peggy fox has more from fairfax county's huntington community. >> that was pretty scary. >> reporter: people who lived in huntington at least the last year are not easily deceived by the calm waters today of cameron run. september of 2011 tropical storm lee pushed cameron run over its banks and into the neighborhood. >> we kind of have to swim out. >> reporter: you have to swim out? >> yeah. because the water was as high as the pole. >> i'm 6' 3 and the water came up here to me. >> reporter: a mess was left behind with about 180 homes damaged. now people here are preparing for another round. >> clean out all the drains. >> we've been getting everything out of the basement because our basement always floods. >> i'm trying to pay off my house right now and damages and stuff like that, i can't really afford that. >> reporter: the fairfax county fire department came out for a look today. plans are in place to ask residents to move vehicles from the flood zone and to provide other assistance if needed. >> they flooded three times in the last 10 years and if surgery sandy hits the way we th

floods often. >> a lot of nervous residents in the huntington section of alexandria, virginia. some are breathing a sigh of relief for now. fairfax county police and fire have set up an emergency command post in the shopping center off huntington ave. there's rescue equipment trucks, and even a city bus used to assist those evacuated last night. more than 100 homes along cameron run in alexandria were forced to evacuate. about 125 homes. this is a low-lying area, very prone to flooding. there have been a number of serious flooding problems in recent years. many of the residence and spent thousands and thousands of dollars to repair their damaged basements. the water level got as high as 6 feet, which is right entry- level. the fire department did shut off power to much of the neighborhood during the height of the storm as a precaution. fortunately, we are told in no major flooding at this time. the water level at this morning at cameron run is at four feet but we are still getting a good amount of rainfall and wind. we are told the emergency staff fear will stay on the scene th

reporting live in huntington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> thanks, john. >> 4:11 right now. let's get back over to jacqui and find out where the storm situation stands right now. >> the storm is no longer a hurricane. it's become extra tropical, as we call it, but it's still packing a punch and we'll still have impact from this storm, especially this morning. the worst is over, and that's the best i can tell you, but we will continue to see rain. when all is said and done for us in our area, this will be a flood event, the rain will probably be the worst of it. of course, try to tell that to the people who don't have power this morning, right? unfortunately, there's still thousands of you out there in the dark. with you blew away the rain record at reagan national. here's some other numbers to take a look at. purr very well sill, almost eight inches. around 4 1/2 in wolf trap, virginia. we still have flood watches and warnings that remain in effect, and many areas are going to be flooded for a good part of the week. this is a look at the gauges all across the midatlantic and

that's what's happening in huntington. >> quickly, have you seen a change in the wind?you feel like those have picked up out there? >> reporter: absolutely. it's unbelievable. the winds have been gusting so violently within the last hour. it went from just rain and off and on wind, but now it's almost consistent where these heavy gusts of winds are blowing things all over, garbage cans. at some point while we're standing out here it's pushing us as well. so again the concerns those winds will bring the nearby water onto these streets and flood these homes. that's what usually happens here and continues to be the concern. >> let's hope it does not. >>> talking about those winds, let's take it out to annapolis now, john henrehan and audrey barnes standing by live. we're getting a sense won't see a whole lot between now and 6:00 tomorrow morning, but high tide occurs about 5:55 at the city dock, that's when the story will unfold a bit more. >> reporter: that's because of all the rain falling for hours and hours. thankfully in the last hour or so the rain in annapolis has l

again mandatory evacuation in the huntington section of alexandria. you got all the way at the end cambridge run. that floods over into here. that's why they want to get people out of here, but again not everybody has left. we spoke to a couple people. we'll play you a little bit of that later on, one invest excited young boy who will be -- very excited young boy who will love to see himself on the air. evacuations they say happens all the time on fenwick road and arlington terrace at enof this road here. we'll be stay -- end of this road here. we'll be staying here for a bit and see what's going on and play you a bit of that video and also show you the evacuation efforts underway here a little later on. >> let me ask you we all know about cameron run and the problems it's caused before. any signs so far that creek has left its banks and is posing any trouble? >> reporter: i'm so sorry. it's really hard to hear you out here. one more time? >> i've just asked if you had any signs so far that cameron run had overflowed its banks? maybe not. >> reporter:

