this happened in salisbury, maryland monday afternoon. cars were tossed around in this parking lot right off route 13. homes and businesses were damaged and trees were ripped in their roots. today, a national weather service team is heading to salisbury to confirm if what neighbors heard was actually a tornado. >> look up and the trees are like -- almost touching the ground. the wind so strong. and all of a sudden, you know, i was like -- run for the back. >> heard what sounded like a freight train above the store and it sounded like bulls were running across the roof. and then after that we cameoed and everything was -- came outside and everything was destroyed. >> police say no injuries with deaths were reported despite all the damage. >>> pretty amazing that there were no injuries reported from that especially seeing the car just bein and spun around almost like a nascar crash. insane. here's what the storm report is in salisbury and i want to actually show you something that we look on radar which is the natural spin that happens in t

this is the national weather service that is covered by salisbury. so as this beam goes out away from the radar, it shoots further up in the sky. farther away it gets, the higher the beam goes. what was happening yesterday, the beam shooting over the rotation, so the radar couldn't pick up the rotation, but because of the fact that they saw some very heavy rain in the area, they did issue that severe thunderstorm warning. there's kind of the why behind the storm, yesterday, wendy. >> thank you, amelia. >>> you know anyone can fall victim to this, and now it's gaining attention from the white house, the new effort to tackle the opioid crisis that's hitting our schools, suburbs and cities. >>> mother turns her pain into purpose. what she wants others to learn from her son's overdosed death after touring with the >>> nonu.s. citizens be allowed the right to vote. it is a hot button issue. so much so in college park, the prince georges county police will bettending toni agh this is the moment. the moment you could put yourself in the driver's seat of a n

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. >>> and hear first responders react as the salisbury tornado touches the news at 11 starts now. >>> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >>> we've got breaking news in the wake of that tough talk from president donald trump today. north korea's state run media responded to that threat with one of its own. government there says it's looking at plans to attack the island of guam. that's a u.s. territory with a major u.s. air base. guam has a delegate to congress. we reached out to her tonight to get her concerns. she urged president trump to work with the international community to calm the situation down. and she said, guam remains safe, but i am confident in the ability of u.s. defenses to protect our island and the allies in the region. north korea's nuclear program has been in the headlines a lot over the past month. we're going to get you up to speed point. in march of last year, north korea state media published photos of the country's leader kim jong un standing next to what he claime

melanie: in salisbury. oug: it will be pretty impressive but here it is waiting a little longer to see the sunshine. gnarly s ocean city and looking but the showers look like they have ended and it will mid to late afternoon before skies clear. ere we are waiting for things to change as well with temperatures in the low 70's just not a an city pleasant beach day. you look outside and it is going late this because afternoon the clearing will set he stage for a couple very pleasant days tomorrow and again thursday and even friday temperatures upper 70's to 80 a lot of beach sunshine. this is a look live in cumberland, air blue skies and drier coming in from the north and west so it will be a process as in and r air is moving we will see some sunshine. in cumberland and by morning they will be low 50's. you are seeing the breakup of now at d cover and 75 reagan national airport and quantico and 75 fredericksburg 73 in napolis and leesburg. for the afternoon we will see this clouds continue to move out and the

so the only tornado we know about yesterday was the one where michael was at, in salisbury. that was an ef-1. for comparison sake, la playa, f4 on the old scale. this is much more indicative of the types of tornadoes we get in the mid-atlantic. turning into just a beautiful evening across the region. temperatures now 81 at national, which ties our high for the day so far. if you are going out this evening, it looks great. temperatures will drop to 71 by midnight. you said it guys, great weather the next few days, with temperatures a little below average, but more storms headed our way for the end of the week. we'll tell you about that in the seven-day forecast in a >>> still ahead tonight, testimony tonight in the threats against a former denver dj. >> but up next, police in our area say they've seen a rise in the number of cases of card skimming. we'll tell you how you can prevent becoming a victim. >>> it's a crime fairfax police daily. it's card skimming. that's where crews use those fake card skimmers to steal your card information. your pin and your money. just this las

