For a moment and as it rushed through the court and the wires were shaking we heard this crash. It wasnt raining or thundering. We saw the tree fall into the house. Josh they saw the tree fall from their house across the street but what was actually going on inside one of the owners of the house was in the basement and didnt realize this had happened until she came upstairs. Fortunately, she is okay. Everybody is doing all right. The family does have a place to stay nearby. Thats whats going on in kensington. Latest. To ony for the reporter josh, remarkable scene here in gaithersburg. A tree brought down a power line and it caused a crater in the middle of the roadway. The asphalt almost looks like lava. The crater goes down about a foot into the ground and take a look at this. You can just see how soft this asphalt is. It really burnt it up. Still smoldering at this hour. The smell not very pretty. Down. You can see that people in the neighborhood were using chain saws to try and clear the roadways so people could access their home. Earlier today we saw a tree that came down on a car with power lines as well. Both lanes blocked as fire crews tried to clear everything up. Thats the very latest in Montgomery County. Im kevin lewis. Now back to you. Thank you so much. Mobile track 7 was on the road in virginia when the storms moved through. Take a look at that. So tonight thousands of people still without power. Our Northern Virginia bureau chief Jeff Goldberg live in stafford with some of the damage there. Actually in the last 5 or 10 minutes the rain and wind have picked up in the southern end of Stafford County. This aluminum came off this Storage Facility over here. Probably a good 20, 30 feet. We see some aluminum that got stuck in the tree here. This is the southern end of Stafford County. A little bit north of us some we shot it on route one. Power crews working to restore power. 12,000 people throughout Northern Virginia lost power as a result of this storm. 6,000 of them in the fredericksburg and stafford area. A lot of people still without power. In the harbor neighborhood in stafford, trees down blocking roads. Flipped over trampoline. Trees in the yards in that neighborhood again with people dealing with cleanup and also dealing with power outages. Back here live in the southern end of Stafford County were told thankfully the damage is very sporadic, not terribly centralized and not too bad. And thankfully, nobody was hurt. Again, power crews will be out there all night tonight restoring power to those in need. Live in Stafford County, Jeff Goldberg, abc 7 news. Thank you. Another issue you need to know about is this. Parts of canal road closed down right now after a tree fell right near the intersection with foxhall road. Two people were hurt because it hit their car. Firefighters say one woman inside says the tree missed he parts of the midwest are recovering after more than two dozen reported tornadoes touched down destroying homes and leaving at least three people dead. As Severe Weather continues throughout the midwest today close to 100 Million People are at risk. We thank up to everyone who sent us pictures and video of the storms today. You can check out the entire gallery on our website wjla. Com. We have breaking news to tell you about right now. This is coming to us out of annandale where in just the last hour police have arrested 20yearold burham amd the man they believe attacked a woman as she of moving out of her apartment complex. As Stephen Tschida reports it started when the man offered to help. Stephen weve been working this story all day. Within the hour we spoke with Fairfax County police. Theyve informed us they have made an arrest in this sexual assault, a case where the man offered to help the woman move but wound up assaulting her. A large apartment complex of mostly immigrants where some are troubled tonight. Very horrifying to hear things like this especially in a Spanish Community where you see a lot of folks around and very close to a school. Stephen a woman moving out of an apartment ran into a man in the parking lot. He offered to help. She said he looked suspicious so she said no and went back to her unit to continue packing. An hour later the same man came through an open door. We found the doors to the buildings not locked today. The man entered the womans unit, implied he had a knife, ordered her to take her clothes off, and sexually assaulted her. It could be me. A neighbor heard the womans screams and ran to help. The suspect grabbed the 37yearold neighbor by the hair, threw her to the ground, and then took off running. Lock the door properly. Right now i am in fear. How can i g stephen as far as the two women, the neighbor who was thrown to the floor and the woman who was assaulted, they were both taken to the hospital and treated for nonlife threatening injuries. Stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Also in Fairfax County police are searching two parks for human remains. The locations are Holmes Run Park and tysons pennant park in the alexandria section of the county. Police say a tip possibly connected to Gang Activity prompted the search. This all comes just a few weeks after police discovered the remains after missing Montgomery County teen in the area. Also in Montgomery County police are still looking into an accident on i270 that left a pedestrian dead. The accident happened in the northbound lanes near muddy branch road and gaithers bug. Some lanes had to be shut down as police investigated. But the lanes are now back open. Also today President Donald Trump