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the shortage occurred, a patient's care was negatively affected. >> power outages persist in north arlington. how long will they last? we'll have some answers coming up after the break. >>> hundreds of people are still without power in arlington county after sunday's severe storm knocked down trees and power lines. in north arlington, dominion power brought in heavy machinery to get the lights back on. we find peggy fox in one such neighborhood where people are waiting to get the juice back on. peg. >> that's right, lesli. we're on williamsburg boulevard and you can see just beyond those two trees is a huge crane nonon virginia power brought in. it got here at 3:00 and the whole point is to move utility poles, lift them up and over two homes. behind those homes are two utility poles that crashed to the ground in the storms. so if you can see that man working up there on that utility pole. that's a brand-new utility pole that brought in. he is attaching whatever apparatus needs to go on there. all the equipment that goes on that particular utility pole. he is going to attach right now and he
the shortage occurred, a patient's care was negatively affected. >> power outages persist in north arlington. how long will they last? we'll have some answers coming up after the break. >>> hundreds of people are still without power in arlington county after sunday's severe storm knocked down trees and power lines. in north arlington, dominion power brought in heavy machinery to get the lights back on. we find peggy fox in one such neighborhood where people are waiting to get the...
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and hereby in north arlington one of the hardest hit communities. behind me arlington county workers are already cleaning up. this scene is being repeated throughout arlington as they pick up branches, shred them and then carry them off then of course there are a lot of dominion power workers trying to clean up the mess. it has been terrible. >> in the 10 years i have lived here this was the most violent storm. the wind had the trees bending at a 45-degree angle. >> reporter: north arlington was the hardest hit. >> unbelievable the wind. the rain coming and push of the wind was like a tidal wave coming from that direction. >> reporter: the force of the winds snapped utility poles. >> whether it is a tornado or not you can see the damage. >> reporter: the trees in my backyard with hitting my windows and we looked outside and there were trees all over the neighborhood. downed power lines were blocking roads. >> i saw the flash then ran into the basement my dog. >> reporter: take a look at what the storm did to this humongous tree brought it crashing on
and hereby in north arlington one of the hardest hit communities. behind me arlington county workers are already cleaning up. this scene is being repeated throughout arlington as they pick up branches, shred them and then carry them off then of course there are a lot of dominion power workers trying to clean up the mess. it has been terrible. >> in the 10 years i have lived here this was the most violent storm. the wind had the trees bending at a 45-degree angle. >> reporter: north...
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it's all hands on deck in front of will and ellen anthony's house on north 26th street in arlington.> i'm from texas, originally. i've seen tornadoes before. this looked like tornado's wind. i told my wife get to the basement. i heard thump, thump, like branches hitting the roof. we hung out in the basement. we came out, and all this was down here covering half the street, three-quarters of the street. we're trying to clear the street. >> reporter: around the corner, north wakefield street is impassable. trees down all over the place. the back yard of a family out of town for the weekend, a whopper of a tree landed on the house. there's substantial roof damage here. over there, that's a chunk of earth uprooted by another fallen tree. >> it looked like a microburst touched down here in the north arlington area and went, i guess east, maybe about a mile or two through country club hills and tore up a lot of trees. >> reporter: chris is a tree expert. it will be a busy night for his crews. >> we're going to start gearing up now and we'll be out tonight and probably first thing tomorrow
it's all hands on deck in front of will and ellen anthony's house on north 26th street in arlington.> i'm from texas, originally. i've seen tornadoes before. this looked like tornado's wind. i told my wife get to the basement. i heard thump, thump, like branches hitting the roof. we hung out in the basement. we came out, and all this was down here covering half the street, three-quarters of the street. we're trying to clear the street. >> reporter: around the corner, north wakefield...
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i know folks in north arlington that are maybe still getting things straight. there was that straight line damage even on into the gw parkway. 60 70 miles per hour winds. there are the showers and thundershowers that will be remaining to the south. temperatures tomorrow will be in to below 90's. and the showers will be on radar. by and large, almost all of the festivities will be fine. once you get into wednesday and thursday, temperatures will be in the 90's. temperatures in the high 80 cozy to about 90 degrees. no nasty storms like last evening, that is for sure. it -->>> a good day to wear red and blue. general manager mike rizzo said harper will spend the rest of the season there. for the cubs, that's makes things even sweeter. at the top of the fourth, the nats up 2-1. nobody knows who is going to get it. bernadina lets it drop. bird has also around third. -- hostels around third. at 7-10, a wild pitch. >> we gave them two runs back to back. that should never happen. we bounced back and we won the ballgame. >> the all-star teams have been selected. michael
i know folks in north arlington that are maybe still getting things straight. there was that straight line damage even on into the gw parkway. 60 70 miles per hour winds. there are the showers and thundershowers that will be remaining to the south. temperatures tomorrow will be in to below 90's. and the showers will be on radar. by and large, almost all of the festivities will be fine. once you get into wednesday and thursday, temperatures will be in the 90's. temperatures in the high 80 cozy...