of richmond highway and huntington avenue. megan mcgrath is there with more. >> reporter: investigators are still here on the scene. they're taking some measurements documenting the scene. we're told that they should be wrapping up here in the next 15 minutes or so. this is a deadly pedestrian accident. the person who was struck was pronounced dead at the hospital. if you take a look behind me, you can see the traffic impact that we're seeing here this morning, they have one lane getting by to the left on richmond highway. we've been told that they should be wrapping up their investigation shortly. they are hoping to reopen the road soon, but we're just not there quite yet. a deadly pedestrian accident here on richmond highway near huntington avenue. we are told that the driver of the vehicle involved did stay on the scene. it's unclear whether that pedestrian was trying to cross the street or whether they were walking along the side of the road. we'll bring you the latest details as soon as we get them. back to you. >>> we wa

thismal part of life in section of fairfax county, a cool dry hangs over huntington. 6 feet of water in my basement. had to replace everything. >> the rising waters have homes and personal last september's of hisuined all possessions. i lost everything. >> the latest fare returns in the caribbean. y could track of the eastern seaboard and slam region early next week. geoffrey carroll plans to clear drains and light of what last september. >> it was scary. i had to rescue people from their houses. >> or else am i going to go? a proposal to build a flood wall would take years to build. he is only thinking about through next week. >> i hope it does not happen, all i can do. >> with widespread power outages, of potential concern week, we know the major utility companies in the are ready. >> stay with abc 7 for complete of hurricane sandy. our entire weather team will be during everystorm newscast. 02 instance of dates, the wjla.com. up, one of hollywood's biggest actors want to $50 million. how tom cruise plans to give it tied to a movie. the man accused of opening fire the family resear

holly morris is live in huntington with the latest developments.d morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. you're right. this is a still developing story. there have been rescue workers and businesspersonle here all evening working the scene. some evacuations went on last night -- and businesspersons here all evening working the scene. and give me the update on how the situation stands right now. >> right now, water is about four feet above sea level. it dropped about two feet since the peak. it was at about six feet earlier in the evening. it got up the road but did not get into any houses in huntington. >> >> reporter: so it was good that they did the evacuations? >> fantastic. the national weather service was predicting between 5 and 10 inches of rain. with 10 inches of rain, the water gets into the houses. we are expecting to get 1 to 2 more inches. we will be monitoring. there is still the possibility of flooding, however, it is unlikely. i believe the water will be getting up into the road again but will not get into the houses. >> reporter

an accident overnight was in alexandria at the bottom of the screen and huntington avenue, south of the beltway. the road is open, but there's still some activity heading down from old town alexandria. you will see the activity, but it looks like you can get by in both directions. the beltway near university boulevard in silver spring, looks pretty good. some overnight roadwork, but if you stay to the right, no delays whatsoever. no problems on 95 northbound or southbound. there is overnight work in the clearing stages on both sides especially on the virginia side. no significant delays or other problems around the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. pedestrians struck by a vehicle in fairfax county. >> this happened before 2:00 this morning at richmond highway and huntington avenue. the victim was taken to the hospital. we don't know the condition. the driver remained on the scene. the crash is under investigation. d.c. police investigating a shooting before 12:30 this morning in the 1700 block of benning road in northeast. the victim was taken to hospital with life-threatening injurie

get >> mandatory evacuations in e living inhos arlington terrace in huntington and. 1here is a shelter open on 660 telegraph. is happening very quickly. police will be watching very closely as the rain continues. rain and wind the beaches to our east, to our west, look at this. snow that is the problem. >> we are on board a hurricane flying into hurricane ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a qualifying pnc performance select checking account and earn 75% % more than s earning 1% cash bk on almost everything. earning 1% cash bk a west virginia casino launching the biggest ad barrage ever. don't be misled. the washington post says question seven is just... common sense. it'll create 4,000 permanent jobs. and stop maryland from losing millions to other states... every year. that's why business, labor, and teachers all support... question seven. and so does the washington post. vote for question n seven. it's just common sense. >> there is one group gets up close and personal with hurricanes. hurricanere the hunters. right into the storm. >> flying t

n, leading to extreme actio this concerns rising water and people.f >> steven is live in the huntingtonon of fairfax continue coverage. >> is miserable out here, the pounding us. the lights went out in this neighborhood. this is one of the streets where is forced to evacuate a while ago. houses, a word. >> the wind and rain and rising water, made for a frightening combination in the huntington neighborhood. time comes and goes, every it rains. >> behind a string, it jumped times in recent years. another flood prompted the officials to go door.to- > the way they are talking -- families packed up fast, some them startled by the sudden to higheret vehicles ground. >> i will give them a call to see what happens. ofit will still be dry, some r that the storm is going to inflict serious damage. >> i will lose a lot of stuff in our room. >> we will come up to the flood stage, still rising but it has posted a threat to any of the homes that were evacuated. at the powera look area-wide right now. more than 121,000 outages northern virginia at this hour. the situation in d.c. and quite as serious