a possible tornado left behind serious damage in salisbury, maryland. severe weather struck the city taking down trees and damaging homes. it's the latest in powerful storms. >> a possible tornado hit salisbury, maryland early monday afternoon. >> the winds picked up. we felt the glass shattering on the building. the awnings were almost ready to lift. >> reporter: this video captured by the city police department shows the aftermath. downed power lines and trees ripped from their roofs. the force even caused this car to lift right over another. >> it's totally unnatural. >> reporter: while some businesses were heavy damaged, his bike shop was spared. >> being right behind us and having our building take no damage is truly a blessing. >> reporter: in tulsa, oklahoma a surprise ef-2 tornado tore through 7 miles of the town early sunday injuring at least 30 people and damaging more than 70 businesses. 8 people had to be rescued from this tgi fridays after the roof collapsed during the storm. celia daniel managed to crawl to safety. >> something just hit me

a possible tornado and salisbury, maryland. a lot of low-level moisture.morning, a gray start to your day. lots of clouds. it will be a cool morning by august standards, 68-degrees by 8:00. sunshine appearing by the afternoon. philadelphia, 82. four degrees below normal. allentown 80. wilmington 81. down the shore a land breeze. cape may, 78. boardwalk. 79. wednesday, pick of the week, high pressure over us, loads of sunshine all day long. low humidity. temperatures on the cool side, 83. thursday looking nice. the exclusive accuweather forecast, be patient tomorrow, morning clouds afternoon shine, low humidity. wednesday, wall to wall sunshine, 83. thursday, mostly sunny, low humidity with a high of 84-degrees. friday, things begin to change, more humid with shower and thunderstorms, 81-degrees. we keep the chance of showers and thunderstorms through the weekend. i don't think either day will be a wash out. a thunderstorm possible, 84-degrees. monday, clouds and sunshine with a high of 84-degrees. no 90s in sight, but we'll see a good amount of sunshine fo

well, here is salisbury, here you see the sweeping, this is the radar they used out of wakefield. so as the radar beam goes away from the radar, it actually travels up in the sky. so what happened yesterday, the beam was over shooting the rotation that was down on the ground with that tornado, so it didn't pick up the rotation but it did pick up the fact that there was a severe thunderstorm in the area. again, that's why we say when we see a tornado that is radar indicated, that would be the beam shooting into the cloud and picking up the rotation. but, guys, the beam just over shot that thunderstorm so it couldn't pick up the rotation, amelia. >>> a tremendous problem, the likes of which our country has never seen. >> that's how president trump referred to the opioid epidemic just a short time ago. >> the president was meeting with health and human services and other top advisers to talk about the opioid epidemic. the crisis threatens people across the spectrum. and the best way to prevent it is to ensure people don't use opioid's in the first place. he's pushing for stronger pro

across the pond in salisbury this orphan chick is being introduced to a nest at the salisbury cathedral you could see them putting the bird in the nest. sally, the mom of the chick that's already there, comes back to her nest, and she realizes, i only had one chick. now there's two. here is the thing about sally. sally laid six eggs. only one hatched. that's her baby dean. so this is kind of a miracle for her. dean was a little surprised to see that he got a brother, but now they're hoping that they bond. >> look at that. didn't take mom long to figure it out though. i got another mouth to feed, here you go. >>> how far up your own behind must your head be to do something like this? here we are at a train crossing in poland, both gates are operating properly. here comes headlights, they're not slowing down. >> wow. >> boom, through the fwagate an- >> wow! >> oh my goodness, whoa! that payback was about to be real swift. >> you have no idea how close that was to killing four people. there were four women inside that car. the driver apparently did not notice the gate at first, blast throu

in salisbury, brad bell, abc7 news. larry: a quick look outside shows today that it's almost a polar opposite of 24 hours ago. look at the sky. what is coming next? stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill with a look. doug: a pleasant night ahead. pretty days. it is 79 in baltimore and washington. 81 in quantico and 81 in hagerstown as well with the plenty of sunshine. the satellite shows everything is cleared out. there is still bands of cloudiness across the bay and the eastern shore. the rain ended in ocean city. they have sunshine this afternoon. through the evening the temperatures drop to the middle 70's. lower 70's in town tonight. perfect weather for the nats taking on the marlins at 7:0 weekend storms are possible. we talk about the chances and the timing and then throw in a full ten-day outlook. it's just what we do here. alison: you are a giver, doug. thank you so much. look at this. this is incredible. in texas, the damage has moved east but 24 hours ago we showed you this scene that was a man barely res

