in the meantime, they suggest just avoid the area of oakton.if you need to get around it, i suggest you use lawyers road and route 123, that combination. luckily, topper tells me that the severe weather has come and gone from that area, not far away from there on the inbound or eastbound side of i-66, this is what authorities have been dealing with. a car went over the guardrail here on 66 as you come out of centreville. expect heavy traffic because of it. it is not affecting westbound 66. there, the lanes are open. now, i'll take you to the beltway on the west and northside of town. this is the volume we've been talking about and still some poor visibility. i'm going to say it is a good hour and 10 minutes leading tysons corner and heading toward the american legion bridge before the pace improves. guys, back to you. >>> thanks, monika. >> coming up next, police arrest the so-called shower bandit in manassas. plus, arlington residents are nothing if not generous. we'll tell you where the county ranks in the highest performing goodwill donation

the cab of the vehicle became separated from its load near oakton, virginia, the truck that was hauling hay caught on fire. the westbound lanes of 66 were backed up for several hours while firefighters sprayed down the hay. the driver of the truck was not hurt. now westbound traffic is being diverted on to route 123 this evening. >> they have been without power now for nearly two days. 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 hot

and back towards 50 and 66, towards virginia and fairfax county, oakton, chantilly, and i just got all from mt. vernon saying, hey, we just saw one heck of a downpour here, that, of course, in had fairfax county along the potomac river, continuing to move north and east. and really, the entire system will move north and east. but we do have a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. now, take a look down to the south. you can see a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for spotsylvania county. that storm could be near fredericksburg, but also want to show you what's happening around our area. not around florida. let me go back towards our region. what i want to show you here is how much rain we have left. look back to the west. look back towards charleston. that's another area of rain that could come through later tonight. so we're going to continue to watch the potential for heavy rain and a flash flood watch in effect through the night the 80s in most locations. 81 now in the d.c. area. but some areas back to the west down into the 70s. 7 2 in frederick, 73 in sterling. now, o

the main burst this afternoon along hunter mill road near the intersection with vale road in oakton. authorities are working to shut off the water main as water continues to spray out. officers are on the scene directing traffic around the water main break. >>> mayor vincent gray and education leaders in the district released the city's latest standardized test results today. those preliminary scores were released while an investigation into cheating on past tests continues. aaron gilchrist has our report. >> reporter: d.c. mayor vincent gray gathered school leaders from every level to present results from the 2011 round of testing. while the mayor touted steady gains since 2007 when the mayor's office took responsibility for schools, year to year progress was mostly unchanged. at the elementary level for d.c. public schools, pass rates for reading were down 1.1%. in math, they were down 8/10 of a percent. >> this is an area where we all agree that more work is needed, and more attention. >> reporter: but school leaders were quick to point out gains in grades 6, 7, 8 and 10 with a 1%

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