Hes taken some r r is scott sabol is here period for time he is off we text him and wake him up. Right now, weve got some 40s in central Ashtabula County and then on to the mid 70s period lakefront airport can see the. We made it into the 70s yesterday. Elyria is back up to 50 aurorap, mentor mid 70s. Theres the Tropical Storm it was a hurricane still causing coast from the outer banks into new jersey eventually. Theyre going to get hit with some really strong windsds and then slow downwi affecting cape cod, marthas vineyard. That system is influenced by the high and keeps us try with walltowall sunshine and mid to upper 70s. It will be warmer labor day tal about that coming up. Tropical storm hermine is downgraded to Tropical Storm bust up packs a powerful punch, it is moving up the east coast, hitting many areas hard with strong winds an it may have some major impact through much of th Holiday Weekend along the east coast. Two states have issued state of emergency, virginia says i ca
Better idea of what we are facing this weekend and i know its going to be cold. Scott. It certainly is, good evening, chris and dawn. Were talking about the return of the polar vortex. Here in old city, folks are bundled up, bracing for the cold. You can see at the bus shelter there they have their layers on with their heavy winter jackets. Theres a pep in folks step as well as theyre just trying to dodge some of those frigid temperatures that we are seeing right now which is really just an opening act for the upcoming weekend. So take a look at that dip in the jet stream. The polar vortex all of that arctic air is headed in our direction. 25degrees right now but factor in that wind it feels like 17 already in philadelphia. 13 degrees the air temperature in the pocono mountains. Elsewhere were looking at low to mid 20s across the area but once again how your body reacts, how you should dress, 15 is wait feels like in lancaster. 18 degrees what it currently feels like in Atlantic City.
Another battery and that is probably the most common thing that triple a deals with in cold, cold weather is dead batteries. So, if you do have to make that call be prepared to wait for a while. Were showing you this morning, a lack of those lake effect streamers like we had yesterday if you will recall later in the morning we did get some of those snow squals that were so isolated would you drive a mile and have sunshine, and then a mile more, and then run into snow. The it is happening, just east of lake erie but none of that is still coming down this way. We dont have anything to show you in philadelphia at the moment for precipitation. We wont until tonight when another coal front comes through. So here we are right now with a mere 18 degrees for actual temperature, a 1 mile an hour wind and really blowing that flag around. Probably gusts that are even higher, seven is our wind chill this morning. The this is even chillier, then yesterday. It is a cold one and were getting ready fo
Breaking news. A raging fire in a threestory building. That fire now at three alarms, the flames lighting up the sky. This is in bushwick, brooklyn. You can see it on dekalb avenue. Josh einiger just arrived on the scene. He has the breaking details. Breaking right now, its now up to four alarms here on dekalb avenue between knickerbocker and wilson. The wind is a huge factor here. Its been windy all day. This of course is fueling or helping this fire spread from townhouse to townhouse here on dekalb avenue. You see a flame there in the were basically up wind but if we widen out, look to the left a little bit down the block, you can see how people have been evacuated from this block and being kept off of this seed as the Fire Department struggles to get ahead of happening here on this block. As we come back in and you can see these firefighters heading now in to the scene here, this fire still out of control right here on dekalb avenue. Weve heard reports of at least one and possibly a
Rooftops, and battling with windy conditions to get away from the flames. Janelle burrell is live in bushwick. Reporter firefighters only getting this under control very early this morning you can see the damage done here behind us. 4 buildings gutted in the flames here over night. , still on the scene trying to figure out how this all started the good news is everyone made it out safely. Massive flames jumping building to building. Hundreds of firefighters trying to get a handle on the quick moving fire tearing through four buildings. It began around tuesday night on 427 dekalb avenue. Residents forced out of their homes as crews battledded the growing flames. This morning firefighters were able to get the fire under control. Update from fire crews on the scene this morning we can tell you that dozens of residents were displaced. 10 people left with minor injuries and again this morning the cause of this fire remains under investigation. Reporting live this morning from bushwick. Jane