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WRC News4 At 5 January 4, 2018

Delayed two hours. Frederick county, virginia, will be closed, too. We are running the other closures and delays at the bottom of your screen. Lets get over now to the storm center. Doug and amelia, when is this ending . Well, guys, you mentioned the schools. A lot more are going to continue to close. I just got word of a couple others im sure well be putting screen. Were tracking the storm. The snow is gone and into the cold and that will be here a couple days. I think it is a good idea for the schools to close based on how cold its going to feel. You look at this storm, how expansive it is, look at the snow shield. From Virginia Beach all the way into canada. For us the snow has now ended. It is moving out, but it is the cold that the now racing in behind it. You can see lake effect snow. Lake effect streamers coming all the way down towards portions of our northwestern zones tonight. The wind advisory still in effect until 7 00. We are looking at the wind Northern Virginia, almost all the state of maryland. Winds gusting 50 Miles Per Hour potentially. We have seen gusts over 40, and that could bring down some trees and possibly create Power Outages. Be ready for that tonight. The other big factor, the wind chill. That is the temperature and the wind combined. Look at this, every under a wind chill advisory. The wind chill warnings for the blue ridge and places back towards the west like Deep Creek Lake under a wind chill warning. For us, wind chills could be as low as 15 below 0. Guys, i think at times it could be 20 below 0. Under 20 below 0, amazing. We cant even hear it. Doug, thank you. This is a reminder of the morning drive in Prince Georges County. Not too bad. Since then, salt trucks and plows have been hard at work this afternoon. Our bureau chief Tracee Wilkins joins us live with a look at how the roads are this evening. Hi, tracee. Reporter hey, Prince Georges County had 75 of their roads cleared, primary roads. Now theyre starting to move to road, it looks a lot like this one here where they have already done some of the clearing. There is a truck thats been coming up and down this road since weve been here. Here in the neighborhood streets, you can see what we have compacted snow. Theyre not going to be able to get to a lot of these areas until Early Morning in some cases tomorrow. Prince georges county schools already decided to it have a two hour delay. As we drive up and down we see a lot of slushy icy roads. It is going to stay that way as we prepare for tonights deep freeze. Its too darn cold for me. Reporter and its just going to get colder. Its very slushy, very slushy. Very dirty. Reporter and that slush and ice are expected to hang around throughout the night and through tomorrow. This morning was kind of rough because the snow was accumulating so fast. Reporter chris carols plowing roads for the state of maryland. He said main roads are looking good. Have schools out today . Oh, a great help, a great help. The government was delayed so that made it a lot easier on us. Reporter but neighborhood streets are covered. The light snow. In other words, its not sticky. So its easy to get off the cars. Its easy to get off the sidewalks. And most likely for the road crews to get off the roads. Reporter but that wind. Ment news4 storm team says winds are up to 50 Miles Per Hour in Southern Maryland. Its not a bad snow. Just real cold and windy. Reporter let me show you the sign over here. You can see just how hard the wind is whipping. Its whipping the actual stop sign. When that snow hits your face and you feel that wind chill, oh, my goodness, it is freezing cold out and its going to be a real issue for folks tomorrow morning as well. Reporting live in brandywine, im Tracee Wilkins. Jim, back to you in the studio. Were in for the long haul. Even a small amount of snow is enough to make driving dangerous as you know. The little that fell in the district is enough to cause a spin out on alabama avenue. The cars airbags even deployed. Conditions on the road deteriorated as you move south this morning. By the end of rush hour things did improve. And residents broke out the shovels in Northern Virginia early today. Most School Systems closed so the kids could do the work. Icy roads made driving tricky, but fortunately there were no major accidents to report. Shovel with the wind to your back, it took me an hour to figure that one outs. This storming is causing a lot of headaches for airline passengers, too. Transportation reporter adam tuss is live at Reagan National for us monitoring the travel impact all up and down the east coast. Adam . Reporter thats right, jim. This one is reminding me of the good old polar vortex. Remember that, how brutally cold it is. 3500 Flights Canceled to the United States today because of this storm. Places like philly, new york and boston, but right here in our area, certainly plenty of pain to be felt. In this weather, even the pilots have to brave the elements. The entire crew of a flight waiting to catch a ride back to the terminal. And inside the terminal, a story of trying to rebook flights. No, youre canceled. Reporter tom smith trying to make it home to charleston, south carolina, but it wont be today. Theyll book me supposedly tomorrow, sometime tomorrow. Well see. Reporter anything to the northeast is also a tough trip as the storm pounds that area. Dulles international has had to take in a number of flights, both domestic and international that couldnt go any farther to the northeast. Moreno settling in here at Reagan National. His flight to boston canceled, now he waits till tomorrow hoping tot boston. To new