we have having a celebration for wyatt everhart. he is 21 again. happy birthday to wyatt everhart. >> reporter: you get older, you start to not, put it out there as much. that's outstanding. thank you so much. >> happy birthday to wyatt everhart. enjoy sky rush. do it while you are young. >> we would do candles but it's a little misty out. if you are heading down the ocean -- if you are heading down the ocean this weekend, here is something to think about. experts say you have a higher risk of getting sick after a dip in the water. we will explain why. doctors say you have to toss the flip-flops why doctors say they are bad for your feet. >>> when a mass shooting takes place, you wonder who is responsible. scott goalberg is live with a man who is responsible. >> reporter: james holmes was a student at the university of colorado denver enrolled in phd program studying neuro science. the school says he was in the process of dropping out when he walked in to the midnight showing of the batman movie ready to live out what sounds like a super villain fa

let's check in with wyatt everhart to find out if there is relief in sight. >> i mean you said it. it will get hotter and worse before we see relief. you have to get to the peak of the heat wave before you can come down and begin to cool off. the peak comes tomorrow. heat warning is up for the entire state of the mailed, except for garrett and the highest of the higher the rain, a little cooler. most of us sweltering in to the evening, sweltering tomorrow. temperatures now, pushing 100. not quite getting there in baltimore. 99bwi. downtown hotter, we cooked our weather observation stage at the may recall science center can't get a new number out. 98 dc. humidity is high. it is a dangerous heat index value, especially now, western counties, carroll county, western howard county, frederick. columbia, you have higher humidity levels there. oppressive heat indices. do what you can to stay cool. 90s the rest of the evening. we will talk about how hot it gets and how cool we get next week, coming up. >>> day 7, still no power, for more than 19,000 people in our area arundel, more than 10

wyatt everhart keeping you safe in the storm center.s coming our way in the next couple of hours. >> jamie, we start with the heat, mid-90s, feeling more like the mid to upper 90s in many spots including downtown baltimore where we

wyatt everhart is live tonight at hershey park and we hear he has interesting friends with him.art the gator wrestler. >> reporter: people don't know, if they haven't be here, there is more than the coasters, you are by sky rush, we got zoo america, the chocolate tour, we have a falcon, i'm with elain with zoo america and our good friend, yoshi. are you happy to be on the news? >> he is quiet today. >> he is happy and grinning >> reporter: murray, you are doing fine, too. tell us what people can experience here at zoo america. >> thank you. zoo america is a north american zoo. you can see over 70 different species of animals that can be found on our continent. everything from bears, mountain lions, bald eagles and more. >> reporter: tell us about the falcon, this is an endangered species. >> it's not on the federal list anymore. that's a good thing. they've made a tremendous come back. they are still considered to be endangered in the state of pennsylvania. this is the fastest bird in the world. they have been clocked at over 150 miles per hour. all the way up to 200 map. 200 mi

meteorologist wyatt everhart has more and brian kuebler toured the market. he has you covered.to start with the talk of the time. people are still without power. more than 200,000 of your friends and neighbors came to relax. bge said it could take until the end of the week to restore power. two thirds of bge customers have their power back but there are still tens

. >> i'm meteorologist wyatt everhart at the harford county farm fair. it's a warm night but these people are in line for a reason, a chance to get onmark's hottest new game show and win $25,000. we've got the details. >> interactive radar from the itunes store. take a look. 91. we're surrounded by storms. your full forecast coming up on the news at 6. >>> i want to see funnel cakes. we got a line of folks. everybody wave to kelly. a lot of folks are waiting to be on the game show. they want to be on our noon show. let's ask america. so let's ask america that's going on. everybody is waiting to sign up for the show. everybody's having a good team. there's funnel cakes and lots of fried stu. mike will have a lock at the forecast coming up. >>> for a few hours local children get to step on say create turf inside camden yards. they're promoting health and safety. >> reporter: well, today we're having the play program which stands for promoting a lifetime of activity for you. they stretch, stride and hope to let one out of the park, a very special opportunit