team coverage continues with john gonzalez. >> of far, so good, in the huntington section of alexandria. good.so but there's more rain and wind now. fairfax police and fire are on standby. have a lot of rescue equipment here such as trucks andand fire even county buses that were used evacuate residents. than 100 homes last night were ordered run to leave the area. this is a very low-lying area flooding. a number ofen withems in the past flooding in recent years. the residence and spent ofusands and thousands repair theirg to basements. we are told this morning the level did get as high as 6 feet. that at about street level. the fire department did shut to much of the neighborhood as a precaution during the height of this storm. fortunately, no reports of major flooding right now. again, there's another high tide around 9:00 this morning. the water level right now is at about 4 feet. like i said, still a lot of rain coming through the area. told this emergency command post set up on will stay avenue through the morning. reporting live, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. 6:10.s 40 degrees, sandy

earlier we were along huntington harbor, which is just down the road.nd the wind really picked up. prole about 55-69 per hour gusts, higher than that, and we were lucky because we have some shelter behind a building. the storm was really coming through, but we watched as cheese were snapping as going into people's yards and that has been the issue all day. taking down power lines, causing a lot of roads. the chat -- the fire station just down the road. power remains an issue. it is unclear how long it will stay out. obviously is going to be a while. the other issue, we have been talking about this across the city. tremendous problems, but also throughout long island flooding. along huntington harbor where we were earlier the storm surge came in. even before high tide to mother started reaching harbor walls and the sea walls around that area. came on and they came out very quickly. we had to just basically wrap everything up and get out of there. we saw a police officer and he said had time ground. we did not hear of anybody getting stranded coming getti

in the huntington section of fairfax county, it's a tense game of watching and waiting. this flyer was hand delivered to every home in the area, which has been devastated regularly by flooding, warning residents to be prepared. as recently as august, residents of this neighborhood across from the huntington metro station were pumping water out of their basements. they're not looking forward to sandy. >> we've been preparing for a couple days. we used to live in florida. >> at twins ace hardware store on main street in fairfax, can you tell what people need by looking at the empty spaces on the shelves. >> it's been pandemonium all day today. everyone's getting everything they can to prepare. >> this space on the second floor held portable generators. almost unheard of for inside the beltway used a decade ago. they're now a hot commodity. many found themselves in the dark for days after this summer's storm, people say they're not taking any chances. >> i bought batteries because i'm in panic over the storm like everyone else. and then the guy fixed this, because i bought

overnight fatal crash along route 1 at huntington south of the beltway. nond route 1, all lanes are open but there is activity that could cause a bit of a delay. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. -- northbound route 1, all lanes are open. >> thank you. >>> a pepco lineman, just 19 years old, the getting a lot of credit for his heroic actions after spotting a house fire in upper marlboro. brian callan rushed into the burning building several time to put out the fire and then things got heated after they learned a child was sleeping upstairs. audrey barnes has the story for us. >> reporter: a pepco crew upgrading electricity to a home under construction in upper marlboro spotted a fast-moving fire inside. >> as we walked back out, the flame started back up and started burning the whole cab inagain. i walked back in, put my hood over my head and put the fire out again. >> the home owner who was walking her 7 and 9-year-old children to the bus stop ran back and let the crew know her 3-year-old was sleeping upstairs. she vicinitied into

john gonzalez has live coverage in huntington. what is the situation? this morning, and weary residents in the huntington section of alexandria virginia, are breathing a sigh of relief but we're not out of the woods. we are still getting a good amount of rainfall and there's still a high tide coming around 9:00 this morning. fairfax county police and fire have set up an emergency command post. there's even a city bus that helped to evacuate people during the height of the storm last night. 125 homes along cameron run in alexandria were ordered to leave the area. this is a low-lying area, very prone to flooding. in fact, there have been a number of serious flood problems in recent years here. many of the residents have spent thousands of dollars trying to repair damaged basements. the water level got as high as 6 feet, which is at street level. the fire department did shut off power to much of the neighborhood as a precaution last night. but this morning we are told, fortunately, no reports of any serious flooding. there is still high tide coming around

we help for the best of them down in huntington. >> thank you very much. stay safe. >> you too. >> there are a number of streets closed right now as a result of this storm and some of the damage we've seen so far, high water streets down on a number of streets from barger drive. burke lake road, high water, off of george town court. just be really careful. if you have to go out officials say stay home, stay inside. watch fox 5. we'll update you with the latest >> let's take you downstairs to see how things stand now. >> sue, i know the northeast squad rant of the storms. it gets thrown out of wac when it merge with another storm. it seems like ocean city, atlanta city, new york city are all suffering the brunt of this and expecting far worse conditions than we're seeing here. >> on two counts, brian. this is a hybrid storm, and front loaded with rain and wind on the southwest side of it. so they got all of that earlier. than we're getting the strong wind and surge into the areas. so it's like a two for one nightmare special. >> and the heavy snows and the

