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and your planner forecast, this for laurel, maryland. 42 degrees the temperature.r sky until 11:00 p.m. after that, it looks as though the clouds will start to move in. the temperature will drop to 35 degrees by 11:00 p.m. that's a look at laurel, maryland. our winds decreasing as you take a look at your future weather. but then it cloud cover back in on us quickly throughout the early afternoon tomorrow. we'll be overcast but dry. there's your rain coming up. starting about midnight. so the friday morning rush is looking very wet with moderate and pockets of heavy rain. that's where it could be a little snow. maybe some sleet around winchester. that to the west for the friday morning rush. then that blows out of here. there's a possibility then saturday morning as that area of low pressure makes its way out, there's a possibility of it ending with snow around here early saturday morning. could be some pretty long delays up around boston, even new york city and philadelphia with that system on friday and saturday. 39 to 44 degrees. a cool afternoon as clouds move i

it is scary. >> hundreds of laurel, maryland, residents living near the river face a voluntary evacuation order. the water has already crept into backyards. >> it's probably 5 feet of water. >> the frustration is not limited to the storm system. residents and city officials believe the majority of the flooding was caused after wssc opened floodgates upstream, a decision that water company officials say they were forced to do to protect the integrity of the dam. >> . wanted to open up the gates -- they decided to open up the gates a couple days in advance. >> they did not communicate as best as they could half. correct the fast-moving river took more than a dozen commuters by surprise. >> unbelievable. >> drivers were warned not to park in this lot because it's prone to flooding. by the afternoon, the vehicles had to be towed away to higher ground and even still some sustained water damage. the commuters who hopped off the marc trains, their cars were gone. >> it was here this morning. >> she admits she made a bad decision by parking here. >> i don't know what to do. >> we spoke with autho

this is a time lapse from laurel, maryland. the sun came up and it did not take long before the clouds moved in. 26 degrees was the temperature this morning at reagan national and 24 at dulles. the wind chill index was down to the teens and right now we are up to 34 with the wind chill making it feel like 27. the temperature in gaithersburg is 30 degrees but the wind chill factor is 23 in quantico. 45 and 29 are the averages so we are below that average and that is where we will round out today. there was a trace of snow yesterday and that will bring our snow fall season to only 1.5 inches which is more than 7.5 inches down for the season. this has been a dry winter in terms of snow. the temperatures are in the 20's and 30's across the region, not getting a lot of heat this afternoon. the timing of our round of snowfall we think will come late this evening and hopefully just shy of the evening commute. areas north and west of dc could get it by 6:00 or so. high pressure by early tomorrow morning before our next clipper comes th

right now parts of laurel, maryland, underwater from all the rain last night. laurel could be a sitting duck for even more flooding near the patuxent river because the water upstream keeps pouring downstream an extra 3.7 billion gallons per hour. hard to get your mind around that, isn't it? 3.7billion gallons a water is how much water is released from two dams that can't hold anymore. the mayor of laurel craig moe has declared a civil emergency. >> we're down flow in the city, so this always floods and they're releasing so much water it's causing real problems this time around. >> good news is we checked recently and those floodwaters in laurel do seem to be receding, but that is not soon enough for about 250 people who have already been evacuated from blow lying areas and there's been an apparent -- low lying areas and there's been an apparent drowning. a woman's body was found near an apparent homeless camp near the patuxent river. >>> explosion mapped a short time ago in mexico city -- happened a short time ago in mexico city. media reports out of mexico city

a woman drowned when the heavy rain flooded a homeless camp in laurel, maryland, overnight. it happened before officials opened flood gates on the river to relieve pressure caused by the storm. tonight, the water is beginning to reseed and beginning to reveal some of the damage left behind. erica? >> doreen, the voluntary evacuation that was set into place has now been lifted. people have left the shelters, they're back in their homes. and i want to show you a picture because things are starting to look drastically different. take a look at this. i took this picture about 7:00 this evening. this is the very spot that i'm standing in right now. now, let me move out of the way so you can see what's behind me. the same parking lot, drastically different. you couldn't even see the parking spaces before. now there's loads of debris, but there's still a lot of caution to heed. have you ever seen the water this high? >> no, never. >> reporter: laurel city under water. >> i just did not expect the amount of rain we had gotten. >> landmarks all but covered up after a heavy down four

