it also supports the flood reform. with this much political support, it seems like passage of flood reform represents a win for all. contrary to congressional intend, the program as it currently functions is increasing risks from storms and floods to people, property and ecosystems and the important services that those ecosystems provide to people. enactment of the flood insurance reform legislation will phase out subsidies that have undermined the financial stability of the program, will require fema to ensure that maps are updated and accurate so that people can to decrease flood risk and better protect communities, homes and business. i would like to focus the remainder of my testimony in our interest in this final provision, our support for strengthening the mitigation programs. in 2011 alone there were 58 federal flood disaster declarations covering 33 different states and costing $8 billion and causing 113 deaths. beau the costs and the number of deaths exceeded the 30-year averages and results from scientific st

two pci studies on flood risk producing revealed that the nfip is providing government-subsidized flood policies at roughly 1/3 of what the full risk cost would be in the private sector. the subsidies for repetitive loss and high-risk policies are even greater. 1% of the properties insured by the nfip have accounted for over a third of the claims on an ongoing basis and the previous panel spoke of that so eloquently. the third point i wanted to make is while the program needs to be reauthorized and must be reformed it's important to note that discussions on privatizing the program are unfeasible under current conditions. the current nfip rates would need to be closer to true market rates before any meaningful discussion related to the private industry taking on flood risk can take place. a 2011 pci study estimated that if the private market were to underwrite the flood peril policy holders in flood plains could see rate increases of 200 to 400%. proposals to end the nfip are unrealistic given the current steep subsidies and the unwillingness of many homeowners to purchase coverage in hi

here in new jersey, i'm not affected by flood -- flood danger maps yet, but there have been numerous articles the last several years in new jersey, they keep adjusting the flood area inland, and what it comes down to really is, again, i'm an independent, i think both the tea party movement and the occupy movement would agree on this, it's a case of the wealthy transferring their expenses on to the backs of average people. i'll give you an example, this community south of atlantic city called long port. you cannot buy the smallest cottage in long port for under a million dollars, most of the houses are multimillion houses. they are subsidized for flood insurance. when the beach needs replenishment, everybody has to replenish their beaches, but if you want to go on their beaches, you have to get a beach tag, then they don't provide any facilities, you can't find a place to park, there's no public restrooms. it is just another case of -- that's why i'm so frustrated. this has been become a rip-off nation. everything is transferred on to the middle class. the wealthy get subsidized, the

program, and we can see here in this story from nola.com, some debate over how the flood program, flood insurance program, should go forward. tell us about the reforms that republicans in the house in particular want to make to the program before allowing it to get reauthorize. >> sure, i think the first thing is talk about how prices are set, because that's one of the key issues of the reform. so right now, prices in the nfip are set, there are two differences in rates that are important. one is that rates vary according to the flood zone that fema maps, so are you in the 100-year floodplain, are you out of it, you'll have higher rates if you're in. there's also a flood zone for property subject to wave action. it's a small percentage of policies overall in the program, but they also have a different rate structure. then on top of that difference in rates by flood zone, fema also has two classes of policies, those they refer to the premium based on modeling of the expected damages and historical damages in the area, so they are more or less based on the risk you face. there's a small g

over 16,000 homes and housing is on the flood plains of montana, over 660,000 homes on the flood plains and louisiana. more than the homes are impacted by this. the commercial multifamily refinancing all or impacted and the lack of the uncertainty in the national flood insurance program is. the five-year national flood insurance reauthorization of first broad advantages. one is the first important bipartisan when for congress which in my humble estimation is so much needed right now. number two, this has passed unanimously of the committee and helps pass the over 400 votes. the reforms are lost after the five-year bill is adopted. enhancing communications with communities, greater nullifications of the floodplain mapping, reimbursement of the flood map expenses to nfip from a streamlining of the mapping process, additional time for the resolution of the appeals and review of the flood mapping standards and procedures. a number of states affected are enormous. this is no longer a coastal issue. places like west virginia, tennessee, kentucky, alabama, new mexico, vermont, kansas, iowa, ne