you may remember the huntington neighborhood has been prone to flooding before. we've got a crew heading that way. we'll bring you a live report as soon as possible. >>> let's get the latest where the storm is right now from topper. >> she's essentially sitting in southern new jersey now right between ocean city, new jersey, and also cape may. maximum established winds 90 miles per hour, gusts to 115 and we're looking at oddly enough, we talked about this a little bit at least behind the scenes that some of the hurricane force winds now are actually south of the track as opposed to north of the track. we'll keep an eye on that as we go through the next several hours. it's starting to get critical. let's talk about wind gusts. for more on that here's meteorologist erica grow. >> that's right. you can see where the wind gusts are strongest now, 55 miles per hour at dca. the center of the storm is right about here. it's just made landfall in ocean county, new jersey or cape may county, new jersey i should say and the strongest winds according to the national hurrica

on the northbound side of route 1 at huntington avenue, one lane has now been reopened at the scene ofccident reconstruction. there was a fatal pedestrian accident over there from overnight on the northbound side of route 1 right here at huntington avenue. so things are beginning to improve in terms of the lane closures. now let's look at 95 on the northbound side. we'll go outied live if -- outside live. if you're planning to head on 95 or 395, both corridors are fine. southbound 95 before the fairfax county parkway, there had been a vehicle fire. that's in its clearing stages as well. let's go back over to the maps. this time we'll head over to the north side of town. 270 southbound looks great out of frederick. no delays as you head down into clarksburg and germantown to the point where the lanes divide. a live look at the beltway university boulevard. all overnight construction should be clearing up shortly on the inner loop before university boulevard. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:55. back to you guys. excuse me. after about a year of work and $6 million, a new and wilder b

it did end up being a deadly accident northbound route 1 at huntington avenue.might want to use north kings highway or fort hunt road as your alternate routes. if you're planning to head over on the west side of town, 66 looks fine. you do have construction in several separate sections in annandale and up in tysons as well. both directions of the beltway. so watch out for that till about 5:00 this morning. let's take a live look in springfield on the northbound side of i-95. very light, no problems as you head on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. construction of course is on the inner loop of the beltway at university boulevard in the two right labors. a live in -- right lanes. a live look in college park where all lanes are open. >>> he created to create mayhem. a bangladesh man who came to the u.s. on a visa planned an attack in new york. >> reporter: 21-year-old quazi nafis stood in the courthouse just hours after he allegedly tried to blow up part of america's financial infrastructure. he wanted to detonate a bomb outside the federal reserve bank in new yor

. >> reporter: residents in the huntington neighborhood are -- >> nervous. yeah. because every time it rains, we go through this. >> reporter: the huntington community flooded many times in recent years. residents learned what recautions they should take. headed to work, she got into her car parked along the curb in front of her house. when she returns tonight, she's parking far away of the large hill, a lesson learned after losing everything in the last big flood. >> i lost one of my cars, i lost everything i owned in the basement. >> reporter: residents are keeping a watchful eye on hurricane sandy. they are paying attention to a bond measure. it would build a levee to protect the community from future floods. residents put up signs encouraging people to vote yesterday to the drain improvement bond. they hope it passed. >> we need it. it's a wonderful community. i have been here two years. it's a great place to be. >> we have water trickling down. we need money to trickle down to help us. we live here as well. people own homes here. we are part of this community

it would build a levee to protect the huntington community from future floods. residents have put up signs encouraging people to vote yes to the storm drainage improvement bond and they hope it passes. >> we need it. this is a wonderful community. i've been here about two years. and it's just a great place to be. >> we have water trickling down to us, but we need money to tri trickle down to help us. people own homes here. we have families here and we're part of this community as well. >> reporter: but will the levy pass. it's expensive, about $30 million. and the levee would only protect this small area. >>> let's get the latest on the weather right now. veronica? >> we're going to start with a live view of ft. lauderdale, florida. you can see the winds increasing. you can see the waves crashing ashore. and those waves will just get bigger. we're going to see the same scene, perhaps even bigger waves coming to the outer banks as sandy makes its way up the coast. probably still a hurricane by the time it gets to the outer banks sometime on saturday. all right. l

