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13-year-old daughter were swept away by strong currents while at a memorial day picnic. this week's tragedy on the potomac is another reminder of just how dangerous the river can be. today several local agencies are coming together to try and prevent more deaths in the future. news4's tracee wilkins is in northwest washington with more now. >> reporter: good morning. officials are saying that in recent years they are once again seeing a spike in the number of people who are going into the potomac and taking a serious chance with their lives. what they're trying to do is remind peop...

scrambling to fix it before the evening rush. tracee wilkins was the first reporter on the scene. she jones us from new york avenue with the latest. >> reporter: now that officials have got this water under control here in new york avenue, the next step is to actually repair the road. and the plan is to try and get it done before rush hour. it started around 3:30 and flowed until after 7:00 a.m. >> it will probably take all day, all day. we'll dig it all up. the water is shut off. we're letting it drain out now. earlier it wasç blowing out of the street. should be no problem. >> th...

morning, hopeful and they're trying again news 4's megan mcgrath joins us with the latest. what can you tell us. >> reporter: the two victims, the mother and her 14-year-old daughter have been missing for about 18 hours now. they disappeared into the potomac river yesterday evening. now, rescue crews went out again this morning and they're just now wrapping up their search, at least for right now. what we're being told is that the glare of the sun is such that it's very, vervç difficult for rescue crews to actually see clearly into the water. we've got a live chopper picture we can ...