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Diversion First annual report touts success of Fairfax County's co-responder program 08/09/2024 07:25pm • Fairfax County's co-responder program, which expanded last year, has helped respond to over 2,000 calls since its inception, according to the county's 2023 Diversion First annual report. The program, which launched in 2021 and pairs a Fairfax County police officer with a crisis intervention speci Debby cleanup: Tree topples into house in Montgomery Co.; heavy rain leads to major flooding in Annapolis 08/09/2024 12:30pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. The remnants of Debby have wound down and cleanup efforts are underway in the D.C. area, after the storm brought major flooding and several downed trees. Severe weather spurred by Debby knocked down trees, including one that sm From Simone Biles to Noah Lyles, 2 Netflix docuseries paint inspiring Olympic backstories 08/09/2024 11:38am • Are you bummed that we're heading into the last weekend of the Summer Olympics in Paris? Don't worry, you can still get your fix by streaming a pair of Olympic docuseries on Netflix. "Simone Biles: Rising" is currently a two-episode documentary chronicling American gymnast icon Simone Bile Debby downgraded to tropical depression as DC region sees damaging winds, heavy rain, isolated flooding 08/08/2024 07:44pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Tropical Storm Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression Thursday afternoon and it's expected to continue weakening as it moves north this week — but not before it rolls through the D.C. area bringing the risk of flooding and th Heavy rain hit DC area Wednesday night, with Debby to bring more this week 08/08/2024 03:10am • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Parts of the D.C. region received heavy rain and storms Wednesday as Tropical Storm Debby pushes its way north after smacking the Gulf Coast. Here's what you need to know. Loudoun County, Virginia, already received 2 to 4 inch National Guard standing by to help with Debby in Virginia 08/07/2024 08:20pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Tropical Storm Debby pushed bad weather up the East Coast on Wednesday, moving toward Virginia, which is expected to see the heaviest downpours Thursday night and early Friday. "We are going to get a significant amount of rain thro July 4th fire was 'the worst thing that could possibly happen.' Now, this Montgomery Co. women's shelter is reopening 08/07/2024 04:20pm • A month after a Montgomery County, Maryland, women's shelter caught fire, the Interfaith Works Women’s Center on Crabbs Branch Way reopened Wednesday, welcoming 37 women back home. “We did not foresee … that something like this would happen,” said N’Jeri Henry, Interfaith Works deputy d Maryland, Virginia on high alert as Tropical Storm Debby nears 08/06/2024 07:53pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has declared a state of preparedness ahead of the "significant risk" Tropical Storm Debby poses to the area. The declaration ensures that, should there be a public emergency due to severe weather, preparatio One of DC’s oldest veterinary hospitals to open 2nd location 08/06/2024 08:33am • Friendship Hospital for Animals, whose original location opened in 1936, is opening a second location in Friendship Heights in D.C. CLICK TO ENLARGE: A rendering of Friendship Hospital for Animals' new location. The 30,000-square-foot location is much larger and will open in November. (Courtesy Why is COVID surging? A doctor explains what to know and how to stay safe 08/06/2024 04:39am • ▶ Watch Video: COVID cases spike across U.S. It's not just President Biden who recently tested positive for COVID — cases of the virus are spiking across the country. Nearly 40 states are reporting high COVID activity levels, according to data from the Centers for Disease Cont Red Cross: Hospitals face blood supply shortage as DC-area blood drives canceled over heat 08/05/2024 02:19pm • The Red Cross is sending out a call for blood donations. Over the past month, the organization said its blood supply fell by 25%. There's been a decrease in donations, according to Bethany Bray Patterson, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross' chapter in the D.C. area. “Particularly there is an em DC-area first responders head south to provide Hurricane Debby relief 08/05/2024 12:40pm • First responders from the D.C. area are heading south to help provide Hurricane Debby relief as the powerful storm moves east. Members of Task Force One teams in Maryland and Virginia were deployed Sunday night. Hurricane Debby made landfall Monday morning as a Category 1 storm near Steinhatch Southern Maryland child dead after bounce house went airborne with kids inside 08/04/2024 12:00pm • A 5-year-old boy from La Plata, Maryland, is dead after a bounce house at the Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf was blown into the air while children were playing inside Friday night, officials said. First responders from Charles County were called after 9:20 p.m. while kids were playing in a Over 1,000 without power as storms sparked thunderstorm warnings, watches across DC area 08/04/2024 05:35am • The D.C. region dealt with a round of powerful showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening after dealing with the heat. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued through 9 p.m. and a Flood Watch was issued through 10 p.m. but were canceled by the National Weather Service just before 8 p How DC-area shoppers can save some money on school supplies in August 08/04/2024 04:00am • Virginia is holding a three-day sales tax holiday and Maryland is holding a similar one for a week, as local shoppers load their carts with back-to-school items. Virginia This year's Virginia's sales tax holiday, from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4, comes after state lawmakers forgot to renew the sales tax holi