over this time to laurel, maryland, westbound 198. that's sand i spring road ativan dues en road, the left lane is blocked. a closer look in ten minutes. aaron and eun. >>> see you then. thank you. >>> the toy a boy brought to class that got him kicked out of school. >>> logging off. why more and more of us are cutting off our facebook accounts. >>> what athletes can expect in here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> we're learning more about the heroic rescue of a 6-year-old boy from alabama from a bunker. jimmy lee dykes allowed members of the hostage team to deliver supplies but the team instead dropped in a flash bang device to distract him. the rescue team shot and killed dykes and rescued ethan. he rigged bombs in and around the bunker. ethan was taken to the hospital and released a short time later. he celebrates his 6th birthday today. >>> the iraq veteran accused of killing a sniper refuses to motor with his

a voluntary evacuation order in old town laurel, maryland was lifted last night. the rains caused the patuxent river to rise about 8 feet higher than normal. wssc decided to open the floodgates and expect some of the gates open for a few days. a homeless woman was found dead. others were forced to relocate. >> my concern is really along the patuxent river here, there is residential. there is businesses. and the getting close to some areas and we're continuing to watch that. >> i've been watching the water levels and while they have continued to increase, the pace has slowed down. >> reporter: see officials say the rising water levels will keep the marc train commuter parking lot in laurel closed this morning. >>> police are investigating a deadly hit and run that happened in front of the victim's home. police say 59-year-old joseph lions was standing in the road near his house when a car hit him and drove off. neighbors say he spent a lot of time outside and often would pick up trash on the side of the road. they added that drivers often speed through the area. if

. >>> continuing to follow our big story tonight, the civil emergency has been lifted for laurel, maryland. not before some people in the low lying areas evacuated from a potential flood, though. all day people watched the patuxent river as it rose and hoped it stop before disaster struck. it rose 8 feet higher than normal forcing wssc to open floodgates. the water caught many off guard including some homeless people living in nearby anne arundel county. one woman drowned in the floodwaters. >> there shouldn't be anybody who is forced to live outside in freezing cold conditions and to lose their life because they're homeless. . >> many residents were asked to leave their homes ahead of the rising water and as the day went on parks and playgrounds disappeared under the cold and cloudy water. audrey barnes is live now on main street in laurel with the story. >> reporter: people are being allowed to return home just off main street in downtown laurel after an anxious day of watching the water rise and lap at their backdoors. jose norris never expected to see anything quite like this behind th

. >> floodwaters starting to recede in laurel, maryland, but some residents are upset. e washington suburban sanitary commission decided to open the floodgates on the patuxent river, flooding parts of laurel. the utility said it had to do is to protect the integrity of the dam, but officials say it should never been done before several inches of rain fell, not afterwards. looking at the day ahead. a decision on possible juror misconduct expected today from the judge presiding over the culpeper police officer murder case. the jury convicted daniel harmon-wright tuesday for shooting and killing patricia cook. that night, court officials found two dictionaries and a thesaurus in the jury room, which violated the judge's instructions. that lead defense attorneys to argue for a mistrial. >> today's hillary clinton's last day as secretary of state. she will address state department employees before saying goodbye. she visited 112 countries and blocked nearly 1 million miles during four year tenure. kerry will be sworn in later today. mike allen will join us at 6:45 to discuss