. >> reporter: i'm at the end of the block of fenwick avenue in the huntington area. and here in huntington neighborhood, there is one number that is very important tonight, 9 1/2. 9 1/2 feet, that's the level to which the water would have to rise in order to flood the basements there. it's happened all too often in the recent years. in the last decade, these homes have been flooded three times. they hope tonight won't be the fourth. there's a little bit of news right now, you can hardly see it, but back in that little canal that comes off cameron run is a water marker. it's a little bit above the four-foot mark. fairfax county officials tell me that they think based on the prediction for this storm, when high tide will hit this evening, that the water might rise as high as eight feet, around 8:00 tonight. seven feet is the level in which it will flood the streets, but if it stays below that the 9 1/2-foot mark the basements should stay dry. but sitting on the ground right by me, the branches, they've already started to come down. this one stabbed right into the grou

if folks in that area need transportation, buses will be available at 2400 huntington avenue. the areas hardest hit so far have been rehoboth beach and dewey, delaware. the storm surge is creating huge waves down there. wendy rieger has been watching events unfold from rehoboth beach. wendy? >> reporter: wow, jim, we're sitting here, we're going to push out. look at these waves. they looked like they've gotten to be about 20 feet. look at that. it is amazing. we'll just be sitting here talking, and then we'll go, oh, my god, look at that! it is something to see this. and here's the other thing. i don't know if you guys were watching a couple of hours ago when i was down on the beach. the tide is coming in, and it is now coming up to that point. so we've got high tide coming up in a bit. we've got a full moon. and we have this storm pushing stuff in. it's going to be really ominous at this point. feeling kind of ominous, because it's starting to get dark. this day has been quite an interesting little day here on both sides of this beach. the winds, we're on the rooftop of the a

steven is live in huntington tonight. >> it is still miserable out here, the wind is still blowing the rain is still coming down. camera one behind me continues to run. a lot of fear and not here during the day and into tonight and into tomorrow morning as well. we have some video of what went on earlier. there are orders to evacuate firefighters and police telling residents door to door that had to clear out. this waterway has jumped its banks repeatedly in the past few years. a lot of fear and concern. a shelter set up for those people who did not have family or friends or the means to get to a hotel. they are hoping this does not love again, that their homes and possessions survive this storm. again, the concern will continue throughout the rest of this evening and threw out tomorrow as well. not just here but in other areas other parts of alexandria as well. lingering threat of flooding throughout the day tomorrow. right now, a lot of power outages. you can see behind me the street light is working but that is because of the generator. most of the homes in this area are in the dark

in huntington, and he has been there all evening.hout power, i presume many more at this hour. >> yes, absolutely. it remains stark. let me show you. the center of the village here. this is new york avenue, madison street. i mean, you can pan out. you see the traffic lights. everything is off. power is totally off. a couple of people have been driving a lot, but some just checking things out. trying to come down in new york avenue here toward huntington harbor, which is where we were earlier. i told you guys, basically once you get past these barricades, another quarter mile and you hit the flooding. and from what we here at this point we had to leave that area because the water was already coming up over the harbor walls and flooding the road. and much less whether event, that area floods out. now it's not even high tide. 1130, and already the storm surge is coming in because obviously with the heavy seas it is being pushed into the sound. now it's coming up, and those areas and getting flooded out, not only were we were on huntingt

why we talked about huntington. less than a year ago, just about a year ago this time, that area of alexandria flooded very, very badly. next week residents in fairfax county are going to head to the polls and they're going to vote on a $30 million referendum for huntington about whether to build a levee system because this area tends to flood often. in 2006, 2011 really big flooding in those parts. also bell haven, the new alexander -- the new section of alexandria, these are very flood prone areas. we're watching the water here. as you can see the rocks, this is starting to pick up. we have a lot of debris floating in the potomac river. you can see out in the water. we have a lot of logs that are floating around. we still have some boats that are moored here on the docks. so this is the situation we're going to continue to watch. one other warning i want to give folks. i've been watching the water falling quickly this morning. and i've been watching the sewage system, the gutter system already getting clogged with

we still have a disabled vehicle n alexandria on route 1 at huntington ave.thbound 395 on the little slow going, from the outer loop of the beltway at the springfield interchange. g quite well movin fog.te the dense a live look at the beltway at new hampshire ave. still have a we pattern that became effective this week, from new university, all together, no divide. lane you will after shipped to the right to get by the work zone the northwest branch. that's the latest. back to you. >> thank you. 5:54, 68 degrees. >> news that stuff to stomach. what customers are saying about s that restaurant what customers are saying about s that restaurant eggs, bacon, and pancakes. denny's evs yday value slam isour dollars every day. wait, is that right? eggs, bacon, pancakes. yeah. that's right. the four dollar everyday value slam. only four dollars every day. only at denny's. (bell ringshi. yes? you know those delicious granola bunches in honey bunches of oats? i love those. we've added more to every box. really? wow! honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better.

