we have debris downright in front of parkville high school. as justin said, the damage can be widespread and not that far apart from one another. in terms of the major roadways, we don't have problems. there are few delays and light to moderate volume. traffic is off to a good start. getting out of your neighborhood could be where you have difficulties. looking around the area, this is what we have in terms of closure in baltimore city northern parkway closed at mcclain, paring closed at mcclain and parkville, paring parkway at oakley road is closed. joppa, route 7 old mountain road closed because of debris. and baltimore city, two accidents one at cold spring lane and green spring and the other in kateonsville that has route 40 -- excuse me rolling road at route 40 closed because deaf brie. be on the lookout for dark traffic lights this morning. treat those as a four-way stop. we have more of your severe weather coverage coming up next when "good morning, maryland" returns after this. >>> 5:46 right now. we have got severe weather we are deal

possible tornado in parkville. it's possible. some reports indicating the damage may have done that. but an investigation from the national weather service will confirm that. baltimore city kevin cart wright reporting and confirmed with the national weather service that wind of 80 miles per hour bhiew through northeast baltimore causing problems there. so we were trying to do research and we have got that confirmed. and that came from kevin cartwright fire chief this morning. we have picked up the highest wind on the storm center weathernet in laurel at johns hop kens university applied physical -- johns hopkins university applied physics lab. a mild start at 54. there's the line of storms that blew through this morning. we take it past the storm damage where it blew on the eastern shore. we have had a chance to dry out with a brief shower around the region this morning, mainly to the north side with clearing to the south. the wind advisory goes into effect at 9 a.m. so the wind will pick up again -- winds will pick up again toda

in parkville, another region hit hard.es with a downed tree at putty hill avenue. the right plan is close with debris at perring parkway and belvedere. there is a downed tree and closures at rolling road and rte. 40. pulaski highway, use extra caution, the lights are out at that intersection. we of a downed tree in joppa. those defective traffic lights. this is greenspring. a slowdown developing towards the j.f.x. this is 295. we have been experiencing slowdowns all morning at 175. >> things are pretty quiet this morning compared to last night. right now, we're picking up a few sprinkles here and there. most of that in the southern part of pennsylvania. we have a 20% chance you'll run into a sprinkle of this morning. let's take a wider view of this store but system. there is a big rain shield ahead of it. things are settling down. the pressure gradient is pretty tight. i think the wind will gust 30 or 40 miles per hour because of the system. the ground is saturated. it could be enough to knock over some trees this afternoo

ann school in annapolis and parkville middle, 39-mile-per-hour wind gust. but go a mile away and winds could have been over 50 nearby as well. this is one particular location. there's the radar at two with the heavier line of storms pushed through. and they got into cecil county and eastern shore. that's out of here. one more line of showers pushing through the northern sections this morning. and while the clearing to the south, we expect things to clear out. but the wind will blow things out. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., we have a wind advisory. wind could gust to 40 miles per hour, and that's pretty much statewide from route 50 northbound. we expect strong gusty winds. and we may not be dob with some -- done with some of the leaves and branches and small trees coming down. we will keep an eye out for that as strong winds will build a midday high temperature of 61. we will tall to the -- fall to the 50s with gusty wind and clearing skies this afternoon. for more on the problems on your commute, here's the latest traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: we are getting rep

>> reporter: its been a long night for residents in the parkville area. after 1:30, the storm blew through and brought significant dang. let's show you what we see along forest avenue. we have downed power lines, downed trees, as many as a dozen emergency crews from baltimore county out here working the parkville area. talked to several of the fire crew members and what they are telling us is they are going from hot spot to hot spot. power here right now very spotty throughout the morning. and you expect that with the downed power lines. this tree top we see right here was shoring off the top of a tree 20 yards from here blown across into the yard. this is the scene throughout the morning. we see it downed power lines and trees across the roadway. rob lives here along forest avenue. he was here when this happened. and made his way in and rob if you will join me quickly, as you came in this morning, you weren't at home, but your roommates called and said you need to get home quickly. >> i got here probably 15 minutes after it blew through, and i mean my ac

i'm in parkville. they have set up a massive staging area. there are at least two homes where families have been displaced because the homes were completely damaged by a possible tornado or straight lined wind. for his a tree that is completely up rooted and has toys all over the yard. there were supposedly almost three touchdowns for whatever it was -- straight line winds are possible turnout 2:00 a.m. last night. it went through right in the center of parkville. there have been no injuries. there was a call to do a rescue but it was unfounded. no injuries or fatalities associated with this. the danger of this morning would be the downed power lines all throughout the community. putty avenue, are a downed power lines everywhere. you cannot see out here. we have a light now. a tree is completely up routed behind me. some children's toys were displaced. a couple of cars were smashed by trees. and there are two families that work displays. this is very much a developing story. the staging area is on pawlenty avenue. they are collaborating with

