Friday, April 19 2013 6:11 PM EDT2013-04-19 22:11:38 GMT
Tornado Watch for DC Region until 10pm. Be prepared. Tornadoes can form from severe thunderstorms with little or no advanced warning. Know your safe room in your home, at school, and at work. Do not use highway overpasses as shelters. Remain alert for the issuance of warnings.
Tornado Watch for DC Region until 10pm. Be prepared. Tornadoes can form from severe thunderstorms with little or no advanced warning. Know your safe room in your home, at school, and at work. Do not use highway overpasses as shelters. Remain alert for the issuance of warnings.
Wednesday, March 20 2013 5:29 AM EDT2013-03-20 09:29:18 GMT
A weak storm tracking over the Florida Peninsula Wednesday will turn northward along the East Coast Wednesday night into Thursday morning, producing a bit of wet snow in some areas.
A weak storm tracking over the Florida Peninsula Wednesday will turn northward along the East Coast Wednesday night into Thursday morning, producing a bit of wet snow in some areas.
Monday, March 18 2013 6:54 AM EDT2013-03-18 10:54:45 GMT
ACCUWEATHER - The heavy snow invading the Northeast Monday will graze the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to New York City to Boston, but eventually rain will win out over the snow.
ACCUWEATHER - The heavy snow invading the Northeast Monday will graze the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to New York City to Boston, but eventually rain will win out over the snow.
Monday, March 11 2013 3:43 PM EDT2013-03-11 19:43:42 GMT
This week the western sky has a visitor from the deep depths of the outer solar system - Comet PanSTARRS. March 12-18 is prime time to view the comet as after this week it will start to fade.
This week the western sky has a visitor from the deep depths of the outer solar system - Comet PanSTARRS. March 12-18 is prime time to view the comet as after this week it will start to fade.
D.C. Water has some advice for residents of the flood-prone D.C. neighborhood called Bloomingdale: retrofit your plumbing to keep sewage from flowing into basements.
On Tuesday, a sudden evening thunderstorm unleashed a torrent of water into the low-lying streets around Rhode Island Avenue and First Street, NW. Home video shows the water about two feet deep in the street. Some cars floated onto sidewalks.
Water not only poured into basement doorways, it also came up through toilet bowls and bathtub drains.
"We had to take towels (cause we just couldn't find anything else) and just put all our full body weight -- it was four of us -- on each one of the 'exits', so to speak," explained Bloomingdale resident Chris Rodousakis. "And we were able to slow the water down, but, you know, when you're sitting in sewage for periods of like 20-30 minutes, it's you know just a nauseating feeling."
D.C. Water, which operates both the city's water system and the city's sewer system, has advice for residents in low-lying neighborhoods. Spokesman Alan Heyman told us: "We recommend calling a licensed plumber and installing something called a 'backflow preventer.' And this is something you can trigger during a storm that keeps the water out. So, it will stay in the street, instead of coming in thru that bathtub or that shower."
DC Water is also building a 2.6 billion dollar storm water storage project, which should allow the city's sewage system to better handle sudden downpours. But that solution will not be finished for about 20 years.
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