they firmly believe there's no way -- >> hey, that's wyatt everhart. the contestant search happens friday. a casting call will run from 3:00 until 8:00. the half hour show will start on abc2 at 7:30. for more information on the show, go to abc2news.com/laa. all right. let's go up to bel air, beautiful bel air. harford farm fair. [ male announcer ] it would mean one billion dollars for maryland and our schools and teachers. thousands of good paying jobs it's the new resort casino at national harbor. but it won't happen unless lawmakers act right now. all that money -- and all those new jobs -- will go to delaware, pennsylvania, west virginia. the only loser: maryland schools. tell your delegate and state senator to vote yes for schools, jobs, and small businesses by saying yes to national harbor. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ >>> we're work for you and continue to follow the i

> a little taste of what you'll find if you head to bel air for the hard county farm fair but wyatt everhart is there. >> reporter: the harford county farm fair and how does that go with the high tech game show that we're launching. i don't know, the 25th annual harford county farm fair and $25,000 on the line on abc2. let's look at this. you were here earlier applying. what do you think? >> i think it's great that harford county citizens had a chance to be a part of a project like this, a show that is there for us to win $5,000 -- $25,000. >> you can do it from the comfort of your home. >> it as all in the skype. why not, from the comfort of your own home. >> thanks. let's bring in miss donovan. you're a new resident of harford county. you live in the fallston area. ever been on a game show? >> no never been on a game show. >> are you excited about getting in on why are on game show and maybe win some bucks? >> that would be great. >> if you were to win, what would be the top of your list? >> a dream vacation. >> again, it's everyone's opportunity to come to the harford county farm fair thr

meteorologist wyatt everhart will be here. right now we want this go to mike masco. you're monitoring it all. 50 going to the bay bridge. give it a few hours. we've been seeing the drenching downpours. there's a gust front. this is part of the shelf cloud. that's the good news. but severe weather down across annapolis. they have discontinued the warnings for much of the state. as you go well toward the south if your travels take you from 95 south, 50 to the bay bridge, be aware there could be flash flooding. we have a severe thunderstorm watch active until 9:00. we'll be watching the skies for perhaps more storms. the cluster of storms to the east of the city. get off the bay. we have a special marine warning, rock hall, centerville. they're getting smashed producing 1700 to 2,000 bolts per 15 minutes. that's a tremendous amount of lightning. we'll slide it over to the wide view crossing northern baltimore county. there's more storms and showers. they have to be monitored. all the action just to the east of the city limits. take a look at the temperatures. 99. freder

i'm wyatt everhart. i'll tell you this much, thunderstorm activity is pretty limited.torms to the west. the big story today on this 4th of july has been the heat. heat advisories have continued into this evening. there is a severe thunderstorm watch into garrett county. for now the main concern will be heat over thunderstorms. we've got temperatures pushing 100 and the heat index values feeling like the mid-100's. searing heat. we'll talk about that and much more coming up on abc2 news at 5:00, the latest on your power restoration efforts as well. see you then. participate. ♪ >>> i have the best, the coolest, the most useful cookout tip for your fourth of july cookout. spiral cutting your weiners. >> what? >> now, don't get scared and sad, nick, i'm talking about hot dogs. we have blake smith, senior video producer from chow.com showing us how to spiral cut a weiner. spears the dog directly to the middle, put a knife to the dog and cut. >> you might be thinking why does one need a spiral cut whiner? >> you get more crispy meat goodness. small chunk yy condiments don't

this heat wave begafnlt let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart to find out if we can expect some relief anytime soon. >>> jamie, the end is in sight but it's several days away. we think the heat get's worse before better. upper 90s except for the mountains well west in the high terrain. we also have heat warnings up for just about all central maryland. southern baltimore county. that runs through p.m. i fully expect it to be put back in place tomorrow and back in place on saturday. maybe expand it with the warning. here's the current heat index value. thrills is why it's dangerous to be out. if you have to be out working continue to hydrate with cold water and thunderstorm now popping up in northern baltimore county on the i-83 corridor. commuters headed north. we'll be tracking it to see if this thing intensifies. >>> for tens of thousands of our neighbors, the number of people who have not had their pour restored is just under 40,000. baltimore county more than 19,000 and or than 10,000 are still out in the city. remember, anywith still no power call bge at 877-778-2222. s

