VERY YOU SEE THE EVIDENCE OF OUR FOUR AWARD WHETHER ALERT POTENT WINTER STORM MOVING IN ON EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR. WE STARTED OFF
WITH RAIN. IT IS SWITCHED OVER
TO SNOW OVER MOST OF THE VIEWING
AREA. LOOK AT CONDITIONS ON THE
ROADS IN HOWELL IN LIVINGSTON
COUNTY, THINGS ARE ONLY EXPECTED
TO GET WORSE OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS PERSPECTIVE RIGHT NOW, YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE
DOWNTOWN DETROIT SKYLINE
SOMEWHERE BACK THERE, BUT SNOW
HAS TAKEN OVER OUR WINDSOR SKY
CAMP. UM IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE AS
MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND. BY THE TIME YOU WAKE UP
TOMORROW, WE’VE GOT OUR CREWS
FANNED OUT ALL ACROSS METRO
DETROIT OVER THE NEXT 90 MINUTES
OF NEWS. WE’RE GOING LIVE
REPORTS FROM DETROIT TO HOWELL
TROY TO MONROE AND ALL THE
POINTS IN BETWEEN. MARA
MACDONALD AND PRIYA MANN ARE
TRACKING THE EVENING DRIVE FROM
HOWELL AND OAKLAND COUNTY
GRANT HERMES TRACKING THE THREAT
OF NEW POWER OUTAGES, SOMETHING
WE DON’T WANT TO HEAR FOR SURE,
BUT WE’RE ALSO GOING TO START
WITH KIM ADAMS AND THE LATEST ON
THE TRACK OF THE STORM. NOW HI,
KIM. I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT WE
STARTED TO SEE THIS STORM SHOW
UP AROUND THREE O’CLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON AND HIS CONTINUED IN
COVERAGE AND ALSO PICKED UP IN
INTENSITY. AS WE LOOK AT EXACT
TRACK 40 RADAR ANYWHERE YOU SEE
IN BLUE THAT IS SNOW. IF IT’S A
DARKER BLUE, THAT’S HEAVY SNOW,
AND WE DO HAVE A FEW HEAVIER
SNOW BANDS WORKING THEIR WAY IN
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN PURPLE.
THAT’S A MIX OF VERY COLD RAIN
GOING ON RIGHT NOW DOWN ALONG
THE OHIO BORDER IN ERIE ALSO
LASALLE RIGHT ALONG I 75 I 75 AS
YOU GO DOWN TOWARDS TOLEDO. BUT
THE REST OF METRO DETROIT
BLANKETED WITH SNOW. THIS IS NOT
THE WORST OF IT WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE IT PICK UP IN INTENSITY
BETWEEN NOW AND NINE PM BUT
SNOWING AND CANTON, ROMULUS
INKSTER, DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
HARPER WOODS WAR IN STERLING
HEIGHTS IN MACOMB, ALL GETTING
SNOW AT THIS HOUR. ONE THING
WE’RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE
ROAD TEMPTS. YOU MIGHT HAVE
NOTICED SOME OF THE ROADS JUST
WET. THAT’S GOING TO CHANGE
QUICKLY AS TEMPERATURES NOW HAVE
DROPPED DOWN BELOW FREEZING, NOT
JUST THE AIR TEMP, BUT THE ROAD
TEMPS 29 THE CURRENT ROAD TEMPT.