. >>> good news for business openers and people living in old town laurel, maryland. the threat of major flooding has passed and the voluntary evacuation order has been lifted. wednesday night's heavy rain caused the patuxent river to rise and there was concern after wscc opened nearby floodgates to relief pressure. one woman was found dead in flood waters. other homeless people were forced to relocate. >>> d.c.'s mayoral race is still morning a year away but one councilmember is already showing his interest in running. >> tommy wells made an announcement last night on fox 5 news. fox 5's lauren demarco is live outside the wilson building with the details this morning. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. tommy wells says he is going to get the ball rolling on monday with an exploratory committee and as you said, he made that big announcement last night right here on fox 5. i want to talk a little bit about wells. in his early days on the school board, he pushed for immunizations for all d.c. students. he also fought to clean up the anacostia river with a ba

. >>> laurel, maryland is stuck between ravens land and redskins country president find out how super bowl sunday has one community divided right up the middle. >>> plus the floodwaters have receded, but some people are still unsettled about the way evacuations were handled in a neighborhood. >>> a virginia man saves thousands for a brand-new patio only to be told he has to rip parts of it right out. after the county admits a big mistake, not once but twice. the news4's i-team shows you how >>> a simple house renovation turns into a year-long nightmare for a virginia man. the county admits it made a mistake not once but twice. >> it's the homeowner paying for that problem. tisha thompson and the news4 i-team explain what you can do to make sure this didn't happen to you. >> chris fleming says he should have been enjoying the patio, but now the county is promising a new system to prevent it from happening again. dreams of grilling with family and friends have gone up in smoke for chris fleming. >> i'm angry. i'm angry, because i did what was asked of me. >> reporter: he saved $5,000 to

. >>> the evacuation order in laurel, maryland has been lifted.s heavy rain caused the patuxent river to rise about eight feet heighter than normal. some homeless people living in the park in nearby anne arundel county were forced to relocation. full a one woman was found dead in the flood water. >>> the d.c. mayoral race may be more than a year away. one city councilmember already has his eye on campaigning for the seat. last night, ward six councilmember tommy wells talked about it right here in our fox 5 studios. lauren demarco is live outside the wilson building this morning with more on the story. look like you will talk about more like snow rather than politics, lauren. good morning. >> i can give you the quick update. it is not sticking but it is certainly flurrying out here right now. as you said, tommy wells is expected to meet with an exploratory committee on monday to talk about a possible run for mayor. he is the councilman from ward six. just a little bit of background. he served as a social worker in d.c. since the 1980s he also serv

around laurel, columbia, maryland. reports here, of fat flakes. saw those two days ago. seeing them during the day today. seeing snow into baltimore. bwi changing over. closer to our area. montgomery county. seeing the snow. last couple hours. i mention, laurel, bethesda. starting to see some of that too. done to the south. mostly rain. not surprised if you walked outside and there is also snow that is mixing in from time to time. going to be the case. the back edge coming through fairfax now. it will continue to move out towards portions of southern maryland. seeing the rain and the snow mixture, for about the next one to two hours. down to the south. one report of snow you. can see that showing up here on the radar. south of quantico along i-95. most of this likely rain too. so what are we going to be seeing. as you notice this is it. the back edge. making the way across the region. the cold front. the front will not move the whole way. we will see energy to the south. make its way up the frontal boundary. the front will be to the east. because of that. colder temperat

a voluntary evacuation order in laurel, maryland has been lifted. >> more snow means nor school delays in virginia. in maryland -- >> this week, if you didn't like the weather, stick around. the next day will be quite different. >> really. >> tucker barnes joins us with more on what we can expect today. >> hi, allison. welcome back. have to love the weather around here. this morning, snow showers. not a terribly big deal. temperatures overnight have fallen below freezing. what is falling is getting a chance to stick on grassy surfaces, roadways as well. that will be the case another hour or so. most of the day will feature sunshine and cold temperatures. still got this last band of snow moving through. there's a live look at radar. snow continues generally western side of the beltway, and then spots to the east of that still getting pretty good snow and we've had banding that set up. parts of the area have received anywhere between a coating and about half inch of snow so far and it continues to fall out there. what's going to happen is it's pushing off quickly to the east. and should