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in north arlington, crews are still trying to cut a way out. one house cut down to one fifth of its size is just one example of the ferocious winds that came through on sunday. >> they told us to prepare for the worst, and we got the worst. >> this family came back from vacation to find that a 100 year-old tree had toppled. >> it swiped along the side of the house and took off four feet of the chimney. >> he called agents and cleanup crews. work is underway. >> it is heartbreaking, mostly. >> north arlington is covered in trees and shattered glass. this person took no chances taking down the compromised tree before it hurt someone. >> i spent $3,000 to end up with no tree. >> roads are shut down by power crews on top of one another. those without power are upset. >> it is pretty hot. it is about 90 degrees upstairs. everything in the refrigerator spoiled already. >> we are being told by virginia power that they expect to have all power turned on by 10:00 p.m. this is an obvious reason to stay inside. we are told that they have 70 major trouble
in north arlington, crews are still trying to cut a way out. one house cut down to one fifth of its size is just one example of the ferocious winds that came through on sunday. >> they told us to prepare for the worst, and we got the worst. >> this family came back from vacation to find that a 100 year-old tree had toppled. >> it swiped along the side of the house and took off four feet of the chimney. >> he called agents and cleanup crews. work is underway. >> it...
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coming up, the rare step they have to take to get the power back on for folks in north arlington. anny. >> and we're looking at some really nice conditions tonight. here's a look at doppler radar where we have a few storms. we'll talk about the increase in humidity coming up a little later. >>> over international monetary fund chief domonique strauss- kahn may be trouble for now, but his legal troubles are far from over. filed a former complaint of attempted rape against strauss- kahn today in paris. claims he tried to sexually assault her in 2003. this all comes as the sexual assault case against strauss- kahn in new york appears to be falling apart. prosecutors are questioning the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of attempted rape and could reportedly drop the charges all together. >>> a close call for one montgomery county family after an suv barrels straight into their home. this happened after midnight on aspen hill road in aspen hill as suray hill shows the carnage left behind. >> i don't believe it. >> i heard a loud crash. >> the suv in my dining room. >> aver
coming up, the rare step they have to take to get the power back on for folks in north arlington. anny. >> and we're looking at some really nice conditions tonight. here's a look at doppler radar where we have a few storms. we'll talk about the increase in humidity coming up a little later. >>> over international monetary fund chief domonique strauss- kahn may be trouble for now, but his legal troubles are far from over. filed a former complaint of attempted rape against strauss-...
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dominion power is bringing in the heavy equipment trying to help remove some of the fallen trees in north arlington. at the height of the damage, more than 7,000 customers were in the dark. tonight that number is down to less than a thousand. so anny, any storms out there for us tonight? >> not in the d.c. metro area, derek, but if you look out to the east around ocean city, you have some showers out there. but overall, lots of sunshine. it's going to be a nice night. here's a look at the doppler radar where it's quiet in the immediate dc metro area and the beltway. but look out toward the ocean, we have some showers. right now temperatures in the upper 80s in downtown. 87 in martinsburg. 90 in leesburg. so tonight what can you expect? go outside and have dinner if you want. partly cloudy and mild. and winds will be light. i'll let you know when i come back how you can see the international space station passing through our night sky later tonight. >> thank you anny. the weather could play a big role in the final launch of the space shuttle. a look ahead still out there. first, escalator problems n
dominion power is bringing in the heavy equipment trying to help remove some of the fallen trees in north arlington. at the height of the damage, more than 7,000 customers were in the dark. tonight that number is down to less than a thousand. so anny, any storms out there for us tonight? >> not in the d.c. metro area, derek, but if you look out to the east around ocean city, you have some showers out there. but overall, lots of sunshine. it's going to be a nice night. here's a look at the...
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. >> now to a live look from arlington, virginia, north globe road and old dominion drive right near marymount. crews are working to get power back on to about 1600 dominion customers. this follows a line of storms which moved through sunday night. dominion is waiting on vdot crews to clean up downed trees. we're told power crews cannot move in to put power lines back up until the trees are gone. >>> crews will be back on the river in anne arundel county this morning. they're looking for the body of a 25-year-old pasadena man. he fell off a boat near dobbins island monday afternoon. officials say the boat made a sharp turn sending james robert cain and a female friend off the boat. she was rescued and not hurt but he vanished and is presumed dead. he was not wearing a life jacket. >>> at 6:05, a story new this morning. promises a traffic nightmare in virginia will be avoided. "the washington examiner" reports the pentagon is assuring local governments only about 1/3 of the workers moving to the mark center there in september. that will give them more time to figure out the traffic me
. >> now to a live look from arlington, virginia, north globe road and old dominion drive right near marymount. crews are working to get power back on to about 1600 dominion customers. this follows a line of storms which moved through sunday night. dominion is waiting on vdot crews to clean up downed trees. we're told power crews cannot move in to put power lines back up until the trees are gone. >>> crews will be back on the river in anne arundel county this morning. they're...