. >> any time a hard rain falls in the huntington section of alexandria water has no where to go except into this neighborhood. 180 homes in the flood plain here. people say the future of this area depends on a decision by their neighbors countywide. >> the column of this tuesday in huntington gives little indication of just how ugly things can get when the rate will stop. >> in 2006, has been lost everything. >> she entered the flooding in 2006 and back in 2003. >> they had this bloody. >> the fight is for a 30 million storm water bond which would have to be approved by fairfax county resident on election day. people here say it's the only chance to have to ensure scenes like this from last year don't play again. heavy rains overflowing the nearby creek leading to flash flooding damaging homes and cars and threatening lives. >> that's what you're up against every time it rains hard. >> there are several alternatives and the levee with a pump station is the one that will provide the best protection. >> while some voters of fairfax county want to help the people -- >> i think it's a good

we are driving on huntington avenue. pardon me if i don't look right at you as i'm driving. i'm trying to be safe here. i'll give you a tour of what we've been seeing. can you take a look on the right-hand side, jean? it looks like it's been open, and it's the 7-lech. that's one place that's open in this area, and that's probably it. let's also take a look here at this metro shopping center. this has been ground zero for everything that's been going on as far as firefighters, police, they've all been meeting here, and this is where they've been having their command center. so we've been in this area all night. we're on air linton drive and fenwick terrace. and here's engine 37 right here from kingstown. you see a couple of these different vehicles here, fairfax county fire and rescue. the captain said people are under a mandatory rescue. they're not forcing people to get out, but they would like people to leave because of the fact that this area ends up flool flooding. there's one car on the road. as we keep on going, i will take tow fenwick drive. that's where we started ou

the collision happened at richmond highway and huntington ave. the driver in this accident did remain at the scene. >> 5:12. let's check the forecast with jacqui jeras. >> starting with present conditions. but some big changes are ahead. looking at the satellite and radar, you see a strong line of thunderstorms to our west. that has been producing severe weather. five tornadoes reported in the overnight hours with five people injured in sharkey county, mississippi. the front will arrive here later tonight. a few storms could be strong to possibly severe. it's 55 degrees at reagan national, a 52 at dulles. we will be warming up this afternoon between 68 and 73. storms developing possibly as early as the drive home. let's find out how the drive is this morning with steve hershorn. >> good morning. our drive is not good. this is the inner loop of the beltway in silver spring at university boulevard, heading towards college park from silver spring. you can see that half the roadway is empty. that's because of road work on the left side. quite a delay

people in huntington are dreading the thought of another storm. the area has seen three major floods in the past years. a flood wall could be years away. residents are hoping to get through the next week. greg we just hope it doesn't happen. that's all i can do. >> sandy made landfall in cuba overnight after battering jamaica with heavy rain and high wind, blamed for least two deaths. >> let's check the morning commute with jamee whitten. >> fairfax police are an intersection closed in annandale at backlick road south of the little river turnpike. we are quiet heading north across the occoquan 95, 395 and a great ride across the 14th street bridge. 270 looking fine. losing one lane northbound and southbound in urbana. looks good to the capital beltway. back to you. >> thank you. and around prince george's county a former university of maryland formerwho admitted threatening to go on a shooting rampage earlier this year will be sentenced today. alexander song pleaded guilty in august of disturbing the peace and miss using a telephone. he will likel

there are those concerned that aftermath has now shifted to flooding, particularly true in the huntington neighborhood. john joins us live. >> as we all know, the worried the low-lying of alexandria, va., have lucky over the past with storm damage. it appears that they have a major bullet. x county police, still postwith a mobile command set up. the county buses earlier, even e just ins out her case. quite frankly, it has been g all morning long. high tide was at 9:00 this morning. it was at about 6 feet during storm, right the at street level. evacuated and r were shut off as a precaution. spoke with one resident, a was asked to leave the monitor the tributary. >> income was far of the street. we did get filled up with canned and a can of gasoline. >> you can only imagine that was thinkingn luck was not on the side of , but it appears that things are changing for these residents. this afternoon the evacuation has been lifted. there is another high tide for alexandria and virginia, but right now the evacuation has been lifted. >> metro will resume its limited schedules service this assess

we are at the huntington shopping center. last night, this was the scene of the coordination of an evacuation for folks who wanted to go from an area prone to flooding. we got a bit of a skirt. the water rose and didn't do any damage. there's no regrets from officials for being proactive. >> the last time we were here, we were on boats. >> reporter: fairfax county police and firefighters spent monday afternoon knocking on doors with suggestions for residents. >> we can't force people. we can only suggest you evacuate your home. >> reporter: they were close and ready. it reached street levels. >> the first one came up quick overnight. we were asleep and the neighborhood -- hey, gotta get out. >> reporter: folks in this neighborhood are no stranger to high waters. most chose to stay, but others weren't waiting to be prompted. >> 3:00 just for precaution. >> reporter: buses took those who heeded the advice and shelter was set up. they were ready. there was food, water and a chaplain to help folks through it. as the worst passed.

