Miles per hour so at least were down from yesterday, but the big story is the spotty flooding across the area. Still, moderate flooding in the forecast. I wanted to show you video from earlier this morning where we had it the road to check out the road conditions. This is coastal highway. What it looks like as we made our way up the wet surfaces and even down towards ocean city, that area that was covered with water yesterday, there was as much as 10 to 12 inches covering that area down around division street all the way down to the inlet yesterday. It was covered because at high tide, all the water came back over the road. They had to close the road, then they reopened it, then had to close a portion of it again. We may see the same thing today because tide rrs expected to run high around 1 00 this afternoon. So theyre asking some of the folks around town, theres a car show in town, theres a number of things still going on. Quite a few people. Theyre asking them to stay alert, whether theyre on the roads or going to hit the beach. Check in on the bay side guys in a couple minutes. Water levels there and how much beach erosion has occurred, angie. Thank you so much, rer ron ka. Now we to want go to tom and check in with him. Oh, actually were going to stay right here. Flood watch is still in effect for the coast of South Carolina as Hurricane Joaquin moves. Up the coast. The myrtle beach area remains under the watch through tomorrow. They are expecting eight to 12 inches of rain in the area. More bad news as beach erosion has the potential for coastal flooding. Creating a possibility for rip currents. Students at Howard University trying to make the most of the homecoming weekend with this dreary weather. Their annual homecoming parade, thats been canceled, but not all activities are rained out. We found students packed in an auditorium for an indoor concert. Thats from last night. And several big events this weekend have either to change their schedule or essentially cancel because of the storm. Well start with the maryland michigan game in college park. Got moved. And the race of every child, that has been canceled today nap race typically shuts down pennsylvania avenue download. In maryland, the taste of bethesda has been called off and the same for the ft. Bellvour octoberfest. Number of events that have changed and you can find a whole list to go to our nbc washington app, all you have to do is search events. All weekend long, keep that app handy. Track the latest on the heavy rain and the wind, you can also get the latest weather alerts come right to your phone. Now a developing story in northeast, washington. One man is dead after a triple shooting on h street. That is where we find derek ward, hes got the latest on the investigation, good morning, derek. Reporter this happened at about 1 06 last actually this morning. Police were are still concentrate on this alley in the 800 block of seventh street at the near the intersection of seventh and h. Police respond the to the sound of gunfire. When they got here, three men, three adult males were shot. Two are expected to survive, but a third person has died. Now we dont know any information about the identity of the victims or if it has anything to do with the establishment here which i am told is an art gallery, but again, three people shot early this morning here in northeast. One person has died. No information about a lookout on our suspect. We are live in northeast, derek ward, news 4, back to you. Thanks. Right now serious crash has part of the praez closed. Southbound lanes are stopped at route 50, traffic there, we can tell you is being diverted. U. S. Park Police Say Two cars crashed around 8 00 this morning, no one badly hurt, crews still there though. Theyre cleaning up that wreck. More breaking news now, a Doctors Without Borders clinic is hit by u. S. Air strikes overnight. This morning, weve learned nine staffers are dead, dozens more injured after the blasts near the hospital and the afghan city. Close to 70 were evacuated from that facility. Were finding out more about the heroism that took place during the deadly shooting at a Community College in oregon, at the same time, president obama pressing congress to take action on gun control. Nbcs wendy wulfork is following the information. Lucas ivel, 18 years old. Reporter each victim has his own story. He was an umpqua Community College scholars award recipient. He was studying chemistry. Reporter a proud christian, Jason Johnson was supposed to turn 34 next week. Hes gone. I will never see him again. Reporter nine others injured in the shooting rampage, including chris mintz who is now being hailed a hero. The army veteran and young father charged the gunman, took seven shots and undoubtedly saved other lives. The main thing im going to do is im going to talk about this, on a regular basis. And i will politicize it because our inaction season a portfolio decision that we are making. Reporter while our nation pays its sign of respect and condolences, another family struggles to understand how they lost a son on his fourth day of college. Dont know how were going to move forward with our lives without quinn. Our lives are shattered beyond repair. Reporter without many answers, investigators are still trying to determine what made Christopher Harper mercer snap after just enrolling in Community College, why did he turn his arsenal of weapons on his fellow students . May have indeed broken all of our hearts, but he cannot prevent our hearts from growing back bigger and stronger. Reporter but for yet another community struck by this national nightmare, that will take time. In roseberg, kboregon, nbc 4 ne. Investigators found six guns at umpqua Community College when they went and searched his apartment, they found seven more. The atf