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Later today well have a chilly morning. Temperatures warming to near 70 this afternoon. Then an even warmer pattern will be setting up later this week. Right now storm team 4 radar shows were all dry now. We have dry roads. Melissa, it looks like were off to a good start. Overall roadways looking good. Right now, top of the beltway, nice and green. Everything is rolling along well. Taking a look at 270 as you head southbound, it will take you 26 minutes. Rehn remember to listen to our friends wh...

Roads. We have a crash slowing things down quite a bit. A 2 1 2 mile backup as you are headed northbound on crain highway at branch avenue. The left lane is blocked and those backups are building here. Really have increased quite a bit in the last couple of minutes. In Silver Spring now, chopper 4 over this problem, a pedestrian struck northbound Georgia Avenue at dennis avenue. Another shot from the ground there for you this morning. Also outbound 11th street bridge, still have the two left lan...

Get historic flood waters under control in the state of South Carolina. Here, the Army National guard using sandbags to try to help the situation. This after at least 18 dams breached or failed across the state. We know the death toll is still rising. 13 people have died in South Carolina alone. Communities downstream will likely have to evacuate, Officials Say, as all that rain water makes ittowas way the low lying coast. So along with more flooding that is expected, there are so many people to...

Turn next . Changing plans and dozens of local events threatened by possible flash flooding. Even the redskins watching the weekend forecast. That breaking news in capitol heights, maryland, police tell us two men were killed in a shooti ining on Central Avenue the Central Gardens apartment just before 8 00 this evening. This does not appear to be a random shooting and police are still working to figure out a motive. Now to a live look at the radar in our calm before the storm. Dont get used to ...

They are considering what could be a landmark bill for the nation. Paid family leave time. Legislation considered by the district to allow up to 16 weeks to be off work after a new baby, adopted child or ill family member. The d. C. Approved mayor bowsers man to hire independent Ambulance Company in a oneyear trial period. D. C. Fire and e. M. S. Have been overwhelmed with the muslim and the nonemergency calls. The goal is to have new ambulances on the street in a few weeks. Maureen only on 7 a ...

Elizabeth we are standing by one of the road closures but to give you perspective. Take look. We are standing in the floodwater which is ankle deep. But yesterday this was waist high. The conditions are improving but the governor asking residents to stay vigilant. Live in South Carolina, im elizabeth hur, abc7 news. Jonathan elizabeth, any idea when the water will recede enough for roads where you are standing now and they would be back open and the water would be gone . Elizabeth we dont have a...

Pole. You can just imagine as the water came racing in the front of the building to blow it out the back. There are tens of thousands of people in this area who do not have electricity. There are tens of thousands of people who are told they need to boil their water. There are houses and entire neighborhoods that have been ruined. We are told just down that way we havent had a chance to get there there is a neighborhood where people are all evacuated from their homes. This is an absolute mess an...

Phipps exwife and two daughters hired an attorney. Today she called for a criminal and a civil investigation. Not only the outdoor picnic at the park here but also in the way that police handled the search, which went on for a few weeks. According to the family here, last month the whitmore House Assisted Living Center took phipps and a group of other elderly residents to a picnic at watkins regional park. The 80yearold disappeared while walking to an outdoor bathroom. Police found his body yest...

Impact the rain drops will have on your commute. For now, trouble on 270. Big backups on 270. Chopper 4 over the scene. Looks worse than we were expecting. You can see disabled semitrucks there blocking two central plainplain lanes. Very slow as youre headed southboundme me southbound. Another problem, baltimore road at wellington, a crash, that crash is in the intersection there. Beltway at st. Barnabas moving along fine. Battery lane, tow truck on the way there. More on the crash at 270 slowin...

Am on your side. Leon first, anger over parking punishment. There is free Street Parking in most of the district for the columbus day holiday. Alison but people were slapped with fines for the d. C. Streetcar project. Leon 7 on your side investigator chris papst dug into the situation and has what he found out. Chris, what is the word . During holidays, leon, americans are used to getting a break from traffic, a break from nuisances like paying and getting parking tickets. That was the case toda...