let's check in with wyatt everhart. >>> we're tracking a line of scattered thunder storms as they pushfrom the north and west. right out of the gate this is not similar to anything we're facing. unwelcome news. this is a robust garden variety. no severe warning on this storm. the however, we do have a severe storm moving through garrett county, more offing into cumberland, containing quite a bit of lightning. it's an area we have to watch as it pushes from southwest to northeast. after they clear the high country, we could see scattered storms moving into the western suburbs, carroll county and baltimore county. it's unwelcome because that would disrupt power line work which we should continue to

let's take a look with wyatt everhart. >>> we had rain early and then the sun came out. just the reverse today. nothing more than aering of showers. the humidity is quite high, especially thanks to that morning shower action. the heat indexes, low 90s. it's sticky a classic summer afternoon. into the evening 84 by 7:00. and then tomorrow we'll be pushing well back into the 80s. we'll talk about how hot things will get into the first days of august coming up. >>> workers remain on the scene of a ruptured gas line. it happened around 10:30 this morning. people were told to get out of their homes. they're now allowed back. kelly swoope has more. everybody is safe and synd this whole thing started what he contractor was working in the 1100 block of hall street. the leak has been shut off. bge has secured the gas main and people were allowed to head back home but crews are still working on the main. apparently there's a day care center that had to be evacuated. paimpts were told as a -- parents were told as a precaution they needed to pick up their children. >> still needed t

wyatt everhart is live at the hershey park where they are showing off the new roller coaster sky rushthe weather is allowing people to get on that thing. >> it's interesting. they are on it right now. it's been a little drizzly here in hershey. showers we had earlier, clearing out nicely. i want to bring in loren, director of operations here. people i think planning their trip, 90 miles up i-83, baltimore to hershey, factor in the weather in their plan. talk about how you handle weather at the park. we have a little bit of rain today, all the rides we are running except for sky rush and storm runner which closed for a brief period when it was running. everything else was running, guests were having a good time. people didn't come sphwh it clouds up a little bit. get on the rides faster. sky rush with quite a wait. quick question on safety, you are all about that. off weather offices you hon monitor possibility of lightning. >> safety is our top priority at the park. we have about 15 people trained in looking at the weather and trying to decide what is going on. people that monitor the

let's go to meteorologist wyatt everhart who mr. up the night and -- will set up the night and tomorrow. >>> tens of thousands of marylanders fighting to stay cool with no power. 112, the current heat index. it's the hottest in the state. that's why we have an excessive heat warning. here's a look, all of central maryland if you're watching from frederick or carroll county, consider yourself included in this. the most extreme heat is in the city. 90s but feeling like more than 100 through 7:00. stay hydrated. we'll talk about when the heat peaks. >>> we have a

let's check in with the man with the answers, meteorologist wyatt everhart, with a look at the first forecast. >> well, kelly, i don't see a huge surge in heat but i do see some signs we could get back into the 90's here. the only significant shower right now is actually toward kent island reaching up into centerville and rock hall. other than this particular shower, not seeing a lot of action here, pretty dry out there. but the clouds have thickened up over the last few hours, so we've lost some of that bright, sunny condition we had earlier today. temperatures, mid 80's now, but at one point downtown, baltimore and frederick both getting to 90 or a little above. 88 tomorrow we think on average but there will be spots hitting 90. we'll talk about how temperatures trend into your weekend. >>> just a heads-up, you may temporarily lose water in baltimore city as workers check on our water main in southwest baltimore. temporary service interruption could happen on the west of 895 on south and west of cherry hill and carroll park on the east. >>> governor martin o'malley and the louisian