york tomorrow morning at 7 00. Hope that i can go to new york. Otherwise i will spend two nights in the airport. Reporter it is not a complete lost cause. Check out this pooch named ms. Coco. Sure shes bundled up. But shell be shedding layers when she gets to miami. Her flight is on time. What is she wearing . Her favorite pink velour. Reporter she is a lucky dog at the moment. Ah, miami sounds nice. That is a live look at the Potomac River right now, completely frozen over here it at Reagan National airport. Ever every day you see that. It is brutally cold here. Hey, what is it like to fly in these condition s . Coming up next hour at 6 00, jim, youre going to hear from a pilot. Hes going to tell us skpaktly what its like being out there on the runway. You dont want to miss what he has to say. Take off and la adam. Appreciate it. Well see you at 6 00. This just in, one more School Closure to tell you about and add to our list. Stafford county schools are closed tomorrow. Stay with news4 online and on air for continuing coverage of this winter weather. Well have the latest updates on school dliz aelays and cancella starting 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Wendy . The winner of House District 94 is david yancy. And thats how it went. That random drawing tips the power of balance in the Virginia House of delegates to the gop. Republican david yancys name pulled out of a bowl today so he did retain his district 94 seat. Our Bureau Reporter david culver is in richmond reporting on what the drawing means for the upcoming session. Reporter when we think of elections we think of lines. You, the voters and ballots. This, well, this certainly does not come to mind. I want to assure everyone these are brandnew canisters. Reporter a couple of film and a bowl, handmade, ceramic. Quite nice. Mix it all up, what do you get . The winner of House District 94 is david yancy. Reporter the snow kept the republican incumbent from being here in person. His challenger democrat Shelly Simonds had a 50 50 chance and lost. And it does seem like a sad end to the story to end on a game of chance. Reporter you might ask what brought us to this. One ballot. This became the deciding factor in the race. Two bubbles filled and a slash. Officials say they couldnt say for sure who the vote was for. So, they turned to the bowl. Which had the nations attention. That room wasnt only filled with the media and those involved in politics. We also caught up with a student from fairfax county. His reason for being here in richmond today . Curiosity. What did you think as it was happening . I mean, i was kind of thought this is a ridiculous process for deciding an election where theres 23,000 peoples votes decided by a flip of a coin basically. Reporter simon is not yet conceding. Shes taking a moment to reflect. For me, all options are still on the table. Reporter republicans, including the man who is likely to become house speaker, hoping this decision slid identifies their slim majority. The key point we want to make here, it is time to move forward. Reporter to think, democracy decided in a bowl. In richmond, david culver, news4. An attorney for President Trump tried, tried to stop fire and fury from being released, but now the publisher of that controversial new book says they will launch it early. The publisher says due to unprecedented demand, the book will now hit shelves tomorrow. This comes after the president s lawyer sent cease and desist letters to the author, publisher and former Senior Advisor steve bannon. Mr. Someone who lost his mine struck a different tone today. Did steve bannon betray you, mr. President . Thank you very much. I dont know, he called me a great man last night so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. Nbc news has not been able to verify much of what appears in the book. And steve bannon has neither confirmed nor denied quotes attributed to him. Many of which disparage the president. His family and those close to him. Still ahead, a homeowner turns the table on thieves trying to break into his cars in his neighborhood. What happened after he started shooting at them. Plus, a report from ocean city where that famous board walk is now covered under almost a foot of snow. The temperatures set to plummet to the Single Digits. Frostbite can come faster than you think. What you need to know to your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 1,300 items. Eat well for less. Only at my giant. Here in ocean city right now were seeing conditions actually worsen throughout the morning. The wind now picking up. As you can see, we have near whiteout conditions out here. That is the beach over there, now sand covered. The water not hard to see. The sky as well. Justin finch out at the beach covering the blizzard conditions out there today. He has seen them go from bad to worse and then even worse. Well hear more from him in just a bit. Heres what it looks like right now at the Hotel Monte Carlo ocean front. We have n quite like that. Lets head back to the storm center with doug and amelia with a look at whats coming up next. Hey, guys, what is coming up next, were tracking whats going on out there now. I just looked up some of the latest numbers. Ocean city picking up 8. 7 inches of snow. That was the most in our region. About 4 inches down in Southern Maryland and around the d. C. Metro area an inch in some locations, to the west not much. Everybody is getting wind. Everybody is going to be dealing with the wind. Were going to be talking about dangerously cold air not just tomorrow but saturday and into sunday morning. This is going to last awhile. We have a good 48 hours of cold, cold, cold. And it gets about as cold as it gets in our region. Potential records, too. Look out there now, it looks cold. You can see snow covered sidewalks. Covered grass, rooftops, all covered, 24 degrees. The winds now at 22 miles an hour. Thats sustained wind at 22 miles an hour. So, some extreme cold it gets a lot colder than this. Heres the current temperatures. 