JUST OUTSIDE NOVI ALONG. I 96 38
CONTINUES TO BE THE ROAD
TEMPERATURE IN NORTHERN MACOMB
COUNTY. THAT’S GOING TO CHANGE,
SO WE’LL TRACK THE ROAD
TEMPERATURES AS WELL. BUT RIGHT
NOW NEARLY ALL OF METRO DETROIT
WITH ROAD TEMPS BELOW FREEZING,
AND AS THE SNOW PILES UP, THINGS
ARE GOING TO DETERIORATE. A
WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL FOUR A.M. SATURDAY
NOW WE MENTIONED THE SNOW TOTAL
OF TOP OF THE SHOW, BUT THAT
MIGHT NOT BE THE SNOW TOTAL FOR
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BEST WAY TO
SEE THE SNOW TOTAL FOR YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IS TO GO TO OUR
4WARN WEATHER APP. BECAUSE IF
YOU LIVE IN MONROE, YOU MIGHT
ONLY GET TWO INCHES. BUT IF YOU
LIVE IN HOWELL, IT COULD BE AS
MUCH AS EIGHT OR NINE. SO A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN SNOW TOTALS. SO
YOU WANT THE FOUR CAST FOR YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, DOWNLOAD THE 4WARN
WEATHER APP. ALRIGHT KIM, SO
LET’S GET OUT INTO THE ELEMENTS
AND SEE WHAT IT’S LIKE FOR
DRIVERS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE
. CREWS FANNED OUT ALL ACROSS
THE REGION, BUT WE’RE GOING TO
START WITH PRIYA MANN. SHE’S
LIVE DRIVING AROUND OAKLAND
COUNTY FOR US TONIGHT IN PRAYER.
WE KNOW YOU’VE BEEN CHECKING IN
WITH THE ROAD COMMISSIONS AND
THEIR PLANS TO DEAL WITH WHAT
WE’RE GOING TO BE GETTING. YEAH
IT WAS A QUIET START TO THE
MORNING, KIM AND DEVIN, BUT
THINGS ARE CERTAINLY PICKING UP
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LIVE
SHOT. HERE WE ARE AT THE
INTERSECTION OF EAST GRAND RIVER
AND WICKS. UM IN NOVI. WE WANTED
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THE
STREETS ARE LIKE WE WERE ON THE
FREEWAYS. THOSE ARE IN SLIGHTLY
BETTER CONDITION, BUT THINGS ARE
DETERIORATING OUT HERE ON THE
ROADS. VISIBILITY IS DOWN. THE
SNOW IS REALLY STARTING TO PICK
UP THE PACE HERE. WE WERE
SPEAKING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS
WITH THE ROAD COMMISSION FROM
BOTH LIVINGSTON AND OAKLAND
COUNTIES TAKE A LIST. IN TO WHAT
THEY HAD TO SAY. COMING OUT RUSH
HOUR. THAT’S GOING TO MAKE IT A
LITTLE A LITTLE HECTIC. WE’RE
HOPING THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE
GET SENT HOME EARLY TO LIGHTEN
THE TRAFFIC ROAD CREWS ACROSS
METRO DETROIT ARE BRACING FOR A
CHALLENGING RUSH HOUR CLEANUP,
AND IT JUST TAKES TIME. DIRECTOR
OF OPERATIONS TREVOR BENNETT
SAYS CREWS HAVE TO COVER MORE
THAN 1000 MILES IN LIVINGSTON
COUNTY. ON FRIDAY, TWO DOZEN
TRUCKS AND EIGHT MOTOR GRADERS
WERE READY TO GO AS THE FLAKES
STARTED FALLING. JUST KEEP
GRINDING ON IT UNTIL WE GET IT
DONE OVER IN OAKLAND COUNTY, 80
TO 100, SALT TRUCKS AND SNOW
PLOWS WILL BE DEPLOYED. THE
QUESTION IS WHAT OUR CREW IS
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. THIS
IS A THIS IS A CHALLENGING ONE
BECAUSE THE FORECASTS ARE ALL
OVER THE PLACE. YOU KNOW, WE
COULD GET ANYTHING FROM A LOT OF
FREEZING RAIN TO A FOOT OF SNOW
AND ANYTHING IN BETWEEN. COUNTY
OFFICIALS ARE URGING DRIVERS TO
STAY HOME IF THEY CAN AND BE
PATIENT AS ROAD CREWS WORK
AROUND THE CLOCK, YOU KNOW,
USUALLY TAKES THE GUYS ABOUT
THREE HOURS TO GET THROUGH THEIR
ROUTE. IF IT’S THREE HOURS UNTIL
THEY GET BACK, THERE COULD BE
THREE MORE INCHES OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND BEHIND THEM. SO A LOT OF
TIMES WE’LL GET WE’LL GET
COMMENTS LIKE YOU HAVEN’T BEEN
OUT AT ALL OR WHEREVER. WHERE
ARE YOU AND ASKED ME WHERE OUT?