search "salisbury." the city of college park is weighing a decision t undocumented immigrants voting right. they may delay the deciding vote tonight. the measure would let noncitizen vote for mayor and city council but not be able to vote in presidential or the congressional elections. alison: house democrats are trying to figure out how much they are spending at the trump properties. they made a formal request for the information by the 25th. this comes as trump is on a working vacation at the gulf club in new jersey. it seeks document about any payments made to the trump organization or any business that the president has a stake in. jonathan: tight security measures near the president's summer getaway to the golf club in bedminster, nonetheless, is having an impact on local operations. the airport is within the ten mile no fly zone required by the that is a problem. the airport owner is losing tens of thousands of dollars. >> i knew there had to be does instruction throughout haiti. jonathan: the surv

where an ef-1 tornado with winds up to 105 miles per hour, struck salisbury, maryland monday. terrifying surveillance video showing debris landing in a parking lot. a car going airborne and another vehicle tumbling into the street. the twister, at times more than a football field wide. the front porch sheared off this house. residents say it all happened so fast. >> i mean we didn't have time to form an emotion. there was no time for fear, there was no time for anything. >> reporter: david, the national weather service says there were no significant injuries reported, but that ef-1 tornado that destroyed this building behind me is the second twister to hit the state in two weeks, david. >> all right, stephanie ramos. a difficult story, but great to have you on the team with us. we want to bring in meteorologist rob marciano. he is tracking it all for us tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, david. we're still looking more for heavy rain across the south, as that energy that brought the flooding rain across texas begins to slide east. look at the radar, and everything you see so

salisbury police posted to twitter that no injuries have been reported. >>> other damage around the area included roofs torn off, walls caved in, trees as well uprooted and power lines in this d.c. suburb knocked down. >> moving over to delaware roads were inundated in ocean city but despi despite the flooded roads and repeated warnings of people not to drive through those flooded areas, it didn't stop these drivers from braving the water. and now let's take a closer look at today's forecast. >>> good morning. looks like we're going to have more of the wet stuff than we need, particularly throughout salt lake city, nevada, utah going into southern portions of wyoming and all of colorado just to start off but that's not the only place. this is where it's going to be a problem for the southeast. steamy flow continuing out of the south will create continuous rain for the entire week for houston, jackson, mississippi, new orleans as well as atlanta, over towards jacksonville, tampa all the way down towards miami. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >>> tropical storm franklin has ma

you saw in salisbury on monday, right, that was an ef-1, had winds of 105 miles an hour. that's it. but it was tossing cars around like they were nothing for a few minutes. you've got to take it seriously. >> right now it's height of the rush hour. how safe is it to be in your vehicle? >> if it's a tornado, you're not safe in a vehicle. you could be rolling and rolling and rolling like the car in salisbury monda if you know somebody out here, this is moving this way into central north prince william county. get to the lowest level. >> also we're just hearing, because we're making calls and checking on this, we're not hearing of any damage or any problems at all right now, but again, if this hits, if it comes down, we'll keep everyone posted. as of right this moment, not hearing of any damage, which is a good thing, right? >> it is and it isn't because it takes some time, usually. once a storm hits if there is damage, people come out, assess, then report it. so we may not know if there's property damage for an hour, two hours, three hours after something occurs. we have a tornado war

this is new video from salisbury maryland just south of the maryland-delaware border.eaning up after wind and heavy rain caused plenty of damage. meantime communities in our area saw plenty of rain as well. the action cam out in montgomery county earlier today where the heaviest of the rain was falling. parts of our area have seen inches of rain and flash flooding a major concern here as well. >>> it is monday night. monica malpass is off. sharrie williams is joining us and the big story on "action news" is that accuweather forecast. >> let's get right to meteorologist cecily tynan with the latest from storm tracker6. hi, cecily. >> hi, sharrie, hi rick. really rough way to start the work week. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we had some real heavy rain earlier today. that has now pushed off the coast also that's severe weather just to the south where that potential tornado in salisbury maryland but as we zoom in this is good news. you can see that drier air is moving in. we is it ill have some pockets of some light rain around but that steady heavy rain h

abc's stephanie ramos is there in salisbury for us.topped but take a look at the destruction. those song storms left behind this in salisbury, maryland. sheets of metal dangling from what's left of the roof, cinder blocks and debris scattered across the ground. some are hanging from part of the building's frame. now, this is all likely the work of a tornado. the violent winds sending vehicles flying, damaging homes and crumbling buildings. security footage even showing one car flipping across a parking lot. now, thankfully no injuries have been reported just yet but the mayor tells me it will take some time for families and businesses to recover from this damage. now, the national weather service says they're going to check out this area today and if it is indeed a tornado that made its way through here, it touched down for the stretch of about two miles. george, back over to you. >> stephanie, thanks very much. >>> the other top story, two new polls out showing president trump losing support among his republican base. chief white hous