was suppose today unveil the revision of his controversial travel ban but the executive order was delayed yet again. Right now we dont know why. The Associated Press is citing sources that say when the new order happens iraq will no longer be on the list of courned under the temporary travel ban. The next secretary of the interior was confirmed today. The montana republican did say he believes Climate Change is real but did not say if he thinks humans play a role in that. Today ben carson also cleared his final hurdle in the senate. A full confirmation vote to make him the next secretary of housing and urban development could come as early as tomorrow. Early polls show that a lot of the people who watched the president s speech last night liked what they heard and saw. Well take a look at why it resonated. Reporter President Donald Trump hit the reset button in his speech to congress. President trump the time for small thinking is over. The time for trivial fights is behind us. We just need the coura share the dreams that fill our hearts. Reporter that pivot is resonating with americans. A new cnn poll found 57 of viewers had a very positive reaction to the president s speech. About 70 say trump is heading in the right direction on the economy and fighting terrorism. A fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation says the speech connects with americans concerns. He talked about the importance of jobs, of security, of immigration, getting our borders under control, of a good education for children, and taking care of our veterans. Reporter the president s new unifying message was a juxtaposition from his inaugural address where he painted a more ominous picture of america. President trump this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. The american greatness is now beginning. A new National Pride is sweeping across our first month in office has been quite chaotic and at a time when his job Approval Ratings are at historic lows the uplifting speech was welcomed by his republican colleagues. I thought he was very president ial and i think it reassured a lot of people that they made the right choice that he is now the president of the united states. Reporter despite the president extending an olive Branch Democrats are still skeptical of trump. Who is the real donald trump . You know, he is full of platitudes, sort of like the baitandswitch president. Reporter in washington. To get complete analysis of the speech with a special called your voice your future a town hall round table will begin at 7 00 on our sister station news channel 8. The dow set another record today bare lay month after passing 20,000 the dow tops 21,000 for the first time closing at 21,115. Analysts attribute todays 303point gain to the relatively positive tone of the president s speech and a hike in Interest Rates in the near future. For all of you who saw what happened oscar night we have new developments to tell you about in the last hour and a half. This is about of course the best picture blunder at the oscars. So the president of the academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences now says the two accountants who are responsible for this mistake will not work on the awards show again. Accountants from Price Waterhouse coopers have tallied the oscar results for more than 80 years and of course presenters Warren Beatty and fay dunaway were mistakenly given the wrong card. The one for best actress instead of best picture and then of course they announced la la land as the winner instead of moonlight. We now know the two accountants responsible for giving the wrong envelope are no longer there. Dont look for any performances at carter amphi theetther summer. The National Park service says it needs to close the facility in Rock Creek Park for the 2017 season. In a Statement Today the park service says the stage has structural problems and cannot support the weig performances. Repairs could cost about 00,000. The park service says it is trying to figure out what to do next. Well keep you posted on what happens. Repairs could cost about 500,000. Coming up at 5 00 flames reach sky high in the middle of the night drawing firefighters from miles around. Im sam ford along wheeler road in southeast washington where there have been so many shootings along this street in the past week people are not sure how many. That story is next. On abc 7 news. Then a little later, what the pope is calling for on his first day of lent. And check it out. The cherry buds are already out. Peak bloom is on the way. Well tell you when in a live report coming up. Why are you checking your credit score . You dont want to drive old blue forever, do you . [brakes squeak] credit karma, huh . Yep, its free. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Were back with a look at some of the beauty of yellowstone National Park. Today marks 145 years since it was first established as a National Park. That was way back march 1, 1872. Wow. Well, speaking of beautiful things, here we have the Cherry Blossoms. Our favorite time of the year. Right . Blossoms should reach peak in just about two weeks. No surprise with the weather weve had. At least that is a first from the National Park service. Well go live to tidal basin with a look at the peak bloom. Rich . Larry, check this out. You can see the little buds already coming out peak bloom theyre telling us between march 14 and march 17. A lot of this due to the warm weather weve been having. Despite the wind and rain the little buds are hanging on for dear life. It is kind of crazy because this is the