WE WANT TO GET IT DONE JUST AS
BAD AS THE PUBLIC WANTS US TO
GET IT DONE. AND JUST TO GIVE
YOU A SENSE OF HOW MUCH
VISIBILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED.
THERE IS A POLICE CRUISER JUST
ABOUT A QUARTER MILE AWAY FROM
US WITH THEIR LIGHTS FLASHING.
YOU CAN BARELY SEE THAT ON THE
SCREEN AS WE’RE DRIVING RIGHT
NOW. THIS WAS THE TIME OF DAY
THAT OFFICIALS WERE THE MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT THE EVENING RUSH
HOUR COMMUTE, FOLKS JUST TRYING
TO GET HOME YOUR BEST BET TRYING
TO GET HOME AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE AND JUST STAY PUT. SO
CREWS HAVE THE TIME TO CLEAR.
THE ROADS, OF COURSE, WILL BE
TACKLING FREEWAYS BEFORE THEY
GET TO SIDE ROADS. SO AGAIN, IF
YOU CAN JUST TAKE YOUR TIME OUT
HERE, GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF
TIME CONDITIONS HERE. I’VE
ALREADY SEEN A COUPLE OF TRUCKS
KIND OF SLIDING FROM RIGHT TO
LEFT, AS THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE
TURNS HERE SO AGAIN, GIVE
YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME. AND IF
YOU CAN JUST STAY HOME OFFICIALS
ARE ASKING YOU TO DO JUST THAT.
REPORTING LIVE FROM NOVI. I’M
PRIYA MANN LOCAL 4 BEST ADVICE
ALL DAY. JUST STAY AT HOME IF
YOU CAN APPRECIATE IT. FROM
OAKLAND COUNTY. WE’RE GOING TO
HEAD NOW WEST TO LIVINGSTON
COUNTY AND HOW, AND IN FACT THAT
IS WHERE THE BIGGEST SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED. RIGHT NOW. THAT’S
RIGHT. SO MARA MACDONALD IS LIVE
THEREFORE STAND. I AM MARA.
HOW’S IT GOING OUT THERE? HI
KIMBERLY. WE’RE IN ON 96. WE
JUST DID A RAMP AND OVERPASS
CHECK ON 96, HOWELL AND PINCKNEY
ROAD AND TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN
IDEA. WE’VE SEEN ONE CAR IN A
DITCH ALREADY, AND WE SAW MANY
OF HIM SLIDE INTO A GUARDRAIL.
SO THE RAMPS ARE NOT GOOD.
