heavy rain through prince william county. loudon, fairfax, culpeper, and fauquier county. two, four inches of rain out of the storm system. the massive storm making its way across our region. tremendous amounts of rain and moisture for the months of january. this is typically a type of march or april storm. behind it much colder air. even some snow back toward the west. you mention how strong the storm has been. numerous tornados down toward the south. julie martin in northwest georgia with more on a tornado that really wreaked havoc. >> reporter: well a chilly night here in north georgia. the rain has finally stopped falling. giving folks a bit of a break. they do have their work cut out for them. take a lak look at this 18-whee paused on its side like nothing. and all over the region, dozens of cars flipped over and crushed as a result of this fast-moving storm that came through just before noon. earlier today. tonight power is out for most here in north georgia. the crews are out trying to restore it best they can. widespread destruction through the small town. just acr

winchester back through loudon county. look at the numbers, temperatures way down, 18 in gaithersburg, 18, rather 19 in manassas, 22 in washington and 21 in la plata. be careful if you're out walking or biking, even driving around some of the roadways, could be a problem. that's why we have that winter weather advisory in effect. i do expect this to be canceled any time now because this system is quickly moving on out of here. and this is what you can expect. again, this is what we had going on at 6:00. light snow still falling around the region, 22 degrees, 21 by 7:00 with just about everybody seeing that snow in, and by 8:00, 21 degrees, 9:00 this evening, 20, but no snow on the cold side. taking you hour by hour, storm team 4 keeping you ahead of the storm the entire time. now we look toward the weekend. we'll talk about what's coming up next. a lot to talk about in the weather. we've got ups and downs, snow, freezing rain, we've got, well, i'll show it to you all coming up. >> thank you, doug. >>> we have live team cov

same thing leesburg, loudon county, and prince william county around 66, you're still getting the snowan see it showing up, little bit better on the composite. that brighter white, around 15, and just around reston too, reston, virginia, snow coming down pretty good, as well. lower visibilities there. and also, 301. look at this from colonial beach, this will be headed toward leonardtown, montrose area in a couple of minutes. reduced visibility. only till about 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. slick for tonight, keep that in mind if you're going out tonight or out early tomorrow. and, you know, this has been a very cold week for us, the last three days our high temperatures have been below freezing. well, get your wardrobe ready again. because watch what happens, here's where we were today with highs right around freezing. we're going to go way up above that average mark, which for a high is 44 degrees. midweek, way up to 60 degrees and the end of next week, back down to the 30s. here we go, our temperatures across the area, from 18, one of our colder spots in montgomery county, northern p montgomery

arlington, much of fairfax county and the rest of the northern virginia area, out towards loudon county and prince william county. we're going have the warmer weather continuing to move in until tomorrow. we'll have details on that. might even get strong storms. and a big change after that. all the details in a few minutes, barbara. >> let's check the midday tracks. alexis davies this morning. >> there's an accident reported northbound 95 at maryland at route 32. it is on the off-ramp. the off-ramp is closed because of delays. ald the beltway, you're looking at a 17-minute drive as you drive from 95 to 70. still dealing with the water main break at little river turnpike. and another water main break, route 2 at north kings highway. back to you guys. >> thank you, landover. prince george's county detectives say keith watson was shot on rangewood drive. investigators are looking for a black audi with maryland tags. 012524ce. if you have any information, call police. >>> and school buses could have video cameras on to catch drivers speeding around them at stops. have we seen a lot of these

. >> we have issues in loudon county. there received -- retrieved two individuals. you have to pay attention to the rule if you see the water, turn around. >> there are a lot of places seeing pretty severe problems this morning. we still have another half hour of "good morning washington." >> coming up, a rough night for people in the region as the massive storm system passed through. we will take a look at all the damage. >> taking a lo at ikea, we don't just design furniture. we design good mornings. little experiments. big ideas. brighter ways. and better tomorrows you can take home today. imagine if everyday was just a little bit better for everyone. some times the big plan doesn't work. and the perfect fe turns out to be not so perfect. so you start fresh. new city. new job. new bank. the's a lot to figure out. so, i switched to suntrust. they moved everythinfor meme. direct deposit, even my online bill pay... and suddenlyeverything else just fell into place. switching to suntrust has never been easier. now, our dedicated team will do all the work for you. sunt

also in loudon county, a closure with a vehicle fire. some heavy traffic crossing the legion bridge. not too bad as you work your way at past connecticut avenue heading toward 95. you will see delays in prince george's county as you work your way down 214. on and off 370 heading into germantown as you work your way into frederick county. back to you. >> thank you. coming up, how justin bieber is responding to the death of a photographer designed to take a picture of the pop star. >> watching so many of her friends dreams go down the drain, this local college student set out to help younger girls avoid making the same mistakes. we will show you how she is making things happen. >> a controversial decision -- a 6-year-old is suspended. >> a local college student is hoping to take a different path and life and help others avoid making the same mistakes. >> she found a nonprofit organization called chase dreams, not beliefs. >> we all have a different story. we have all been through a lot. >> she has been through a lot. growing up with little