maryland. it left closed roasts and prompted evacuations in laurel. >> much improved in laurel tonight. at one. -- one point, the mayor was afraid he may have to act with up to 3000 people. fortunately tonight, that threat is gone. the patuxent river is still pretty rapid but officials say it is receding. it breached its banks earlier thursday after the commission opened flood gates. the rain fall on wednesday night was too much for the system but by nightfall thursday, the amount of water flowing from the dams was reduced. >> they have started to shut down the water. what was happening before when the gates opened is there was so much what to being released. we are so low here in this section of the city. there is no where for the water to go. >> the threat of widespread flooding forced the city to call for voluntary evacuations from low-lying homes and businesses. streets all over laurel were closed. a dozen residents took temporary shelter at the community center but most residents are used to this threat. >> normally is not as cold. this is usually a barbeque event. everybody right

if you're planning to head southbound on i-95 in maryland, there had been road work in place after route 198 eat here in the laurel you can see it's a bit red still getting by. i'm told construction has been picked up so you should be okay if you're just heading out the door traveling through that area and down to the beltway. let's take a live look at 270 on the southbound side through rockville. you'll be fine. no problems at montrose road down to the point where the lanes divide. let's go back to the maps this time to virginia. coming in on the dulles toll road and 66, everything is fine. no issues. a tiny bit of slow traffic from earlier this morning. had some construction in place there. let's take a live look on the northbound side of 395. north of duke street very quiet. no issues at all. back you to, andrea and mike. >> monika, thank you. >>> we begin with a developing story from california. the former los angeles police officer turned suspected cop killer is believed to be dead. but police say they have not yet recovered a body. >> authorities say dorner barricaded himself in a cabin after a firefight wit

overnight lots of flooding, water rescues along the patuxent river in maryland and voluntary evacuations in parts of the city of laurel. bob barnard is there now. >> reporter: southbound route 1 is now open. the emergency shelter open in the city of laurel is now closed. the evacuation order which was never mandatory has been lifted and the water is receding, all this tall grass behind me just a couple hours ago was underwater including that warning sign back there. wever, it has been a deadly day here. this is what it looks like along a good portion of the patuxent river. >> this river is way beyond normal levels. >> reporter: about 8 feet higher than normal according to wsse officials. wednesday's heavy rains and significant runoff upstream forced the water authority to open the floodgates at both the brighton and duckett dams before dawn this morning to relieve pressure on the tridelphia and rocky gorge reservoirs. the release of all that water caught many downstream off guard including some homeless living along the river in nearby anne arundel county. >> i walked out to 4-foot of water. i've been sitting here fre

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laurel. the medical examiner's office is looking to identify the remains now. >>> a part of the u.s. navy that was based in maryland for more than two decades. it is on its way to its new home mitt. it left pier 11 in baltimore for its last time. it is headed to its new home in norfolk, virginia. the ship provides medical and surgical care for u.s. staff overseas. the ship has traveled everywhere from the persian gulf to haiti and even to new york city after september 11. the navy says moving the ship will save about $2 million a year. >>> hundreds of people gathered at the 9/11 memorial in new york city today to mark a somber anniversary. 20 years ago today, six people were killed and more than a thousand others were injured in the first attack on the world trade center. a truck bomb exploded in the garage below the north tower in third base. created a hole five stories deep. six islamist extremists were later convicted of carrying out the bombing, including the accused mastermind. twin to youers were destroyed eight years later on september 11. >>> still ahead on six circumstances, tragedy for tourists. mid air m