we set up a command post here at the parkville fire station.s lightening up this morning, we're going to be traveling the area doing a damage assessment and seeing what the needs are here in the community. there's been aashelter that has been set up at towson at the senior center foo families that are without power or had some damage tt their home and feel that they needda place to go. so it's a wook in progress. >> reporter: important to note that ttis is not over yet. %-ground we have wind advisories through the afternoon and through evening the strong winds up to 50 miles per hour could mean more damage just like this. it's not over yet, ww are still dealing with it for the rest of the day. >> reporter: we heard of winds that are excessiveeof 800miles per hour. we with are talking hurricane force ones, whether ssraight line or not. >> the same damage, equaling damaging winds. >> reporter: we're still looking at the winds and we are3 at 15-20-mile-an-hourrwinds on the backside on the backssde of the low pressure center that were associated wi

parkville area northeast of town dutch village.some spots got at the minimum some very powerful straight line winds of was a brief tornado, national weather will report their findings in a day or two. chilly night out there kelly but quiet on the rain. nothing going on at the moment. what a change from late last night. 53 degrees right now at the airport. we've got humidity 46%. earlier today you know some cloud cover early on but then the sunshine breaking through. skies clearing off pretty nicely as we work towards sunset this evening. i want to take you to a beautiful view over the chesapeake today. great looking weather in that direction as well. but it was windy out there. no doubt about that. look at some of the peak wind gusts. 42 edge mere. we gusted to 40 in bowie. 45 in westminster. that was something that will blow off the ball cap so to speak. we're seeing wind gusts 20 to 25. no more wind advisory through the day but still breezy night out there. some tree limbs could potentially come down. you have to watch out if you

in parkville, tim rutherford, abc 2 news. . >>> all right. on the weather front today, you know, we're still waiting to hear from the national weather service on exactly what type of storm that was that came through the parkville area, the northeast part of town. want to just quickly before we get into weather show you abc2news.com, we're talking about this on our weather blog here, lynette charles, williams doing a bit of an update on this for us, but our friends at accuweather doing a pretty good analysis too on this, this is an accurate look at the storm when it came through at 1:30 a.m., and that single spot of green indicating a twist in the winds there. so that would tend to favor the potential of a tornado with the storm. and there's sort of a side scan of the storm showing a bit of a rotation too. so we're going to be interested to see what the national weather service in d.c. has to say. back here tonight though, cloudy skies, hit or miss drizzle out to the west, 40s west, low 50s, here in the harbor area, down through annapolis and

abc2 news charlie crowson is live in parkville in baltimore county with more.nd i cannot believe that tree on top of that house. it's incredible. >> reporter: it's unbelievable when you look at this tree that fell on the house and crushed it. this is one of the more severely hit houses in the storm from a few hours ago. construction crews on the scene this morning. beginning to assets what it is. they are going to be able to salvage out of this house if anything at all. we learned that there were three ladies living in the house. three disabled ladies, none of them were injured. they were evacuated from the home shortly after the storm. they are now at safety this morning. but you see the devastation of the storm in the house alone. that tree completely toppled over on top. we talked to someone from baltimore that owns the house and managed it for the three ladies. she went in and said there was some mild structural damage inside. but outside what you are seeing as pan pans around and shows you, the destruction is emense. this is the scene on oakley. one block

at least before there's any more bad weather because it's just been a mess out here all over parkville they have been cleaning out. we're talking about damage that covers at least 2 to 3 or more miles in an area around joppa road. the homes were heavily damaged by falling trees. heaviest was on dixon avenue. they didn't know what hit them. just before 1:30 this morning daniel danielle's dog started barking. >> it was like a freight train coming through the house. >> reporter: it knocked a 50- foot tree but the winds didn't stop and it got worse. >> the tree went over it went up against the house. the way the tree falling down, i mean with the weight of the tree it started going into the house and collapsing into the house. they would have had time to get out if it wasn't 2 by 4s laying here drywall. >> reporter: all through parkville the damage was everywhere. trees ripped down power lines and power poles. cars were buried under tree branches roofs and shingles ripped off of homes and people still without power. in denise backyard a large part of the privacy fence is on the ground. a t

. >> reporter: i am charlie crowson live in parkville this morning.ng about celebrations, many celebrating cleanup efforts and being thankful that no one was killed yesterday in those early morning storms. cleanup efforts will continue throughout the day. coming up, a sign that these people's faith that no one was killed. >>> and landmark teacher contracts brings out thousands of people, but the second attempt to pass, was it successful? >>> and he trained fighters, and now the fighters will say final good-byes to the man we all called mr. mack. >>> also ahead, kobayashi do it again and now account terps do it in the activity to participate in at college park. >>> good morning. i am jamie costello. >> i am megan prink especially this is your news to go. let's go to meteorologist justin berk. >> there's assess -- they are tell assessing the damage and what kind of storm hit baltimore city and baltimore county. let's go back to yesterday where we talked about a 57-mile-per-hour wind. they still have the strongest wind in maryland today. but 16-mile-per-