county and loudon county schools are closed. nty, andgomery george's county had a two-hour delay. we have a full list of the top screen, also your wjla.com.site we will have more coming up at .he top of the hour >> with as many cancellations thanelays, we are lighter volume out on the roads. we still have a lot of potential free-freezing. -- potential re-freezing. the mark train system runs an hour and a half late. they're still trying to clear those delays. let us go around the beltway. purging of maryland wide open. -- virginia and maryland wide- open. just a few more hours left of winter remix. for the most part we're seeing a change. in the paint in northwest washington still have packets of freezing rain. next couple of hours -- a light rain until lunchtime. after that everything is over with. much warmer the next couple of days, 62 by wednesday. >> thank you so much. if we will have the latest there is no mass-produced human. every human being is unique. and there is one store that recognizes it. the sleep number store. the

one to three inches of snow in loudon county. >> and there is more snow on the way as topper shutt joins us from the weather center. top, when is the snow going to start up again? >> reporter:

anti-tax groups fear it could put a higher tax burden on virginians, something loudon county senatorick black says won't fly in his district. >> my district is probably the most anti-tax district in the state. i think that's pretty commonly acknowledged. so, you know, i don't vote against my constituents. but at the same time, i think we need to give the governor a fair hearing. >> reporter: one democrat says he has already heard enough. he argues eliminating the state gas tax gives out-of-staters a free pass when they travel through virginia while increase the sales tax on residents. >> there's no reason for us to put the whole burden on virginia when one-third of the gasoline is purchased by out-of-state people now going to give them a free ride? he can get the money he wants simply by raising the gas tax four, five cents a gallon this whole thing. this is the most absurd thing i have ever heard of. >> the governor and the bill's allies say with greater fuel efficiency, gas tax revenues will continue to shrink so a new funding source must be found. >> the gas tax is declining reven

jefferson high school for science and technology by asking for contributions from neighboring counties. loudonwilliam counties do send students to that magnate school but are sure not to play for that proposed project. >>> sticking in virginia, some parents in virginia may have to change their child care routine soon. fairfax county officials say they're looking to change zoning permit rules for at-home day cares. current state law allows for up to 12 kids in home day cares. but county rules only allow for seven unless the provider had a special zoning permit. and the fee for that permit is more than $1,000. the county board of supervisors has presented a proposal to adjust zoning rules to allow for up to a dozen kids and lower that fee. >> the county will do everything that we can to make sure we're keeping child care providers and that we're making it easier for new child care providers to come through the system. >> i think we're going to lose a lot of good day care providers because a lot of people will not want to go through this process. >> in the next few months, there will be public he

you can learn more about the tree recycling and drop off centers centers in loudon and frederick counties. >> a saving grace for the new year's eve church goers in maryland. >> reporter: fire investigators are trying to determine what caused this fire and it may be found what happened here for the new year's eve service. right at midnight the lights went out. >> yeah, they went out just at midnight. and why, we don't know. >> reporter: and then just seven hours later, pastor robert got a call saying his church of 22 years was on fire. >> i couldn't believe it. it was unbelievable. the two-alarm fire that took the prince's county firefighters 30 minutes to put out. no one hurt, but the church was charred. >> this is the bible. it's a bible. it is suppose to be left here. >> reporter: a cross has been burned into the brick wall. fire investigators are now searching for the cause. was it electrical or something more sinister? >> do pray for us. it's a challenging time for us, especially the first of the year. but we believe out of the ashes that god will bring forth what he feels is best. >>

it's in fairfax county and montgomery county and loudon. we're seeing some east of 95 towards southern maryland and into the delmarva peninsula. winter weather advisory in effect until 9:00. i think we may be only a couple hours left and the snow will be out of here. anytime you see these dark blows toward silver spring is where we are getting moderate snow fall -- dark blues. in dunkirk, is still coming down and beginning to diminish. in lusby-- it is still coming down in dunkirk and it is starting to diminish in lusby. it is 19 degrees currently wind chills around 12. temperatures should make it well into the 20s this afternoon today. there you see a clip for pushing through. it will come to an end very quickly. that's why we call it a clipper. our next system is around the corner. if things will be clearing up throughout the day. expect some sunshine before the end of this afternoon. partly cloudy skies tonight into tomorrow. klaus will increase. by mid afternoon, another chance of snowfall. we could pick up two inches. heavier amounts e

north and western sections of fairfax county registering over 3 inches, but the majority of the rain, the heaviest band of rain, northern fauquier up into central loudon with you see 2.2 and then extreme northern section of montgomery county, southern parts of frederick county and up wrapping around towards carroll and howard county up towards that i-70 corridor there. so that's where the heaviest of the rain has been and it looks like we still continue with the threat of rain moving through for the next several hours. 56 here in town now, still 70 in fredericksburg and just so you know, just about everybody, not frederick county, but just about everybody else under this tornado watch until 2 a.m. we think that some of that is going to come down early, okay? we'll have more details in the forecast and when the changes come, the big changes come, back to reality, coming up in the next 24 hours. >> the roller coaster ride continues. >>> that same storm system proved deadly down south. this is a video of a possible funnel cloud earlier today in northwest georgia. the storm is to blame for at least two deaths, demolishing several homes and businesses and