flood.rida, good morning. caller: how are you? i appreciate you taking my call. i live in a flood plain in florida. i have to buy flood insurance because i have a mortgage. i know there are certain people in this same allotment that are exempt from having flood insurance even though they still have a mortgage. i'm confused as to why certain people it is mandatory for them and others it is not. maybe you can help me out on that. guest: flood insurance purchase is mandatory if you are in the 100-year flood plain and you have a federally-backed loan. there are some lenders were this would not apply, certainly you do not have a mortgage or alone, then you are not required to purchase flood insurance. there has been ongoing debate about how well they have been forced this precedence. we do not have good data for those with qualifying mortgages. it is hard to say the extent of compliance with the mandatory purchase requirement. after a few years, lots of people let their policy lapse and it is unc

flood. florida, good morning. caller: how are you? i appreciate you taking my call. i live in a flood plain in florida. i have to buy flood insurance because i have a mortgage. i know there are certain people in this same allotment that are exempt from having flood insurance even though they still have a mortgage. certainused as to why people it is mandatory for them and others it is not. maybe you can help me out on that. guest: flood insurance purchase is mandatory if you are in the 100-year flood plain and you have a federally-backed loan. there are some lenders were this would not apply, certainly you do not have a mortgage or alone, then you are not required to purchase flood insurance. there has been ongoing debate about how well they have been forced this precedence. we do not have good data for those with qualifying mortgages. it is hard to say the extent of compliance with the mandatory purchase requirement. after a few years, lots of people let their policy lapse and it is unclear

the program offers homeowners in flood-prone areas affordable flood insurance and expires at the end of the month. witnesses included representatives from insurance companies, real estate and environmental advocacy groups. this is 45 minutes. >>> what we'll do before we start on this panel is i would like to give ranking member vitter the tonight to say a few words. >> thank you again, mr. chairman. i'll be very brief. i just wanted to underscore really my last point. today is may 9th, the entire program expires after may 31st, 22 days, slightly over three weeks, and we really, really need to act for the good of the country and the economy. and we need to act in a longer term way, not just another band-aid, another short-term extension, which creates and continues an unhealthy level of uncertainty. and i appreciate the chairman feeling the same way and working very closely with me and others in this regard. i'm going to be doing two things this week that i hope get widespread report. i'll be passing around a new letter addressed to senators reid and mcconnell urging this to be put on

the flood insurance and cannot be without it. -- they need flood insurance and cannot be without it. >> this come up with a healthy housing reconstruction market. we know every household generates one job, so even in the worst of times, we are generating about 2 million-plus jobs a year when the housing market is on track. without the national flood insurance, which affect so many homes, not just coastal states, the interior states today, and even those that have existing homes, not potential homeowners, not folks looking to either go out and sell their home or buy a new one, but those that exist have clauses in their existing mortgage that simply say if there is a lapse in insurance, the mortgage has an opportunity to be called, so even those folks do not know how at risk they might be. this is a fledgling recovery in real estate market. as important to this market as any other aspect, as important to the recessionary time we have had is a healthy real estate market, both from the economic standpoint for america, and from the social and cultural standpoint, and when you do anything

county where we still have if a small stream flood warning. prince william manassas, and manassas park until 10:00 a.m. otherwise a beautiful morning, a gorgeous start to the day. i will show you the rooftop picture to prove it. the heat and humidity will be the lead-weekend. you can see the sun rising on the left side of your screen from the rooftop. in fairfax, this is a pretty picture. i love this. 63 degrees at st. leo the great in fairfax. looked at those colors from the gray clouds to the pink and yellow. a beautiful morning. elsewhere across the region, we have a few sprinkles that are coming to an end. really ending all across the metro area. rock hill and potomac had a light sprinkle which has ended the. the northern neck is in the sprinkle moving over the bay. that's all. we have a fair amount of clouds falling apart. we have an upper level circulation down to our south which will add to the unsettled aspect of our weather pattern that we have been dealing with for the past couple days. the upper level circulation will continue to sp

here's our flood warnings till 10:00.william county, manassas, manassas park again dealing with high waters, some road closures down there. you can see why. overnight had the heavy showers and storms. look how this stuff just really falls apart in the last couple of hours. had a lot of lightning and thunder with this as well. a 1 to 2-inch report from catlett, virginia. we thank charlie for that. the northern neck we're seeing a few showers but locally live doppler 9000 haze hd, -- 9,000 hd, this is all that's left. mclean, tysons and even in northwest we've had a up come of very light sprinkles but this is just evaporating as we speak. 63 in gaithersburg this morning. winchester and cumberland have dipped into the upper 50s. there are spots in western maryland and southern maryland on the eastern shore where visibilities are down below a half mile. outside in washington, what a pretty morning. at least looking off toward the east right now with the capitol on our michael & son weather camera 67. winds north at 10. the ba

