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WTTG Fox 5 Morning News 6 February 13, 2017

Most in northern virginia. Rgini. Dominion reporting about ab 15,000 customers without without power. Pepco reporting about 1100ou0 people in the dark, bg ebg e customers also without powero with the company reportingep more than 2200 outages. Ut lets get to tucker withcker more on the winds. N the wi. The big question will they w inue tod today. Yes, theyll pick up againeyi a little bit as we getck the sue up here we start to mix up theth atmosphere again but hard had hitting last night. Reminiscent of the derechoed. Ere were fecw years ago. 26 the currents wind gust in washington, 29 in29 in gaithersburg. 44 in annapolis. Apoli were still really blowing outw there. Once we get the sun up gp in an hour the winds are goingrg to pick up again and gust atustt times to up to about 50 milesut per hour later today. Oda quick look at your high wind wd warning just a reminder a highah wind warning locally until until 6 oclock tonight. Oclock well have plenty ofto sunshinee today. It will be otherwise a quiet que day but winds expected to blowe throughout the afternoon. Ut theo erin is back with a loo traffic real quick thisfic realt morning. Hi hi erin. I do and im walhik eingri or to the other studio right now nw tucker but wanted to let you le know theres a lot of problemsro on the roads now. No we have heavy closures heavyeavy winds high winds downed poles, downed wires. Wned w we have Team Coverage of thecove northbound 295 dealing with a 2i crash blocking the right ng wlae ase ri you make your way just jt after the beltway. Ltway. As we forward our maps thatstht not the only big problem werewe dealing with this morning. Wyoming avenue closed fallenfale tree at connecticut avenuevenue northwest. Thats just one of the issues. Ss glen echo dealing with echo deal problems this morning as wee forward our maps again massachusetts of a closed at mohican place. We have Team Coverage. Cov Melanie Alnwick is trackingtr bruce place where a roof came ce off a Apartment Building isbu that still in the middle of the road. Ll in the mel, looks like a busy scroeneau out thsy sere. Right,rter thats erin and you can see theee damage that came fromme this weve got cars also got cao damaged in this as very large pieces of buildinguig material, some large wood denarn beams and then the bricks thatkt literally that have beenat hav thrown all in front of thefront Apartment Building and even some across the street. Il if you look rightcross here yo see some large pieces of insulation and roof material that have made it all the way iy across the street. So, it was about 12 30 last night when d. C. Fire and emsfirs tweeted this out and came to the scene. The we know all the power is outer t to at least this part of thet oe building except for the emergency lighting and you can n see theres, i guess its hard a to see against this light here e but trust me theres wireseresw down as weesll and a transformer thats a little bit askew. Sk we have not seen any pepcopeo crews here on the scene just sct yet. The red cross was here and hernd d. C. Housing authoritiesorit getting the residents here whorw wished to leave out. I dont believe anyone in thisie end building here woulved anyill probably have been allowed toowo stay. But we don handle on how many people werewe moved top other shelter forheltr the night and perhaps whorhaps knows how much longer it mayit y take. We really dont have a good sense of exactly how much of that roof is damaged. Amed. We were told it was a partialp collapse but definitely a loteft of trouble here this morning. Rn. But fortunately nobody was as injured in this incident, justct a very cold night as you knows y and without power, really notynt a good place for them to stayta until they get all of this cleaned up and figure out how theyre going to move forward. O. Live in southeast im melanie im alnwick fox5 local news. Ns. Northern california near nr ths dam. 188,000 people now evacuatedvacd as heavy rains jepp dived partde of the nations tallest today. O. Water began flowing over the orville dam spillway one saturday. Now thedam situation hastuatias stabilized. Pletoials told peo downstream to leave thatld p ara immediately warning them part p of the dam could fail. Fa engineers are now planning toar useno helicopters to dr rocks down in an effort toff plug a hole in the spillway. He l the National Guard is also assisting. While back east