ef 2 tornado 1 so to 160 can do this kind of damage. caitlin most everybody here said it quickly and when they heard the roar of the tornado that's when they got the warnings tornado warnings on their phone. a lot had phones near the b beds. we got the warning and were diving for cover at the same time. >> well, gary we're glad to hear everyone is safe from the kent island area this evening. because that storm intensified rapidly in anne arrundel and spun up a tornado on sharon to the bay on to the section of maryland and produced something area had which was a large sgrukttive tornado as evidented by gary mcgrady doing a great job reporting live out there and showing all that destruction. that's -- that picture shows more than i can tell you. bay city stevensville area of maryland and queen anne was hit last night and tornado was on the ground 4 minutes. but with two mile length path and peak winds of 125 miles an hour it does have destruction which i think was poignant what garage gary lifted out it lift aid car and bmw. didn't flip i

it was an ef 2 maryland's strongest tornado since at least 2004. you can see the mess it left behind. the mother was home with her two sons when she says the wind lifted her house into the air. >> we could feel it lifting up, you know, floating. it moved about 20 feet on this side and about 10 feet on that side. it was scary. i kept asking my son, look out the window, are we up in the air? >> a tornado sent a man to the hospital and has left thousands without power tonight. maryland governor larry hogan says state agencies will be in the area to help. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper here now. we've dealt with this severe weather and with the heat. >> so, is there any relief coming our way? >> there is relief. to be really nice. low humidity and not so hot for this time of year in washington. but first i want to show you the radar loop from that tornado in stevensville. i circled stevensville here on the map in queen ann's county. early this morning a lot of lightning, heavy rainfall, confirmed ef 2 tornado. that means maximum winds of 1

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typically the ef-0 and the ef-1. >> that is great for the area. most of the tornadoes we get are weak. this is on the higher end of the charts for what we are used to seeing in the region. the damage is cleaned up. the sounds you are hearing, the chainsaws and the helicopter taking a look at this. we will be back at 6:00 with more behind the science. how it went from a severe thunderstorm in annapolis and turned into a devastating tornado across the bay. that's coming up. but for now, back inside. larry: thank you. it's another hot and a humid afternoon. a lot of folks are outside. cleaning up the neighborhoods. the friends are elping them clean up. they can't run inside to get cool. there is no power. out from 8,000 to 10,000 people without power. that could drag on for a week. coming up later in the newscast, stephen tschida is spending time with a family that hunkered down as the storm hit. the stories they tell, give you goosebumps. but back to you inside. larry: thank you, jonathan. breaking news in arlington where the police are investigatin

now, this was an ef 2 tornado confirmed by the national weather service with estimated maximum winds of 125 miles per hour, it was a fast moving tornado. it spanned two miles and four minutes. very fast in time and you can see just up the road there, there's a sign there that says restricted access. that for much of the day has been cut off by maryland's state police. which should now the lead law enforcement agency managing. and inside that's the neighborhood that was ravaged. you're looking at skyfox on the left side. cameras on the ground to the right. it's hard to believe there was not a single fatality as a result of this tornado, simply one injury, which we understand is nonlife-threatening. now, many of the homes mostly shells now several without roofs tonight but t everyone survived the tornado, the ground covered by endless debris, roofs lifted off. power lines down, there was a house fire earlier in the day. some gas leaks reported. but the majority of residents were asleep here in this area as the initial water spout moved ashore at 1:29 this morning >> it was like a war z

ef-2, which is considerably higher than most of the storms in the mid-atlantic. jonathan: one resident was sitting on his porch when the derecho hit five years ago. we asked how he would compare today's storm he said this was five times worse. we will continue to track the aftermath. steve: the first forecast this monday evening shows temperatures in the lower 80's inside the capital beltway. were it is raining right now, live shot anna-lysa's earlier, stevensville, just to the north. they had a severe thunderstorm warning in effect. thankfully, the heaviest of the rain remains to the north overnight. this is no threat to the immediate metro, lower humidity for the day tomorrow. finally some relief from the heat, but we are tracking a cold front that arrives later in the week that will impact the upcoming weekend. more on that coming up. nancy: steve, thank you. a symbol of unity with the lgbt community, but tonight controversy over the rainbow flag. somebody is suing virginia congressman don buy it at his capitol hill office -- is suing congressman don beyer. ja

