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schools are open. a full list of closures is scrolling at the bottom of the screen right now. >> and here are the latest numbers from the power company. pepco now reporting more than 118,000 customers still in the dark. dominion virginia has more than 79,000 off line in northern virginia alone. bge says montgomery county, prince georges, anne arundel and howard counties have about 61,000 without service right now. >> not a good day to be without that ac as if there is ever a good day. ...

before we can call it better. we have some storms out there at this hour. temperature will only top out in the mid-90s with a little less humidity. there is your radar. you can see some pretty good thunderstorms south and east of washington. southern maryland, leonardtown, down toward st. marys city, you can see the cloud-to-ground lightning. some lightning pushing across the bay. that will be into southeast maryland shortly. we are waking up with a few showers and thunderstorms out th...

in effect. nonemergency federal workers must notify work if they plan to take leave or telework. >> maryland state workers can also use liberal leave. be sure to check the bottom of your screen for the status many local governments and school systems. >> you can find the same information on our web site, myfoxdc.com. hundreds of thousands of people in the area are still without power. this is how it breaks down right now. pepco is reporting more than 243,000 customers out. dominion v...

are a slew of closings across the region today. the federal government is open, with an unscheduled leave and unscheduled telework policy in effect. nonemergency federal workers must notify their employees if they plan to take leave or telework. meantime, maryland state workers can use liberal leave. the d.c. government is open. montgomery county government is open. prince georges county government is open with liberal leave for employees. >> lets talk about schools for a minute. the f...

highs this afternoon in the mid- 90. satellite radar storms overnight pushing off to the south and east. eastern shore had storms. theyre out of here. should generally be a bright and sunny day. few passing clouds, might be an isolated storm late today. the trend will be to keep things dry today. heres your forecast today, 95 in washington. cooler in the mountains with highs in the low 90s. thats a look from here. ill be back in a couple of minutes. back to you, tony and allison at t...

house to make another run, weve got more information on that. fox 5 morning news continues right now. >> this is fox 5 morning news. >> it is monday, july 2nd. here is a live look at storm damage in d.c. at this hour. a large tree is blocking part of 42nd street northwest. that is the scene unfortunately in a lot of neighborhood around the d.c. region this morning. good morning. im sarah simmons. >> im wisdom martin welcome to fox 5 morning news. more than half a million people are wit...

76 this morning in ocean city. winchester 72 degrees. nice, warm, mild start to your day. a few thunderstorms develop to our north and east overnight, and still hanging out over delaware and southern new jersey. here in washington, generally partial sunshine to start your day. hazy, hot and humid day. highs in the 80s and eventually, take a breath, upper 90 to about 100 later today. mix in the humidity, will be a warm one. theres your weekend, 99 tomorrow. and the heat sticks around ne...

there are your high temperatures. 100 in baltimore. 101 in fredericksburg. well do aall over again tomorrow and the next day and the next day. >> good morning, julie. >> out on the roads, you will find we kind of have our hands full. we had overnight construction southbound 270 at old georgetown road. looks like that has cleared. no problems reported on 270 approaching and passing 109. this is southbound 395 as you approach edsall road. a very large truck hit one of the overhead signs....

105 this afternoon. before a heat advisory that goes into effect today. we have a pretty good band of thunderstorms that have developed in pep pen and those will be pressing to the south. see the yellow on the map? that is the severe thunderstorm warning. parts of northern maryland under a thunderstorm warning. they may get into parts of our area here early this morning. otherwise, hot and humid with high temperatures near 100 degrees. this heat wave will stick around all weekend. more...

right now. it is friday, june 29th, 2012. here is the bad part about it. you will be sweating through the entire weekend. but hay, it is friday. good morning to you. im allison seymour. >> im will thomas. before we get to weather and talk about all this heat we want to bring you breaking news in northwest washington. we do have a live picture now to show you. this is a fire on glenbrook road. this is near american university. you can see the smoke rising up on our tower cam. it is on...