sothing swepthrough salisbury monday afternoon.t was not a summer breeze. >> the wind picked up. we felt the glass shattering on the buildings. the awnings were almost ready to lift. >> reporter: part of this building crumbled under the strength of the storm. >> i heard what sounded like a freight train. it sounded like bulls running across the roof. >> reporter: the power of this suspected tornado was captured by the surveillance camera of a local pub, hop ears tap house, lifting the sedan into the air and on top of another vehicle. a different camera caught another car rolling down the street like tumble weed. >> the car that flipped onto the other cars, somebody was in that. >> reporter: general manager blake benn who arrived at the restaurant shortly after this went down said his employees helped pull someone out of the flipped car. >> this other gentleman was breaking the window trying to find something to get to the window to get the one guy out. >> reporter: the national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning a

the national weather service now confirms that a tornado touched down in salisbury monday afternoon. the e-f one tornado flipped cars in the air, and leveled trees and utility poles. the national weather service says the twister was on the ground for about a mile with winds of around 100 miles-per-hour. while no one was hurt -- businesses and residents are still cleaning up this morning. right now.. an urgent search is underway for two robbers who stabbed a man while he was waiting for a metrobus. it happened monday morning at a bus stop near kennedy street and georgia avenue in northwest d.c. police say the robbers kicked the victim, nega torsha, in the head before taking his wallet, debit card, and i-phone. landlord james walker says torsha was heading to work when the men attacked him. police say torsha will be ok. they believe the attack was random. and they're warning people in the area to be cautious. there are cameras near the spot where the attack happened. but it's unclear if they captured an image of the robbers. in northwest-- a man is arrested, while allegedly preying on

transportation officials are urging drivers to take the u.s. 50 business route that runs through salisbury instead. >>> it has been a huge construction zone for years. route 1 in the fort belvoir area. >> reporter: construction is moving along a new six lanes instead of four. it has turn lanes and upgraded signals. benefits aren't just for drivers. >> it provides safer ways to get across the street for pedestrians, better bicycle connections and it additional capacity and space for future transit. >> reporter: because of its location, some special accommodations had to be made during the improvement. >> richmond highway route one is not just a major corridor, also a historic corridor. part of this project required to make sure we were being sensitive to some of the historic landmarks, gunston hall and mt. vernon have their presence here on richmond highway. >> reporter: the new bridge over the creek is expected to end frequent road flooding. >> fairfax county says this new road helps set the stage for future improvements south of the county with more redevelopment plans in coming years. >>

and another cell salisbury. there's lewes and dewy.f you're traveling route 1 heading to your favorite delaware beach. the roads are wet. weervedz -- we've had ponding so be careful on the roads. cape may to atlantic city, roads are starting to dry. throughout the late morning hours we're seeing mostly cloudy skies, peeks of sun. one or two areas could see a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. it's later in the evening hours, this is 5:00 p.m., you can see the broken line developing west of reading and allentown. that's the approaching cold front. a shower or thunderstorm is possible in the lehigh valley and berks county later this afternoon. that's where the greatest chances are of seeing that. everybody runs a risk of seeing a pop up later on. the chances are north and west. sunday, mostly sunny skies, from start to finishing, just a few clouds mixed in, and lowering humidity levels. mostly cloudy, 82 degrees that's the forecasted high. again, clouds giving way to peeks of sun and that shower or storm threat is not until late in the day.

officials urge drivers to drive through salisbury to avoid the construction backups.avement repairs are not expected to wrap up until the fall. >>> all right. check out this video. rubber duck is, thousands of them, being dumped into the chicago river. look at them. they're not being trashed. it is the annual rubber special olympics. each of the 60,000 ducks cost $5. which ever ended up down river finish line first then wins the owner a new car. how about that? no word on how long it took to fish out the ducks from the river afterwards. >> there's that. >> they do take out all the ducks. such a fun sight that. will cheer you up for a friday, right? >> i'm sure they're numbered. >> when you truck it down the rivero owe. >> there's probably an app for that. >>. [ inaudible ] >> we've got the weekend upon us. >> thank goodness it's friday. >> lower humidity. we're looking good. of course, we have to dodge a few storms. looking good out there this morning as well. i don't know what's on the right side it wasn't there a second ago. now coming up beautiful. hot and humid ou