21 gaithersburg, 26 in frederick, and 18 in winchester. The storm gone as far as the snow is concerned. Once again, we are on the backside of it. The front side of it brings up enough warm air, some of this is rain here. Its all snow on the inland areas of the u. S. Around h around halifax getting some rain. This is why the wind has been so strong, were seeing winds upwards of 40 Miles Per Hour, 38 right now in d. C. , 38 leesburg, 38 in frederick, too. We still have a wind advisory in effect until 7 00 tonight. You see the areas here highlighted but thats for winds at 50. We havent seen those over the last hour or two. Wouldnt be surprised if they dropped this a little bit early. But the big deal, not just how strong the winds are. Its how cold the winds are with the wind chill. You add in the temperature. It gets messy out there, messy for sure for amelia and everybody else out there. Its going to be frigid. Its hot coco or grill cheese tomato soup weather through the weekend. Especially tomorrow and saturday. Were not talking about a little bit of cold. Its been cold here the past few weeks. Weve gotten used to it. But this is air we have not felt yet this season. Take a look, everybody under a wind chill advisory. This goes into effect tonight at 10 00 p. M. And is going to run until noon tomorrow. You can see the blue ridge and far western maryland, parts of West Virginia under a more serious wind chill warning. But regardless, even with an advisory, 30 minutes out in weather this cold and you could be dealing with some frostbite. So, lets take a look at kurnlt wind chill temperatures right now. Again, as doug said, the wind chills when you factor n the sustained wind and the air temperature, its going to feel much colder to the skin. Feeling like temperatures are in the Single Digits now, 9 in taking the dog out, dogs and humans dont want to go out when its this cold. 2 below in the district, 8 below in gaithersburg. This is hope pli what were waking up to tomorrow. The its this cold you have problems. 10 below in frederick, 20 degrees below in winchester as we head throughout the day, doug, at best in the district its going to feel 1 degree above 0. Then its kind of rinse and repeat as we look to saturday. That means many of us tomorrow may stay below 0 with the wind chill all day. Thats incredible. Take a look at the high temperatures. Actual high, 19 in the d. C. Area. Now, the low temperature tonight in d. C. Were expectth 9. The record at dulles is 5. I see no reason for us not to set records in those locations. 19 on friday, 18 on saturday. Dangerous cold, and yes, thats why we have weather alert conditions. Sunday well call it a little bit better with less wind and sunshine. 24 will be better than friday and saturday. 40 chance of some rain or mix on monday. Thats a storm system well watch. And another storm late next week, well have to watch as well. A lot happening in the storm center. I need to order some pizza, i think. Us the places hardest hit by the storm. This is video from ocean city. For those who did try to get out wound up being stuck in the snow. News4s justin finch has been there all day. He has an update on the conditions from ocean city. Reporter if not for these strong gusting winds, this would almost be a postcard perfect photo, so much snow coming down. But then you put that wind along with it, and you have the kind of conditions that almost no one wants to step into. But once they do so, they do it at their own risk. Overnight and into the morning, this whipping winter storm lashing the Eastern Shore and transforming the ocean city board walk into this arctic landscape. So, where are the people . The few dare to get behind the wheel but didnt get far. The roads are icy and a lot of these back roads are kind of plowed in. Reporter Ryan Marshall at del ma firsthand account of being stuck and rescued. He says a combination of factors made it easy for him and perhaps others like him to under estimate these conditions. A lot of the times, you cant especially with the low visibility and your wind chills freezing up, you cant see where the large heavy piles of snow are. If you drive in one and you kind of drive up it, youre stuck like i was. Reporter the Ocean City Fire Department helped free ryans car. They and other First Responders readying for as much as 12 inches of snow fall in ocean city. Public transportation here frozen until roads improve. So, a lot of people got a day off. But not gar let. Hes ready for this storm to ship out. Its kind of what i expected. I figured it would snow all night, plow all day, hoping this afternoon the wind would die down so my wife could go shovel the snow off the sidewalk. Reporter he also said he just wants ocean city normal. Come out to the beach and relax. Hopefully that comes soon. In ocean city, im justin finch, news4. Back in to you. Im Erika Gonzalez at the live desk. Breaking news just coming into our newsroom. A Loudoun County uber driver is behind bars right now for allegedly raping a passenger. Cal hardamariam of arlington was arrested on Sexual Battery and forcible sodom y charges. She was up drinking with friends. She said estopped the stopped te got in the back seat and assaulted her in sterling. The suspect is being held without bond. Im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . 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