News 4 midday starts now. Good morning. Im pat law sen muse. And im ericya gonzalez. First it is a weather alert day so this mornings heavy rains and storms are causing some very big problems in fair fax county emergency cruise cruise were called to help the person in this car that got caught in high water. Everybody got out safely but police are warning people tom avoid roads covered in water. Think weve got some other scene video of northwest dv, the westbound lanes still closed because this tree is still down in the road. You can see the branches all over the place there. The roads been closed for several hours no word on when it will reopen. The downed tree was just part of the messy morning commute, heavy rained storms were also part of the problem. Storm team 4 scheena par veen is with us now. What can we expect in the next few hours. The next four hours well continue to see that clearing but we saw a chance of showers and storms for this afternoon, nothing like this morning. If
Today to wind chills in the 30s right now, and its going to feel even colder tomorrow morning. Ill let you know by how much in my forecast. And weve got an update for you on the condition of two teenagers shot at a local metro station. That breaking news, first at 11 00, more than 20 people in hospitals tonight after a suspected drunk driver crashed into a mardi gras parade. Good evening. Im erika gonzalez. Thanks so much for joining us. Police in new orleans says they have the driver in custody. They say he was so drunk he drove his pickup truck through the crowd, hit two vehicles, and then crashed into a dump truck. In all, 28 people are hurt. Five of them are in trauma care. Mayor asked residents to look out for each other as the festival season continues. Weve h that have really caused serious damage and consequence to a lot of citizens which is just a same because there are hundreds of thousands of people that had been enjoying themselves. Witnesses describe the scene as chaotic a
With breaking news. Nancy a fire at the skyline plaza condominiums in fairfax county. Brianne carter has more on this breaking news. We have firefighters from fairfax, alexandria, and arlington counties. This is the complex where this happened. Firefighters responding your a of the fire because scope of this building. Itefighters are telling us was a big fire on the seventh floor of this complex. Believed by residents to be contained to just one unit on the seventh floor. What we also know is one individual was transported from the scene, no word on this civic injuries related to that at this point. Residents who live in the building that they heard the alarm go off. Not asked to evacuate or that sort of thing, many just came out to see what was going on and make sure their neighbors were ok. We are now being told one person has been transported t from the scene. The cause remains under investigation. Brianne carter, abc 7 news. Nancy it was a rainy, dreary start to the weekend, but we
Have already shown up. This is more than 20 for the electorate for election day. How do you get those who havent gone to the polls and the specifically the independents . Two different paths. Hillary clinton is out there with president obama stumping on her behalf. She has a Mini Documentary to explain why it should be her moment. On the flip side, donald trump hammering home the narrativ that everything is rigged, the media is back and she is crooked. He believes it will sway anyone who believe it or not is still undecided. Its about using whatever systems they have in place. The a gor ritms that the d. N. C. And r. N. C. Are looking to refine to encourage those who have yet to get to a polling booth. Alison we will be here throughout the everything. When the polls start to close to give us an indication of how the race is going to go . Scott the polling that we have seen are the exit polling. Its really been analyzedded quickly. Then you see the results jump out. Suddenly you are dec
The heartland storm in the heartland. Doug the storm is over western section of illinois. But the cold front will come through and bring us showers. Not the heavy rain you see. Look at the graphics. You can see slower to your area, light rain showing up. That evaporates before it hits the ground. We wait until tomorrow when the showers head our way. Closeup that shows the cloud cover than anything else. Through the evening, it will remain cloudy. Th the mid340s by 8 00 tonight. When you wake up, it will be in the upper 30s to 40s. Typical cloudy, and a cool start to thanksgiving day. There is the possibility of scattered showers and the best chance is in the morning until noon. It might get afternoon sunshine as we head to the lower 50s. The rest of the thanksgiving day Holiday Weekend forecast coming up shortly. Jonathan looking forward to it. Thanks. Stay with the stormwatch7 team your phone or tablet. Find it either way. Download the weather app from google play or find it on app st