said all weapons were bought legally. Seven of them by the shooter or his family members in the last three years. He was a student in the class where that shooting took place. Gunman also flunked out of basic training for the army back in 2008. Jesse matthew will serve three life terms in prison for sexual assaulting and trying to murder a woman in fairfax. On friday, he was handed the harshest sentence possible, life term for each count. Matthew is also charged with the murders of College StudentsHannah Graham and Morgan Herrington in charlottesville. His mother screamed in court. And after the judge, this happened after the judge read each count. The trial for the murder of morgan is scheduled for next october. Hell be tried in the Hannah Graham case before that in july and could face the Death Penalty in that case. New details in an officerinvolved shooting in Prince William county. Why a judge says officers were justified in shooting the man. All right. So what really happened in that meeting between the pope and the kentucky clerk fighting samesex marriage . What the vatican is clearing up this morning in news of another private meeting. And with the threat of storms, the time is now to trim those trees. Beware of some Companies Offering deals just too good to be true. New details this morning in a Prince William county officerinvolved shooting. Police shot a man they say was creeping in the bushes outside a virginia womans home on lake drive in manassas last month. Its been ruled justified. The suspect, Jonathan Diaz chavez is charged with one count of Malicious Wounding of a Law Enforcement officer. Investigators say that he raised a crowbar at that officer and that is when the officer pepper sprayed him. Police say he then took off and threatened of the officer again with that same crowbar. According to police, that is when the officer fired. Chavez diaz will appear in court next month. This morning we know more about Pope Franciss socalled meeting with kentucky clerk kim davis. Its true the two did meet while he was in d. C. Last week, but davis was apparently one of dozens of people the pope greeted that day at the area. Vatican says the encounter should not be considered a form of support for her position. Youll remember, davis is the county clerk who refused to authorize marriage licenses to samesex couples and ended up in jail for it. The pope also met with a samesex couple just prior to the encounter with davis. One of them, a former student of the pope. Thats that encounter youre looking at. Didnt talk specifically about samesex marriage, but described it as catching up with an old friend. Storm team 4 radar is showing light showers all day long, but tomorrow could be a different story. Tom is tracking how long before we see some relief. Apples users getting higher bills. If youre one of them, we know why. 8 42 right now. Oh, well thats a good price. Seriously . Ill grab two. Get ready to save. Love the honey nut cheerios. The safeway stock up sale is on. Stop in and stock up on all your favorite products. From soup, snacks and cereal to meat, produce and more, save big at your local safeway store. Honthe safeway stock up sale. . Its just better. Youre watching news 4 today. Outside rain that goes into my house, so it came off, so i needed to make an extension so it wont, you know, the water right at the house. Got to clean my gutters, like asap, as soon as possible. A few other things, but its definitely having a big effect on me right now. Those are neighbors in prince georges county, theyre to the taking any chances when it comes to the rain. We caught up with folks catching up to get supplies to handle all of the wet weather this weekend. And a live look at the radar, lots of green, turquoise, different colors. Moving through the area this morning, in two minutes, the person that can interpret this best for us, tom, hes going to let us know where the rain is headed and when question finally expect some sunshine. Now a developing story from the white house. The president obama says he rejects russias military action against syria. The president vowed to continue with his strategy in supporting moderate rebels who oppose syrias president. He also dismissed the area that russia was strengthening its hand in the region. Russias entry into syria is raising questions about Vladimir Putins strategy. John king will become the acting education secretary when arnie duncan steps down. Happening in december. Duncans wife and kids moved back to chicago a few months ago, so he decided to leave the job. Duncans one of the longest running education secretaries in u. S. History. Before, he was a deputy education secretary, john king was new york state education commissioner. More than two years away, but it looks like the race for virginias next governor is already heating up. The Washington Post is reporting ed gillespie, the former white house advisor and Republican Senate nominee plans to run in 2017. And no official word yet from gillespies camp. Right now Lieutenant Governor ralph is the only candidate running on the democratic side. Yikes. Did we scare you . This is the first weekend the Haunted House is open at paxton mannor in leesburg. Its in its sixth year. It raises money to benefit paxton campus of school of people with disabilities. Theres nothing like this. This is actually inside an old manor. Most other haunts are hayrides and haunted trails. Sop this is very unique to the area. Its open fridays and saturdays from 7 00 until 10 00 in the evening. And sundays from 7 00 to 9 00 through the end of this month. And the wheel at the smil rolling again this weekend for one of its final times this season. It had been closed for about two weeks for restoration. The final grinding demonstrations happened this sunday and again, sunday, october 