we don't need the flooding. and unfortunately this morning, we do have more flooding from passing downpours that moved across northern virginia. they are diminishing as they approach the district. but enough rain to cause more reeds to be closed in prince william county this morning. danella will have the closures for you coming up. right now, storm h4 radar showig a shower near potomac, maryland, then across the river to outside the beltway near great falls and the area around wolftrap. farther to the south, around mclean and arlington, down toward fairfax city and vienna, just a little light rain there. and just a few sprinkles in the district. now beginning to move into prince george's county from clinton down farther to the south to western parts of charles county, just getting a few light sprinkles this morning. yes, this area in green is under a flood warning until 10:00. here's manassas. this is prince william county, covers most of prince william county due to some of those road closures. some of the hig

if you live in prince william know some flood prone roads, and disciplined flooding. with lisa. now the last of the rain is light showers along 66 from fairfax into the district. 270, gaithersburg .outhward to the spur partial sunshine today, like yesterday. cloudy this morning with the grain handling and then sunshine of. that will lead to more thundershowers later this afternoon through the evening. heavy rainfall is possible, so we have concern for more flash flooding later today into tonight. highs around 80 degrees. you will feel the humidity especially into the weekend. partly cloudy tomorrow, more sunshine than the past few days. warm and muggy oxides with late- thundershowers, highs in the lower 80's. i think we will make it to the 90s this weekend. i think we will make it through the morning rush hour better than yesterday morning. morning we were struggling because i had my and three pages of road closures. prince william has two little items this morning. in nokesvillead the road was compromised. of a minor closure nokesville road at hornbaker. 270 out of f

due to recent flood disasters. this is about 40 minutes. >> host: on mondays we have your money segment. what program is about and who participates and who benefits. we're talking about the national flood insurance program and our guest is carolyn cows ski, a -- kousky. fellow at resources for the future. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: national flood insurance program. tell us why this is a federal program. we think of insurance, private insurance, things like fire or theft but how are floods different? >> guest: yeah, so the idea for a national flood insurance program dates back to the 1950s t was actually created in 1968 in response to a widespread belief that private flood insurance was in the readily available for american homeowners, and if it was it was extremely expensive. the so congress created the national flood insurance program and designed it to be a partnership between local governments and federal government. local communities decide to join the program. when they do they must adopt some mi

flash flooding does remain a minor concern for localized area flooding. the weekend, hot and humid. chance of a late day storm of the weekend. >> that does it for "g still thinking of replacing the truck? i just don't know where to start.

flooding. >> more specifically those in northern virginia, who dealt with flooding earlier this week. jay korff is live in gainesville where the police have closed area roads because of rising waters. >> to give a sense of the speed and power and force of the flash flood, at one point an hour and half ago the water was wasted according to a driver who got stuck here on this road. she had to be rescued, a terrifying evening for a number of folks. pounding rain and a de lucia forced water onto a number of prince william county roadways. fire officials say that two vehicles got stuck in dangerously high water in manassas. a number of people in the pickup truck got out on their own but the driver of the minivan told abc 7 news she had to be rescued because the water around her vehicle was nearly waist deep. a woman who lives nearby was amazed how quickly the road flooded. >> it is incredible. i have lived here a couple of years, and is always floods, but never this quickly. >> they rescued one pers

that may cause some isolated flooding. that would be later this afternoon and perhaps into the evening hours. before that, upper 70s. back to the mid 70s by early evening. then all the way to the 60s by dawn tomorrow. by then, a lot of the rain will have ended. partly sunny on thursday. afternoon highs low 80s. your four-day forecast toward friday and saturday, partly cloudy, 80s on friday. near 90 saturday. for the memorial day weekend, it's going to feel like summertime, up near 90 again sunday. only a slight chance of an afternoon thundershower as well as on memorial day. and then back to work and school on tuesday. maybe a shower or thundershower. highs in the 1998. danella, how we looking? >> good morning. we are seeing flooding in prince william county. please avoid high standing water. to the roadways now, this time i-95 at dale boulevard. you can see -- difficult to see, but tow truck is loaded, ready to get cars out of the way. it's in your right shoulder lane as you travel northbound at dale city. stick to the le