good evening. >> i'm jim, thank you for having us and ef-2 tornado touched down.ado hasn't been seen and east of dc as a war spout just south of the chesapeake bay bridge. the tornado stopped in stevensville where the chopper four. this is what's left behind. live on the ground. he's in queen ann's county this afternoon. with -- behind you, there, now take a look. this carport is on top of the car. and we're seeing. >> a big way, the winds literally lifted the house into the air. >> we could feel it lifting up. it moved about 20 feet on this side and ten feet on that side. it was scarey. i come asking my son, look out the window, are we up in the air. >> she said two and her two sons and they worked out an

2 tornado that hit kent island yesterday morning is confirmed as tornado ef 2. national weather service saying winds reached 125 mile an hour and carved out a two mile path of destruction from area south of bay bridge to stevensonville. no one was killed. in fact there were few injuries. but the twister destroyed holds and tore down power lines. power is expected to be restored to most residents 8:00 tonight those hit in the hardest areas. >> i'm down to the floor and got into the cloudset with the dogs. >> we went down in the crawl space. we could really hear the whole house was shaking it was wind like i never experienced before. >> reporter: firsthand accounts like those paint a scary picture what people are going through. that was kent island resident thomas romero describe the moment he and his wife were woken up by the tornado. some of the damming is beyond repair. >> thiscy abrand new home we bought it last fall and moved in november had our first christmas and then you know still been -- i don't even know where to go from here to be honest with you. >> q

i'm not trying to build my own brand off the effing strength of the president. i'm here to serve the country. but he has to sell his company first, and that sale to the chinese has to be approved by the committee on foreign investment. and if the committee on foreign investment blocks the sale, there is only one person who can overturn the ruling of the committee on foreign investment, and that is the president of the united states, donald trump. if president trump actually goes ahead and puts anthony scaramucci on the taxpayer-funded payroll of the white house, he will be showing us once again that he does not have the judgment to carry out the duties of the president of the united states. the scaramucci story is tonight the story of presidential judgment. donald trump has seen what anthony scaramucci has said, and so far we have every indication that the president has accepted all of it, accepted what anthony scaramucci has said, has no problem with it. any other president would have banned anthony scaramucci from the white house today. any mayor would have ba

the last time there was an ef 2 in maryland was 2004.t time on the eastern shore was 2002. >>> heavy storms to baltimore, part of northern maryland is now crossing the bay and we've got a severe thunderstorm warning for northern queen anne's county, parts of kent, caroline county, large hail, lot of rain and lightening especially on the northern side up by chester town, not within the severe warning but still raining on the southern flank of this line cross the bay and bring showers, pretty quickly into the kent island area, luckily they're south of the severe part of the storm. temperatures are in the 80's right now. the good news for tomorrow, a welcome break from the heat, from the humidity, and yes, from the thunderstorms, we've three days in a row of severe weather. that seven-day forecast is still ahead. shawn? >> thank you. >>> we have a developing story in fairfax county. man is in custody after barricading himself inside a house for hours. police responded to the house on golden oak road in centerville for domestic violence call

the last time ef-2 tornado touched down here in 2002.hey've never seen or heard anything like this morning's storm. what do you see? >> we've never seen a storm lived here for years. >> i've never heard a tornado before, but i've heard description and very distinctive sound it makes. it and it really did sound like a train, you know. and stuff started hitting the window. >> it did more than hit windows, it took off roofs and toppled walls and trees and powerlines. from the looks of this tree based on the size, it's got to be 100, maybe 200 years old and seeing some storms but this one took it out. take a look inside there. it makes you think it may have been struck by lightning. didn't have a chance. look at this house. . it's hard to believe it was happening around here. >> we could feel just about floating and moved about 20 feet on this side and 10 feet on that side. it was scarey. i kept asking my son, look out the window, are we up in the air or are we up in the air. >> it was a confirmed that a tornado had done all of this damage.