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in north arlington it will take days to clean up after a storm that lasted only minutes. this man and his wife were inside their house at the time and say it sounded like the tree exploded. >> we actually did not hear this tree fall because i think we were all yelling to get downstairs. >> 15 guests raced to the basement. >> we are lucky that nobody was injured. all we lost breakable cars. -- work a couple of cars. >> this car on the street was crushed by a limb. >> i hope it is fixable. >> it is pretty smashed. >> it is pretty bad. >> this crashed into a home. the mother and her teenage son were home, but came out unharmed. a lucky. >> sunday, visitors on the national mall were sent running for cover. >> it just happened in this neighborhood. we will not forget it. >> here in arlington, we are told that much of the power will be back on by 6:00 p.m. take a look at this. we have tree branches and several trees that are still compromise. this is all over the area of arlington. it is considered very dangerous. >>> we do have a photo gallery at our website with eyewitness ph
in north arlington it will take days to clean up after a storm that lasted only minutes. this man and his wife were inside their house at the time and say it sounded like the tree exploded. >> we actually did not hear this tree fall because i think we were all yelling to get downstairs. >> 15 guests raced to the basement. >> we are lucky that nobody was injured. all we lost breakable cars. -- work a couple of cars. >> this car on the street was crushed by a limb....
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. >> reporter: north arlington between the york town and chester brook neighborhood were the hardest hit. >> it was unbelievable, the wind, the rain coming and the push of the wind was like a tidal wave coming in that direction. >> reporter: the force of the wind sheered trees. >> i ran downstairs and we looked outside and there were trees all over the neighborhood. >> reporter: there was also lightning which downed power lines and blocked roads. it was that lightning that struck the tree near the canal. which then fell on a 56-year- old man riding his bike. he died at the scene. the storm also forced te sackuation of the national mall. as thousands of people showed up for a rehearsal. >> my mom was telling us to get downstairs and when i was going downstairs i saw a blue flash. >> reporter: leaving thousands of residents without power. andrea fujihi. >> the good news tonight is the lights are back on but just a handful of customers here in maryland. >>> still ahead, in the hands of the jury, 12 men and women deciding the fate of casey anthony. the emotional last minute plea from the
. >> reporter: north arlington between the york town and chester brook neighborhood were the hardest hit. >> it was unbelievable, the wind, the rain coming and the push of the wind was like a tidal wave coming in that direction. >> reporter: the force of the wind sheered trees. >> i ran downstairs and we looked outside and there were trees all over the neighborhood. >> reporter: there was also lightning which downed power lines and blocked roads. it was that...
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about.com recommends graively point in arlington. north of national airport. join people at the marine corps memorial in arlington. that iwo jima memorial and if you don't mind dropping money you head to the rooftop at the hay adams hotel. >>> if you find you enjoyed the july fourth holiday too much you can call sober ride for a free and safe ride home. rides are offered to adults from 10:00 tonight to 4:00time morning. all you have to do is call 1- 800-200 taxi or at&t customers can dial pound taxi. it covers up to a $30 fare. >>> congress has cut its july fourth recess short to hammer out a deal on the nation's debt. democrats and republicans seem far apart but there might be a new glimmer of hope. danielle nottingham reports from the white house. >> reporter: senators return to washington tomorrow to try and hammer out a deal over the deficit and some key republicans seem to be cracking open the door to compromise. negotiations between democrats and republicans have been deadlocked over the issue of raising taxes. the gop is adamantly opposed. but senator jo
about.com recommends graively point in arlington. north of national airport. join people at the marine corps memorial in arlington. that iwo jima memorial and if you don't mind dropping money you head to the rooftop at the hay adams hotel. >>> if you find you enjoyed the july fourth holiday too much you can call sober ride for a free and safe ride home. rides are offered to adults from 10:00 tonight to 4:00time morning. all you have to do is call 1- 800-200 taxi or at&t customers...
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the storms knocked out a lot of trees and power lines in north arlington.'re looking at live pictures of one of the neighborhoods along glebe road and old dominion drive. dominion power tells us the workers are waiting on crews from vdot. they have to wait for the trees to be cleared before they can get the power back on. they hope to have everyone back on by this afternoon. >> montgomery county police have arrested a driver after an suf crashed into a home. it happened very early this morning in aspen hill. 9news now reporter surae chinn joins us live from the scene with more. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. festivities on the 4 july may have been a little too much for one driver. police say someone, a woman, who was under the influence of alcohol came speeding down this road right through the backyard of the avery home into the back door, into the living room. and that's where three people were inside of the home and also a woman was just turning off the tv at the moment when the car came crashing into this living room, just three inches from her f
the storms knocked out a lot of trees and power lines in north arlington.'re looking at live pictures of one of the neighborhoods along glebe road and old dominion drive. dominion power tells us the workers are waiting on crews from vdot. they have to wait for the trees to be cleared before they can get the power back on. they hope to have everyone back on by this afternoon. >> montgomery county police have arrested a driver after an suf crashed into a home. it happened very early this...