first time it ever bloomed this early. Not the best weather for blossom sighting. That didnt stop michelle. The weather brings out great flowers, beautiful blooms, and the people of the city. Walking where the very first cherry trees were planted in march of 1912 is part of her daily routine. They are beautiful and the history of them, a gift from the people of japan and this is a beautiful thing. They live on. Only about 100 of the original 3,000 trees remain. The delicate buds, the beginnings of petals already showing as a preview of the march 14 peak bloom. Are you guys excited to see these bloom . Definitely. Amos says he is thrilled about the early peak. It comes just in time for his parents who are visiting from china. My parents fly almost from the other side of the world to see and to ths flower. The pink and green colors, perhaps a celebration of having the early peak on st. Patricks day. I think because the Cherry Blossoms are only here once, show more pink than green. I still feel like it will abbeautiful bloom, the same as always. Just a couple weeks earlier. Thats all. Yeah. It is really early. Last year, march 25 for peak bloom. The year before that april 10. Now, take a look at this. One thing we can reassure you guys coverage all day long. These buds are not being blown away by the wind. Live in southwest washington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. All right. Doug is here now. Behind us doug is kind after cool time lapse that shows how quickly the clouds moved in. Doug yeah. The storms are moving at 50 miles an hour. Higher gusts and heavy rain brought them down. If this would happen, you know, a few weeks from now when the blossoms are really tender and about to burst open it could knock a lot of them off. Were in good shape still. I want to start with a Cherry Blossom update and fill in some dates. The average peak date is april 4. Last year it was march 25 we had peak bloom. The earliest ever on record was march 15 in 1990 and the park service saying april 14 to 18 or april 1417 im sorry march 14 the latest bloom ever april 18, 1958. So definitely ahead of schedule. Alison we could break the record. Doug the 14th would be the day. We tied a record today at Reagan National 80 degrees on the first day of march, well above average. No records reported at b. W. I. , thurgood marshall, or washington dulles. Right now still very mild out there. The cold front has not crossed the area yet. It is still out west of the appalachian mountains. So still 07 at quantico where they had a wind gust at 78 Miles Per Hour. 70 in leesburg. 69 degrees annapolis. 68 fredericksburg. 67 in culpepper. Through the evening we think most of the rain still down stream will stay south of the metro area. Everyone though will get on some pretty good wind gusts. Weve had gusts within the past 45 minutes or so of a 37mileperhour gust in fredericksburg, 38 Miles Per Hour at the airport in manassas. 32 at Reagan National airport. Well see higher wind gusts later tonight, overnight, and tomorrow morning. Not from any storm system but from air pressure, from pressure rapidly once the cold front passes through. Thats why this entire area you see shaded in tan now is under a wind advisory. It goes into effect at 8 00 tonight along and kicks in at 10 00 p. M. Tonight for the rest of the area and runs through 10 00 tomorrow morning. We can expect wind gusts in the vicinity of 35 to 40 Miles Per Hour and some gusts to 50 Miles Per Hour. This is the rain, the Northern Edge of whats left of the front. You see its moving across the Southern Suburbs here. Southern viewing area with more rain. Heavier rain the further south you go. We think it will tend to stay south of metro washington. You see a line goes way south. They still have the severe thunderstorm watch and in iredale county and places north and west of charlotte Tornado Warning in effect there. What were seeing is the motion of the heavy storms moving to the northeast while at the same time the entire line is kind of settling more to the southeast. So thats why were pretty confident that most of the a rain will stay south of the metro area later tonight. Well see clearing skies overnight. Our future cast set at 7 00 tonight shows the rain south of town. Some heavier rain Northern Neck and Southern Maryland and then clearing skies develop in the overnight hours. The winds abruptly ahead of the northwest as high pre that will drive the winds and the winds across the open great lakes will cause snow showers and snow squalls there. By the time we get into friday we have a Little Something to keep an eye on. That is the little upper air disturbance expected to move across the area. Some computer models just give a few flurries. Some computer models say maybe could accumulate on grassy areas. Well wait and see. We do know it will come across the area. Temperatures will be in the 30s but ground temperatures he so are so warm id be surprised if anything more than a little light snow fell. But this is the crazest winter on record. Who the heck knows . Definitely something well pay close attention to tomorrow and tomorrow night into the day on friday. Our extended outlook, 54 tomorrow. Gusty winds. 45 friday with maybe a little wintry stuff in the morning. Well see. Over the weekend plenty of sunshine. Very chilly. On saturday 45. Low 50s on sunday. Warming up on monday and tuesday. Then wella stay on the mild side, mid to upper 50s for the balance of next week. A little bit of a shock to wait a minute. Winter coats . Let me find that. Thanks, doug. The newest lego figures are putti