wyatt everhart is here with us now. tomorrow is going to be worse. it's already baking. what is going to bsh it's going to be terrible. >> i'm out of words. >> sometimes it has to get worse before it can get better. we have to get the peak of the heat wave out before we can get on the backside. we are not quite there yet. 103 winchester and 99 baltimore now, we got bad information out of easton. it feels like more than 100 there. warnings run statewide through tomorrow evening. the intense heat will come tomorrow from midday right in to the afternoon hours. now it's intense already, upper 90s and feeling like the 100- degree range out there and again on the way to 102 as we go in the afternoon tomorrow. how hot is i where you are? head to the i tunes store or download the abc 2 weather app and pull up your town and see where the temperatures are checking in throughout the day and next several days you. will see how hot you are as we go in in to the day tomorrow. >>> nearly 20,000 people are still in the dark waiting for these guys to show up. it's nasty with the heat. th

at least for now, so how long will we have this reprieve from the heat and let's check in with wyatt everhart whose in the storm center for what's on tap. >> the boundary that pushed the heat out of here looks to stay south tonight and tomorrow. i think most to have the storm action will stay south of us for the next 24 to 48 hours. take a look across the state now, a couple of showers, those are just about done but are one of the big stories of the day, that heat wave breaking, low 80s east of the baltimore and new york, for the most part we stayed out of the 90s with that cool northeasterly flow coming in. we'll talk about how things developed through the rest of the week. >>> thanks a lot. the heat wave may have broken, but it's still uncomfortable for the folks without power after bge had said they restored, the storms knocked power to about 15,000 people, and you know, just like most of us, much of the country is saying guidry dance to that triple -- guidry dense to that triple digit heat. >> reporter: finally, the words that so many sweating americans have been waiting to hear. >> the b

let's check in with wyatt everhart to find out how long this extreme heat is going to last. i hope you got good news for us. >> the end is in sight. the problem is the end doesn't get here until monday. a lot of heat this weekend. the peak coming tomorrow. our excessive warning nearly statewide, except for the mountains where it's a different climate. through saturday even eve. we are talking about a humid warm night. the grounds extremely hot from the days in a row of heat and sunshine today. we will get down close to 80, upper 70s. the numbers have been in the upper 90s. feeling like 107 frederick. 101 baltimore. that is a computer glitch. 140 easton, i don't think so. weather equipment is having difficulty. 102 tomorrow. that's going to be the peak of the heat wave. that's not the index, that's the air temperature tomorrow. >>> this heat is almost unbearable for those of us that have power and air-conditioning but it's worse for those who still don't. cheryl conner is live in harford county. how in the world are the people dealing with the extreme heat with no power, no a

i'm kelly swoope, and bringing with rain and wind, a lot better than those triple digit temps, wyatt everhart tracking the latest, it feels pretty out there. >> this is the break we've been waiting for and we have it now. temperatures dropping into the mid-80s in much of maryland and you have to get down to charlotte and charleston to find that extreme heat. right now temperatures mid, low 80s, that's comfortable, the one spot touching 90 and storms rumbling from richmond south, that's where that cool air boundary is, so it's pushed all the way south in virginia and the storms just out of that air. we're back into the mid- to upper 80s, a slight chance of showers, we'll talk about that, look to the rest of the week coming up. >>> he actually became the focus nearly every single day for more than a week. maryland health officials say 18 people have died because of heat related illnesses, 8 deaths were reported saturday through monday, two out of state residents who died in heartford and a totally of 34 people died last year in maryland of heat related causes. >>> bg officials restored power fr

let's get the forecast from wyatt everhart he's in the storm center with a look. >> it's so nice to feel this break from that intense heat that we were dealing with for weeks on end. now a break in the action, the heat has shifted south and so has the storm pattern, the only pattern is the extended scan toward the virginia and north carolina border. this is south of richmond but all clear back the baltimore way, and that cool air funneling in from the north and east, 84 at bwi after going to nearly 104 in spots in the state just two days ago. that is a huge improvement. 80s with partly cloudy on the mild side, we'll talk about the rest of the week coming up. >>> toadies the day that two -- today's the day that two city n% fire departments were disbanned, another truck scheduled to be disbanned in october, we'll tell you more about that but the city fire department says they have the city covered but the fire union doesn't think us sew. >> reporter: with two fire companies gone and four others being reassigned, they say this will make the department run a lot smoother but they have to con