and yes, could see flooding return. watch out out there. once again, never drive through flooded roadways. we saw a guy do it this morning. don't do it again. we'll continue to see rain not just tonight but through tomorrow. highs up tonight up to 80 degrees. nearly five inches it of rain, still below average at the airport. some areas saw three to five inches last night. the airport only saw about .005 inch of rain. we'll get some tomorrow. 71. partly cloudy skies. winds ought about five miles an hour. currently, cooler to the west. that's where we've seen the rain. 61 in winchester. still very warm ahead of the system. 71 in fredericksburg. here's the rain, one to the north and one to the south. i do think they're going to try to merge together. most likely americaning over to the prince william county. watch out there. we'll do a couple of zooms. this line starting to fall part just a little bit. not quite as strong as it was a little bit earlier. as you can see, it's right along wrout 7 in towards cabletown around the millwood area and

localized flooding is possible.orms for tomorrow and that shouldn't be quite as a bundant as what we were getting today, and into the weekend, that does look like it's going to get drier around here and the weekend looks hot and humid, too and i suspect this weekend we'll have temperatures with heat index values and that can be pushing mid- to upper 90s, warmer tomorrow with scattered thunderstorms and some on to friday, too, the temperatures wrap up and we did drier. and there is an isolated thunderstorm potential for this memorial day weekend and that is going to be hot on this unofficial start to summer and watching the storms again, a flash flood warning until 7:00 p.m. shawn? >> and we're in the web center now. have you heard about the tornado wedding? >>> a gay superhero is getting married and lola is waiting for marriage. sarah frazier joins me for the scoop and this is interesting, a wedding them. >> yeah. >> and first viral pictures of a tornado trashing the wed something. >> are they real, photo shopped or

this is a flash-flood warning. so if you're in this area, you don't want to cross a flooded street by foot or by car. last night we saw the heaviest access of rain essentially right about here. now we're seeing a tremendous amount of heavy rain south of hagerstown back west of fredericksburg. this is the same area that got hammered earlier this evening. it has pushed off to the east a little bit. we're looking at the potential for more flooding tonight. very heavy activity between hagerstown and winchester. we'll zoom out here. this is talking about rainfall rates one to two inches per hour around winchester and charlestown. and up toward martinsburg. in some cases even a little bit more than one inch per hour. so some very heavy rainfall going on. the good news is nothing in terms of hail or anything. no reports of hail anyway. and no reports of some strong winds. so we'll come back, we'll talk about where these storms are going to move overnight. we'll have to deal with that perhaps in the morning and also a litt

experts fear another major flood will hit thailand this year. heavier than usual rain is forecast from may to october. ngo's are working around the clock to prevent a repeat of the national disaster. >> translator: a strategy we're using to prepare is to compile a fund that can be used for first response. we're already gearing up just in case. one example is we plan to provide tents as temporary shelters. >> reporter: she feels grateful for her new house. others who have yet to receive help continue to worry. the public is urging the government to implement preventative measures as soon as possible. nhk world, thailand. >>> and that wraps up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> let's take a look at the latest market figures. >>> next, we look at a shift in the u.s. energy industry. natural gas is being touted as an alternative to oil amid the global hike in oil prices. the shift is particularly notable in the u.s. the country has become a major natural gas producer during the past couple of years. and many types of companies are

and a lot of streets still blocked off because of the flooding. there is a large sinkhole that has surfaced because of this flooding. please do not make an attempt to drive through standing water. turn around and head back in the opposite direction. we do have lanes open around the capital beltway. traffic flowing freely each way at the wilson bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> mitt romney sweeps the latest presidential primaries and it now looks like he is just a week away from locking up the gop nomination. the republican candidate cruised to victory in yesterday's kentucky and arkansas primaries that. leaves mr. romney about 08 votes short of the 1144 he needs. -- about 80 votes short of the 1144 he needs. >>> making head line this morning, the director of the secret service will object capitol hill today as senate homeland committee healdz a hearing on the prostitution scandal involving agents in colombia. eight secret service agents lost their jobs. they say they are scapegoats for behavior that has long been t

