. >> on the southbound side of connecticut avenue you'll find all lanes place to calvert street northwestith the accident. you'll have to follow police direction to get around it. i'll have more on that and other area roads coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. >>> we are back at 6:29. good morning if you're just waking up. this is the place where you can always get your weather first. a live look at the jefferson memorial. a little haze. temperature about 75. >>> thank you for starting your day with us. i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. andrea will be back next week. right now howard bernstein is back from vacation live on the weather terrace with a look at the day ahead. >> good morning. yesterday morning we had the low clouds, mist in spots. today, though, lots move sunshine. yesterday we stopped at 90. today we could stop at 94, 95, 96. with the added heat and a front coming there will be a threat for a few thunderstorms. here's a look at the day planner. we've got good visibility this morning in spite of the haze. the sunshine on the capito

we had hail hitting into calvert county and one and three quarter inch hail in anne arundel county. in prince georges county, the wins picked up to 60 miles an hour and that is an active night. en to, things are calmer and we'll have the details of what you can expect the rest of the weekend later on and back to you. >> and thanks. >>> still to come on the news at 10, metro is facing a new way to pay for parking. >> and one senator is calling for a federal odd it on metro. what do the riders think. >>> and a string of purse snatchings on the d.c.-prince georges county line. we speak with the victim tonight who tried tracking the thieves on her own. that story and much more as we continue here on fox 5. ere on . >>> metro is testing a pay-by- phone system for parking in the lots. starting monday, the customers at rockville and fort taunton can use rock mobile. in addition to regular parking fees, the system charges a 32- cent convenience fee for every transaction and that is the same system used at 1700-meter parking spots in d.c. >>> should there be a federal safety odd it on metro?

lombard is closed from calvert to leet but the two left turn lanes will be open. drivers should awade the -- avoid the area during rush hour. the best bet is to use the roads that go east and west. don't forget, you can get the latest up to the minute traffic conditions and live traffic cameras on our website, abc2news.com/traffic. >>> another hot day. 359 yesterday. we tacked on another 5. right now at bwi, 100 degrees. the real story is the heat indexes, 104. 99 frederick. 96 as you head out toward will manage tonight. the heat, the humidity combined making it feel like 107 in frederick. not much of a relief from the atlantic where you're running from 101 to 103. our heat indexes will approach 105. you go up toward phillip and it's in the excessive heat warning. mostly clear, hot and as we head into tonight only going to 77 degrees, partly cloudy, warm, very balmy. we are tracking some severe weather forel tomorrow afternoon, lalls late -- late afternoon. we're going to time the arrival of the storms, let you know about the seven-day weekend forecast. >> a man w

areas south of baltimore, including annapolis, pg county and calvert county and the eastern shore. this is through 8:00. keep an eye on. this you see that pattern getting more quiet out there. so that should lead to basically less and lessee veer weather concern over the next hour or two. want to show you earlier, mt. airy. here's the storm i was referencing a minute ago. this is a big one. see the leading edge, big downpour. you see the back sides that moves further and further to the east. that was a pretty nice capture of a big time summer thunderstorm there in carroll county as it came out of frederick county early this afternoon. right now a live view from frederick. we can she storm cell on the horizon here. again, a weakening storm cell, so that's good. there may be rain and brief lightning on that storm. the abc2 hd weather bug cameras, you see them here. current conditions now at bwi 86 degrees. winds are west at 12. the humidity is high. the weather is cooler. most of maryland still pretty hot. when you throw in the moment humidity -- in the humidity numbers, very high. i