we have some pictures on the wyatt everhart facebook page. we have a few showers into the day tomorrow, more hot weather, you can check out our station facebook page. lots of katie stuff there. >>> we'll be right back. >>> here is a look at what is coming up after us? >> coming up on nightline, the sole suspect in the colorado massacre in court today. the newest details, what we now know about the man who went from budding scientist to accused mass murderer. plus stories of the real life heroes that braved the line of fire during the ramage. coming up after abc2news at 11:00. [ male announcer ] it would mean one billion dollars for maryland and our schools and teachers. thousands of good paying jobs it's the new resort casino at national harbor. but it won't happen unless lawmakers act right now. all that money -- and all those new jobs -- will go to delaware, pennsylvania, west virginia. the only loser: maryland schools. tell your delegate and state senator to vote yes for schools, jobs, and small businesses by saying yes to national harbor.

wyatt everhart says you can expect to apply the heat tomorrow. wyatt. >> the heat is not going anywhere. not going anywhere. we were lucky tonight in the baltimore area because the storms that we have had on the radar have generally been passing south and west. but south of the virginia state line, through most of the evening as the storm begins to fizzle out it's located over manassas, virginia fallen below severe limits and that's about the only storm on the map right now. however, the moisture levels exceedingly high. sticky conditions out there and as a result, still feeling likeover 100 in frederick and more than 100 in the inner harbor and almost 100 in annapolis. it's a steam bath of a night with tropical humidity. nothing more than stray storm. we will talk about how the heat will change in the next 7 days. it's coming up. >> with temperatures as high as 100 you can bet tomorrow will be dangerous. so that's why health department has extended the current code red heat alert for the state. that means health official think the heat and humidi

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> we have one severe thunderstorm warning on the mapthe moment. that is for frederick county, the storm moving through the northern part and across the

wyatt everhart is here. >> we will see a brief break in the humidity at least, that's half the battle here in late july. we will see basically an improvement through the day and even tonight we're already seeing dryer air working in, storms well south now. you see these lower dew point numbers in pennsylvania with very dry air in place and pushing south, push out the steam a little way south into the day tomorrow but not right this moment. we are looking at a hot humid night out there in the upper 80s in terms of what it feels like but tomorrow we climb into the 80s with a noticeable drop in humidity. enjoy it. we'll get those details coming up. >>> new video out of colorado of the star of the dark knight rises leaving a colorado hospital after visiting some of the victims of the early friday morning massacre. >> he is christian bale and posed for pictures with survivors and families and if you've been on facebook you have seen these pictures, they are where. tonight we hear more from families, people are calling the miracle baby. >> katie medley was 9 months pregnant when she escaped

wyatt everhart is here with when we will see a break. >> it will get worse before it gets better in termsthe heatch the storms relenting tonight -- heat. the storms relenting tonight. northern baltimore county and eastern shore severe limits over queen anne's and now that storm is out of here. and as we look at the setup temperature wise, highs today reaching very close to 100. going over 100 in the city. and heat watch is up through saturday evening. wouldn't be surprised to see excessive heat warnings articles yeas tomorrow afternoon. even tonight, feeling like the low 90s to 100in frederick. tomorrow 1 hundred hi -- 100 by 4. we will talk about when the heat relents coming up. >> 6 days 144 hours and 8640 minutes and 1 stocked refrigerator a go you lost your power. christian schaefer is in rogers -- schaffer is in rogers ford. >> reporter: how much gas or diesel fuel they have used to power the generators overall that time. but tonight even the state public utility watchdog is preaching patience saying it is too early to blame bge for storm response now taking more than 6 days. >> repo