we will take you back to the path of destruction - 24 hours "after" that ef-2 tornado ravaged kent island. and new controversy surrouinding u.s attorney general jeff sessions. what president trump could be planning. good morning washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist veronica johnson. good morning washington. - not as hot & less humid today - back to hot & humid thursday - rain likely friday - comfortable & dry weekend ahead today: sunny to partly cloudy. not as hot and less humid. highs: 82-86 winds: n 5-10+ mph tonight: mainy clear to partly cloudy. very lows: 59-69 winds: ne 5 mph wednesday: partly to mostly cloudy. a touch more humid. isolated shower east of i-95. highs: 81-85 winds: ese 5 mph right now - still nearly a hundred power, 24 hours after a tornado tears through queen anne's county. the ef-2 twister is one of the most powerful tornadoes to hit started as a waterspout over the chesapeake bay before moving on land. winds reached up to 135 miles an hour.. tearing thourgh townhomes and leveling other buildings compl

4:50 or excuse me 4:29 parts of maryland eastern shore remain in the dark after this confirmed ef 2 tornado hit kept island with winds of 125 miles an hour and carved out a two mile path of destruction south of bay bridge. no one was killed and the twister destroyed homes and tore down power lines. power is expected to to be restored to most residents this eek at 8:00. >> i'm down to the floor and got in the closet with the dogs. >> we went into the crawl space. we could hear the whole house was shaking. it was wind like i've never experienced before. >>> first happened accounts like those paint a scary picture of what people wept throughs a twister hit. that was kept island resident thomas romero showing the moment he and his wife were woken by the tornado. a number of residents swent the day sivingt through the debris and the damage is rond >> this is brand new home we moved in last november. had our first christmas and then you know just still been just -- i don't know where it go from here to be honest with you. >> alarming a lot of people were asleep when all this unfolded and the twis

. >> real quick let's visit the ef 2 tornado confirmed. i think it's been several ye i'll look in the books and see what the last time ef 2 was in maryland. there's some information. i heard steve earlier it's 125 miles an hour and storm is only on the ground or tornado only on ground for four minutes and hard to believe the storm is cranked up that quickly and then gone. and almost as fast. all right. we are moving on here. absolutely beautiful start 72 washington and 60 gaithersburg and 64, 66 out of dulles and not only cooler but less humid over the past several hours and we'll number for a beautiful tuesday good they've fallen to upper 50s in washington. 58 the current dew point in washington. this number down around 60 or below 60 and air comfortable. this is nice stuffe and big change in air mass here and it will sfik around. i'll take away that expr expression. it's not going to be stky fwor a couple days. it will not stick around but air mass will number place a couple days. here's khoud off. >> we're looking for a warm patter the

confirmed ef-2 tornado roaring across the area overnight. look at the devastation as the families who survive the storm describe the moments the twister hit. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com john: on deals around at d.c. area stores is cash. scammers love it, too. some are wondering where are the rewards? the key phrase could be use it or lose it. with two young kids she can't always get to the store. >> they us

ef 2 tornado, 110 to ruchly 160 mile an hour winds easily caused this kind of damage.gain guys coming back to you in the studio one thing to take away nobody that we know of was injured and all residents have talked to everybody. nobody is claiming to be injured. and ironically enough it's a cliche but for a reason. a couple of residents did say it sounded exactly like a freight train as it came on too back to you in the studio. >> we'll continue to follow that story and check in with you later on. police have identified a second suspect in a double homicide in suitland. he is 27-year-old robert sues berry of northwest d.c.. investigators are trying to track him down at this hour and shooting happened on july in 4600 block of silver hill road. officers arrived to find courtney sims and anthony douglass shot to death. jared armstrong of northwest is in custody and both men are charged with fivrtd and second degree murder and police are trying to identify a third suspect in this case. >> developing in text text driver of eliminate sweltering tractor-trailer used in human

0 or ef 1 but they can do a lot of damage. you can get darthing straight line winds and we have seen that in chester county already. tracking now 5:21 now it's in ben horn. and college heights and ridge wood and mount penn by 5:32, this is the most dangerous part of a storm. just to the north of the center of reading. downtown reading right now and this is where we see the potential for the wrapping winds also our indications are there could be quite a bit of hail not in the senter of the storm but east of the storm. we see the purple that is where we see the hail: lighten up and zoom out to label roads. the severe thunderstorm warning that was earlier this evening, in effect until 5:30 it was actually upgraded to a tornado warning, this means that the radar is indicating that there is a potential for damaging winds that could cause a torn. we don't have reports from eyewitnesss of any funnel clouds but the classic radar signature of that hook that indicates the potential for tornadoes, lightning strikes 38 and heading towards