. >> twisted signs that was parkville yesterday. today, we want to know does it look any better. charlie crowson is back out there this morning. how does it look. >> reporter: looks incredible. you wouldn't imagine the way it looked here 24 hours ago. we are in the same location we were at oakley and forest avenue and while those in the dutch village apartments are displaced this morning, many here in the parkville area are still in the homes. you look down and see a street. this is forest avenue. still completely clean following yesterday's devastation in the strong storms around 1:30 in the morning. and you know, a lot of times, response crews, bge and emergency crews will be criticized for not responding quickly enough. you see the results of the work yesterday as well as neighbor helping neighbor and coming out to clean things up. let's look at a couple of the images from yesterday as you mentioned. uprooted trees, roofs shoring off the top and everything you can imagine following a storm like this. that was the scene yesterday. we showed you the way things are today. and let

one parkville man caught the storm in action. it go to our website at foxbaltimore.com/raw news. >>> just days before millions of americans will take to thh skies for thanksgiving travel, concerns over enhanced airport security screenings are reaching new highs. it looks ike the security measures are here to stay. from the directtr of the tsa who is speaking out about the new measures. >> reporter: a lot going on here at bwi. ootside theyyre talking about winter storm preparations, but inside still a lot of talk over the concerns of the security measuues, from the full body -cans to the pat downs. critics say they are worried that the workers will use these measures to get too frisky. it looks like we're going to get comfortable. tsa director was before a senate committee testifying from radiation concerns and to body pat downs that might be he told the committee that he and other members of the tsa department went through a pat down before it was instituted. while it maybe uncomfortable, it's necessary to keep americans as safe

it was definitely a tornado. >> reporter: we are back live in parkville. look at the trees behind me. you can see they just came down and came down fast. but this really shows what happened here. this tree just fell in a matter of seconds, and look how deep these roots are. these roots haae to be about five feet deep into the ground. you can see how big of a trench it has left and it really shows the strength of the wind that blew through here this morning. live in parkville, kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 5:30. >> thank you, kathleen. >>> just a few miles down the road and across the city line another neighborhood is in pieces. megan guillen was in northeast baltimore off northern parkway as residents woke up to the destruction. >> reporter: 80 myrrh winds. >> a lot of winds just wooshing around. >> reporter: ripped through the still of the night. >> and i did hear like a cracking sound. >> reporter: residents in the dutch village town home community opened their doors to destruction. >> what the hell happened? what is this? >> reporter: soon emergency c

. >> and i am jeff barnd..3 the storm hit a small section of baltimore city, and parkville. but left a huge mess. >> keith daniels live in northeast baltimore where a neighborhood is in pieces tonight. keith? >>well, the, jennifer, live at the dutch village apartments, on the plymouth roadside. we're standing right across from one of the hardest hit buildings here. take a look. storm winds, peel the roof off. causing siinificant damage. now, in total, nnarly 360 units of damage here. 16 buildings are condemned. including the one behind me. and each condemned building has about 54 units. now innall, nearly 250 rrsidents have been displaced, including one man that ttied to return to his apartment today, to salvage what he could. >> well, came back to see if i could get my car, i mean, i got medicines in my apartment. i am a heart patient. - cannot get it. red cross trying to help, you know. and i cannot get my car, or go into he apartment until tomorrow. >> now, we are back live. in the meantime, the clean up. all day and night. down trees have been removed from the streets. t

. >> you can see some of the damage in northeast baltimore and parkville behind us. roofs torn off homes. trees ripped out of the ground. parts of boats landing on cars. >> we have teem coverage of the damage. that people are still cleaning up as we speak. >> keith daniels, from northeast baltimore tonight. where people are still dealing with the dammge from last niggt's wicked weather. >> returning home, after the storm. >> i feel like crap, man. >> police officers keeping people from their property. safety first. she considers herself ffrtunate when talking about her apartment. >> it was not destroyed. it was shaken. my car had somebody's roof on it. material thing. >> go behind the police boundary, you see the3 destruction up close. homes destroyed at the dutch villagg apartments and townhomes. in total, nearly 360 units are damaged. 16 buildings are condemned. including george stellar's building. >> i feel like crap. waaing up in the middle of the night. @%d my roof is off. i am like totally violateed. >> each condemned building has 55 units. and in all, 250 resi

roosevelt leftwich joins us live from parkville. devastating pictures. >> reporter: it's absolutely incredible. this is a little piece of tree right. this little piece of tree came from that big tree that went right through the roof of that house. take a look at some of the pictures. the damage was wide spread varied from a few shingles off a roof to a large tree into the middle of a house. two to three square area around joppa road was affected by the winds and rains. it started at 1:30 in the morning. the wind started how long the houses shook and then things started falling. >> i was downstairs, you hear the thing about the freight train and that was pretty accurate. >> really. >> i didn't realize a tree had come down even though it scraped the back of the house. it sounded like a huge wind and it was 10 seconds. >> reporter: i would like to know who that guy's insurance company is when we were out here earlier they had the tree removed and now they are putting the roof back on. they hope to have the roof back on at least through

as far as what it was called, it was near hamilton and parkville. ef-1 tornado, 250-yard wide almost half mile path as it touched down a couple of times there. much quieter picture this morning. settled down. 39 salisbury, edgewood and chestertown the same. parkton 36. 30's closer to freezing in western maryland right now. just a couple of scattered clouds here and there. none of it making rain or snow this morning. that is well to the north. that will stay to the north the next couple of days as a big area of high pressure will move in and keeping us in great shape for some beautiful weekend weather. all kinds of leaves knocked out of the trees with the storms. you have a project this weekend cleaning them up and the weather will be good for that. to the pacific northwest unsettled weather and eventually systems out there will move into the center part of the nation and eastward. so as we approach thanksgiving it could get a little rough. until then we're in great shape. slightly cooler today 48 to 53 west winds five to 10 miles an hour. seven-day