these nice flood plains with native plants. and then slowly the water percolates back down into the stream. narrator: this allows the land to naturally filter and clean the sewer overflows before they enter the river. the restoration included extensive environmental changes to improve the stream and infrastructure changes to reduce the csos into the watershed. hecht: when i first started talking with people about stream restoration, i kind of imagined people out with shovels and small-scale. this is a massive $7.7 million project. schombert: nine mile run watershed is the most significant urban watershed restoration ever done in the united states. narrator: small-scale projects like nine mile run have far-reaching environmental impact. but they're just one part of the regional wet weather control plan. schombert: this region needs to solve its problem by 2026. that's not that long away. this is the largest public works project ever undertaken in this region. lichte: you're looking at significant infrastructure. either tunnels o

a flash flood warning. remember, do not cross a flooded street by car or foot. it is simply not worth it. just find another way home or wait for the waters to recede. heaviest storms now right around haymarket and this is headed north and west headed towards middleburg and olney. if you're headed out 50, slow going. downtown through 395, 295 or 7 is slow going as well. loudoun county, fairfax county, prince william county a flash flood warning until 7 p.m. we will keep you posted. >>> do you remember that $823,000 general services administration conference in las vegas? the swanky hotel rooms, fancy food and worker videos making fun of the excessive spending. >> investigative reporter russ ptacek has found out several of those bonuses are actually going to the folks in charge of that conference? >> reporter: we found at least five of those who got bonuses in this payout. i'm just returning, just as it was starting to rain. i was inside the house transportation committee offices where republican chairman joh

more on the flooding damage. >> well, this is a god good example of how fast flood waters come and go. i would not have been able to stand here. i would have had to swim because the water was this high. one guy did try to drive through and he had to be rescued by boat. now tonight, authorities are keeping an eye on the river and a lake jackson dam. just one night of pounding rains pushed lake jackson dam to an alert level. people who live close to the river from western prince william county to the other were put on notice. >> so, precautionary measure to notify communities and towns and residents downstream from the dam that the dam has gotten to a specific level over the normal limits. >> the storms dumped 3 inches, vdot workers hurried to close a dozen flooded roads after streams and creeks flooded over the banks. ripped out part of the road when the pipes under ground could handle no more. >> over flows the road and it digs under the shoulder and exceeds the capacity of the types we have. >> police closed park gate road when a small bridge was deemed unsafe. and near the golf cour

the bigger issue is the flash flooding. the flash flood warning in if he can once again. this is the third day in a row this area has seen flash flood warnings in effect. so watch out if you're in this area, do not drive through any flooded roadways. and you just don't know how deep that water is. we'll continue to monitor the storm throughout the rest of the evening but this will be a very, very busy evening. >> thank you. >>> it's a news4 exclusive. a lieutenant with d.c. fire and ems charged in a bizarre burglary. >> authorities tell us she stole several bales of hay. pat has the details. >> reporter: this is a story about a d.c. fire lieutenant and what you might call the great hay heist at the stand back horse farm. this is robert standback. he is a horse man. now you'll never see him in the winner's circle at the kentucky derby or the preakness but he is okay with that. you see, he just likes to be around horses. >> hey, good boy! >> reporter: believe it orange he grew right up in the heart of our city in adam's morgan. but he has always been drawn to horses and the

all the flooding if the past 24 hours is gone. lake jackson dam still something county emergency crews are keeping a very close eye on now. the water levels there rose above normal since the first storm moved through monday night. emergency crews evacuated family t s in two homes. homeowners are concerned about debris from docks and boats that could float away. >> my concern that the water's going to keep coming up. it's going to pull the docks and boats that are out there -- we had no warning and cooperate clear things out. a lot of this can't be secured. it's going to wash over the dam. >> he saw boats and docks float over the dam yesterday morning. officials tell news4 they are closely monitoring the water levels. they say an inch or less of rain in an hour could cause creeks and streams to flood again, and more rain is on meteorologist tom kierein's forecast. >> that can cause continued problems. tom, what's going on? >> yeah, we had about an inch of additional rain in prince william county overnight. it was enough to cause se

experts fear another major flood will hit thailand this year. heavier than usual rain is forecast from may to october. ngos are working around the clock to prevent a repeat of the natural disaster. >> translator: the strategy we're using to prepare is to compile a fund that can be used for first response. we're already gearing up just in case. one example is we plan to provide tents as temporary shelters. >> reporter: she feels grateful for her new house. others who have yet to receive help continue to worry. the public is urging the government to implement preventative measures as soon as possible. >>> more and more signs are showing up that underscore the struggles of people who live near the fukushima daiichi plant. the signs read closed for business. people are leaving the area one after another. shops are closing down. so some people in fukushima city are trying a new strategy to revive their economy. nhk world yutaka ono has the story. >> reporter: japanese are no strangers to match-making parties. but not many have seen one as big as this

