>> live from the abc seven broadcast center, this is abc 7 news at noon appeared on your side. stormbegin this noon on watch. strong storms are pushing through the area this noon. >> they started this morning and will not laid up -- let-up until later tonight. some areas already have more than an inch of rain. what can we expect for the remainder of the day? we have live team coverage. >> more wet weather.

a lot of it coming through. where is the rain in washington? .t is just off to our west progressing along the i-95 corridor. the mounds have been getting hit hard all morning long, especially along i-81. i-66 you can see along westward toward haymarket come all of these individual storms are moving up towards the north. is inaviest thunderstorm this area. we will put a tracker on this for you as it moves through charles county. indianhead around 12:08 appeared green month and potomac heights. .ake your you stay indoors

the 79 degrees at reagan national. veryve warmed up and it's buggy and very breezy. expecting heavy rain to push into the metro. for the lateinish drive into the evening and temperatures will be dropping as well. the flood watch in effect until 8:00. the potentiafor 1-3 inches. a few spots have already seen numbers like that. >> 79 degrees right here in arlington. it is so warm and breezy, people walking around arlington with no jacket. it is still dry where we are. we have some dark clouds off to the west. you can see the heavy rain off to the west. i want to show you the impressing -- impressive

rainfall totals. one of the highest totals we see -- over 4.5 inches of rain in wintergreen, regina. -- wintergreen, virginia. berryville, just about 1.3 inches of rain. in winchester, pretty much the same. i want to take you back outside of our studio here where we have a live picture. ,ven though it is not raining within the next hour or two, we will see the heavier bands making their way in. for now, you can feel the moisture in the air. just a matter of time before the rain moves into our area. >> we turn now to the latest on the ebola outbreak here in

america. another texas nurse has been fected with the deadly virus. >> we have just learned what she was doing the day before her diagnosis. a lot of news coming into our newsroom today. flew on a front airline flight from cleveland to dallas on monday. on tuesday, she developed a fever and overnight got confirmation she tested positive for ebola. >> no one wants to get this right more than our hospital. the first to diagnose and treat this insidious disease. showed symptoms of a bullet by midnight, preliminary reports confirmed she had the deadly virus. -- symptoms of ebola.

today, officials tell us she treated thomas eric duncan during his 11 day stay at the hospital. >> the health and safety of our employees remain our highest priority and we will continue to coordinate with officials to meet the challenge that ebola presents to our hospital come our community and our country. >> this unsettling news comes as the nation's largest nurses union alleges there were no safety protocols at the hospital while duncan was being treated. the liberian patient had projectile vomiting. >> we are a hospital. the mayor of dallas warns there are obstacles ahead. >> the only way we are going to be this -- beat this is person ,y person, moment by moment detail by detail.

>> insisting the battle against .bola can be won >> while dallas is anxious about goes up anxiety level, we are not careful. >> officials also warned there may be other cases. there are 75 health care workers being monitored in texas right now. they all took care of duncan during his stay at the hospital. officials tell us nothing has come up just yet. the cdc is asking passengers who flew on frontier airlines flight 1143 from cleveland to dallas-fort worth on monday to call them. >> thank you so much. the world health organization says the death rate in the outbreak has risen to 70% already killing nearly 4500

people. west africa could face 10,000 new cases per month. if critical goals are not met by december 1, e world will face an unprecedented situation without a plan. we will continue to follow the latest of elements in the fight against ebola. -- latest developments in the fight against ebola. the u.s. supreme court is allowing abortion clinics to reopen for now. the justices blocked key parts of the 2013 law that closed all but eight abortion facilities in the state. it forced clinics to pay millions of dollars in hospital level upgrades. the argument could ultimately end up back at the supreme court. we continue to follow the fight against isis. president obama is talking by video link about how to combat

the islamic state militants. the u.s. is receiving help in securing the syrian border near turkey. officials believe kurdish fighters now control the hilltop overlooking the crucial town of kobani. we have learned -- senators tim and angus king are in qatar this afternoon. the senators are added air base for u.s. and allied campaigns over iraq and syria. they are urging" operation --ween the two countries urging close cooperation between the two countries. you can be part of the audience at the theater in rosslyn.

wjla.com. >> crews are cleaning up after a fire tore through businesses in southeast d.c. this morning. firefighters worked to extinguish the flames at the dollar store on good hope road. smoke could be seen pouring from the building. no word yet on what caused the fire. >> two crashes this morning caused big headaches for commuters in maryland. the first was on the inner loop at i 270 and old georgetown road. a tractor-trailer jackknifed and spilled fuel onto the road. hazmat crews had to be called in to help clean it up, causing massive backups there. another tractor-trailer overturned on interstate 95 in --ggs will near route to 16 216. we know one person suffered minor injuries. phase one is now complete in the

long-awaited silverlight metrorail. line metrorail. >> what is in store for phase two? it's been three months since the much anticipated line opened up here in northern virginia. at board meetings this afternoon, phase two of this project is becoming more of a reality as construction of 11 costmiles of track will $2.7 million -- $2.7 billion. the project currently about six months behind schedule. it have already increased about five times in the past five years. the tax is really expensive. i just spent $70 to travel to

the airport. it would be a great savings. there is a significant amount of design already done. construction is continuing on the dulles airport property. the contractor was busy putting in his columns. metro says it is pleased with the ridership on the silver line. 15,000 commuters are using the five new stops on a normal weekday. the plan is to have the dulles stop up and running by the spring of 2018. up, details on the safety problems that prompted the recall of thousands of toyota vehicles. >> a scary scene of a connecticut bus leaves several people hurt and one person dead. >> why competition between amazon and google could be good news for you.