18th. Apple users, the new software could be making your bill go up. Its with a new setting and if you dont have the unlimited data plan, your pockets will get hit. Heres what you need to do to look out for the quote, wifi assist. This automatically allows your phone to Download Data from your cell plan when the wifi coverage is weak. You can turn it off, just go to the settings part of your apple device. Time right now is 8 48, and we have a lot of parents at home with kids trying to figure out what do we do with them on such a dreary day. And its not necessarily the rain, its so chilly out there. Well, theres scrabble and theres monopoly. Facebook live. And facebook live. Were doing that right now. Were live on facebook right now too if you want to join us and join the conversation. Yes. If youre going to a park, maybe the park or something, its all mud kbrip even though the rain muddy. Even though the rain is stopping. Serving squishy, the ground is continued to be saturated, now its just tapered off to drizzle, few sprinkles around now, there is no longer a flood threat. Im happy to report, and you can see, as we look at the radar, all that moving green, thats the rain thats passed on through, now its way off to the north and west, western maryland, panhandle of West Virginia pulling out of the Shenandoah Valley. Behind that, scattered sprinkles, scattered drizzle around the metro area, and weve got a blustery wind to do. Now going forward, hour by hour into the rest of the afternoon hours. This is as of 2 00 p. M. , might get another wave of light rain coming through, it may come through between 2 00 and 4 00 p. M. In the metro area as well as Shenandoah Valley. All the areas we may get sprinkles and light rain into the evening hours. If you plan on heading out tonight, you might encounter a little bit of that too. How much rain for the rest of the day . Generally about a half inch around the metro area, maybe an inch or more here, panhandle of West Virginia, southern Shenandoah Valley, no more flooding other than coastal flooding around the bay. All the counties bordering the bay have flood advisories and coastal flood warnings. Times of high tide, may be up to three feet above the average tide. There could be coastal flooding. Meanwhile, stays well out to sea, monday, close to ber emu dau category one hurricane continuing to stay well off the atlantic sea board. So no threat from joaquin, thankfully. Temperatures right now are chilly just in the mid to upper 40s north and west of washington. Out in the mountains, still only 37 at oakland, maryland, only 45 in petersburg, Shenandoah Valley too only in the mid40s. Low to mid50s around the bay. It was a damp day yesterday at Howard University. This photo posted by one of the interns, howard student, she posted that. And its going to stay damp there too for some of the events today at howard and for football today, the big game, of course, maryland and michigan, kickoff is at noon, blustery winds during the games. Sprinkles and drizzle will be mt. Midupper 50s, winds gusting 20 to 25 miles an hour. Dining out tonight, still a bit of drizzle around, still a blustery wind, well be in the 50s through the evening hours and by dawn on sunday, maybe lingering drizzle, then cloudy sunday afternoon, good weather for the skins game. Well be in the low 60s, then finally well see the sun on monday. Partly sunny with highs, upper 60s, and getting mild back to the average high this time of year, tuesday, low 70s and partly cloudy, above average on wednesday, thursday, beautiful, both days sunshine, low humidity, and another chance maybe a few showers coming in next friday evening. Thats the way it looks. Thanks, tom. Tree trimming one of the jobs that you need to get done before the winter, but the news 4 consumer watch has a warning youre watching news 4 today. Welcome back. It is that time of year again, youre thinking about cleaning up the yard before Winter Weather hits, trimming those trees, and tree removal coming chore yos u may decide you need to hire help for. You have to be careful. Dont get tricked into a deal thats too good to be true. Especially after this weekends round of really bad weather. Eric gonzalez has one maryland mans warning in this consumer watch. Reporter some projects around the house are bigger to tackle than others, thats why Keith Leonard wanted to hire help. Knock object door. They came to the door saying they were already doing work on a neighbors house and that it would be cheaper cost for us reporter he wanted a tall tree behind his home cut down. The company quoted him what he considered a good deal. We couldnt refuse the price. Reporter he signed this contract in workers cut down his tree the same day, then returned the next day to finish the job, but but then they said, oh, sorry, we dont have all the right equipment. What they were supposed stood cut it down into smaller pieces and completely remove it from the property. Reporter the Company Offered to do other yard work. Mulching, retaining wall. Reporter he signed a second contract. He paid for both jobs up front. More than 3600. And never saw them again. Reporter this is what can happen when you hire a Company Without checking it out first. One person is unlicensed workers, Unlicensed Companies running around with chain saws who are just doing work on the fly. Reporter he is with checkbook. Org, it rated more than 100 companies and found some charged more than twice as much as their competitors. For that reason, he says get multiple price quotes and you dont ian have to be home to do it. Tie a ribbon around the tree, rope around the tree, whatever. Some way to identify it and just call a bunch of tree Care Companies and ask them to give a bid. Reporter checkbook werents never pay up front and avoid hiring companies that