homes that need a lot of repair work here in the parkville and carne area. >> reporter: in parts of parkville today. saws were buzzing. hatchets were flying. and limbs were falling. >> total debris all over the house. it was just a mess. >> reporter: homeowners up to their elbows in hard work. >> just a little sweat. >> reporter: because it's not just one or two trees down. dozens of monstrous trees have toppled. >> do you see and trees standing? 3 there's one. but every one has been hit. >> reporter: so many trees down, the power company is still out in force. as are contractors, working to quickly repair and replace. >> some of these yards look like a disaster zone, with trees down everywhere. many of the homeowners still waiting for their insurance adjustors to come out with the damage. >> i don't know how much they're going to cover. >> no matter where the money comes from, it all adds up to a busy bonanza. >> it's going to make a lot of people happy to do this for a living, like me. >> reporter: but homeowners like cameron brendon aren't smiling. he's lost too much and knows the cleanup

a parkville resident was able to capture the accident as it all unfolded.is surveillance camer cam was d running during the high of the storm. it shows a transformer exploding after a telephone pole falls on top of it. >> why i woke up, out of bed and it took me by surprise. you hear about rain wraps tornados all the timee i was like i need to get up and check thing out. >> he wasn't sure at the time exactly what happened. >> you can cceck aal of the3 video f the storm damage unhe unedited. to see it go to foxbaltimore.com/raw news. >>> many of our fox 45 viewers the story of the storm. look at this. this picture was taken by dusty at kingsville and you can see that huge tree fell on thh roof of the home. luckily as in many of these cases, no one was hurt,,but dusty says there's a floor to ceiling crack that has to be ú%lled now. >>> at kearney they have a lot of cleaning up to do. that's a lot of trees on that front lawn. you can up load photos and videos at foxbaltimore.com and click on the see it, shoot it, send it i con. you can send photos from your ce

this tree early wednesday morning in oakville road in parkville, baltimore county. tree crashed here and the home is condemned and residents are forced out. >> i was thankful it didn't hit anyone and get anyone hurt. it was crazy. >> reporter: the storm cut a path of description a-- description -- >> the top of the hot tub was gone. >> reporter: and residents tell us when the massive tree came crashing down, the people were inside sleeping including two women. fortunately, no one was hurt. >> they've lost their home next to us. the whole tree's on top of their house. >> reporter: crews cut up trees and removed debris and the utility workers restored the power for those in the dark. >> reporter: the debate waged for the weather terminology. suffice it to say, it was a sleeping giant that woke up other sleeping giants. >> you can see this path. >> reporter: this tree will have to be removed and then, the inspectors can determine if the house can be repaired if if it needs to be torn down. back to you now. >>> and thank you, in the past hour, we've learned that the sam

. >>> the residents of parkville continue their clean up efforts throughout the day. verizon workers were fixing downed cables and tree companies were cuting into some of the oaks. weather experts have not determined yet whether it was a tornado but this arbor rift thinks not. >> and all the trees were all blowing in one direction for 95% of them. tornadoes, a strong tornado, will -- spirals so you'll have stuff goin' in every different direction. so i'm not convinced that it was a tornado. >> although the wind damage did create headaches for some residents, major damage in the area was minimal and there were no injuries. >>> now the american red cross continues to take donation toss help people in dutch village struggling to try to make a bad situation better. you can help out families with a donation to the foreign red cross. you can donate $10 just pie texting "react" to 50555 or give them a call at (410)624- 2000 to help make a difference. >>> abc 2 will continue following the storm clean up. head to our web site at and 2news.com for the latest information. you ca

damage we have been seeing all around the area, especially up and down the northern parkway and parkville as well. baltimore county and baltimore city all hitch good morning, i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. we are waiting to figure out whether it was a tornado. >> what's taking so long to find out whether it was a tornado or not? >> they look at doppler radar estimate and being see inside the storm whether there's twisting of the wind, but they take into account for witnesses testimony. it hit at 1:30 and how many witness does you have? people woke up when it hit and afterwards. but to see what happened, it's the damage assessments. they went out to see how the trees were bent and knocked down, the debris field, was it all in one direction indicating straight line wind. was it twisted. >> what's your gut tell you in. >> i haven't been there firsthand. seeing that, 80-mile-per-hour winds is pretty legitimate. you know, seeing large planks impaled in the building and cars piled up, that's legitimate to push 80-mile-per-hour wind. but at this point, it's academic. the wind were n

it buried us from parkville all the way to pasadena, from the eastern shore to east baltimore.re stuck in our homes for days in a complete whiteout. when it comes to getting around who better to talk to than the men and women who are plowing the roads so we can get around? abc2 news don "disco" harrison talked with the state highway administration as they mapped out our winter for us. >> reporter: things look good outside today but you know that is going to change. winter is coming and the state highway administration is ready. >> established a network to communicate with trucking companies and we have redeployment plans for larger equipment which we normally have in western maryland but will be bringing it to the metro area depending on where storms hit hardest. >> reporter: the state is going to expand the sugar beet molasses program they tried for the first time last year. they mix the salt brine with molasses and it makes the salt stick to the road better. they can even put it down a day early for storms that are going to start with rain to get ahead of the game. it has man