bob is live in manassas with more on the flooding fallout. bob. >> brian and laura, prince william county firefighters had a busy overnight period last night and early this morning. they made four water rescues and nobody was lost or hurt, but it is still a mess out there. this spillway gates are open. the water flowing. lake levels said to be 6 feet above normal. two properties evacuated. >> they are trying to control that water level so it doesn't create an issue downstream. >> the dam has been open for more than 24 hours. not long enough for some who live along the lake. >> well, it would have helped had they anticipated the amount of rain and lowered the gate. opened the water level some so they could absorb the tremendous volume we ended up receiving. >> hardest hit are the communities of bristow. creeks and streams raging after two days of heavy rain. >> it's moving. it's moving quickly and again, there's debris in it. >> many roads have been closed. some even damaged. drivers warned not to even try it. >> it's hard to judge and assess

this program provides vital flood insurance coverage to homeowners in flood-prone communities. just two weeks ago we passed a 30-day extension, h.r. 5740, to spare property owners and the housing market from another lapse in the nfip. that bill was approved by this chamber on may 17 by a vote of 402-18. the senate has sense amended our -- since amended our legislation, extending the authorization for an additional 30 days, for a total of 60 days or until july 31. the senate amendment also eliminates subsidized rates for second and vacation homes. according to an unofficial congressional budget office staff estimate, this provision will generate approximately $2.5 billion over 10 years. although not identical, the senate's reform provisions mirror section 5 of h.r. 1309, the five-year reform bill that we in the house passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last july. and if any technical changes are needed, they can be addressed in the -- in any long-term reform measure that we consider in the coming weeks. on that note i'm pleased to report that as part of reaching an agree

you can go down one road, you can go down that road ten miles and not realize that it's flooded.hen you have to back track ten miles and take a different route. it could put you back an hour trying to get anywhere in northern virginia. >> emergency officials tell news4 they monitoring the water levels. an inch or less of in an hour could cause the creeks and streams to flood again. >>> good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news4 today" on this wednesday, may 23. want it turn right to meteorologist tom kierein, get an idea for what we're going to be dealing with today and the potential for more flooding. >> yeah. we have a stalled front over our region. it does not want to move. as a result, it's going to be the focal point for more rain off and on through the rest of the day. right now, that area of heavier rain we had, areas in yellow and orange, it's beginning to decrease. as it has moved into fairfax county, it has diminished in strength and aerial coverage. right now areas in yellow, it's raining moderately in fairfax county. generallyro

or 250 flood, this was actually a 500-year flood, the largest flood in history. and all this, all of this mississippi river mr & t, mississippi river and trib beaut taxpayer system cost the -- $32 billion. but just in the flood last year, it saved taxpayers $110 billion in damages. that's a great return on investment. we need to honor that return on investment. we need to not charge people an additional flood insurance for areas that don't flood. they just maybe had the 500-year flood up and down the mississippi, or at least in certain parts of it, and there was not one acre of ground that went underwater. it was a new flood of record. 10 million acres of land were protected. a million structures were protected. and, again, it prevented $110 billion of property damage. there were no lives lost, not one acre was flooded, and the system worked exactly according to plan. so now this bill comes in and says, well, even though we just had, you know, the 250-year or the 500-year flood, still we want to make all these people up and down the mississippi in all these count

this is the area that got the worst flooding. it's still flooding.ill have many roads are still closed with high water there. but it's going to continue to recede as we get into the afternoon hours. here looking forward, going forward over the next several hours. the moving color of green is a zone of more rain. it looks like we could get some heavier downpours into this afternoon and tonight. then it should begin to break up after midnight. by 4:30, 5:00 tomorrow morning, we'll have few low clouds around. maybe a little sun breaking out. look again, another flare-up of showers and maybe heavy downpours tomorrow afternoon. on into tomorrow evening. then, most of it should be done. how much rain will we get over the next 36 hours? well these areas in blue, these are the zones that could have the heavier rains. it looks like it could be near washington. fairfax county, and parts of montgomery, the district. they could get an inch to two inches. the areas in green, a half-inch to an inch of rain. so it's going to be in pockets. not necessarily widesprea