that tornado touched down in part of salisbury. megan fitzgerald went there today to see how people in the town are doing 24 hours later. >> reporter: the mayor says the town is getting back together because crews have been working around the clock to pick up, clean up debris, putting it through wood chippers. if you take a look behind me, just to give u is the hardest hit neighborhood on princeton avenue. a tree went crashing through this roof. this is just one of two homes in the neighborhood that's been condemned. >> we've rated this tornado and it is a tornado, an ef-1. the maximum winds somewhere in the 100 to 105 mile an hour range. >> reporter: after surveying the damage for hours, national weather service officials say the path of the tornado was about a mile long. the width was likely larger than a football field. >> we were in the house. my daughter was upstairs. i hear her yell. next thing i know, it was like this huge boom sound, kind of. and then it was just over with. >> reporter: christine lives along princeton avenu

right-hand corner of the surveillance video shows strong winds lifting cars off of the ground in salisbury. national weather service said today it was an ef1 tornado that caused the damage and as storm passed through winds reached speed of 105 miles an hour. >> looking up, it is almost touching the ground, the wind is so strong and then all of a sudden i was like run to the back,. >> i heard a freight train, and and, you know, the roof. >> despite extensive damage to cars, homes, businesses, no injuries were reported, ef1 tornadoes are capable of producing winds of up to 110 miles an hour. >>> local politicians and community activist are calling on the pennsylvania house to pass a tax on natural gas, extracted from the formation. they gather outside richard ross elementary school in the strawberry mansion section. they want money from the shale tax to help fund public education. >> it is time to tax the shale , and time to stop letting big corporations without investing in our community. it is time on say you can no longer take from our natural resources without supporting infrastructures

michelle: the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down in salisbury yesterday afternoon. the weather service says the twister was on the ground for a mile with winds of 100 miles per hour. >> the noise of the train coming through. it went through quick. >> no one was hurt, of course, the businesses and the residents clean up the damage. jonathan: kevin lewis as crystal clear survey linas ved -- surveillance video that forced them to confess to the crime. >> video that showed a woman peering through a window. ring the doorbell and peer through the glass again. then her boyfriend checks the door but it is locked so he grabs a ten-pound rock. winds up on the deck and checks the rock shattering the glass. not once. but he enters the house and stuffs items to a red duffel bag. the officers dusted for fingerprints and one came back at ernest jeffries. they caught him and his girlfriend at the motel 6 in gaithersburg. a red under armour duffel bag and the gold sneakers in the hotel room. the match to the male burglar. >> it's obvious they did it. >> today the prosecutors accept

. >> resident in salisbury maryland are convinced tornado touched down in their neighborhood. >> a dangerouser on texas highway. >> i don't feel like i've provoked the guy. >> man point ago gun at another driver. >> at first i with a was shock , then i started crying. >> people come up. >> can i touch your eyebrow? and it is like the most weird request. >> what's your response? >> i mean i've said yes. >> do you want to see what it feels like? you take a brow. i will take a brow. >> okay. >> okay? >> i get. >> not weirds at all. >> late late slow with james cord n last night. >> yes, her eyebrow, even has her own twitter account. i was curious, went to switch for it. katie, she has 1300 followers. get this, her brouse, description, i am lilly colin 's brouse. learn it, live it, better not pluck it. >> well, she's got these beautiful fluffy brouse, and it is natural, and beautiful, and i love it. but, hey, yes, don't pluck that. shape, that's what you do, you shape it. >> don't get me a bad forecast either kate. >> i okay, i'll work on. that will you know, a day of transition for our area, i

pushed off the coast also that's severe weather just to the south where that potential tornado in salisbury maryland but as we zoom in this is good news. you can see that drier air is moving in. we is it ill have some pockets of some light rain around but that steady heavy rain has now moved off. but this shows just how much rain has fallen. parts of kent county delaware into cumberland county you can see from east of dover through millville towards mays landing generally three to 6 inches of rain just today on already saturated ground so because of that, we do have some flash flood warnings in and effect. those are the areas in the red, those for south of dover also cumberland county, a large section including millville and we also have some aerial flood watches and warnings in effect atlantic city and wildwood and also north of dover so basically just be very careful if you live in these areas, do not drive through flooded roads. these are some of the storm reports. millville reporting flooded roads also middletown township, carmel reporting close to 5-inches of rain. in hopewell township