people in parkville are cleaning up after some powerful winds knocked down just about everything in its path. no one was seriously hurt. now to help people affected by the storm, the mayor has setup a disaster relief fund. sawyer realty has committed to donate $10,000 to kick off that fund. baltimore businesses and individuals interested in donating to disaster relief fund can do so through harbor bank of maryland, you can send it to that address there on your screen. for more information on this disaster and how you can help head to our web site, abc2news.com, and click on the local tab. >>> and you know what joce, we're still waiting to hear exactly what that storm was and it's an academic argument to see if it was some straight line winds, a bit of a burst or an actual tornado. right now the indications looking more like that may have been a tornado on the nose of that line of storms, we'll wade to see and get word from the national weather service later tonight. let's look first at what we're seeing out there tonight. cloudy skies, not much rain in the area, that's for sure. skies a

probably 53, parkville tomorrow as we continue to clean up the hard hit areas storm damage.ch or two of drizzle and a mix of mostly cloudy skies and some sun mixing in. clear tonight under clear skies. we will keep cooling off and off to the west, not much going on. the storm from last night well out to sea now. the next storm not as strong and tracking south of us, what we are expecting from this storm is not much other than cloud cover to come in tomorrow and a little bit of a breezy condition. chilly winds will keep funneling in but not powerful winds, the core of this storm system will stay to the south. we will get spin off cloud cover. not as much sun but less windy and a cooler day. into friday the sun back and forth. we are left with a couple of bright sunny days, another mighty fine looking november weekend. enjoy the mild days even into saturday. right now looks like toward the holiday dramaticly colder. it'll be chillier by turkey day. tonight 38, clear and chilly, tomorrow breezy, but not powerful winds and we may see patchy drizzle. into tomorrow night generally

and baltimore city, edmonton windor mill and another crash in parkville at taylor and paring parkway. darned right it's something to be concerned become we pay tuition, we tell our teens to watch out for this and that. and then this and that happens. loyola, he essex, and towson things happen in three but eit has to stop before it reaches four. sherrie johnson is live with more on crime on campus. sherrie. >> reporter: good morning. we are live at towson university. i have to tell you in the two hours we have been here this morning, we have seen a beefed up security out here. we have seen a number of patrols going by. a lot more than we usually see when on campus becauseyone is on high alert after robberies on three different college campuses. on monday, of last week a. woman at towson university was robbed while trying to make an atm deposit and thursday a man held a gun to a woman in a parking lot at the ccbc essex campus and took her wallet. on friday, three students at loyola university were robbed in a parking lot when two men walked up to them and demanded money and jewelry. all

charlie crowson stumbled on significant damage in parkville. >> reporter: good morning. the storm was quick and powerful blasting through baltimore city and county leaving many wondering what happened. wind topped out at an estimated 80 miles an hour ripping off roof tops uprooting trees and knockout power to thundershowers. many have had -- power to thousands. many have had power restored. more than 250 residents remain without power. storm affected more than two scwiel mayor area around joppa road and perring parkway. >> my family was awokened by the trumbull. they said the house and windows shook. my daughter was frightened and jumped up out of bet bed along with my husband. when i jumped up it was over, in a matter of 20 seconds. >> the tree came down two yards up. two trees crossed the road. like passed between two houses. can't explain it. >> incredible -- >> reporter: an incredible tale of what happened. only three people suffered minor injuries following the storm that struck while most were asleep. by friday night or first light yesterday, emergency crews were i

here is another picture of a tree that came down in parkville. check out all of the storm damage and submit your own photos at wbaltv.com. >> police have arrested two young boys accused of stealing exotic animals from carrie murray nature center. the mother of one of the boys allegedly called police to say they have the missing animals. the animals were all back to the nature center and are said to be doing just fine. authorities have busted a cross- country cocaine ring. using a private jet, the rain began running drugs back in may . 14 people including a local deejay and heads of the entertainment companies are those facing money trafficking charges of. >> police nature help to locate the thief or thieves responsible for stealing credit cards. police say the cards were stolen from parked vehicles throughout the county over the past few months. general motors goes public traded on the new york stock exchange for the first time in nearly 18 months. >> kate amara is in our washington bureau with details. >> american taxpayers recover billions in w

. >>> official word, it was a tornado that struck north east baltimore and parkville, two days ago and strong was it. i'm andrea fujii and we'll have a live report, just ahead. >>> and if you're heading out on the roads, still, no delays and we have two more accidents, we'll tell you where. >>> and along with "harry potter," one of the big movies is the next three days with russell crowe and elizabeth banks. elizabeth is joining us and she's talking about fantasy football. she's a major player. it was a nice sit down. we'll have more, after this. , >>> it's 6:30 and a pleasant start. it looks like it could be spectacular in about 20 minutes or so. >> sharon keeps her eyes on the track. >>> let's look at the photographic -- graphic. and there it is. the the high pressure spinning down to the south. and that's locked the weather down in a calm pattern for the next five days. this day, it will be cooler than normal. and 41 this morning and 49 this evening. a beautiful way to end the workweek and start the work day. >> sharon will keep you moving forward. >>> we've gotten a bunch of accide