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. >> reporter: north arlington in virginia was the hardest hit. >> it was unbelievable.n and the push of the wind was like a title wave coming from that direction. >> reporter: the force of the wind snapped poles and trees. >> i ran downstairs and we looked downstairs and they were trees. >> reporter: there was also lightning. >> a montgomery county park ranger said it was that lightning that struck a tree. it fell on a man riding his bike. the storm also forced the evacuation of the national mall. thousands showed up for the rehearsal of the capital's 4th of july program. >> my mom told us to get downstairs. when i went down stair, i saw a blue flash. >> reporter: thousands were without power. andrea fujii, wjz, eyewitness news. >>> now, pepco restored power to 15,000 customers. >>> we could be in for some of the storms in our area. outside, it's hazy, hot and humid. there's a severe thunderstorm watch for southern maryland. we have weather, traffic together. >>> we'll look at the radar. most of the action is to the west of us. it's moving eastward. this is mainly in th
. >> reporter: north arlington in virginia was the hardest hit. >> it was unbelievable.n and the push of the wind was like a title wave coming from that direction. >> reporter: the force of the wind snapped poles and trees. >> i ran downstairs and we looked downstairs and they were trees. >> reporter: there was also lightning. >> a montgomery county park ranger said it was that lightning that struck a tree. it fell on a man riding his bike. the storm also...
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some of the hardest hit spots are north arlington. the streets are littered with downed branches and power lines mr. . it was unbelievable. the wind and rain coming, and the push of the rain was like a tidal wave from that direction. >> one of the homes hit by a falling tree is well over 100 years old. several neighbors say they ran into their basement when is they heard the debris blowing around. it appears the damage was caused by straight line winds. >> some people are starting off their 4th of july without power. here's the outage figures from the last pour. petco reports 1100 customers out. 750 in prince george's county with 500 in dc and 20 in montgomery county. bge has 230 in the dark. same in howard county, and well over 500 customers out in annandale county. this morning, rescuers will resume their search for a missing boater from maryland. bystanders rushed into action after a boat capsized on the lake in fayette county, pennsylvania. a mother and two teenage boys were pulled to safety but a 50- year-old man is skill missing
some of the hardest hit spots are north arlington. the streets are littered with downed branches and power lines mr. . it was unbelievable. the wind and rain coming, and the push of the rain was like a tidal wave from that direction. >> one of the homes hit by a falling tree is well over 100 years old. several neighbors say they ran into their basement when is they heard the debris blowing around. it appears the damage was caused by straight line winds. >> some people are starting...
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in north arlington, some streets are still blocked because of downed trees and wires. dominion power crews are would being around the clock to restore the electricity to about 1,000 customers. a spokesperson in said most customers should have their power restored by 10:00 tonight. >>> no storms right now, but the heat and humidity are not letting up. >> let's get the latest from dourks what's happening out there? >> i think you can take today and carbon copy this for the next couple days. you can add in the thunderstorms starting tomorrow. out there right now, no storms to talk about. temperatures on the warm side. that's where we expect them during the month of july. right now 89 degrees, the heat index coming in at 93 degrees, the dewpoint has come up a little bit to 67 degrees. 93 in frederick, 91 in baltimore. sterling and herndon coming in at 91 degrees. down toward leonardtown, you're looking at a temperature of 85 degrees. live digital doppler radar not showing any storms, i don't expect to see any throughout the evening tonight. we have a few throughout delawar
in north arlington, some streets are still blocked because of downed trees and wires. dominion power crews are would being around the clock to restore the electricity to about 1,000 customers. a spokesperson in said most customers should have their power restored by 10:00 tonight. >>> no storms right now, but the heat and humidity are not letting up. >> let's get the latest from dourks what's happening out there? >> i think you can take today and carbon copy this for the...
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. >> reporter: i'm at the williamsburg boulevard neighborhood in north arlington and few are complaining, though because of the number of trees. if we turn the camera, the houses on that side of the street, the you utility poles are in the backyard and they can't get to them easily to repress the broken poles and they brought in this enormous crane which extens over the highway patrol and that is why this restoration operation is taking longer than usual. >> it's a storm that blew through at 6:00 p.m. on sunday was ferocious -- ferocious and brief. >> i remember looking out and things were swirling. the wind was swirling and it was just loud as heck for 30 secs to a minute. >> the storm lasted longer and the bust, what jeff it was, was about a minute. and i thought the heavy hail or something and i was going to look outside. when i looked outside, i saw it, trees everywhere. >> reporter: big trees. trees that tore down power, telephone and cable lines. so many trees that 44 hours after the storm, some streets were so completely blocked and that slowed down power crews from dominion, virg
. >> reporter: i'm at the williamsburg boulevard neighborhood in north arlington and few are complaining, though because of the number of trees. if we turn the camera, the houses on that side of the street, the you utility poles are in the backyard and they can't get to them easily to repress the broken poles and they brought in this enormous crane which extens over the highway patrol and that is why this restoration operation is taking longer than usual. >> it's a storm that blew...