some of the croaks flooding are quite -- creeks flood yank quite dangerous and we're hearing that the water is coming out of that creek and be supercareful. >> see you in a bit. a remindder, check the weather any time. download the fox 5 weather app, the android market and search d.c. weather and that is on our website. >>> a metro rail worker seriously hurt. after being hit by a train and he was at the shady grove rail yard when the accident happened. the federal safety investigators are called in and sherri ly is live with more. >> reporter: investigators have been here throughout the afternoon and look over the accident scene. this happened at the rail yard here by the shady grove metro rail station and this is a four- car train that hit that worker. these trains can weigh up to 8,000 pounds and that worker was inside when he was hit by a train and this happened before 1:00 this afternoon. the building where the worker was hit is known as the train wash. according to emergency officials, the train was going into that building when it hit the worker and took an hour for fire and res

i'm a risk-taker. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods.isit floodsmart.gov/risk to learn your risk. >>> welcome back. remember drew peterson? the former illinois police officer charged with murder. he has been locked away more than a year but was back in court friday for allegedly killing his third wife, kathleen savio back in 2004. she was found dead in her bathtub, and her death was originally ruled an accidental drowning but prosecutors exhumed her body and reopened the case after peterson's fourth wife, stacy, vanished in 2007. there is another twist to all. this friday's hearing comes after a controversial ruling the illinois appellate court rules statements by his dead wives can be used in court. usually they can't be used in a trial unless the defendant can cross-examine them. holly hughes is here to talk about this. this is amazing. how uncommon is it to allow statements like this could be incriminating. >> this is huge, ground breaking. what we will see, this is a tough case for the prosecution, this case about the murder of kathl

the other main concern, as i mentioned, is flooding as well. we have a tide going out at the moment, but when it comes back in starting at 8:00 this morning, we'll have a mixture of some freshwater flooding from this rain we're getting right now as well as flooding from the saltwater tide that will be coming in off the beaches. terrell? >> power outages a concern. we're getting reports now, 38,000 customers in the jacksonville area don't have power. wind also a concern as well. but this storm may not all be bad news. >> reporter: you're right, absolutely. we've been in a drought here for quite some time here, so we need this rain and we're certainly getting a lot of it. but i spoke with some folks off the coast of bernadina, actually, they had the facade of their condos ripped off. even though we're happy for the rain, the damage is not welcome. >> thank you so much. >>> beryl is already the second named storm in the atlantic this year. hurricane season doesn't even officially start until june 1st. noaa predicts we could see as many as 15 named

flood warning till 10:00 a.m. for prince william county, manassas. right there coming through the northern neck off of st. mary's county and the lower part of the bay, still have a couple of showers we're dealing with. the fog a problem on the eastern shore. easton quarter mile visibility. even southern maryland, leonardtown down to half-mile visibility. look at warrenton and winchester, martinsburg. he everybody there also down a quarter mile or less. watch out for that. the pattern is not changing much. we do have a threat for the afternoon showers and storms around 80 degrees. 82 tomorrow after starting in the mid-60s again with the afternoon showers and storms. friday afternoon showers and storms mid-80s. over the weekend it gets hot. upper 80s saturday. isolated afternoon storms each day with high temperatures sunday, monday and tuesday. probably 90 at least. what's going on with the roads? >>> it's kind of calming down right now. although we have slow traffic which is normal for this time of the morning. nothing major to report on our major tho

as we go to the nighttime hours, on flood watch. i think a lot of this will be apart.g is the futures game. around washington, we see some leftovers. overnight, here is the future test. temperatures by tomorrow morning in the 60's. because of the instability, we moisture ine of the around us. once again, afternoon showers likely. even on into thursday. finally, all of this lift out. temperatures starting in the mid-60's. tomorrow afternoon, a muddy 80 withes -- muggy 80 degrees showers and thundershowers. finally, the pattern changes. the weekend, ready for 90 degrees? think it will be here. >> bring it on. >> time for us to unveil the clue in our latest facebook giveaway. two vip tickets for the madonna in november. >> here is the second clue, if vogue.re our contests you will receive two bonus entries. we will announce the winner on thursday. >> that is a good clue. strike a pose. [laughter] >> the redskins hope he stays. the long ball against the phils. i will take it back to philadelphia. i will take it back to philadelphia. nex