the northbound lanes at huntington avenue were shut down for a while but they did reopen in time for the rush hour this morning. >>> in local campaign 2012 news, former virginia governors george allen and tim kaine will duke it out in their fifth and final debate before election day. both men are vying for the seat held by retiring democratic senator james webb. the hour long debate starts tonight at 7:00 and virginia tech -- at virginia tech in blacksburg. we'll be streaming it live on our website wusa9.com. >>> and in maryland there will be a debate tonight for the sixth congressional district race. incumbent congressman ross company bartlet and democratic challenger john delaney will go head to head. that's what happened at hagerstown community college in the keppler auditorium at 7:00 p.m. >>> it's coming unon 6:35. -- up on 6:35. jessica doyle is back. >> she's watching your money and student loan debt. >> college seniors are looking at the situation where they're saying college student loan piling up at record levels. you can blame rising tuition and a tough job market for the

in huntington, megan mcgrath, news4. back to you. >>> this morning a woman is fighting for her life after being hit by a truck in college park. police say that truck was going south when the woman was hit. she was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the driver did stay on the scene. no charges have been filed. and baltimore road, which was closed for about five hours while police gathered evidence, is now back open. >>> police are still searching for the driver responsible for a five-car pile-up in silver spring. chopper 4 above that crash. this is university boulevard near wayne avenue about 9:00 last night. a pedestrian was hit there. she in critical condition in the hospital. weaver told a second person was hurt as well. police are looking for a newer model black pickup truck with possible damage to the front passenger side. >>> new this morning, police are searching for the person who shot a man along bening road in northeast washington. the shooting happened around 12:30 this morning. the victim was taken t

just south of huntington, west virginia, they're getting heavy snow now. locally getting rain. passing to moderate to light showers around maryland, virginia, and the district right now. it's chilly, low to mid-40s all around the region. we're going to stay in the 40s through the rest of the day. winds gradually diminishing. 30 to 40 mile an hour gusts. lower elevations, maybe 20 to 30 mile an hour gusts. those will diminish by late afternoon. i'll be back in ten minutes with your storm team 4 seven-day outlook. a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >> many ggood morning, tom. >>> checking your early morning accident, have report of an accident on i-95. let's move over and talk about downed trees. if you're traveling along route 649, hunter road, closed at little river turnpike due to the downed tree in that area. heading over to ashton in maryland, mink hollow road closed because of debris in the roadway. again, we light volume. i'm back in ten. aaron and eun, back over to you. >>> 5:43, 43 degrees. two deaths blamed on sandy in maryland. [ minto ] you know, those ads

a pleasant trail follows the perimeter past huntington falls, 110 foot waterfall. two bridges connect the trail to the island. the climb to the hills summit, the highest point in golden gate park at more than four hundred feet. you can get quinces of the western side of the city through -- glimpes of the western side of city through a thick trees. the lake is ada accessible. it has a peaceful atmosphere where you can enjoy a warm day. walk along the lake and watched many ducks, and swans, and seagulls. it is a tranquil spot to stroll, enjoy each other's company, and sail away. many couples come here to take a ride around the lake, floating under the bridges, past the pavilion and waterfall. for a quiet getaway, it makes for a memorable and magical experience. located on 19th avenue, this grove is the place to wear your hiking boots, bring your family, and bring the dog because it has so much to offer you and your loved ones. it is a truly hidden gem in the city. the part is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for dog walking in a wo

closings, we will go to the website and we also have a crew headed through the hunting on it area -- huntington area because of flooding. let's get the latest from his team. >> we are south of ocean city and normally the highest winds are on the right quadrant and left quadrant. let's start with winds and this is sort of -- pardon me? scotty, you want to tell me something? okay 50 mile-per-hour winds gusts and that's as high as we have seen so far. 45 mile-per-hour wind gusts and 45 in leesberg but this has caught my eye. winchester, over 50 mile-per- hour wind gusts in just the last hour. 2:00 a.m. tonight, hurricane force winds in red will be essentially over the metro area and that will compass the -- encompass the baltimore area in montgomery and points north. this is something important to watch as this orange color, these winds are 60 to 70 miles per hour and that will be encompasses most of the metro area. tomorrow morning we wake up and still have this orange on top of us. that is 60 miles per hour -- 60 mile-per-hour winds and that will be all up and down the eastern seaboard quite pos