powerfulporfl new storm packing blizzarding id conditions blasting theh northeast and its set to o continue through today. Its not only bringing more more snow but also 50 miles an hourh wind gusts. Further soutush parts of rhode island and connecticut couldconi see up tocut 7inches of snow. S and theres also the potentialoe for coastal flooding. Lo cape cod could see a stormt surge up to three feast itse fe the latest asstorm just days after another system dumpedsy nearly 20inchesst of snow insnn some areas. In vermont the governor has declared a powder day. Ared hes encouraging skiers toragin stay an extra day or two andr tw take advantage of the the conditions. Nd things are back to normal a this morning at bostreon bs lon International Airport after a a Carbon Monoxide squirm. Oxide sq terminal c was briefly evacuated last night due toe high levels of the toxic gas s believed to be caused by a by snow melting machine outsideu of the building. He building the terminal was vented andntedd passengers were allowed tlo return a short time later. Later. Developing overnight in theg district a man wasov shot andho killed outside ferebee hope Hoe Elementary School inementary s southeast. So the man was shot just before bee 10 30 last night. 10 30 no word yet on the victimstims identity a suspect or a motive. Ferebee shop housing studentsngs displaced from savoy saoy Elementary School. S no indication if classes willc be impacted by the wrenchese new this morning president mor trump back in washington after a weekend in florida withn wa japans Prime Minister. Nster. Facing a new challenge nownow from north korea. From nor video released claims whats w they claim to be a successfuluc test fire of a new medium toto long range missile. Lo it is in vionglati ron of a un resolution. President trump said his Administration Stands behindssi japan its great ally 100 percent. Rcent. Hi, tuck. Hi, guys. Good morning. Pretty abrupt. Rupt morning. R good morning. Wind wake you up kind of scary. Ary yeah. Tough to fall asleepsep actually. Ctually. Real tough. L tough. Steve was up late. Late. It woke me up when it arrived. A. Oh, it was probably about abt 9 30, 10 oclock it startedta last night. Hey, 26 current wind gust cur in washington. Gaithersburg. Ither we have the same winds gustingug er 40 miles an hour. Annapolis 44 and it camelis 44 a through in a hurry last nightght along with some thunderstorm activity off tmeo the north andd west when you arrived. When youi winds will be back with use bacs again today. Believe it or not were ebbinger a little bit right now andht once we get the sun up p unfortunately thats going toelh help mix the atmosphere andosph the winds will be back near near 40 miles an hour later todayn hd so were notay done with theth gusty winds this afternoon. High windnds th warning in effef here until 6 oclock tonight. All right. T. Got much chillier out as well. E youll probably notice thatbly e the moment you step t out this s morning. Morn 38 in washington, 36 the 36 winning number dulles and upul in baltimore. Buty buo be a chilly dayl otherwise a sunny and bright day. The real story is the blizzardri conditions in easternndit in massachusetts and up into maine and parts of New Hampshire there. E. As some storm continues to pressure builds in wereur getting a stronge bu pressurere gradient. Bottom line is our winds todayo will be at times potentiallyenti destruct. Reporter look at that gustsorter to 60 miles per hou. Wow. Be careful. Refu ka okay. Erin dont carry therin dot umbrella out there. Thut there its just going to lift you upup off the ground and youll flyyoy away. Ill fly a way like in my nightmares. Ginia a exampleexample of the problems. Ro great falls street at thes st intersection of magarity road. Wires are low hanging a. We have police out there firstet responders trying to clear out o a downed tree and excuse med downed pole as well. Wel lets forward it along to ourtor other live look. Her live l Melanie Alnwickoo is in southeast. Bruce place dealing with aace de roof that has collapsed partially in the middle of thele street with a lot of debrisof dr the road is closed. Ad is clos you need to detour aroundr aroud that. That unfortunately looks like some se vehicles parked out front wereo also damaged. You can see the debris scattered in the road. Theoad. Theres two live examples oflive the high winds this morning. Th. Moving over to some of our ou majors just so you know whatw wt youre up against coming