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60s. so today, clouds and potty showers at least through mid- morning, maybe even most of the morning. sunshine by noon and sunny and pleasant and breezy for the drive home. 5:00 temperature 72. angie goff has the traffic info for you. thank you. we are kicking off the 5:00 hour. first we want to say tgif. we are so glad that friday is here and the rain pretty much out of our way, except for light showers here and there. route 1 at south ball street. we have some problems that carrie...

deep in about an hour. >> reporter: st. marys safety director dave guy says the dam was never opened because water levels never reached 70 feet which would have prompted a mandatory evacuation. but with some fuel tanks toppled in the torrent, people feel they are not safe. >> you can smell a lot of gas. i wonder if something will catch fire. >> are you going to stay here? >> not tonight. until it gets cleaned up. >> reporter: at 3:30 friday the county sent in the calvary. hazmat crews ...

annapolis. thats what were going to be looking for when we go into time. were still dealing with rainy conditions, gusty outside, ill tell you when were going to start to be to see improving conditions, back to you kelly. >> when this started to happen and it would come up and recede, come up and recede, and we dont know what tonight will bring when we have another high tide. >> hoping that it passes quickly. and worried about the tide, worried that the boats in the city were okay out ...

few-hour hike. six days in the desert. >> yeah. and from record heat to the record rain were having. >> big-time out here. >> all up and down the east coast. record-setting rain. some areas received 22 inches. its not over. philadelphia and new york, still in the thick of it right now. thousands along the east coast are without power this morning. sam says there could be more rain to come. and well get to all that in just a moment. look at that. like a river. >> a lot of flooding. ...

business. >> most of the places that saul flooding have been flooded in the past. everyone we talked to said that they have never seen anything like this, even during hurricane isabelle. river got st. marys within 3 ft. of overflowing. the water is receding very quickly. lets at over to gail pennybacker who is in alexandria. >> the water has receded a little bit. the sandbags are still here. that is critical because high tide occured at 3:00 this morning and businesses and people wil...

>> good morning. thanks for joining us. >> john collins is saying the forecast has stopped raining. >> right but a little sprinkle activity around here. the heaviest rains have moved off into new jersey and up to new york state. look at our h.d. doppler radar and you can see where the storm is headed. away from us. again, we are still seeing a few sprinkles and showers, mostly from the city east. low clouds everywhere but it is beginning to clear out in western maryland. that is a sign...

take a look at this doc getting battered by the bay. right now, there are about 55,000 people around the state without power due to yesterdays storm. a family in baltimore county dealt with something other than high waters. this tree fell on at their house. crews worked to remove it and discover what caused the tree to fall. >> once more, a quick review of what happened yesterday. first, the numbers. at the airport, a high of 78 degrees. at dwi, 6.2 inches of rain in -- at bwi, 6.2 inc...

calmed down but we also know of swift water rescues there this morning. heres more proof of the flooding problems in maryland. check out the seen in annapolis. the city dock under water after getting hit with all of the rain. >> certainly a one-two punch in the district as well. first floodwaters forced drivers to abandon their cars then the wind brought down big trees. check out this scene from just this morning. high water closing browns mill road in vienna, virginia. you can see...

per hour. leonardtown, gust to 30. temperatures are cool in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia. eastern shore, upper 60s to near 706789 the secondary surge has pushed far to our north and east, new england, new york city, boston. could be flight delays later this morning. for us, well have a partly cloudy afternoon after a smll chance of showers. highs reaching low 70s. back down into the 60s this evening. 40s by dawn tomorrow. saturday, partly cloudy. highs in the upper ...

good evening, everyone, im lester holt in for brian williams. tens of thousands of americans who are on the merge of losing their homes are getting an unexpected reprieve. three of the biggest lenders in the country have stopped evictions and sales involving foreclosures. bank of america joined the list today in announcing it was temporarily delaying foreclosure proceedings in 23 states. at issue, thousands of documents required for the legal process to go forward, which the companies ...