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but in calvert county a few new showers just starting to pop.ok at the day planner we are expecting yeah just another warm day and we'll take it. been a very hot, in fact one of the hottest months d.c.'s ever seen. got temperatures today mid 80s by 3:00. top out about 88 with drive tome temp of 86 and there will be only isolated showers and storms this afternoon. this morning, we've been watching the heavy stuff the really heavy stuff out towards st.my rye's county the northern neck and drift to the east. but in calvert a couple of now showers popping up on live doppler 9000 hd. around prince frederick, these are new too. we'll be watching especially near the bay for the next couple of hours a few showers there and then as we warm up, the shower threat will pop inland as well. especially by the mountains. into the 70s in many areas d.c. east. hagerstown also 72. but into northern virginia especially out to the shenandoah valley, mid- to upper 60s will do it for your readings this morning with at will have humidity. outside on the michael & son w

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howard county, loudoun county down to the south, culpeper andical vert couand ic calvert counties. it's going to get worse gfr gets better. as we top out in the 90s, this weekend, we could be topping out over 100 degrees. the radar is quiet right now. it's storms later. we'll talk about the timing of those storms later and the percentages coming up in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. >>> right now fallen trees are still tangled in power lines. other trees are on top of cars and across roadways. but neighbors are helping neighbors dealing with the heat and no power. news 4's tracee wilkins has more. >> this is the kind of cleanup utility crews are still dealing with. trees that have toppled over bringing down power lines. in some areas it looks like the storm just hit yesterday. and there are still tens of thousands of people living in the dark. on a normal day all of this noise may be a little annoying. but today -- >> music to our ears. it's wonderful. >> folks living near warren and sixth streets are going on day five without power. and it's been -- >> hot. and no tv and no int

. >>> three people are dead in calvert county what police are calling an apparent murder-suicide. it started as a barricade situation around 9:00 this morning. police were called to candlelight court for a domestic situation. they found the bodies inside the home. police believe frank hayward shot his wife and child before killing himself. another child a 12-year-old was found in the house. he is being treated for burns and neck injuries. >> in the old days we would say this food doesn't agree with me. coming up, ways to tolerate your food. >> if you're planning on retiring, we have a place for you. so close, it feels like you live there already. >> 86 at bwi. 86 was your two degree guarantee. lori paper from whitemarsh con grates. you can get forecast any time. all kinds of detailed weather. we're back with much more on abc2 news at 6:00 coming up. wççÑçÑ >>> you know when you're not grocery store you see foods that are gluten free, lactose free. >> reporter: we will all need food to survive. if you have a food intolerance, certain foods can make you sick. >> assume are soy or wh

from sky 9 this morning, calvert county rescuers converged on the home. where they found the horrors committed by 32-year-old frank hayward, who killed and burned his 31-year-old wife, cynthia, and their two-year-old daughter, natalie, then killed himself. but his son, 12-year-old frank hayward iii had somehow survived the attack from his suicidal father with a slashed throat and burns. after sheriff mike evans said another unidentified adult relative had fled at about 8:30 and called for help. the officers found the house on fire. >> it is horrible. i have seen a few in my s.w.a.t. team days and these are the worst case scenarios. you want to do something to help and there was nothing else we could have done. they are very fortunate. >> it's a sad situation. >> neighbors are completely stunned. >> terrible, absolutely horrible. >> to do this and take a two- year-old's life and kill everybody, completely ridiculous. >> what caused hayward to snap, a mystery to investigators. the home recently put on the market and headed for foreclosure perhaps one sign o

mary's and charles and calvert counties as well. lot still going in areas to the south.nd you severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 tonight. it may end a little earlier, but right now, most of the entire viewing area is still under that watch. we had a lot of warnings earlier. but as i said, those have now diminished somewhat. look at the winds. 40 mile-per-hour wind gusts right now, 29 at leonardtown, 21 at dulles, 30 at make naz. winds were up to 20 miles an hour at dulles today. hail, three quarter of an inch -- trees and some power lines down. in berkeley, trees and power lines down as well. so the winds were fairly strong. heat advisory is well to the south of us. it actually ends at about 8:00 tonight. but look at the highs today. another day of record-breaking highs, unbelievable. these records set back in 1993 were broken. 102, we hit at national airport today, 101 at dulles. bwi, we hit 100 degrees. another triple-digit day. right now, 86 at dc, 89 at baltimore. the double 8's at hagerstown, but still feels warmer than that. humidity is high. factor in the heat,