outmint of Frederick Maryland 270ry southbound from 70 to70 to clarksburg heavy southboundheavd traffic. Youre in for about a 30abo minute delay right now. Ow. 295 northbound a crash is blocking three left lanesee after the beltway. Laf that green is going toter quicq turn red as you try to heado towards the 11th streettreet bridge. Wyoming avenue in the districtui closed a fallen treeree connecticut avenue northwest. Or. Starting to see a lot oft backed up traffic on our r secondaries all around the the district maryland and virginiay from all these issues. Canal road outbound a tree isous blocking the right lane atane at chain bridge. Br and then out in hyattsvilleut i the ramp fn rom eastwest highway top southbound queensqu chapel road closed with a fallen tree. As we look massachusettsok massc avenue in glenhu echo at mohicam place debris in the road. O great falls street we showeds sw you this issue. S lets forward along to our metrmap. P. Were dealing with safe trackh k surge 12 this morningrge thi impacting the blues line. L no trains of Train Servicese this morning rosslyn to the rose pentagon. Its going to be in placeng to l through the 28thac of february. U Arlington Cemetery station statn closed. Shuttle service from virginia. I. Use yellow or yellow rush pus. Transfer at lenfant place. Pl from maryland use the silver line. Thats the only metro delay. D well try to keep you updated. Pa check with me on twitter erinte fox5 days. S. A lot going on in fairfaxfair county as well in terms of fallen trees and high winds. Allison and steve. Stve. The fate of the president S National Security adviser may be in jeopardy this morning. His. Taking a trip to disney. Is park prices on the rise onceiseo again. Were back in just 30 seconds. 6 11 now. A busy day on tap for president donald trump. Hes set toa bupresid parts 98 r table discussion with canadianc Prime Minister justin trudeausta about women in the workforce. W the President Trumps daughter ivanka helped set up theset up e meeting and will attend. Eting an shes been a vocal advocatead for these types of policiesthese that includes her commitmentudeo tom issues like childcare. Child in the meantime its been a n turbulent few days forw dayS National Security adviser michael flynn. Administration officials believe he had a conversation with the russian ainmisbase sado about lifting sanctionssactio several peeks before president e trump tookks office. That contradicts statements by the white house back inthe whit decemberba. Flynn has no plans of steppings down and the president has ynoet to comment on that stat turnsn h happening today on capitolateni hillon c the senate expected too vote on the confirmations for two more of president cabinet including steve mnuchin. Democrats are expected toare exo boycott mnuchins approval. Apr no republicans have declared der opposition setting the stage th for his confirmation. N ly. White house continues toon weigh a its options following a legal blow last week after aea federal Appeals Court upheld aa temporary suspension of theofth president s travel ban. L b. President s chief policy adviser Steven Miller was one of the architts of therchi order. He made the rounds on the roundh sunday morning news chosee criticizing the judges forti taking power forcizi themselvesh that belongs squarely in theongq hands ofua the president , his words. Wo anger spilled out in the streets in mexico city. Ger about 20,000 people stood in00et solidarity to demand respect from President Trump. From presie theyre upsntet over his pledgeh to make their country pay for or a border wall. W and in a phone call yesterday the leader of peru p asked President Trump toident to deport a former president oformt that country who is believed to be in san francisco. F last week a court in peru ordered hiker rescued in oregonker after he fell down a 30foot cliff and landed into an isolated cove. Coast guard helicopter crewel locate odd the 31yearold mane hoisted him to safety. Ted him s no word on the extent of his his injuries. Juries. 6 13 and theres good news for verizon wirelessfor customers. A new unlimited data plan is available begin dag. Well tell you how it worksbl and a live lool kyou ho outsidei now as we head to break. B there are wires down acrossn the area because of these highsi heavy strong winds so pleaseinde be extra careful and giveeful ae yourself a little extra timetrae to get to work today. T weather and traffic on the 5s nextly. Next. The bakery flavors you love. [ ding ]. Now available in your dunkin coffee. Sip in the happy with a medium vanilla cupcake, or new fudge brownie macchiato or latte for 1. 