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it turned beach towns into ghost towns. businesses lost an entire weekend's worth of revenue. and it wasn't just beach shops that were hurt. kent island just on the eastern side of the bay bridge was also under a mandatory evacuation order. at chesapeake outdoors, they had to close their doors while irene moved through. and they're hoping for better things this weekend. >> we lost three days of business. you know, hopefully it comes back this weekend. >> reporter: aaa is expecting a slight increase in people traveling by car this weekend. only a .1% rise. but they say we could see a ...

industrial average. financials getting creamed. >> the market soaring on wall street today. >> just another blood bath. that's the only way to put it. >> reporter: the dow climbed again, headed toward its first two-day winning streak in more than a month. bolstered by a retail report that showed consumers spending more on autos, furniture, gasoline and back to school supplies. >> when you see the numbers that we saw today in retail sales, it allows us all to take pause and realize, wait a minute, maybe the stock market isn't the only economic indicator. >> reporter: another report sh...

is at 105 degrees. temperatures throughout the area, look at that, 102, even up in if frederick, maryland. a bunch of 100s now on our map. but factor it in, and that humidity, and what it actually feels like out there is 105 to about 110, most locations this afternoon. and, again, we have been there for several hours. so reason why we're talking about today such dangerous heat, the heat advisory that was issued for today, that stays up until 11:00 p.m., and even this evening. we're not going to be cooling off a whole lot. it's going to be a warm and humid evening for us. and as you l...

get a little closer to our area. severe thunderstorm watch up for the entire area until 8:00 p.m. let's talk about that watch. goes down to the carolinas. all the way up to pennsylvania and new york. this is a watch far and wide out up ahead of the weather front. 86 some heat today and, again, high humidity out ahead of this weather front. as we look at your good night forecast, chance of storms scattered storms up until about 5:00, 6:00 and then 6:00 and 8:00 and more numerous and they start to wane by 11:00 p.m. we'll cool down into the 70s but keep an eye in the sky and we'll see ...

light showers for the evening and our temperatures on the cool side and we're in the low to mid-60s right now and tomorrow we might be in the mid to upper 60s. at 64, alexandria and vienna, currently at 62 degrees and you folks at quant owe are now up to 65. scattered, light showers for your evening forecast and your good night, by 9:00, we're at 62 and hold steady until we get to the 11:00 p.m. hour. we'll take a look at extended forecast coming right up. >> we'll see you in just a bit. verron kashgs thank you. it could be just hours before floodgates are open and millions of acres ...