the new outlet for people hit -2rd by this week's ef turner. how soon will we be willing with -- dealing with powerful storms veronica: people hit by this week's ef-2 tornado on kent island have a place to go for help. a disaster center opened yesterday and it will stay open to next thursday. you can go there to apply for aid through several government agencies. unfortunate, there is more rain coming our way. you can see at wjla.com for all the latest forecasts. right now we have got very little taking place on greater. light misty sh owers taking place around annapolis and ocean city. woodstock seeing some light showers. this is a snapshot. whencenario of noon today we are going to start to see those isolated showers and storms. become more scattered by 3:00 and could be quite intense. the one area we have to focus on is south of d.c. for the stronger thunderstorms. then areas across northern maryland where there could be some very heavy rain. this is 7:00 this evening. i mention some folks reaching out to me and social media, saying am i goin

we will take you back to the path of destruction - 24 hours "after" that ef-2 tornado ravaged kent island. and new controversy surrouinding u.s attorney general jeff sessions. what president trump could be planning. good morning washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. let's get started with stormwatch-7 meteorologist veronica johnson. good morning washington. - not as hot & less humid today - back to hot & humid thursday - rain likely friday - comfortable & dry weekend ahead today: sunny to partly cloudy. not as hot and less humid. highs: 82-86 winds: n 5-10+ mph tonight: mainy clear to partly cloudy. very

an ef 0 or ef 1 could produce similar damage to thunderstorm we're seeing here alone with so much lightning and so much heavy rain fall. so this part of the storm system is heading towards the east, right towards fredericksburg at about 15 miles an hour, fairly slowly. but then this area of rain is starting to make its way back into the dc metro area moving into parts of prince williams an fairfax county, eventually the beltway. the good news is northern branch is starting to fizzling out a little bit. we'll have showers, maybe pockets of heavy rain moving back in, i don't think we're going to see severe thunderstorms moving back into the metro area. z we wrap it up here, i'm going to leave you guys with the latest track of rain moving back t you see fairfax at about 8:00. the district at about 8:40. i'll be here all evening, all of this on facebook and twitter, you can keep up today there. leon and doreen, back to you. >> thanks, amelia, apprecia z2ejcz z16fz ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century.

it was an ef-2. i think that's the third level on the scale. winds were up to 125 miles an hour. strong enough to move homes off their foundations. a mother was home with her two sons when the wind lifted her house into the air. >> we could feel it lifting up, floating. it moved about 20 feet on this side and about 10 feet on that side. it was scary. i kept asking my son, are we up in the air, are we up in the air? >> the tornado sent a man to the hospital and has left thousands without power. maryland governor, larry hogan, says state agencies will be in the area to help. >>> my moment. >> those of you who watched jim vance through the years know that he had a deep love for d.c. sports. tonight the nationals will pay tribute to him with a moment of silence before their game. as you can see, he had a chance to throw out the first pitch a he also had a chance to fill in as a sports anchor for a wheel week here on news 4. >>> nats open the series in milwaukee last night. bottom of the first. check this out. edwin jackson is up on the mound. he's got ryan brawn in front of him. you

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ef 2 tornadoes we don't debt them this strong very often.he damage is something you my see out of midwest. we don't see house is klootly flat. >> remind me of home i grew up in he owe. it teams it was a. >> on the ground good oom not sure of of the width of the storm. yeah, widespread damage. not just houses but trees you can see are snapped and tw twisting motion of the way the trees are taken down. pretty extraordinary. we had a lot of tornado this year. you you know, blame it on what you will. it's been an active season locally. >> what wow blame it on. >> you know, that's a question i cannot answer in the twelve seconds i have, 125 miles an hour for ef 2 is that hoe lor high end. >> medium. 111 is cutoff for ef 2. you're getting into secondary level. >> she was a strong. >> when storms come through middle of night even if we warn people everybody is asleep. there's not a chance for people to get prepared. >> if it did start over the bay it doesn't seem like it took looking to materialize and got a warning out at all in that sho seems ama