this is south of salisbury. there's allentown. it's in the south end of allentown and not moving in any particular direction. we do have some flood advisories for parts of upper bucks, lehigh, north hamp top counties and also for this storm in the philadelphia area. parts of burlington, camden and philadelphia. so these are storms we're going to be tracking. we'll talk more about the potential for storms over the rest of the week coming up. >>> medical marvel, the local university that's been chosen to lead government innovations in medicine. >>> the owner of this local pub admits he ripped off customers and now he could spend the rest of his life behind bar. s. >>> more margate beaches about to be shut down as health concerns and outrage grow over this messy situation. i'm ted greenberg with the latest developments, ahead at 6:00. >>> we are get iting our first look at the men police tell us installed a skimmer on an atm. it was discovered at the td bank on route 70. police tell us two men were involved. one attached the small el

the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down in salisbury monday afternoon. the e-f one tornado flipped cars in the air and leveled trees and utility poles. the national weather service says the twister was on the ground for about a mile with winds of around 100 miles-per-hour. incredibly no one was hurt. today we're getting a routine update from noaa on this year's atlantic hurricane season. the peak period is generally mid august through october. in the first nine weeks of this season, there have already been six named storms - including this one. tropical storm franklin is hitting mexico's gulf coast right now. the storm already made it's first landfall. today it's expected to pick up speed over open water and hit mexic this time possibly as a hurricane. authorities in texas today are working to piece together how an infant died --- accidentally strangled by a portable car seat. john norris was found dead in the car-seat inside a walk-in-closet monday at a fort worth home. authorities say the car-seat's bottom belt strap was not properly connected and the

. >> reporter: destruction in salisbury, maryland. evidence of what witnesses say was a possible tornado in the eastern shores' largest city. a storm with ferocious winds flipping cars and closing streets. but so far no injuries among the 30,000 residents. >> ooh, ooh! >> reporter: all part of a dangerous day of weather across the country. [ thunder ] >> oh [ bleep ]! did i get that? >> reporter: lightning strikes and more than three inches of rain made a morning drive a heart stopping experience on san antonio's highway 151. >> you could see the headlights of the truck. as you can see now, water's already above the hood. >> reporter: the low-lying roadway flooded leading a man to the top of his suv. to reach him, firemen extended a ladder truck and hand carried another ladder to cover the gap, finally rescuing the motorist. >> this was a very bad spot. it's very difficult, as y'all could tell from what we were doing. >> reporter: residents in new orleans spent the day recovering after up to ten inches of rain fell this weekend, overw

the national weather service confirmed a tornado touched down in salisbury monday afternoon. it was an ef it flipped cars, leveled trees, utility poles. the national weather service said the twister was on the ground for about a mile in that area and had winds of around 100 miles per hour. >> that train noise kind of thing, it went through quite. alison: while no one was hurt, businesses and residents are still cleaning up. jonathan: 7 on your side with a consumer alert, and new information about the massive takata airbag recall. nissan has agreed to a $98 million settlement for loss claims. that means that car owners will be eligible for benefits like cash and free rental cars. the decision will impact about 4 million people. similar settlements were reached and a mazda.bmw, at least 18 people so far have dozens seriously injured because of the airbag problem that caused them to explode with excessive force, sending shrapnel flying in the vehicle us do this every day. it is not that bad, right? jonathan: men need to pay attention to the study. it may make you think twice abo

strong winds lifting cars off the ground in salisbury an national weather receives says ef 1 tornado and winds reached speeds of 100 miles an hour and no one was hurt. >>> the weather today may have had you check the calendar. >> sure doesn't feel like august. you can turn the ac off tonight, lauren. >> absolutely, yeah, we have a cool and comfortable night ahead an a georgous wednesday in store. but just how long can we keep the rain away. i'll have the answer in the full eyewitness forecast coming up. >> and also ahead, remembering the rhinestone cowboy a look back at the life and career of country music legend glen campbell. >> and not so sweet surprise customers at a delaware county fast food restaurant paying extra for the philadelphia drink taxt. all this mixed-up happened and what the owner is doing about it. >> and we know the risk of lyme disease associated wit withtic bates bites and the rare condition caused by a specific kind oftic. one that is new to our area. >> hey, everybody, join me on the late show tonight. i have the unbelievably talent twod time oscar winner with