. >> people in laurel might have brown water this morning because of a broken water main. officials say the water is safe to drink. >> the university of marylandy named as the 5th best value in public colleges. >> already in the news this morning, hundreds of thousands without power as the death toll rises following last friday's storm in the northeast. >> a new way to pass the time at bwi is in the works. wjz is live with what some maryland lawmakers want to put there. good hint there. >> the 55th annual grammy award brought out the best in the industry. >> more news, first warning weather and your first traffic report of the morning in a couple of minutes. [ female announcer ] the magic begins when jif fresh roasts peanuts to make peanut butter so deliciously creamy. ♪ ♪ it can even be a game changer. that's why choosy moms and dads choose jif. [ female announcer ] having grands biscuits in the morning is easy. pop them in, go about your business and in just 15 minutes, your family can enjoy warm fresh from the oven biscuits. pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. [ announcer speaking italian ] [ female announcer ] in just 60 secon

maryland, water rescues caught on tape. firefighters forced to pull people from their cars as water quickly trapped them. 6 inches of rain in just a few hours forced laurel officials to evacuate several hundred people and open the pawtuxet river dam gates. one person died. damaging winds across the northeast mangled power lines and have left 100,000 people without power. this tree was no match for the punishing winds. you can see, it is completely upended. trees crashed into houses in connecticut. >> it was loud. when it hit the house and broke the glass it was pretty loud. >> reporter: police cruisers crushed. >> this is the same picture we see -- >> reporter: today, the view from above the incredible tornado damage in adairsville, georgia. survivors surrounded by mounds of debris. the top of the town's steel water tank torn open like a sardine can. >> it all happened in maybe five seconds. i mean, it was just boom. >> reporter: on the ground assessing the strength of the tornado, the national weather service's keith steelman. >> this structure alone would be in the ef-3 range. so what we'll do is look at others and come up with a final rating. >> repor

laurel, all your lanes are open. no issues to report heading down to the beltway. back to the maps, this time over to southern maryland. no problems on route 4, route 5, route 301, 210 from accokeek, oxon hill across the wilson bridge here at the river. one more last live look, this time northbound 395 at the 14th street bridge. >> thanks, monika. >>> metro's general manager is apologizing for a meltdown that left rush hour commuters stuck when they were trying to get home. >> dozens of riders on powerless green line trains gave up. they left the trains. they hit the pavement. our delia goncalves is live at the navy yard station with the story. kind of a chilly night for a walk home, delia. >> reporter: and folks walked several miles home. they said it was a better way to get home because the shuttle buses, well, there just weren't enough of them. so a lot of them just trekked in the cold several miles to their homes. and it took several hours. the problem started here at navy yard. two metro green line trains did not get to their destination. and it took them two hours to get there. it was a terrible commute for thos

maryland. it's estimated the new 60 mile per hour limit on the icc will only save drivers about a minute and a half between gaithersburg and laurel> had morning, many -- we have a new report on traffic congestion saying that it is the worst here than anywhere else in the country. by judging by this live picture of 270, you can see why. the number one ranking isn't quite surprising. what is surprising is how much time and money you can waste every year stuck in traffic. news 4's megan mcgrath is stuck in the thick of the morning commute driving on i-95 north in virginia. meg app, good morning. >> well, we're coming to you from inside our live truck. we're actually rolling northbound on 95 right now. we're in the lorton area headed towards d.c. take a look at our dash camera here. wrus to give you an idea of the kind of traffic we're encountering already. it's quarter of 7:00 in the morning. you can see how slow things are on northbound 95. in fact, i think we have an accident, danella, was just talking about an accident along the stretch. i think that's just a little bit up head of us. of course, you throw an accident into the mix

maryland, 6 cents higher as well than a week ago at $3.59. in west virginia, only up a penny compared to last week. drivers paying $3.65. >>> crews in laurelng to fix a water main break that residents were complaining about brown water. the leak started near van duesen and virginia manor roads. crews closed the roads to work on the damaged pipes. officials expect the leak to be fixed sometime today. in the meantime shall the water is safe to drink but should not be used to make baby formula or wash dishes. >>> we, of course, are staying on top of the breaking news this morning from the vatican. want to show you live pictures there now as the pope has wrapped up a meeting with the cardinals and has told them that he will resign from the papacy on february 28th at the end of this month. >> much more on that story on news 4. tom is tracking this chilly rain. weather and traffic on the 1s next. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...w