the scars from monday's ef-2 tornado is lasting. the clean sup quicker now that electricity is turned on but it's not easier. noer is use injuries were reported -- no serious injuries were reported an the residents know how lucky they are. michelle: on capitol hill with vice president mike pence casting the tie-breaking vote the senate started debate. senator john mccain receivedded a standing ovation as he returned to the chamber for the first time since disclosing he has brain cancer. >> we have been spinning our wheels on too many important issues. we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. see if we can full of compromises and not pleasing to imblackson partisans on both sides. the house as approved sanctions and it was veto proof 419-3. it will also limit president trump's ability to lift sanctions on russia without congressional approval. larry: other than the sanctions and the healthcare, the other big political story on the hill is jeff sessions. will he stay in his job as attorney general or is

that ef-2 tornado hit in the fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network.and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. >>> from chopper 4 you can see the devastation. a tornado touched down this week on the eastern many homes blue tarps now replace the roof. yards are covered in items from inside people's homes, but it's only when you get to see it up close that you truly realize how long the cleanup will last. it's going to take a lot of heavy equipment and even more phone calls to insurance companies to fix all of this. t

now it is moving to the northeast, already an ef-2 tornado rolled through maryland's eastern shore, bulldozing several homes. a string of punishing weather, stretching from coast-to-coast. joe friar, nbc news. >>> from too much rain to too little, the vatican has turned off allity famous fountains as vatican city suffered through a severe drought. vatican radio links the decision to the pope's message on environmental and water issues. officials in roam are considering rationing water for up to eight hours a day for over a million residents. >>> still ahead, the deadly tragedy that played out live on social media. a young woman accused of killing her sister in a drunk driving crash while streaming it on instagram. >>> plus, it may be the weigh ay of the future, but would you do it? >>> welcome back. in central california, disturbing video, streamed live and shared on social media is part of a police investigation. a teenager is dead, another in serious condition. experts say this crash points to a larger problem of distracted driving. our national correspondent, miguelal ma gmiguel almaguer ha

priebus of being the leaker, predicting priebus would soon be asked to resign and calling him an "effing paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac." scaramucci also took a swipe at trump's chief strategist steve bannon with a crude reference to a sexual act, and added -- "what i want to do is i want to effing kill all the leakers and i want to get the president's agenda on track so we can succeed for the american people."." on thursday morning, scaramucci phoned into cnn's "new day" program, where he comparared his relationship with reince priebus to the biblical brothers cain and abel, and said leakers should be met with harsh punishment. >> the white house leaks are small potatoes relative to things that are going on leaking things about syria or north korea were leaking things about iraq. those are the types of leaks that are so treasonous, that 150 years ago, people would havee been hung for those types of leaks. amy: at ththe white house, press secretary sarah huckabee sanders declined to say whether president trump still has confidence in his chief of staff. in jerusalem, over 100 palest

the pledge master saying "if anything goes wrong with the pledge as the semester, than both us are effedyers say they also try to cover up their involvement and 1911 was finally called and we mentioned the fall. >> how old is he? >> he's 19. 19 years old. >> was he breathing? >> he isn't breathing. >> was there any alcohol or anything about? >> yes there is. >> if anything changes call back and let us know, we will get somebody over there. >> the prosecution cited text messages as proof that his death was no accident saying "it's not the fact that he drank, he drank because we hazed him, too" the chapter president writing "i don't think you understand the situation, he looked dead." he said the fraternity members showed no remorse in court and they have tried our faces as we listen to seven defense lawyers each attempting to justify the unjustifiable and each attempting to shift the focus, shift the blame, and shift the responsibility from the men they represent. this hearing is to see if there's enough evidence to take this to trial. >> martha: thank you so much, joining me now district

that ef-2 tornado hit in the [ intense music playing ] ] it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: the mercedes-benz summer event. get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firing up those grilles. lease the e300 for $569 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >>> from chopper 4 you can see the devastation. a tornado touched down this week on the eastern many homes blue tarps now replace the roof. yards are covered in items from inside people's homes, but it's only when you get to see it up close that you truly realize how long the cleanup will last. it's going to take a lot of heavy equipment and even more phone calls to insurance companies to fix all of this. the damage is concentrated in stevensville, a town just over the bay bridge in queen ann's county. derrick ward tells us there are additional complications for first responders. >> reporter: the cleanup began within hours of the wind calming down, but there's a lot of work to do. peopl