that tornado in salisbury was on the ground only about a mile and a half, and it about a hundred miles wide. we look at the enhanced fujita scale, this was changed and updated a few years ago. the ef-1 had winds estimated at 105 miles per hour, on the lower end of the fujita scale, the la plano tornado was an f4. they ended up reassessing the fujita scale. not sure where it would fit now. you would think it would be in the ef-5 range. >>> today, much quieter, we're looking at the clouds which are slowly breaking. southern maryland, we have a lot more sun north and west. it's not operational yet, but when it goes online, for real, it's going to be spectacular. temps right now, near 80 degrees in town. owings, one of the warm spots at 84. dumfries is at 80. we have a beautiful afternoon now that we've cleared out. here's our michael and son camera. stepping outside this afternoon, enjoy it, not too much of a breeze and temperatures in the 70s. back with a look at the rest of your seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> president trump has some strong words for north korea tonight. >> no

however to take you back to salisbury, where we had a confirmed tornado. and steve, were the warnings fairly similar what we are seeing on the eastern shore? steve: and on top of that, we have the tornado warning that is now in effect. i think the pictures that you see on your screen right now, this is telling you the story about what is going on out there with the gusty winds and very heavy downpours and watch the cells as towards the east. if you are in the warrenton, you are fine. in the plains area, you need to seek shelter. parts of prince william county until 7:00 this evening with the strongest of the storm that is going to move your way or overhead. gainesville, virginia, even though you are not under the tornado warning, here is gainesville, right here. even though it's not moving fast, you could be in the track of this storm as it moves overhead. let's give you some markers. beverly hill. broken hill, buckland, heymarket, along with gainesville from 6:30 to 6:35. so these storms aren't moving very fast and the areas that it's going to move over,

today brings a new day of sifting through debris and filing insurance claims aftern salisbury, marylandthe national weather service confirmed it was a tornado that touched down on monday. the winds were blowing 100 miles an hour, and there's a tremendous amount of property damage. but fortunately, no one was hurt. this latest storm comes just weeks after an ef-2 tornado caused major damage across kent island on maryland's eastern shore. >>> well, chuck, i think the one thing i noticed when i got out of the car this morning, boy oh boy, it felt like a brisk september day. >> absolutely right. temperatures down in the 50s here this morning. it's a very comfortable start. not all that normal for the month of august, but we will take it for sure. yesterday made it up to only about 82 degrees across most areas. outside rain chances for today and tomorrow remain very, very low. so far here it's been a wet and a cool august. two things we don't normally hear, but we're about three-quarters inch ahead of degree cooler than average temperature wise. haven't been to 90 since last week. won't be a

. >>> the national weather service is responding to salisbury maryland to determine whether a tornadohed down during yesterday's stormy weather. officials will be inspecting the damage from powerful wind that tour off the side of a building. cars were also tossed on top of one another in a parking lot along route 13. only one minor injury was reported. >>> yesterday's rain also created another huge moat that is blocking access to some of the beaches in margate. residents blame a controversial dunes project that's created all kinds of problems this summer. the standing water is loaded with bacteria. last week a judge ordered a temporary halt to the dunes project until the state can come up with a better plan. both sides will be back in court this week. >>> some children heading back to school in pennsylvania will need extra vaccines under new state requirements. philadelphia district officials are reminding local parents about the changes. students entering 12th grade will need an additional dose of the m c.v. vaccine for meningitis. all students will need a fourth dose of the polio va

extraordinary case, duncan kennedy in salisbury.lavrov has said the rhetoric from washington and pyongyang has now gone over the top and he hopes common sense will prevail. the intervention follows president trump stepping up the rhetoric against north korea. he warned that us military options are "locked and loaded", should pyongyang act unwisely. the united states and north korea have been engaged in a war of words for days with pyongyang threatening to fire missiles towards the american island of guam in the pacific. tom burridge reports. as the war of words between america and north korea continues, the us defence secretary this week with his vietnamese counterpart, at a time when security in asia feels more fragile. the man in charge at the pentagon is emphasising the ‘d‘ word. i didn't expect all of you to come out here! you can see the american effort is diplomatically—led, it has diplomatic traction and is gaining diplomatic results, and i want to stay right there right now. the tragedy of war is well—enough known. it doesn'