danella sealock joins us with that. >> i have good news at mount calvert road. i had a crash blocking all the lanes. it's now out of the roadway for you, and travel lanes are open. let's go to i-95 earlier today. if you had to take i-95, it's a nice trip. right now you hit the brakes southbound at route 123. those delays continue and not seeing accidents and just small delays there. in the district we have good news there, too. we had close urzs this morning and over the weekend along fox hall. those roads are re-opened. back over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> still ahead, the high price to escape for some without power in the area. the red cross spent the weekend helping storm victims. now the organization is asking for your help. first, though, a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. >>> the american red cross is one of the organizations that has been here to help since friday's deadly storm hit our area, but the agency is also dealing with a significant drop in donations especially for blood. the medical director for the american red cross is here thi

mary's calvert county an hour ago. we're going to be quiet for today. we're move back to the possibility of showers and storms this evening. we're at 68 degrees. just up to the north around columbia, maryland, 78 in d.c. 70, leesburg. 68 degrees in culpepper. by 9:00 a.m. this morning, 79 to 83 degrees. not as muggy and not as humid as your afternoon. by noontime, 88 to 92 degrees. so this summertime heat does continue. 95 degrees is where we're going to max out today. and, in fact, over the next couple of days, i think your temperature is going to be over 90. friday right now is looking plenty hot with partly sunny skies. the weekend, 98 on saturday. then, finally, into the 80s early part of next week. danella? >> right now good news on the roads. if you're traveling the outer loop of the beltway, the crash there was blocking two of your right lanes, it's out of your roadway. you are seeing some delays but that should get a lot better sooner than later. let's head over to eastbound route 7 at georgetown pike. that's out of the roadway, too. not seeing

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severe and capable of heavy rain and also capable of heavy showers and plenty of lightning, on the calvert county and an arundel county line. i'll be back in a few more minutes with another update on the forecast. >> those storms have caused a number of power outages. >> to other news tonight, the search is on for a maryland man accused of shooting the mother of his children right in the middle of a nail salon. that man's name is tuan pham. a judge ordered him to stay away from her. instead he arrived at her workplace and opened fire. we have more from ellicott city. >> reporter: he's accused of shooting his estranged girlfriend at her workplace, the hair and nail care spa as well as her friend, a 40-year-old man from florida who was there to drive her home from work. >> his shirt's covered in blood and he has a gun at his hand, and i'm, like, oh, my god. he has a gun. >> reporter: the gun fire erupted saturday night. pham and the female victim got in a fight and pham shot 34-year-old lan phan of silver spring, his estranged girlfriend. a nail technician who only worked here for a couple o

state highway administration now looking to improve intersections along route 2 in anne arundel and calvertcounties. there's a meeting tonight and you can attend to hear more about the proposals. it starts at 6:00 at the anne arundel county public library. >>> if you have a kid with food allergies you know how stressful it can be you specially with eggs because they're in everything. >> a new study shows the way your child could be coping with the egg allergy to possibly enjoy them. >> also how much would id spend on a -- you spend on a piece of toast dating back to 1981 in why anyone would spend machine on this straight ahead -- money on this straight ahead. >> how do you preserve this? >> we're looking at a live piketure of downtown -- picture of downtown baltimore. it's going to be a hassle for any of you heading around the inner harbor or downtown baltimore the next few weeks. we'll have a live report in just a bit. >>> 4:44 and five things for you on this thursday morning. a sheriff in arizona known for controversial stances now going on trial. sheriff joe arpaio is being sued by a gro

and anne arundel, prince george's, and calvert county. that is until 6:30. as for this thunderstorm here, it is not moving fast. not only is the threat for damaging winds gusting. but also a lot of rain out of any of these storms. now, we also had a flash flood warning in effect for harford county. this is where we had the severe thunderstorm just about an hour ago. and that storm has died down. but it left a lot of rain in southern parts of the county. that rain is until 8:00. i want to show you when we switch it over, that we have severe thunderstorm watch in effect for a good portion of the state. until 10:00 tonight. so still the threat for severe storms. >> tonight, we have details about the maryland man police say called himself the joker. he was found if an arsenal of weapons after threatening to shoot up his workplace. wjz stays on the story live tonight. monique griego learns the man may not face criminal charges for at least a week. monique? >> reporter: adam, that's because he's still undergoing a mental health evaluation. now, tonight, we are hea