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. >> reporter: the storm that blew through north arlington around 6:00 p.m. sunday was ferocious, but it was also very brief. >> i remember looking out and things were swirling, the winds were swirling, and it was just loud as heck for 30 seconds to a minute. >> the storm lasted longer, but the burst of whatever it was was about a minute, and i thought heavy hail or something, and when i looked outside, i saw trees everywhere. >> reporter: big trees. trees that tore down power, telephone and cable lines. so many trees that 44 hours after the storm, some streets were still completely blocked. that slowed down power crews from dominion virginia. it wasn't just trees that were damaged. windows, cars and buildings were smashed by the falling trees. jay williams was in his upstairs bathroom when his wife called everyone to the basement. he would have been crushed by the falling tree had he not moved instantly. >> it went all the way through our master bath where i was. >> right where he was standing two seconds before. >> and when it hit the house, my son i was ca
. >> reporter: the storm that blew through north arlington around 6:00 p.m. sunday was ferocious, but it was also very brief. >> i remember looking out and things were swirling, the winds were swirling, and it was just loud as heck for 30 seconds to a minute. >> the storm lasted longer, but the burst of whatever it was was about a minute, and i thought heavy hail or something, and when i looked outside, i saw trees everywhere. >> reporter: big trees. trees that tore down...
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one other issue we are dealing with, left over from the storms, video from arlington, north glebe roadbetween 32nd and 38th street, shut down with power cables across the roadway they are working to clear this out a lot of branches out there. this morning. >> elsewhere, things are looking pretty good all hov restrictions around town lifted, except the john hanson highway 95 maryland, no problems to report between belt ways, a new wreck reported involving a pedestrian watch for that. >>> alison over to you. >> thank you you will want to take metro if you are heading to the july 4th celebrations on the national mall perhaps for the annual concert and fireworks, well under way. sarah simmons is live with all the details you have the best seat if you could just hang out there all day you would be golden. >> yeah, if i wanted the hang out here all day it will be a hot one. i have been listening to the forecast all day for a lot of people it will be quite a wonderful time to be down here and watch the 4th of july celebrations but a lot of people down here 10s of thousands of folks expected t
one other issue we are dealing with, left over from the storms, video from arlington, north glebe roadbetween 32nd and 38th street, shut down with power cables across the roadway they are working to clear this out a lot of branches out there. this morning. >> elsewhere, things are looking pretty good all hov restrictions around town lifted, except the john hanson highway 95 maryland, no problems to report between belt ways, a new wreck reported involving a pedestrian watch for that....
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farther west and north, we're in the 60s. arlingtonx, montgomery counties, points west and north. and there's the live view from the skywatcher camera looking into arlington on the left or the right in the distance is falls church. we've got a partly sunny sky. by 9:00 near 80. by noontime, mid-80s. code orange, unhealthy air quality by midafternoon. tonight increasing clouds and humidity. by dawn low to mid-70s. a steamy forecast for the rest of the week and the weekend. a look at this in detail in about ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> we have congestion building outer loop of the beltway in maryland. you are slow from 95 as you make your way towards georgia avenue. a live look at new hampshire avenue. you can see that it is stop and go for you as you make your commute. i want to show you this 395 north of edsall. you're slow from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. in d.c., so far no incidents to report, you can see new york avenue and bladensburg road, congestion is building. back to you, joe and aaron. >> thanks very mu
farther west and north, we're in the 60s. arlingtonx, montgomery counties, points west and north. and there's the live view from the skywatcher camera looking into arlington on the left or the right in the distance is falls church. we've got a partly sunny sky. by 9:00 near 80. by noontime, mid-80s. code orange, unhealthy air quality by midafternoon. tonight increasing clouds and humidity. by dawn low to mid-70s. a steamy forecast for the rest of the week and the weekend. a look at this in...
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. >> i'm delia off north glee road in arlington where you can see crews are hard at work trying to restore power and a sense of normalcy in yorktown neighborhoods after sunday's fast moving storm. >> mayhem, chaos. >> his dad had a couple close calls last night. >> a big gust of wind came out of nowhere. try to turn around and stay home, get to my house and find two large oaks, one crushed my wife's car. >> national weather service says a macro burst touched down just after 6:20 with wind gusts up to 70 miles an hour. >> i heard a terrible noise. i thought it was lightning, but the next thing i know, all these branches were in my living room. >> a couple close calls. walked away from us, we're okay. >> i'm scott broom in whites ferry, maryland. abandoned camping equipment, bicycle parts, and discarded first aid supplies. neil reich was hit and killed by a falling tree by storms early sunday evening. >> that's too bad because everyone out here is having a good time. >> like a lot of people you meet on the trail, reich was on a long distance overnight trip when they were caught in the weathe
. >> i'm delia off north glee road in arlington where you can see crews are hard at work trying to restore power and a sense of normalcy in yorktown neighborhoods after sunday's fast moving storm. >> mayhem, chaos. >> his dad had a couple close calls last night. >> a big gust of wind came out of nowhere. try to turn around and stay home, get to my house and find two large oaks, one crushed my wife's car. >> national weather service says a macro burst touched down...
