David muir, amy robach and our Abc News Team spread out across the storm zone. A special edition of gma starts now. And good morning, america. Florida has never seen a storm like this. That is naples. That is drone footage of naples. The destruction there yesterday. Right now the storm hitting jacksonville and expecting a powerful storm surge there. At one point sunday the entire state was covered by this storm. Such a massive force. Now making its way toward atlanta where theyre facing a Tropical Storm warning. And we are now just starting to see images from the areas hardest hit being the keys. It hit there first and hit there hard. Hurricane irma has claimed five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. It was a category 4 storm when it first made landfall in florida shortly after 9 00 a. M. Yesterday with wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. This morning more than 5 million customers without power in the state. World news tonight anchor david muir is leading our coverage on the
Repeat that throughout the upcoming weekend. It is friday evening. So if youre heading out on the town, 60 degrees at 7 oclock dropping back to 57 at 8 oclock and then into the lower 50s a little chill in the air between 10 and 11 oclock with that Crystal Clear sky. Todays high of 64. Well add three more degrees to that tomorrow, 8 degrees to it on sunday and 16 degrees warmer than today come monday. Well talk about that almost summerlike feeling for the beginning of next week and just how long, brian, this beautiful weather lasts in full accuweather forecast. Adam thanks very much. Todays conditions had people flocking outside to soak it all in. Sidewalk tables were filled with restaurant customers enjoying an outdoor lunch today and by midday people were parked on benches in dillworth park reading a book or just basking in the sun. I looked out the window and it was just gorgeous so i couldnt resist. I had to get a cup of coffee and my book and find a chair. It is awesome, absolutely
Act so well respected by his players and coaches always known as mr. Snider. Ron hextall has the chance to nomgo him as a player and gm. And summed up why we loved him. When you think of Philadelphia Flyers and everything that were about, every trait, were passionate, we work hard, were greedy, were tough, we have a lot of will, when you think of all those traits, thats ed snider. He loved his flyers. Hes a Philadelphia Flyers. He started the whole thing and he would always be the guy that kind of brought that to the city and hes a really good man. Reporter that you see the flyers flag at the Wells Fargo Center at halfstaff in memory of beloved owner mr. Snider. Services will be private but the team will announce shortly an upcoming public celebration of his lively the flyers begin the playoffs thursday in washington against the capitals. At the Wells Fargo Center jaime apody channel6 action news. Brian and monica. Thank you. So much of ed sniders legacy goes beyond the flyers. In addi
Charlie hebdo releases the cover of its upcoming issue. Updates on weather and traffic right now with david and karen. Good morning. All right, guys, its a real cold start this morning as weve got a wind whipping around thats making it feel even cooler than the t as we take a look at satellite, you can see that the rain is gone. Cloud cover is starting to break up up to our north and we are expecting to see the clouds break and give us a fair amount of sunshine today. Icy issues this morning could be. The rain is over us as you just saw but temperatures have tumbled across much of the region and continue to fall in philadelphia as well. If it looks wet on the roads out there look out because you could run into an icy patch. The temperature has dipped all the way to the freezing mark now in philadelphia, so its right around now where some of that leftover water on sidewalks and roadways is going the start to freeze up. Up north its already happened. 30 in trenton, 23 in allentown and of
Halfhour or so, philadelphia is drying out. Southern bucks county and parts of the northeast philadelphia seeing a linking sprinkle. The heavier rain highlighted in yellow is pushing toward the east. We have backed up storm drains here and there, but generally speaking things are improving. Theres a break up in the cloud cover in washington and beyond. As we go through the day well return sunshine to the picture. 63 in allentown. Low 60s in wilmington, dover and sea isle city. As we head out door to catch the school bus, we hover in the mid 60s all the way. If youre heading to school or anywheres on your smart phone, Storm Tracker 6 live app showing were at 66. Upper 60s by 6 00 p. M. Theres a chance of an additional shower popping up this afternoon, thats few and far between. Matt pellman you have a lot lights on the roads thats not good. Reporter a lot of flashing lights. Good morning to you and everybody, its not a good morning on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side past montgo