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these were heavy going through southern sections of calvert county, st. mary's city, lexington park and on to the southeast. they'll cross over to the delmarva and east side of the bay and produce pretty good storms. we'll zoom back out and the second wave, if you will, are now in virginia from woodstock down toward harrisonburg and this is rockingham county, a severe thunderstorm warning until 8:00. this storm here south of franklin has hail and this also has hail just to the west side of 220. see the purple or magenta, that is indication of a little bit of hail. the red is rainfall rates 1 inch per hour. we'll zoom out and put these into motion and you'll see by and large the storms will move off to the south and east. that's one reason the severe thunderstorm watch has been trimmed to the north. so you folks in culpeper and fredericksburg and just south of warrenton still could see severe weather in the next couple hours. you folks in frederick, maryland, should be done. you saw your severe weather earlier this afternoon. we'll widen out. you can see a

there might be a little something in southern prince george's county into calvert. continuing to move east at 25 miles an hour and nothing too severe. over to sentinel radar now because we've also been watching the baltimore area where we continue to have a flash flood warning until 2 a.m. the activity has moved toward the chester town area. heavy rain is being produced by that and maybe some winds gusting to 40 or 50. there's been tree damage in that region. we watched the whole line. it was very bad up through pennsylvania and new york state, about 400 reports of wind damage up there. what i want you to see as this goes in motion, notice how the first part of this line is weakening out and moving. we get a little break except for our activity here and there's another batch coming through west virginia. we get in closer on this. this will probably also weaken out and cross our area in the overnight hours. we'll keep scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast overnight. the severe thunderstorm watch has been whittled down to a few counties including prince

mary's county and calvert county and crossing the bay there, are thunderstorms across the area dumping a lot of rain. so if you get trapped in the thunderstorms that's a good thing because we need the rainfall. right now, temperatures are on the warm side coming in at 68 degrees in manchester. good morning. west friendship 67. carney at 70. rock hall at 69. 67 in darlington. 70 in elkton and middletown around 71. goldsboro at 69 degrees. i will have the 7-day forecast coming up but right now let's go back to megan. >> thanks. >>> the prices of produce may be weighing in on your wallet there may be a sweet side to the drought sweeping a cull tar across the united states. according-- agriculture across the united states. according to time magazine you could get more for your money when you talk about flavorch the more water the juicier they are. >>> 4:39 and sumer is winding down for many of -- summer is winding down for many of us. it's time to head back to school but it's not easy especially when it comes to buying school supplies. >> that's where abc2 news come in. we are teaming up w

the storm is crossing over eventually into calvert county and to waldorf and to saint mary city herel radar and into the sections of kill variety county and strawberry hills estate getting the rain now and crossing over highway 210 there and eventually to highway 227. and this is waldorf and looks like a couple of storms here are kind of splitting around waldorf and that is for now. the heavy rain in here, brief gusty winds, the lightning, too, and earlier, there were a few signatures that maybe it was trying to produce a little bit of hail. okay, and that would not surprise me. it was not anything too large. we're going to shoot down here to september mary's county, and we're watching this one. saint george island getting rain. right there along highway 235. and that is about to go into the bay. 96, reagan national and that is two days in a row. and the storm cooled us down to national and down to 95 degrees. the spotty storms at 7:00, and dry by 9 and 11 and it will be muggy and warm out there with the temperatures upper 80s to the lower 80s by 10 or 11:00 and that is real hot and