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in arlington, north green bay road still closed between 34th and 38th streets due to storm damage.f branches around in that area. take a live look at the trafficland cameras. as you travel florida avenue at rhode island avenue, we have a wreck there in the intersection. police have some of your lanes blocked. you want to follow their direction to get through that. things are looking pretty good. 395 heading past the pentagon, no problems for you. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> actor patrick dempsey may be best known as dr. shepherd from gray's anatomy. >> his latest movie is the summer blockbuster, transformers dark of the moon. he talked to kevin mccarthy about the skills needed for an action movie. >> you have dealt with many beautiful actresses through outyour career. do you ever like sometimes get nervous when you are acting with a beautiful woman like that? do you ever get cloaked up? >> it depends on the person. sometimes you get a little nervous until you get to know them. >> you are dealing with things that aren't there in real life when you
in arlington, north green bay road still closed between 34th and 38th streets due to storm damage.f branches around in that area. take a live look at the trafficland cameras. as you travel florida avenue at rhode island avenue, we have a wreck there in the intersection. police have some of your lanes blocked. you want to follow their direction to get through that. things are looking pretty good. 395 heading past the pentagon, no problems for you. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic....
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arlington. cooler air off to the north and rain that has cooled in the atmosphere. the doppler radar, the storms really pick up a lot of steam and move towards the east. look for another round off to the west of us. here is a look at what is going on. is under a severe thunderstorm watch. this is a severe thunderstorm warning. you can head over to wjla.com to track the storms. the dew point is still in the 60's. the high pressure is building day late monday into tuesday. we might squeeze out a shower or o late tomorrow afternoon. this is moving across the region. to the south of us. the fireworksthat planned on the national. diminished storms the lowfor 60's to 70's. here is the extended outlook. temperatures around 90. , eye is one more reminder witness@wjla.com. >> the national's got off to a game. e efforts a horribl today. leaves everyone scratching their heads because it plays like this. >> we will start off for some news with the washington national. beer clifford was chosen to national league all-star spot. he has struggled continuously again. back to the pit
arlington. cooler air off to the north and rain that has cooled in the atmosphere. the doppler radar, the storms really pick up a lot of steam and move towards the east. look for another round off to the west of us. here is a look at what is going on. is under a severe thunderstorm watch. this is a severe thunderstorm warning. you can head over to wjla.com to track the storms. the dew point is still in the 60's. the high pressure is building day late monday into tuesday. we might squeeze out a...
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it's recommended at north burlington point in arlington. you can also join in on the marine corp. at arlington. you can always go to the rooftop at the hyatt hotel. you learn more by visiting metromix.com. it's on or front page, and we will see the festivities at 6:08. >>> unfortunately this morning, thousands of people in our area are dealing without electricity. that means on this hot morning, no air-conditioning. >> the power was knocked out after the line of storms moved through at 6:30 last night. >> right now dominion has 7600 customers without power. petco just over 1200. and pge, 1600. arlington, virginia, appears to have gotten hit the hardest. power lines and trees came down to the yorktown and chesterton neighborhoods. people there have never seen anything like this. >> in the 10 years i have lived here, this was the most violent storm. the wind had the trees literally bending i would say, you know a 45-degree angle. >> and doe dominion's website has -- and dominion's website has not listed about -- an estimated time when the power will be back on. >>> a man on a bicycl
it's recommended at north burlington point in arlington. you can also join in on the marine corp. at arlington. you can always go to the rooftop at the hyatt hotel. you learn more by visiting metromix.com. it's on or front page, and we will see the festivities at 6:08. >>> unfortunately this morning, thousands of people in our area are dealing without electricity. that means on this hot morning, no air-conditioning. >> the power was knocked out after the line of storms moved...
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it's all hands on deck in front of will and ellen anthony's house on north 26th street in arlington. >> i'm from texas, originally. i've seen tornadoes before. this looked like tornado winds. i told my wife to get to the basement. i heard thump, thump, like branches hitting the roof. we hung out in the basement. we came out and all this was down here covering half the street, three-quarters of the street. we're trying to clear the street. >> reporter: around the corner north wakefield street is impassable. trees down all over the place. the back yard of a family out of town, a whopper of a tree landed on the house. substantial roof damage here. over there, that's a chunk of earth uprooted by a fallen tree. >> looked like a microburst touched down and went, i guess, east maybe about a mile or two through country club hills and tore up a lot of trees. >> reporter: chris is a tree expert surveying the damage. it will be a busy night for his crew. >> we're going to start gearing up now and we'll be out tonight and probably first thing tomorrow morning. >> reporter: as the storm was appro
it's all hands on deck in front of will and ellen anthony's house on north 26th street in arlington. >> i'm from texas, originally. i've seen tornadoes before. this looked like tornado winds. i told my wife to get to the basement. i heard thump, thump, like branches hitting the roof. we hung out in the basement. we came out and all this was down here covering half the street, three-quarters of the street. we're trying to clear the street. >> reporter: around the corner north...