. -- parkville. blacks the trees were waving like palm trees. they were waving back and forth and then all of a sudden a big crack. it was coming towards the window and it landed right on the house. >> with wind gusts over 80 miles per hour, lots of people who live here believe that this was a tornado that hit early this morning. >> it was. >> is felt like it was a storm and then the sky lit up. in about 10 seconds, it was awful. >> i think it was a tornado because it hit the tree and the tree came loose and then it came to the front of the house and it pulled up a flagpole that was cemented down. >> you see this trampoline? it was blown from that yard at that house over there. even though there were downed trees everywhere. >> my husband heard this. by the time he got to the basement, it was gone. >> the storm did not last long but it did a lot of damage and it was very frightening. >> i was scared to death at when i heard that in the overnight, especially the wind. >> it has been a long day of cleaning up here in parkville. >> you have seen th

the f-1 created the worse damage it parkville and baltimore city. hundreds were forced into shelters as homes were deemed unlivable. that brings us to the big story. while many focus on getting their homes cleaned up, insurance officials are warning homeowners to be prepared for possible scams. >> such as fraudulent contractors and repair services. jennifer franciotti is live in northeast baltimore with the details on that and warnings. >> good morning. we are in the dutch village community where you can see damage from wednesday's tornado. although it area is going to be taken care of by the property managers, many homeowners are concerned about scam artists with good reason. we have been told there have been a few possible cons out there. with the destruction homeowners are often overwhelmed. the attorney general office and department of labor, license being an regulation say avoid contractors who come to your door unsolicited. hire only licensed contractors. insist on a complete written contract. no your rights to cancel the contracts. pay only o

derek valcourt is in parkville with their story. >> this is no small storm. it was powerful enough to uproot and knock down pretty large trees like this. 100 of them, in fact. on their way down, hitting houses, cars, and even power lines. >> the mess in dennis boyd's yard has him convinced of what happened early wednesday morning. >> it's definitely a tornado. i was in my bedroom when it hit. >> reporter: tornadoes down. shingles on its roof missing. and windows shattered. >> how long do you think it this going to take before you're back to normal? >> i think it will be weeks, actually, maybe a month. >> reporter: others agree. maybe it follows the hard work. others need a little help. >> still waiting to hear from the insurance companies. >> reporter: next door, it's more of the same. >> that tree just came right down. and that's what you're looking at right there. >> reporter: these neighborhoods are a gold mine for contractors who know storms like this are good for business. >> i counted 40 houses damaged in westfederal. -- westfield and over here, about 1

. >> reporter: in the parkville neighborhoods, they woke to mother nature's mess. the trouble began at 1:45 and the neighborhoods heard the storms. >> my wife and i sat up and we said, we better get to the basement and by that time, it was over. >> reporter: some homes suffered damage and missed siding and others not as fortunate. >> all of a sudden, you hear the tree go down and this is what happens. and first, it was just sitting on the house, as time went by, it had crept down the house. >> reporter: the homeowners were out of town. >> and when the crews awifed -- arrived, it was clear that an unusual wealth earl event went through. >> it wasn't until this morning when some realized how severe the storm was. >> i looked around and there were two trees right next door to me that fell completely. one on the car there and one on the car there. >> and that was derek valcourt reporting. we'll go to captain mike perry getting a bird's eye view of the damage now. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon, jessica and everyone. it looks like the bulk of the dama

roadways through parkville have been reopened but keep in mind key brie -- debris on the road will beone song, "what's my name?" she will be here live, performing from her brand-new cd, in our fall concert event. >> has all the leaves on the studio floor right there. the fall concert series. >>> did you know, george, if you take steps now to be healthier, when you turn 50, within three months, you can see a real change. >> three months? >> three months. and it lets you live a longer life. >> i have just about that much to go. >> you do. we have zeroing in on the big 5-0. we've asked experts, asked them all. including tennis great, martina navratilova. got on the court with her and schooled her. the best ways to be 50 and fit. >> that looks like fun. >>> we'll start with the weather and sam. hey, sam. >> hey, george. we're not even side stage. we're practically on the stage. on the stage performing with rihanna. look. the band's right there. never -- [ cheers and applause ] never before -- wait. is rihanna coming out now? she's coming out right now. crazy. that's why i love this show.

