Responders may not be able to i think we are more likely to get out. Is there talk about bringing out be indoors. I think that is good. The National Guard . We heard there are large trucks we cannot go out to repair anything whether the power is able to get through this weather. Any talk about the plane these knocked out at night or in the middle of the day. The key factor that determines trucks . If we can send utility crews is the National Guard has been deployed. The wind. They have 500 members statewide this is a night to hunker down and around the state. Where they are needed, they are and be mindful of the dangerous going to those counties. It is up to the counties to tell conditions we are under. Them what they need. Governor, do we have all the assisting with the rescue assets in place we need. Efforts and personnel, police, do we still need additional help . Do we not know yet . Fire, an ambulance, first we brought in assets anticipating we would receive a responders assistanc
Welcome back to live coverage of Hurricane Sandy. It is set to make landfall in new jersey. They will take the full force. The effects are being felt all along the coast. Streets are rapidly flooding around the boardwalk in atlantic city. I have seen some pictures on twitter were the streets and look like rivers. They are really taking a pounding. Starting at 6 00 tonight, travel restrictions are in place in baltimore city. Only Emergency Personnel are permitted on the road. Were going to check on the latest on the storm with Tom Tasselmyer. The center is rapidly approaching new jersey. 90mile an hour wind is still estimated. It has not lost street. It is maintaining tropical characteristics right up to landfall. The forecast traffic is expected to take the storm system through the delaware bay through Northern Maryland to the mountains. Whatever is left is coming our way in the next six to 12 hours. Rainfall has been substantial and is likely to get heavier. You see these spiraling ba
Could affect you, head to wbaltv. Com. More at 5 30 p. M. Are following breaking news out of tennessee. A crash involving a tractor trailer, bus, and an suv has left eight people dead. This is an area east of knoxville. The bus crossed the median and struck the other vehicles after blowing a tire. The tractortrailer caught fire in the bus overturned. The accident shut down the interstate. We will keep a close eye on this one and bring you new information as it becomes available. More breaking news, this time in baltimore county. Police are searching for not one but three suspects. That is correct. B s is between hawthorne and grovethorne. We received a call of two people shot at a residence here. They found two victims who had been shot with a shotgun. We believe the injuries not to be lifethreatening. What police are being told is masks,o suspects wearing one with a shotgun is involved in the shooting. They do not have a good description but the third suspect was the operator of a car
Western shore to the eastern shore. Treacherous going across the bay bridge. We will give you more updates on what is going on. Right behind me is the jones falls and you can see the water is moving very fast and it is high. It has been raining for two days. Some areas across the state have gotten as much as six inches of rain. We have seen a lot of rainfall amounts more than six inches at Carroll County and it is still raining out there so we still have some drops to come down. Active storm drains caused minor flooding. Workers had to clean the drains to keep the water moving. Posed in anne was arundel county because of high water. The Fire Department had to rescue a woman who tried to drive her car through the water. With the rain expected to continue into the weekend, what do marathon runners think . I like the rain. It is fun and cool and keeps you cool. Slippingorried abuout but i will do my best. In marylandd yesterday morning and has been writing in the rain. Funt was not very y
Butt. We did not have a winter last year. It is revenge time. Here in maryland, folks are stocking up on bags of salt and struggling to deal with the winter remakes of snow, sleet, and rain that slowed traffic and caused flight delays before and after christmas. It is so windy today. And we may not be out of the woods just get. Wind gusts up to 50 m. P. H. Are expected throughout central maryland through the night. Utilities are prepared for possible Power Outages which could pose a challenge for cruise. The maybe times when it is unsafe to use pocket there may be times when it is unsafe to use bucket trucks. But be sure that we will be out there. It is likely we will have one more weather event to contend with this week. Ava marie has been monitoring a system for saturday. This will allow colder air to spill into the state. That could bring the rain further south into maryland, maybe delaware as well. Places that did not get the snow on the Christmas Holiday may very well see it on sa