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. >> we do have the closure because of sunday night's storms in arlington as you head northbound, north glebe road between 33rd and 36th street. to the left of your screen is the southbound lanes as they travel down towards college park. no real problems for you there. 95 in virginia, if we take a look at trafficland, also running pretty smoothly. no problems to report on 395. 66 running well as is 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a near tragedy on july 4th in germantown. police say a man was playing with a remote control boat in gunner's lake around 7:00 last night. boat stalled. the man went into get it but couldn't make it back to shore. he was rescued and taken to the hospital. he is expected to survive. >>> a 6-year-old fell into the marina eight yesterday morning. he was rushed to the hospital but later died. >>> the chances of survival are grim at best for seven americans. they are missing since the boat they were in sunk suddenly sunday in mexico's gulf of california. one fisherman died. 19 tourists and 1 crew members survived. fo
. >> we do have the closure because of sunday night's storms in arlington as you head northbound, north glebe road between 33rd and 36th street. to the left of your screen is the southbound lanes as they travel down towards college park. no real problems for you there. 95 in virginia, if we take a look at trafficland, also running pretty smoothly. no problems to report on 395. 66 running well as is 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >> thank you....
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if you're planning to head over into arlington, downed wires on old dominion drive between north glebeoad and williamsburg boulevard. you can take glebe road to rock spring road and back over to old dominion around that, it should be quiet right now. let's take you over to a live picture on 395 at the 14th street bridge. it is fine from 95, 395 across the potomac river. you're good to go. let's take a look at northeast. throughout the district, things are quiet and calm right now. that will take you over to another map. this time in prince george's county where if you're coming up through accokeek, brandywine, bowie, everything looks fine right up to the beltway and down to the wilson bridge as well on 495. a last look southbound on 270, nice and quiet at route 109 headed down toward germantown and rockville. you're good to go early this morning. coming up, we'll take a look at route 50 in maryland at 4:56. >>> thanks, monika. the holiday almost turned deadly for one man. the 38-year-old man was playing with a toy boat on the water. the toy stalled and when he tried to swim out to get
if you're planning to head over into arlington, downed wires on old dominion drive between north glebeoad and williamsburg boulevard. you can take glebe road to rock spring road and back over to old dominion around that, it should be quiet right now. let's take you over to a live picture on 395 at the 14th street bridge. it is fine from 95, 395 across the potomac river. you're good to go. let's take a look at northeast. throughout the district, things are quiet and calm right now. that will...
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. >> here in lake arlington in north texas, they're losing two inches of water in this lake every day. normally the water level would be above my head but now it's six feet below normal levels and dropping fast. >> reporter: in oklahoma, 911 calls captured the dire situation. >> we had a man go down due to the heat. he's sweating profusely. we can't get his breathing or his heart rate to slow down. >> reporter: and further north it was so intense it sent off smoke alarms from iowa to minnesota. at this twins game, 50 fans like this woman had to be treated for heat exhaustion while i-94 seemed to pop right out of the highway. and folks really need to be careful about their cars. in 100 degrees it can reach 140 inside your car in just 15 minutes. park it in the sun, it can reach 170. enough to cook this steak well done. robin? >> ooh, that is secret to keep in mind, all right there, matt, thanks. let's turn to sam. what's so important for them to know about the heat index? >> the body can't cool itself with high humidity and high heat, 1995, in a five-day heat wave in chicago where it g
. >> here in lake arlington in north texas, they're losing two inches of water in this lake every day. normally the water level would be above my head but now it's six feet below normal levels and dropping fast. >> reporter: in oklahoma, 911 calls captured the dire situation. >> we had a man go down due to the heat. he's sweating profusely. we can't get his breathing or his heart rate to slow down. >> reporter: and further north it was so intense it sent off smoke alarms...
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arlington. we can see a lot of storm damage. traveling on north green bay road between 34th and 38th street, it is shop sht down. this is a look at 35th street near north williamsburg boulevard. -- it is shut down. as you head northbound 395, we had an earlier disabled vehicle. that has cleared out. look at this nice height volume. hov restrictions lifted everywhere except for route 50, the john hanson highway. nice, easy trip out of manassas and here passing nutley street in toward the beltway. traveling in the tricycle, florida avenue westbound at rhode island avenue is blocked due to some earlier accident activity that's a check of your -- earlier accident activity. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> the jackpot was $100 million the win being tick -- the winning ticket sold right here in the area >>> there is less than a month left for lawmakers to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling and cutting the deficit. >> talk are moving slowly to say the very least. fox's steve centanni has more on harsh words for the obama admi
arlington. we can see a lot of storm damage. traveling on north green bay road between 34th and 38th street, it is shop sht down. this is a look at 35th street near north williamsburg boulevard. -- it is shut down. as you head northbound 395, we had an earlier disabled vehicle. that has cleared out. look at this nice height volume. hov restrictions lifted everywhere except for route 50, the john hanson highway. nice, easy trip out of manassas and here passing nutley street in toward the...
