The Chesapeake Bay Bridge has been reopened to all vehicles beside tractor trailers, Anne Arundel County Emergency Management announced via Twitter. Tractor trailers are now prohibited from crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Key Bridge in Baltimore has been placed under a "wind warning."
"The wind was so strong, the carousel and the Ferris wheel were actually turning by themselves," Berk said. "It was just eerie to hear the metal kind of squeaking by itself."
The meteorologist said he still expects most of Maryland to receive 2–6 inches of rain.
"It almost looks like the eye might be moving a little bit east," said Berk, who is working from the Hilton hotel in Ocean City. "The biggest storm surge will be in the lower portion of the Chesapeake."
Berk said to expect water to rise by as much as 4 feet in Annapolis.
"Winds are going to start increasing up there," he said. "You’re going to start seeing some pretty heavy stuff roll through up there at 5 p.m."
Wind gusts are reported as high as 62 mph in Virginia Beach, according to Weather Underground.
In an interview with The Weather Channel, Gov. Martin O’Malley praised the federal aid to Maryland.
“This is a massive undertaking and people are really doing their jobs and doing it well,” O’Malley said on The Weather Channel. “Everything in the preparation phase of this has gone very well. … Now we’re awaiting landfall ourselves.”
A tornado watch is in effect for parts of southern Maryland.
In Newport News, VA, one child died after a tree fell on a home.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
10/05/2011
News Staff