>> we are following the slow-moving storm system.

>> you are watching abc seven your side. >> welcome back. what a washout today was going to be. a live look at the loudoun county parkway. >> we said it would be rainy between 10:00 and noon. i hope you enjoy the first 15 minutes. you have may be another 15 minutes to go. if there is south of the beltway right now.

lightning as well. internals county come expanding and moving westward now. county, expanding and moving westward now. there you see the lightning flashes. towill be heading up alexandria and making its way into washington, d.c. as well. we can expect .5-one inch of rain. you need to get in place and stay indoors until this system passes. you can see the timing of all bys, heading to hayfield 12:24. franconia at 12:27. pushes into our region by 1230 or so -- 12:30 or so. we have incredible downpours.

individual storms pulling up towards the north. keep that in mind. the rainfall has been very heavy. the flood threat is real. this is a live picture from berryville virginia -- berryville, virginia. look at the torrential downpours . 1.25 inches. with strong winds ahead of that front. very warm and muggy in d.c. as we have been waiting for the rain to arrive. drops into the 60's at dulles. low 60's along the blue ridge. you can see the wind direction. strong from the south here.

today,have travel plans we have a lot of delays. 15-20 minutes at reagan national and dulles airport. call ahead if you have flights anywhere here across the northeastern corridor. this is a very large storm system. we have another large storm system in the ocean. this is hurricane gonzalez, just upgraded to a category four storm. the strongest hurricane in the atlantic since 2011 when he had -- this could be making a run for bermuda. afternoon, notice as we head to the evening rush, everything pushes off to the east. second edition. improving

conditions. continues to be the number 1 threat. the rain will diminish this evening. to the passengers on their way to connecticut casino are recovering this noon after a man went on a rampage. thrust was traveling from new the cost chinatown area to casino in connecticut.

police received a several 911 calls from passengers on board thing there was a disturbance. >> people were being physically harmed. >> the bus pulled over into a construction zone and flagged down a state trooper working there. as the state trooper approached the bus, the suspect in passenger were engaged in a physical altercation. the suspect was armed with a cutting instrument. he refused to put down the advancing then began to the officer. it was then that the trooper responded. assessed --er off thend deflected pavement and hit a witness. two others on board were also stabbed.

>> the suspect later died from his injuries. the cause of death is unclear. police say the suspect was harming himself with a sharp weapon while on the bus. do or die for the orioles today. they are down three games to none heading into this afternoon's matchup with the kansas city royals. wins, they aree heading to the world series for the first time in 30 years. first pitch is at 4:07 this afternoon. more than 500 virginia state workers are losing their jobs. the governor says he plans to lay up a hundred 65 state ofkers and raise the prices distilled spirits at state owned liquor stores. 565 state workers. most will come from the department of corrections.

toyota recalling nearly 1.7 million vehicles. while most were sold in japan, more than 40,000 of those were sold in the united states. -- recalls involve luxus potential problems with the brakes and fuel components. dealers will replace those free of charge. the number of deaths connected to gm's faulty conditions which problem has once again gone up -- faulty ignition switch problems has once again gone up. until will be accepted december 31. jim engineers learned of the ignition switch a decade ago. -- gm engineers. >>

>> the competition between google and amazon is growing. google plans to expand its subscription shopping service. google launched the service in manhattan and california one year ago. they will expand the service to chicago, boston and right here in d.c. whole foods starting to rate its produce. fruits and vegetables will be labeled as good, better or best based on the suppliers farming practices. the ratings will be based on pesticide, water and soil use.

whole foods has nearly 400 stores in the u.s. and canada. a pretty one

>> welcome back. we will stay on air as long as we need to. a tornado warning has been issued come including the district of columbia come arlington, western prince george's county, the city of alexandria and eastern fairfax county until 1:00 this afternoon. you can see live super doppler radar. the storm has intensified very rapidly in the last 15 minutes. a lot of thunder and lightning we are seeing along with some heavy downpours. -- thiss most impacted

includes reagan national, crystal city, the capital, downtown washington, howard university and heading towards rfk stadium. alexandria -- i will zoom in and show you. 95, 695, east of 395 as well. the storm is moving northward at 35 miles per hour. doppler radar is seeing this rotation. it was heading towards alexandria as we speak. we don't have any ground troops on this. difficult to see.

the rainfall is very heavy with this. it could be a high precipitation scell. you have to get to the lowest level of your home. get your safe place. make sure you have alerted everyone in your region for this threat. you can see that lightning and heavy thunderstorms continue to spread off towards the north and west. we have some light showers in downtown washington at this time. it is still about 10-15 minutes away before it enters into the district. you can see another storm tracker for the western part of the storm. that is not the tornado part of it.

as we take a look here, you can see the leading edge of that getting close to the potomac river. the location is still south of reagan national airport. we are seeing a bit of an indent in here. that could be some inflow into the thunderstorm. i will zoom in on this and give you a better idea of some other cities that could be included. we switched over to velocity mode. this is the wind mode that shows the different directions in that wind. alex is going to query this for us and show you the conditions.

we are expecting as this rain as much as .5 inches per hour, we will get some standing water on the roadways. eileen is also here with us. she has been outdoors in the conditions and all the elements this morning as well. the system has been stalled west of i-95 all morning wanted. we're expecting the lunch hour to be nasty and things were quite at lunch and all of a sudden, boom, this cell really developed. >> you're looking at this right now, live super doppler. you can see the heavy