THEY’RE REALLY ICY. AS FAR AS
THE MAIN ROADWAYS ARE CONCERNED,
WE’VE BEEN ON 59 96. YOU KNOW,
OF COURSE, THEIR TRAVEL A BLE,
BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE’RE
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE
SLOPPY. THEY’RE UGLY AND IT AND
IT’S REALLY STICKING. SO BEST
ADVICE. HAVE A VERY SAFE COMMUTE
HOME. KIMBERLY DE’VEON BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL CHECK BACK
IN WITH YOU. AND RIGHT NOW, DTE
IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON
CONDITIONS JUST A WEEK AFTER AN
ICE STORM KNOCKED OUT POWER TO
600,000 CUSTOMERS, OF COURSE,
WORRIED ABOUT TREE LIMBS THAT
MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN WEAKENED
BY ALL OF THAT ICE. GRANT HERMES
LIVE IN DETROIT FOR US NOW. NO
ONE WANTS TO SEE A REPEAT OF
WHAT WE SAW. LAST WEEK, GRANT
DEVIN SCILLIAN CERTAINLY DON’T
AND THESE ARE THE KIND OF TREES
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THIS
IS ONE OF THE OLDER GROWTH TREES
IN DETROIT, THE ONES THAT HAVE
ALREADY BEEN WEAKENED BY THAT
STORM. AND THEN YOU DO NOT WANT
TO SEE THINGS LIKE THIS ONE HERE
JUST OVER MY SHOULDER, THAT
POWER LINE RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH
A TREE THAT IS ALSO AN OLDER
GROWTH TREE LIKE THAT ONE. THAT
IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. DTE,
SAYING THEY ALREADY HAVE CREWS
OUT. RIGHT NOW. WE’VE EVEN SEEN
SOME RIGHT NOW HOPING THAT WHAT
HAPPENED LAST TIME DOESN’T
HAPPEN THIS TIME. ISSUING
WARNINGS AHEAD OF THE NEXT
WINTER STORM, AND AMID A STORM
OF ITS OWN, THE UTILITY COMPANY
FACING CRITICISM ABOUT THE MULTI
DAY OUTAGES FOR TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AFTER THE
MOST RECENT WEATHER, THE ISSUE,
THEY SAY, IS TREES OR LINES THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY THE
LAST ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER
THAT ARE NOW AT RISK FOR
BREAKING THIS TIME. DTE IS
CLOSELY WATCHING A DEVELOPING
WEATHER SYSTEM PROJECTED TO
INCLUDE UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF
SNOW AND 35 TO 45 MILE PER HOUR
WINDS, THERESE AND BRANCHES
WEAKENED BY LAST WEEK’S ICE
STORM MAY CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO
THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM. FOLLOWING
THE PREDICTED SNOW AND WINDS,
UTILITY SPOKESPERSON SAID IN A
RELEASE, ALTHOUGH SAID THEY
WOULD NOT BE DOING INTERVIEWS
ABOUT THEIR WARNING, THE STATE’S
LARGEST UTILITY, ALSO WARNING
THE PREDICTED SNOWFALL OF UP TO
12 INCHES IN SOME PARTS OF METRO
DETROIT COULD VERY LETHAL
CHARGED POWER LINE. SCIENCE
MAKING THEM EASIER TO HIT WHEN
PLOWING, SHOVELING OR SIMPLY
TRUDGING THROUGH THE SNOW.
ASKING PEOPLE TO LOOK UP AT
NEARBY POWER LINES BEFORE THEY
START CLEARING THAT SNOW TO
STAY. 25 FT. BACK FROM ANY DOWN
LINE OR ANYTHING THAT LINE MIGHT
BE TOUCHING AND THEN TO CALL DT
RIGHT AWAY. JUST FOR REFERENCE.
25 FT IS THE LENGTH OF A SCHOOL
BUS HERE ABOUT HALFWAY THAT
DISTANCE. SOMEONE BACK UP HERE.
THAT’S ABOUT 9 10 PACES ABOUT
THIS FAR AWAY FROM WHERE I AM
FROM THE CAMERA RIGHT NOW, IT’S
A LOT MORE FURTHER AWAY THAN YOU
ACTUALLY MIGHT THINK IT IS, AND
PEOPLE CERTAINLY DON’T WANT TO
REPEAT OF LAST TIME, SO DID THE
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IS ALREADY
GETTING CREWS OUT ON THE ROADS
AND TO THOSE HARDER HIT AREAS
BACK TO YOU. GRANT COVERAGE OF
THE STORM IS GOING TO CONTINUE
OVER THE NEXT 90 MINUTES AND
OVER ON LOCAL 4. PLUS WE’RE
GOING TO BE A CONSTANTLY
CHECKING ON CONDITIONS WITH OUR
LIVE DR CRUZ AND AHEAD AT 5 30.
