Of money on christmas presents and on yourself this is a day to think about Great Charities he would like to give money to. Breaking overnight strong winds caused parts of a couple of buildings to collapse while you were sleeping. Were going to show you some of the damage right now. Take a look at this. Part of an abandoned factory on maywood avenue near west 90th came crumbling down around one am. Parts of a the large brick wall were left scattered all over the road. Traffic in that area is being detoured at this hour. Crews res same time to another partial building collapse, this time on kinsman. This is at the saint Teresa Holiness Science Church on east 73rd. A large brick wall fell onto the sidewalk and part of kinsman. Meanwhile part of east ninth street is back open after it was closed most of the night, so crews could clean up broken glass. The wind caused a construction wire at the pnc building to snap into windows and breaking them. But the mess is cleaned up, now. The strong
We do say hello on what is turning out to be a busy Tuesday Morning. Im kendis gibson. And im drjashton in for diane macedo. Fast moving wildfires forcing evacuations in a popular resort area of tennessee. This video from inside one popular hotel, you can see the flames surround the building. The dry and windy weather there fueling the fires overnight. One fire now on the edge of dollywood where people are being brought to safety. Overnight, fierce flames and blinding smoke racing across the tennessee mountains. Oh, my god. We need to leave. Reporter the wildfires engulfing the resort towns of gatlinburg home of dollywood. We relocated 19 families that were staying with us in our Cabin Properties and then relocated about 50 of our guest room guests here at dollywood. Reporter officials ordering everyone to leave calling the fire unpredictable. Were dealing with a situation here that is very dynamic. Its changing every moment. Reporter dramatic video posted online showing people evacuat
Good morning, everybody. And we are off to a dry start across most of the region but out to the west of philadelphia you can see some of those showers building in right on schedule and southern Chester County beginning to pick up a sprinkle as we move between now and the rush hour and then through the rush hour this should gather start to push through and it does look like were going to eventually get pretty wet and probably stay that way for a good portion of the day. So, were looking at clouds today, periods of rain off and on and there you see it beginning to gather with more rain out to the west. There will be a Second System coming up the coast for tomorrow so it does look like two days of rain. Mild this morning though. 50 degrees right now at philadelphia, 47 in allentown, 47 in trenton, 50 in reading, 48 in wilmington and 53 in cape may. So, no need for super heavy gear but you want to keep some rain gear handy just in case. Winds are fairly light in most spots, just 8 Miles Pe
Of off and on rain through the day. Looks like this will continue off and on through the day and probably not taper off until later on in the evening hours. Its mild this morning, 48 degrees in philadelphia. 47 in allentown and trenton. 49 in wilmington. 56 in millville so these are really good numbers for this time of year and so far we dont have real strong winds across most of the region although it is going to get more breezy and blustery as the day goes on. And heres how things are going to roll. 53 degrees by 7 oclock, 58 by 10 oclock, by plan to 62. And youre going to get a very mild high today of 65 degrees and still hold onto the low 60s at 6 oclock and through most of the evening but unfortunately periods of rain all the way and be careful driving around karen because we have a lot of leaves in the storm drains. If you get a heavier pocket of rain both today and tomorrow you could wind up with poor drainage flooding around that. And you know people just cant drive in rain. It
Most terrifying moments as people scramble to evacuate. Reporter flames closed in on the Park Vista Hotel in downtown gatlinburg. People trapped inside reported video on their cell phones as the fire burned. The lights flickered on and off as the smokefilled lobby filled out. Logan baker was inside. The smoke is really bad. At one point at least 30 structures in gatlinburg were burning. A roadside restaurant and lodge were destroyed. High winds caused the chimney to fire which began in the Smoky Mountains last week to descend on surrounding towns. Drivers capture the fire cascading down the mountain. As they were forced to evacuate. Earlier in the day smoke blanketed gatlinburg and difficult situations here in gatlinburg. If you are a person that prays we could use your prayers. This red cross shelter is one of many locations where residents stay the night fleeing the fire. 600 registered residents are here and many dont know what they will go home to. For cbs news. You may be feeling