Fredericksburg 6. Culpeper 2. Gaithersburg 8. And unfortunately we have lots and lots of cold in the 7 day forecast and well fwet used to it. Lets get to news. School skimzal begany and garrett out of maryland and hampshire and Orange County virginia sklz on two hour delay today. Cold weather might be to blame for blooded middle school with gas leak in south east d. C. No electricity, heat, crime are middle school. Melanie alnwick is there though live with the latest. Mel, its hard welcome back to class for these kids. Good morning. Thats right, it is. We should say they get one extra day here because d. C. Public schools g lot of damage here to clean up because of the problems with water and gas. And you can see here right in front the Washington Gas crews theyve been digging down to get to the gas line there. There was a strong smell of natural gas in the air and d. C. Fire hazmat crews tell me they understand that the water that was in the basement somehow compromised boiler room an
Morning. An 8yearold girl was near a mini van with two men inside. According to the 8yearold police say the passenger opened the door and said come to my house i have candy. It was something that since i remember my mother telling me about the dangers of people offering you anything. Thats when Police Spokes person cathy mrefy says the girl pushed the door and ran back inside to get hope and then theres more. The 8yearold told police the man who opened a passenger door had a flower tattoo on his left hand. Wore a hoop nose ring and she also described seeing a pimple by his left eye. Such good identifying marks that someone probably knows who this person is. Im still really shocked. I wouldnt consider that a possibility here. Now were told that mini van was last seen driving in the direction of john nevens this video. Anyone with Surveillance Video who may have caught this activity call police. That is not the kind of scare we need to start the new year. Stephanie thank you. The gray mi
Westminster and twelve leonardtown and five fredericksburg and everybody off to cold start. No high temperatures above freezing. Ill have the details on this cold blast here to stay believe it or not next weekend. Coldest air yet arriving saturday and sunday. Details on that coming up. 13 this morning. High temps in the mid 20s. More weather back to you. Thanks, tuck, a few School Systems west of districts opening late today because of fridgeit temps, clark county, virginia schools on one hour delay this morning andal gapey and garrett countrys in maryland on two hour delays. And hampshire and West Virginia also delayed two hours and Orange County virginia schools you are on a two hour delay as well. Developing right now fox5 on top of major problems because of this major cold. South east d. C. A burst pipe flooded gas leak. Theres no electricity and theres no heat in crimeer middle school on q street in southeast and Melanie Alnwick is there. Shes live with the latest n now. Mel. Repo
And thats what weve been seeing across the d. C. Region. Weve been reporting on water main breaks across the reej yop. Wfsc respomd todd over 60 the last self days and its affecting schools in our area over in montgomery out county as well as fairfax county. And what happened was, over the twoweek winter break, these buses like the the ones behind me here, they have been sitting outside in the frigid temperatures for you know the last two weeks or so. And when students return to school yesterday some of these buses wouldnt even start. Some stalled and were told out of 8700 biss routes in county, 200 bus routes were affected and it left hundreds of students waiting outside in the cold for up to an hour. Remember it was in the low teens just like today. This morning except winds this morning and yesterday as well. Today theyll have extra hands on deck ready to help out. They say parents and s can check on bus routes delays. Its and checked it this morning up to date and no delays. Its da
Wednesday, january 3, frigid weather getting us to. Page county schools delayed two hours and frederick Country Schools also on a two hour delay. In West Virginia berkley grant, hardy and Jefferson County schools in West Virginia are all on a two hour delay. All right lets talk about weather with make mike and caitlin rorj is talking about traffic in a few. Mike to you first. Winds green alley light to calm around the region. Not getting subzero temperatures. Many suburbs Single Digits temps. Well tell what you is up in a few minutes. Mike, good morning. It looked look a lot of people took yesterday often ofive expect many people hitting the road and major crowd and cold temperatures several water main morning. Well have details on where and how to work around. Well check back in a few. If you get up 5 a. M. Here are top stories. Beginning breaking news from Prince George koumentsy. Fire cruz working to puts out a blaze in townhouse on grisle lane in laurel. Everyone in the home was ab