abc's gio benitez starts us off. >> reporter: powerful winds tossing cars like toys in salisbury, marylandipping through this town. >> oh! >> reporter: the driver of this car escaping with minor injuries, walls caving in, roofs shredded in this parking lot, all part of a storm system stretching all the way to texas. in san antonio, a race to save residents trapped in high water after more than 4 inches of rain fell in just three hours. >> water's just about going over the hood and i have one hispanic male sitting on the roof trying to get rescued. >> reporter: crews reaching that man, helping him crawl to safety, rescuers responding to more than 20 calls in all. dangerous lightning striking throughout the state, sparking this house fire outside dallas. a family of five sleeping inside just grateful to be alive. >> life is more important. all this can be replaced. >> reporter: this after a weekend of violent weather, three twisters striking the tulsa area, including this ef-2, winds up to 130 miles per hour on the ground for nearly seven miles, more than two dozen injured. this shopping cen

the national weather service will be in salisbury maryland today to determine if indeed a tornado touched strong winds tossed around cars and trucks in that parking lot. if this was a torn do, -- tornado. the wind gusts damaged homes and businesses. thankfully everyone escaped without serious injury. >>> take a look at this. a surveillance camera captures a car veering then slipping inside a tunnel in china. another angle shows it on its top barreling down the road. the driver was able to slide out of the car and call police. she walked away with just a few scratches. no other cars were involved in the wreck. >> the state of pennsylvania is getting tougher on animal cruelty. a new law starting later this month prohibits dogs from spending more than nine hours outside per day. they can only be outside 30 minutes if the temperature is above 90 degrees or under 32 degrees. there are also new guidelines on the tether length. >> want to make sure the length of your tether is at least three times the size of your dog. so, you measure that from nose tip to base of tail and you do that three time

strong winds lifting cars off the ground in salisbury an national weather receives says ef 1 tornado and winds reached speeds of 100 miles an hour and no one was hurt. >>> the weather today may have had you check the calendar. >> sure doesn't feel like august. you can turn the ac off tonight, lauren. >> absolutely, yeah, we have a cool and comfortable night ahead an a georgous wednesday in store. but just how long can we keep the rain away. i'll have the answer in the full eyewitness forecast coming up. >> and also ahead, remembering the rhinestone cowboy a look back at the life and career of country music legend glen campbell. >> and not so sweet surprise customers at a delaware county fast food restaurant paying extra for the philadelphia drink taxt. all this mixed-up happened and what the owner is doing about it. >> and we know the risk of lyme disease associated wit withtic bates bites and the rare condition caused by a specific kind oftic. one that is new to our area. >> hey, everybody, join me on the late show tonight. i have the unbelievably talent twod time oscar winner with

. >> reporter: a possible tornado tearing through buildings in salisbury maryland. >> the rain went horizontaland then there was a gigantic boom and the ceiling dropped about a foot. >> reporter: powerful winds crumbling buildings and flinging cars like toys. in houston, texas, torrential downpours dumped more than a half a foot of rain since midnight. >> the water just like submerged our car. >> reporter: and more emergency flash flood warnings in nearby san antonio. drivers caught off guard in the rising floods had to be rescued. dangerous lightning strikes set homes on fire throughout texas. >> pretty much the whole attic looked like it was on fire. >> reporter: in tulsa, oklahoma an ef-2 tornado. >> oh, my goodness. >> it was just black and everything exploded. >> reporter: the family that shot this cell phone video says they didn't have time to escape the powerful twister. >> we all get away from the window. next thing you know the tornado is down and we're under the debris. >> reporter: we're also watching tropical storm franklin in mexico. maggie rulli abc news, new york. >> philadelphi

an apparent tornado today tore through salisbury, maryland, on the delmarva peninsula. it was strong enough to flip cars and rip up trees by their roots. no injuries were reported. early yesterday a twister hit tulsa, oklahoma, without warning. at least 30 people were hurt and more than 70 businesses had substantial damage. omar villafranca is in tulsa. >> reporter: the ef-2 tornado hit just after 1:00 a.m. it blasted through the center of town with 130mph winds. the twister ripped off rooftops, shredded storefronts and blew out windows. eight people were trapped inside this t.g.i.f., and officials say at least 30 people were injured by flying debris. officer demita kinard is with the tulsa police department. >> there were people that had some pretty horrific injuries, but none were life-threatening, which is great, and we had no losses of life. >> reporter: be many are wondering why the intense storm didn't trigger warning sirens. at 1:16, meteorologists were monitoring the thunderstorm, but two minutes later it became a tornado. at 1:23, the national weather service s