. -- parkville. >> students went home early because there was no electricity. the storm left behind all kinds of damage. many think it was a tornado that came through their neighborhood. >> i think it was a tornado because it hit the tree, the tree can lose and then it came to the front of the house and it pulled a flagpole that was cemented down. >> it looks like it was a storm to me and then the sky lit up. it was awful. >> a huge tree came down on his home. everyone inside was lucky to get out without any injuries. >> the trees were waving back and forth and all of a sudden a big white crack, i thought that lightning hit the tree. this was not lightning, it must have been the electric. >> this was shattered. this came through the roof. to show you how strong this was, this was blown from that yard and that house over there. the power company was working to restore power. there were no injuries. >> everything was blowing around. the window was not tested out, i feel lucky. >> what to do you think it was? >> definitely. >> we are lucky. we have a handicapped m

this is in the parkville area right on the line with beltway county. winds last night reported near 80 miles per hour. emergency teams expect to be on scene all day. >>> in other news, jury dlikses begin today in murder trial of ingmar guandique. >> the man charged in the murder of chandra levy. >> jury of nine women, three men, listened to closing arguments tuesday. prosecutors admit they don't know how she died, but they believe he killed her. the defense says there's too much reasonable doubt to convict him. a lot of evidence is circumstantial which in many cases juries don't like. >> they don't like these kind of cases, they want hard evidence, pictures, dna, fingerp evidence, pictures, dna, fingerp rints. >> the verdict will not be the last word on the case. gary con dit, former congressman that had an affair with leave ee writing a book on the case. >>> u.s. district court in greenville, maryland busy again today. some people indicted in prince georges county corruption probe have detention hearings there this afternoon. this week, three police o

. >> we are here at home in part will -- parkville. homeowners are trying to make sure they get the repairs done, but that they have higher the right company, filed the insurance claims, and avoid becoming victims once again. out of the chaos, creativity. this resident cards the stump of a fallen tree into a work of art. on forest avenue, clean-up continues as workers remove debris. the next step is to repair the missing reif and cracked wall of this house. >> the neighbor was trying to collect the pieces and put the puzzle together. >> they are trying to make the right moves to repair their homes. >> they ripped off the siding, some shingles from the roof, my awning and gutter. the first day is devastating. >> hiring the right people for the job adds to the burden. >> you are overwhelmed and making decisions in a time of an emotional crisis. it is just hard to figure out what to do and what not to do. >> he says he has already been approached by someone he thought was trying to take it bandage of him. >> we signed a contract and had t

pete thompson from parkville having a birthday today as well. this is his little boy kingston.ned 5 yesterday. happy birthday to all of you. >>> and belated birthday to producer extraordinaire dan taylor. good morning to you. if you're having a birthday, we want to know all about it. send us all the info, whoever's celebrating a birthday, send us all the details. let us know so we can say happy birthday to you on the air. >>> happy birthday, dan taylor. you get to come back into work at midnight the next day. that's the way to celebrate. how about warm temperatures? we get a chance to enjoy and celebrate this. we keep delaying the onset of cool air, that's a benefit to us, locally. may not be a benefit to the rest of the nation. 61 today after morning fog. we'll drop into the mid-20s overnight, push 66 tomorrow. chance of afternoon showers. most of tomorrow should be dry. we'll break out dry weather, could stay in the upper 40s. next storm starts to approach, that's thanksgiving day, there's a chance of showers in the morning, rain building in the afternoon. because we keep the

mostly in northeast baltimore and part of bill --parkville.ls provided temporary assistance for those in need. apartment buildings were condemned. more than 350 other units were damaged. county officials said that 92 homes were damaged. despite the damage, no lives were lost. there were some injuries, but none are life-threatening. as we approach the holiday season, some of these families will still be recovering from their loss. wbal-tv 11 is joining the mayor in asking you to make contributions to the disaster relief fund for northeast baltimore to help these families. sawyer realty donated $10,000 to start the fund. ordinations can be sent to the fund. go to wbaltv.com and click on hot topics for details. as we give thanks with our friends and families for all the we have to be grateful for, please take a moment to think of those families whose lives changed in the blink of an eye. they are in need of help. there is no better time to reach out with support than now. ♪ ♪ have a better day... [ male announcer ] with new breakfast melts. try t

moments later a shopping center in parkville, leaving another path of destruction about one- third ofnd 250 yards wide. in all, about 350 apartments and townhouses, 16 buildings and 54 residential units. hundreds of people are displaced. >> we are now seeing radar image of the tornado. >> this time was a little unique. it is not something that we normally see year. it most of the damage was not caused by the tornado funnel cloud, by the larger thing that recall the macro burst, which is a downpour of horizontal winds. at 1:35 a.m., in the early morning hours of wednesday it had 100 miles per hour when the estimates by the weather service folks who surveyed the storm. the path was 250 yards wide and less than half a mile long. here is the radar image you referred to this was the doppler radar spinning at that time. it was but of very briefly. but only lasted a minute or two. some downburst winds that occur out of those thunderstorms. it happened right neared baltimore city and baltimore city and county line. then it just kind of disappeared. we have much quieter weather coming at us fo

pink thompson from parkville. his babey boy kingston with him.ey addison from the baltimore area turning the big five yesterday. >> belated birthday to our executive producer dan taylor. he turns something or other on saturday. if you're having a birthday, we want to know all about it. send us a short e-mail with an attached photo of your friend or family member to morningshow@wmar.com. >>> 6:25 right now. strength unlike most animals, but their beauty is captivating. >> the critical crossroads tigers are facing and the protection they desperately need. >>> police want to talk to a person of interest after a correction's officer was found murdered. find out what detectives have to say in this case. >>> officers found blood and knew there was more to the story. the shooting death of a correctional officer and the child she leaves behind. >>> the stance the pope has taken and caused controversy among millions of catholics. >>> brian st. pierre, faces ray lewis and the ravens d. >> they're always better when they win. everyone's in a better mood. >>