. >> sadly it's prince william county again with a flash flood warning means flooding is occurring untilwe've had reports of a high water rescue in the gainesboro area. now can see most of that is shifting. i'll give you a closer vis the flash flood warning and most of the rain has moved over to fairfax county around vienna and mclean. we're getting rainfall rate much lighter there, but wait till you see some of the rain totals ininess william county and fauquier. we scoot up higher -- totals in prince william county and fauquier. we scoot up higher and have rain in prince william county. we'll spotlight the area with the flash flood warning. this is for the city of manassas in prince william until 10:45. right there in central prince william and they have been getting pounded for 48 hours. you'll recall two nights ago we had really pretty disastrous flooding in that region. now we are showing you a sentinel radar estimate of the last 12 hours of what has fallen. look at the bull's eye. this is not counting the rain they had two nights ago. tonight not too far from brentsville in gains g

>>> flooding's causing an issue if you're taking the vre.you're on piper lane, that road is shut down right now. so what you want to do is take goodwin drive over to wakeman drive. then you can access the vre in the area. still seeing flooding along 29. shutting down various roads for you. along 29. avoid highstanding water. northbound i-95, having the lanes blocked. southbound i-95, have two of your left lanes still blocked. backups about a mile. back to you both. >> thank you. >>> it is 5:41. we're used to spending a lot of time stuck in traffic on our way to work. we'll show you why your commute may not be as bad as you think. >>> an annual rite of passage. the unusual climb some >>> this morning a fairfax county girl is recovering after she was hit while running for the school shooting bus. tiffany tells news4 her dad respect toed her off at the bus stop -- dropped her off at the bus stop and she missed the bus. she made a split-second decision to cross six lanes of heavy traffic durg the rain yesterday. a car hit her. she says she doesn

flooding occurs all across the country. and we fully support your efforts to pass bipartisan legislation that includes a long-term authorization and meaningful reforms. i'd like to just emphasize three key points in my testimony today. first, it is vitally important to avoid another lapse in the nfip as lapses have real-world negative consequences for consumers and the economy. second, as confirmed by the government accountability office, the program needs meaningful structural reforms. and third, privatization of the flood program is not feasible under current conditions. let me just expand on those a little bit. the first priority of course is to avoid a lapse in coverage. you've already documented your concern about that. more than 5.6 million american homeowners, businesses, and renters are nfip policy holders and rely on this program to protect their policy. you've already discussed the 12 short-term extensions of the program since september 2008 leading to lapses in coverage. when congress has failed to act. in 2010 a

all of the flooding from the past 24 hours is now gone, but more flooding to return if there's more rain. prince william county officials are keeping a close eye on the lake jackson dam. the water levels rose above normal levels since the first storm moved through on monday night. emergency crews evacuated families in two homes. county officials say an inch or less of rain in an hour could cause the creeks and streams to flood again. taking a look outside right now, the sun is peeking through out there, it doesn't look like any rain. there are some clouds, but tom says -- well, let's see what tom says, he can speak for himself. good morning, tom. >> well there's a possibility of some a little bit later on. i wanted it share this sunrise with you. we had a gorgeous sunrise this morning. that was the view from our news4 hd city camera. and just a spectacular sunrise, the most beautiful one we've had in a long time if you've got a great nature or weather photo, post it on our facebook page or send it to weather@nbcwashington.com and we will share it. overnight we it get some bands of heavy

these are the flood watches that we have in effect. it does include loudoun, prince william, and fauquier until 6:00 in the morning. some showers moving in that direction, but they are lighter and they are slowly moving to the east. as we look on down, as we put the whole thing in motion, again, very slow movement to all of these showers. we are picking up rain rates between a half inch and inch of rain. the flash flood has been issued. one inch could cause problems. do watch these areas in the morning if this is an area that you commute through. we have that flash flood watch up for you. temperature is still really mild over d.c. at 71 degrees. a lot of other spots in the 60s. it's going be a mild and muggy night and boy are we going to be heating up as we get closer to the weekend. our average high temperature is 77. the next couple of days will be around 80-degrees with clouds in the morning and shower and thunderstorm activity every afternoon. we keep that going into friday, but notice it starts getting hotter. 86 for friday and 90