99 from 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. America runs on dunkin. 6 15 and that is a look at a couple of different scened ste across the area. A in the small box damage at anatn apartment complex in d. C. C. Wicked winds overnight causing o thisam effect this evening. Is evening. In addition as you can see in se the big box on the left there l are still many, many power poer lines down. Lines there are thousands of Power Outages. A lot of that in northernorthn virginia. Fairfax county schviools by thes way on a twohour delayde because of those Power Outageso this morning. Orning. But the winds look like tuckertr willnuontinue. Yeah, in fact were getting a lull right now believe it orir not. Then it will pick up as we mixwx the atmosphere with sunshines this morning. Winds came through like a herd of bulls last night. Bul 66 Miles Per Hour wind gustser s at Reagan National last night at 11 20 at night as the windsi came through. Hrough strong winds today. Stro thats the real story here. H and as mentioned unfortunatelyfy the winds are only going tong pick up in their intensitytensy again. Theyre only 26 Miles Per Hourer currently here in that, what. E. Still 44 in annapolis. Na 25 up in westminster. Stminster. 45 in martinsburg. 45 in mainsbur getting a little snow showerw sr out towards martinsburg. Rtins ill show you that in just an minute. Mi 28 in want cowinds could gust well be in for very dangerousae wind conditions. Ond just be warned that were notrnd done with the winds quite yet. 38wi nownd in washington. Got much chillier out there. Hi 36 inllie baltimore, 34 in fled. Big, big storm if you were if ye watching the weather thisths weekend everybody has beeneveryh talking about another blizzardtb for parts of the eastern massachusetts up towards mainewd and as this storm continues to deepen and we get big floww around it and an area of high o pressure out to the west th builds in were getting a a strong Pressure Gradientssure causing the very strong windse e in the immediatery washingtonshi area and theyll be with us theh today. Nyd be sunye should be sun and bright and relativelytivey pleasant temperaturewise. Eratu 45 to 50 for daytime highs. Hi High Pressure building in. Ding. I mentioned the exiting low exiw pressure. Pr that strong Pressure Gradientsua responsible for the very gustyut conditions around here. D her highs later today mid to upper r 40s but it wont feel that that warm with winds blowing atlowint times unfortunately up toly up o about 50 Miles Per Hour. Much calmer weather for f valentines day. Le few showers on wednesday way cold front. Nt we cool iis ton although bigth bounce by next weekend rightnext now we may actually be 60 with sunshine. That would be nice. Yay did you bake my cookies yetst for valentines day. Did i bake mike cookies. My cookies. Oo i guess you got mike on thethe mind. Got steve a little jealous jeus over there. Hurt his feelings. Fl 270 southbound jammed from f 70 to clarksburg. Larksburg. Give yourself 30 extra minutesm to get from frederick to urbana. Bana. Look at these tweets fromthese m Fairfax County police. Fax county right now theyre just letting l you know theyre workingorking quickly to clear these issues. I cedar lane and park street areea tree down wires across the roadway near thorough middleiddl school. Sc reston walker road near minad ne burn street theyre dealingee with a tre just in fairfax this morning. Ri. The ramp at Hyattsville Frome f eastwest highway to to southbound queen chapel roaden c is closed with a fallenh tree te thats causing delays. Sing dela. In addition to that in glenin gn echo massachusetts of a closedld at mohican place. Plce. Debris in the road from high frh winds there. Nds ther moving over for a look in theoke district in northwest a lot ofaf congestion on thoseestion o secondaries picking up. Wyoming avenue is closed with wh fallen tree at connecticutnn avenue northwest. Ort the motto of the morning useinge caution this monday morning. Moa get an y eamorly start. St Melanie Alnwick is on bruces on place southeast where we havewhe some roof damage partiallyrtia blown off an apartment complexnx causing issues. Blue line delays from safe safe track. Allison and stevely. Lison thanks very much. And ts ve 6 19ry right

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