WE’RE LOOKING AT THE FOLKS
MAKING THE LAST MINUTE RUNS TO
THE GROCERY STORE. AND IT’S SIX
THE KEYS TO SAFE SHOVELING
BECAUSE THE SNOW IS EXTREMELY
HEAVY, AND WE WANT YOU TO SEND
US YOUR PHOTOS OF THE STORM
USING MY PICKS. IF YOU’RE
ALREADY A WDIV’S INSIDER, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS UPLOAD YOUR
PHOTO. I CLICK ON DETROIT DOT
COM SLASH MY PICKS FOUR PLUS
GOING TO BE CONTINUING OUR LIVE
COVERAGE OF THE STORM THROUGHOUT
PRIMETIME TONIGHT, SO ONCE WE’VE
WRAPPED UP HERE AT 6 30, BE SURE
TO SWITCH OVER AND WATCH OUR
COVERAGE. THERE ARE OTHER TOP
STORY TONIGHT A 23 YEAR OLD
MONROE WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN
AN ABANDONED BUILDING IN MONROE
COUNTY. IT’S HAPPENING IN
FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, JUST NORTH
OF MONROE. AND RIGHT NOW, POLICE
HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. MEGAN
WOODS IS LIVE. THEREFORE
TONIGHT, MEGAN, WHAT CAN YOU
TELL US? WELL THIS WAS ONCE A
BOY VILLE JUVENILE DETENTION
CENTER IN NOW, YOU SEE IT? IT’S
LEFT HERE TO ROT. THERE’S BROKEN
WINDOWS AND GRAFFITI EVERYWHERE
. NOW IT’S THE CENTER OF THIS
DEATH INVESTIGATION. WE ALL SAID
IT. IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE SOMEONE DIES IN THIS
BUILDING. AND NOW HERE WE ARE
TODAY. CINDI KRUG LIVES NEXT
DOOR AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST
33 YEARS, SHE SAYS. THIS
BUILDING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR
YEARS AND I DON’T PICK UP BEER
BOTTLES. I DON’T PICK UP. DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA. IT’S USUALLY JUST
YOUTH. YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE
COMING HERE TO SMASH WINDOWS AND
SPRAY PAINT ON THE WALLS. I’VE
CALLED THE POLICE MORE TIMES
THAN I CAN COUNT. THEN LAST
NIGHT AROUND SEVEN IS WHEN SHE
SAW SOMEONE PULL UP TO THE
BUILDING. HOURS LATER, 11
O’CLOCK. THE POLICE WERE HERE,
SHINING LIGHTS AND THE BUILDING
, MICHIGAN STATE, POLICE SAY
WHEN TROOPERS ARRIVED ON SCENE,
KAYLA SADOWSKI WAS FOUND DEAD ON
THE FLOOR INSIDE THE BUILDING
DIED IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION. AND IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION ABOUT KAYLA’S
DEATH, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE. AND AS
FOR THIS BUILDING BEHIND ME, WE
REACHED OUT TO THE TOWNSHIP.
THEY’RE SAYING THERE’S NO
PERMITS OR APPLICATION TO
DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING, SO IT IS
GOING TO STAY HERE ABANDONED
UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, LIVE IN
MONROE COUNTY, FRENCHTOWN
TOWNSHIP. MEGAN WOODS, LOCAL 4.
ALRIGHT MEGAN GOT A LOT MORE TO
COME. IT IS THE END OF THE LINE
FOR KEITH APPLING. BUT ATTORNEYS
FOR THE FORMER MSU BASKETBALL
STAR TRIED TO DO RIGHT BEFORE
THE JUDGE SENTENCED HIM FOR
MURDER. AND WHAT ALEX MURDOCH
TOLD THE JUDGE RIGHT BEFORE
BEING SENT TO PRISON FOR THE
REST OF HIS LIFE. AND WE
CONTINUE TO TRACK THE WEATHER AS
RAIN SWITCHES OVER TO SNOW.
WE’VE GOT LIVE PICTURES OF
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW IN OAKLAND