. >>> parkville residents will spend most of their residents cleaning up. verizon workers were reattaching cables and trees. ladies in the area, thankfully there was no minimal. >>> the red cross is taking donations to help people who are struggling to make a bad situation better. if you want to earl this p out you can make a donation to the red cross. so you can donate $10 just by texting the word react or 50555 or you can call the number on your screen and help make a difference. remember abc10 news continues with soily clean up right now. if you want more information for the latest information and you can check out our fan book fan page. >> new information this morning, a woman police say who somehow fired -- friends we spoke with of an eye say he died yesterday morning at a hospital after suffering severe burns. rick was expected to be charged with the murder. witnesses say he report the gasoline on meyers and lit her on fire late last month. friends played the home of memorial service sunday at 1:30:00 p.m. >>> prosecutors will present everyday in a fe

last night and structural damage at parkville. that's the only place where they'll see if a tornado touched down. with straight line winds they can be hurricane force and be in a straight line and cause brick walls to collapse. we'll come back with weather in a minute. >>> tonight the jury in the chandra levy trial is back home without a verdict. ingmar guandique is facing murder charges. the jury asked for a photo of guandique. there was a question as to whether he had scratches on his face on the night after chandra went missing. >>> come tomorrow, another suspect in the murder of beloved dc school principal brian betts is expected to plead guilty. court documents show prosecutors are expecting sharif lancaster to admit his part in the crime. police found betts dead inside his home back in april. another suspect pled guilty last week. >>> tonight a police officer accused of conspiring with criminals will stay behind bars. simek is one of three cops connected to an alcohol and cigarette smuggling operation where prince george's p

charcoal grill in parkville celebrating the 20th anniversary. what is he doing in rolling back the prices to 20 years ago. >> great. >> i thought it would be -- you would be interested in bargen when we will go over to studio b during the next hour and have simple apple soup. ever try it. >> simple. >> simple. >> all right. >> easy to make and we will give outrecipe. apple and squash soup. >> classic catering people. >>> and mortgage monday. i got this note. rules have changed is what carl isn't me. >> again. >> imagine that in the mortgage industry. >> all right. we start with the hot topic and today this is one you can relate to. you may hate paying airline baggage fees but the airline companies are no doubt loving it. the dollar amounts for 2010 first two quarters are in and airlines have collected more than 1.6 billion dollars in baggage fees alone. that's according to the bureau of transportation. they ranked the top 20 airlines based on baggage revenues delta is at the top of the his raking in more than 473 million. that's just for your ba

this is the parkville area, right on the line with baltimore county. winds last night were reported at 80 miles per hour. emergency teams are expected to be on the scene all day. >>> high winds made a terrible mess in northern virginia. this was the scene at 15th and harrison streets in arlington, virginia this morning. strong winds snapped the tree in half. luckily, no one was injured. a downed tree also made a section of greenbriar street a mess. crews are in that area trying to clean things up. >>> remember that whenever severe weather strikes, wusa9.com has full details for you. check out the live interactive doppler radar. it's on our weather page. >>> a verdict in the chandra levy murder case could come as soon as today. jury deliberations in the case again ingmar guandique were scheduled to start today. bruce? >> reporter: hey, jc. you can see the cameras and microphones are set up here in case we get a verdict any time in the next few hours. the jury, we can only presume are back in the jury room deliberating for the last two and a half hours.

homes along wood cross road and parkville have broken gutters and damaged their roofs but there are also signs from major clean up, up, broken down tree in one yard has been cut up and put intooa nice neat pile. >> bge. county. we are right on the ball. we woke up and it was people everywhere working. it was amazing how fast they got this cleaned up. >> 45,000 bge customers lost power in the storm. all the power issback on now. >> about first oo fox tonight. allegations of unfair practices at the baltimore city pprkiig authority. michael bush internow investigates the city playing parking may monopoly in tonight's police watch report. michael. >> jeff, the accusations stem from a valuable contract that is about to be awarded to a baltimore city parking operator. now some other management companies are crying foul. baltimore city parking authority on more than 40 parking garages and lot across the city aad almost half are managed by private with the city. one of thes country largest working management firms is raise ago serious alleges agaan the parking authority in a protest letter ssnt

partly cloudy, even into parkville that temperature around 60 degrees. the 60s holding on like that button after the dinner that wants to pop off. satellite and radar not looking bad but we have clouds trying to stream in. once again partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. what do the clouds mean? that means we aren't going to drop them off to much as it would under a clear sky. we zoom out, there is that cold front that. will bring cooler air in as we go into many and we have mild air that will try to move in. high pressure into new england, will push off into the atlantic. a southerly flow. a milder wind as we go into tomorrow and even the next day. future forecast not picking up on a lot until we head into tuesday evening. maybe the rush hour, maybe a sprinkle or two and then into about 8:00, 9:00 we could see showers in the forecast. that's possible. you might want to break out the rain gear. even if you don't use it tuesday you could use it thursday. we have that break for wednesday, the biggest travel day of the year will be dry. i can do one of those for