Im will thomas. Take a live look right now at miami, florida. You can see giant waves crashing over the street. Power outages are being reported, Public School classes canceled for friday andthe storm not just pounding here in south florida. It could cause huge problems and billions of dollars in damage along the east coast. Lets get right to it tonight. Hurricane sandy fears, gary mcgrady is in the weather have to begin our storm coverage. Thanks, will. This will be a high impact storm all up and down the east coast. Well go right to the satellite picture to show you. It doesnt look very organized here. As a matter of fact, it has been weakening just a little bit over the last several hours. Its encountering strong winds aloft. We call that wind sheer and that tends to buffet the storm around a bit. Winds are down to 90 miles an hour. Movement has slowed dramatically. Now its moving north, north we have at 13 miles per hour. The pressure is up just a little bit at 968. This is the tra
Here on news4. A wellknown Swimming Coach who taught local athletes for decades was arrested today for child abuse. That accusation against rick curl, it dates back 30 years. News4s pat collins spoke to his accuser and was there when curl turned himself in. Pat . Reporter at the Montgomery County jail, a swim coach charged in a child sex case. It goes back to the 80s. The victim . One of his best swimmers. 63yearold rick curl, a wellknown Washington Area swim coach, leaving the Montgomery County jail after he was officially charged in a child abuse sex case. A case that goes back 30 years. Curl released on a 50,000 money bond. The victim, kelly davies kearn. I talked to her by phone about curls arrest. I dont know whether to laugh or cry. Im thankful. Im sad. I just feel confirmation that what i did was the right thing to do. Reporter according to court documents, curl sexually abused the victim from the time she was 13 until she was 18. While he was her swim coach. She was one of his
Theyre making headlines at 5. Two people are killed after flames rip through a vacant home. And a new study said d. C. Has the worst traffic in the nation. And Baltimore Ravens fans pant the town purple as the team and all the fans celebrate a big super bowl win. Im shawn thomas will thomas. Im shawn yancy. Two People Killed in an Early Morning house fire. The flames broke out at a boarded up rowhome. The victims were found inside what was supposed to be a vacant house. Matt ackland is live with the latest. Matt . Reporter this is a big fire. Firefighters say they could see the smoke and fire acro the river. Once they got here, the first order of business was to put out the flames. Witness they did that, then they could go inside the home, where they made the tragic discovery. Two people dead inside, one was close to the front door this video tells a story, a fast moving fire ripped through a n the area. Ripped through a reporter Janice Harkin lives nearby. She walked home quickly when