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right now in arlington, temperatures in the mid-60s. farther west and north only in the 50s in some locations around the bay and eastern shore. temperatures generally in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. out in the mountains of west virginia, only in the low 50s to near 50 degrees. another very cool morning there. we'll have the sun with us throughout the day. anyone has a heart or recent tra triailment, they should stay inside. back down into the mid-80s and a beautiful evening coming up. details with that on your night planner. how's the traffic looking, danella? >>> looking good, especially if you're traveling on the rails. metro, marc, and vre all running on time. be a good commute. and the roadways are looking good as well. i'm watching the cameras. so far, i don't have any accidents to report. that's a great thing. 395 north at duke street. traveling 395 north as you make your way over the 14th street bridge, i have no delays for you at this time. isn't that great? here's 66 at compton road. if you're traveling on 66 east and west, i don't see any signi
right now in arlington, temperatures in the mid-60s. farther west and north only in the 50s in some locations around the bay and eastern shore. temperatures generally in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. out in the mountains of west virginia, only in the low 50s to near 50 degrees. another very cool morning there. we'll have the sun with us throughout the day. anyone has a heart or recent tra triailment, they should stay inside. back down into the mid-80s and a beautiful evening coming up....
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arlington. crews worked tuesday to remove fallen trees along the path of i-66 and north oak. the trail is a popular link to the rosslyn area. >>> prince george's county council moved swiftly to strip leslie johnson's privileges after she tendered her resignation. >> the council has agreed to restrict all other funding to the district 6 office included but not limited to the use of a county car, county council parking, cell phone usage, grant expenditures and discretionary funding. >> her last day on the job is july 31st. last thursday, she pled guilty to obstruction of justice charges. she will be sentenced in october. now, county executive baker had this comment... >>> in other news, metro is stepping up to help relieve the traffic nightmare predicted by the pentagon shifting workers around. it will increase bus service to three key spots beginning this summer. the spots are fort belvoir in fairfax county, the marc center in alexandria and joint base an drews in prince george's county. metro is hoping to have its buses in place by august 8th. the military moves are scheduled
arlington. crews worked tuesday to remove fallen trees along the path of i-66 and north oak. the trail is a popular link to the rosslyn area. >>> prince george's county council moved swiftly to strip leslie johnson's privileges after she tendered her resignation. >> the council has agreed to restrict all other funding to the district 6 office included but not limited to the use of a county car, county council parking, cell phone usage, grant expenditures and discretionary...
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folks in arlington will see because crews are busy trying to restore power to residents of the yorktown and chesterbrook neighborhoods. this after sunday's fast moving storm. delia is live off of north gleeve road to bring us the latest. how are things getting back to normal, delia? >> there has been progress made, but it's a mess. 24 hours after the storm hit and you can see a number of crews are here trying to restore power to about 3200 households in arlington county, many of those residents live just a couple blocks away. >> the chaos. >> the sleeping six month old double know it, but his dad had a couple close calls last night. >> a big gust of wind came out of nowhere. tried to turn around and go home, tree falls in front of me and get in my house and two large oaks crashed our cars. >> a ma coburst touch down just after 6:20 sunday evening with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour. >> i have never seen anything like that before. i heard this terrible noise. i thought it was lightning, but the next thing i know, all these branches were in my living room. >> a couple close calls, but luckily we're okay. >> and everyone is okay in that neighborhood. i can tell you that i called do
folks in arlington will see because crews are busy trying to restore power to residents of the yorktown and chesterbrook neighborhoods. this after sunday's fast moving storm. delia is live off of north gleeve road to bring us the latest. how are things getting back to normal, delia? >> there has been progress made, but it's a mess. 24 hours after the storm hit and you can see a number of crews are here trying to restore power to about 3200 households in arlington county, many of those...
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ceiling, people buried at arlington cemetery are every day, all around the world, energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy developement comes with some risk, northural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing decades of cleaner burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self contained well systems and using state of the art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and...
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north texas. officialalsay they found him in a home with no air conditioning. yunji de nies, abc news, lake arlingtons take a look at those temps in your tuesday forecast. humid with severe stormsmsnd flash flooding from minneapolis to washington, d.c. morning showers around new york and philadelphia. we also have popup thunderstorms along the gulf coast. more rain from new mexico to wyoming. wet in the pacific northwest. >> a damp 69 in seattle. 88 in sacramento. 99 in colorado springs. 90s from the twin cities to dallas. 89 in detroit. 85 in bean town. >>> all right, how about this story. if you live in a house, perhaps you have a basement where you put the stuff you dodot want to deal with, maybe the holiday decorations, old clothes or whatever. >> or your mother-in-law. >> not mine, of course. imagine a colorado homeowner's surprise when they found this. this is disturbing and crazy. a horse. >> oh, yeah. where did the horse go? oh, yeah. mr. ed ended up right there in the basement. apparently fell in down there through a very small window. >> very small. how did it get in there? >> i don't know.
north texas. officialalsay they found him in a home with no air conditioning. yunji de nies, abc news, lake arlingtons take a look at those temps in your tuesday forecast. humid with severe stormsmsnd flash flooding from minneapolis to washington, d.c. morning showers around new york and philadelphia. we also have popup thunderstorms along the gulf coast. more rain from new mexico to wyoming. wet in the pacific northwest. >> a damp 69 in seattle. 88 in sacramento. 99 in colorado springs....