in fairfax county's huntington community, there was a feeling of relief that cameron run stayed in her banks. so far. >> i feel like weaver lucky you know. everybody dodged a lot of wet basements and ruined houses and hopefully everyone is safe and that's good. >> reporter: yes, that's good. but we're still kind of holing our breath -- holding our breath at least here in oldtown. the water has quickly pushed up to the base there of union and king. and we're kind of -- just rising right before our eyes and we really have to watch that n because again, as i said earlier, high tide is at 9:00 tonight. so we have -- we have some time here i'm sure the emergency officials will also be watching for closely in huntington area of fairfax county and bell view. those two areas very prone to flooding. those people really need to be on the watch tonight. i'm peggy fox reporting live in oldtown, back to you. >> and topper emergency officials were saying last night they were waiting to see what happened as the potomac crests. >> the problem is we also have a full moon tonight along with that high ti

this was an huntington avenue before 2:00 this morning. the victim was taken to the hospital and later died. the driver involved did stay on the scene. montgomery county police looking for driver in a hit-and-run accident in silver spring the stock off. newschopper 7 was over the scene on university boulevard last night. a pickup truck hit a woman while she was trying to cross the street. the truck kept going. she suffered non-life- threatening injuries. >> authorities are speaking out on yesterday's oil terrorist attack in new york. 21-year-old quazi mohammad nafis is behind bars. officials expect these types of threats will continue >> i don't think any of these foiled plots will discourage people who want to do the same thing. they are all driven by this sort of naive i can pull this off because i have these strong beliefs and that these believes will protect me and allow me to carry out the plot. >> spi agents gave him a fake bomb. the death toll could of been catastrophic. -- the fbi gave him a fake bomb. >> today the national oceanic

the northbound lanes were closed at huntington avenue, but they reopened in time for this morning's rush hour. >>> we're turning our attention now to campaign 2012. former virginia governors george allen and tim kaine are going to fight it out in their fifth and final debate for election day. both men are vying for the seat held by retiring senator james webb. the hour long debate will begin tonight at 7:00 p.m. it's being held at virginia tech in blacksburg, and we will be streaming is live on our website wusa9.com. >>> in maryland, there will be a debate tonight for the sixth congressional district race. incumbent congressman ross company bartlet and his democratic challenger john delaney will go head to head. and it's occurring at the hagerstown community college in the keppler auditorium. it begins at 7:00 p.m. >>> let's turn to the presidential campaign. president obama and mitt romney are both making a big push for women's vote in the final days of their campaign. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: president obama headed to man chaser, new hampshire this morning to rally su

new york's long island as the storm began battering the region on monday and 220 miles away in huntington team recorded this video. the soft ground couldn't support the tree against sandy's wind which slowly uprooted and then tipped over in his backyard. a lot of downed trees. at this time next week we should know who the president, the next president of the united states will be for the next four years. we should. key word. less than a week now before election day and cbs news "new york times" poll shows president obama maintaining a five point edge in ohio but in the swing states of florida and virginia his lead is shrinking. the race is a dead heat. mitt romney and president obama locked in a statistical tie. sandy up ended the race. >> president obama was knocked off the campaign trail by the storm, cancelling an appearance today in the critical swing state of ohio. on tuesday he visited the red cross headquarters in washington. >> my message to the federal government, no bureaucracy, no red tape, get resources where they are needed as fast as possible as hard as possible and for the

most of the damage has been caused by falling trees look at this in huntington, new york.s just shows you the strength of the storm and there was just so much rain and wind. the death toll is at 50 from the super storm and most of these deaths were related to down patriced trees. >> welcome back the tim. >> we k parents to weigh in on our facebook page. >> my son and i are already on bart. >> nothing can top the 2010 parade and they have stressed to him the importance imbed in school he would just have to watch the repeat. >> i did not bring my daughter at the last parade because i did not know what to expect so this time i did not want to have them miss it. this seldom happens in one lifetime. >> join our conversation on facebook or kron4.com >> some of the schools have discouraged the schools from beinkiss from bed t from school. >> we will show you complete coverage of all the festivities at the civic center plaza. you can just a tune for this on our web site kron4.com we will have it to our special replaced throughout the week. >> in we are just three minutes away from