Center in smyrna delaware this morning and that tense standoff continues tonight. Heres what we know. Two corrections employees have been released. Two workers still being held hostage. We do know that one worker released earlier suffered nonlifethreatening injuries. This is all unfolding inside building cat the correctional center. All prisons in delaware have been put on lockdown tonight. Which is standard procedure, when an incident like this occurs. David spunt is live at the prison with the very latest. David . Reporter jessica, this is a developing situation. Change just about every minute. We have a live video of chopper right now showing you exactly whats going on from the sky. But i have to tell you, authorities were very careful tonight on camera, because they say the inmates are watching so they wanted to choose their words wising. According to officials just after 10 30 wednesday morning, they received a call about a hostage situation. Involving prison staff. Authorities sa
Front with heavy rain at times. There is still a chance for showers this morning, then it clears out for this afternoon. Temps this morning are in the upper 60s, and that will be the high for the day as a brisk nw wind increases to 20 mph, and drops temps into the 50s by noon. Tonight is clear and chilly with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s and wind chills in the 30s by morning. Hurricane matthew has claimed the lives of hundreds of rise. Those riding out the storm in florida are starting to feel the full impact of the hurricane this morning. Ann is taking a closer look at some of the damage already. Between florida. The carolinas. And georgia. Roughly two mllion people were told to leave their homes. Its the largest mandatory evacuation since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Officials are warning homes and cut power to millions possibly for days. And First Responders may not be there to help. The hurricane is threatening to reach a category 4 level this morning. What does that mean exacty
Youre wearing a ining yello. Lets focus on the sun. If i were governor of the three states in our area, id declare an emergency day off. 55 degrees in philadelphia. Were already enjoying sunshine. The sunshine will warm temperatures from the 40s and 50s into the 70s. There are chilly spots. Look at the Lehigh Valley, a few thin clouds there. Those will not last. The sun is coming up over easton. Climbing into the upper 70s for philadelphia, 78 degrees. Look at new jersey, interior new jersey 77. While at the shore, a little bit cooler, bright sunshine and 71 degrees. Thats today. Enjoy the sunglasses. This weekend youll need your umbrella. Ill show you when the rain will first move in with the futurecast when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington up. Looks like sun glare may be an issue. May be in some parts, bill. Were looking at the schuylkill expressway around the conshohocken curve starting to see problems. Typically heading around the conshohocken curve. You will get parts wit
Im lucy noland. That fire kept flaring back up tonight. Lets get right out to Shawnette Wilson live at the scene. Shawnette, it looks like a lot of action still going on behind you. Reporter yeah, you can tell by all the lights lucy and iain that this is still very much a busy and active scene. Take look behind me. Latter still extended on to the roof of this building but within the past 30 minutes or so weve mostly been seeing firefighters spraying water from the ground. What we can tell is you that firefighters got this blaze under control around 9 15 this evening. Several hours after it broke out. Also, one person rescued taken to cooper hospital. Firefighters remained on the scene several hours after intense fire ripped through this threestory Wood Building on north 26th kramer street in camden. They were dousing names that continued to reignite throughout the evening. Skyfox flew over earlier as flames shot from the roof. A lot of fire flares a lost fire flares. Like they would pu
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