Locally heavy rain as we head toward the shore. Toward 6 00, as it dries out elsewhere, later on this evening, it dries out from philly westward and its going to take a while before the shore gets out of this. This is 10 00 tonight. 11 00 tonight. Its just starting to go offshore. Look at this temperature contrast. We told you this was going to happen here. Its 35 degrees in allentown but its 57 in dover. 50 in philadelphia right now. Just a tremendous contrast but at least its above freezing throughout the area. As we go through the night tonight, youll see it cool down, and any puddles are going to be frozen by morning. Especially in the northern suburbs where we had more of the icing and more of the snow earlier today down to 19 by 7 00 a. M. In the Lehigh Valley. Thats where there may be a little more icing in the morning. And its going to be a chilly day for the parade. Well talk more about that in a minute but also the next storm is going to affect us over the weekend. And you ca
For 17yearold taylor white of jackson, mississippi people have it on their houses. Its everywhere. Reporter and rose kenney i dont know of any other, you know any other place when you have a war and the loser gets to fly their flag. Reporter witnessing this historic fall of the Confederate Flag over South Carolinas capitol is a moment they will forever embrace. Even watching it on a tv screen from the Pennsylvania Convention center. I had a great great uncle who was lynched under the flag and my great grandmother had to take care of him. Reporter kenny and his sister are united having felt the divide and hatred they say associated with the symbolic battle flag in their native north carolina. Even running into the woods from the ku klux klan. People used to throw things at us and use the n word go home and we were only third and fourth graders at the time. Reporter as young girls they crossed the Railroad Tracks among the first black students to attend a white school. So for those of us
On the schuylkill expressway we are battling sun glare as well but dealing with schuylkill westbound off ramp to 202 out in king of prussia. Overturned tractortrailer here. Police activity on the scene. All lanes blocked at this moment. Massive traffic delays but, right now, a check on your forecast for today with meteorologist bill henley. That sun glare will be an issue this morning. Temperatures not bad at all. Really comfortable. The cool down into the 50s for pottstown and doylestown and coatesville at 57 degrees. Dry air and low 60s northeast philadelphia and 62 milthwilmington. South philadelphia 64. We will see bright sunshine today. Temperatures will climb but stay comfortable all day long. Hoe lo he humidity. 66 at 8 00. 11 00, just 74 and near 80 at 2 00 this afternoon. Your neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast when i come back in ten minutes. Former president george h. W. Bush is in stable condition after breaking a bone in his neck. Nbc10s chris cato is live for us in the b
Reporter the head of the resorts beach patrol says at least five beach goers have needed treatment for heat exhaustion in the past couple days alone. You sit in that sand and you know its real hot and some of these people dont hydrate themselves. You got to drink a lot of water. Quite honestly you should be down by the waters edge. Reporter thats where crystal planted her chair at 9 00 this morning. It didnt take long for the prime spots on the sand to quickly fill up. I have to. Its too hot back there. Reporter for a good part of the day there was no cooling sea breeze to bring relief. Even right along the coach it felt like 96 making the 73 degree ocean extremely popular. It was so hot we literally spent probably most of the hours in the ocean. You would come out and the sun would burn your skin as soon as you got out. Reporter lifeguards tell us many of the people who have been suffering from heat exhaustion are older folks. They say with the humidity as high as it is even sitting u
The i95 corridor. The orange shaded counties outside of that is a heat advisory until 8 00 tonight. Temperatures in these cases could be feeling close to 100 degrees but some tips for you with the heat we have. You definitely want to stay hydrated. We talked about that with the bottle of water before you walk outside. Avoid peak heat hours in the middle of the day into the early afternoon. Wear loosefitting clothing and try to stay inside or in the shade as much as you can if you have to be outside. Temperatures are in the mid to low 90s through philadelphia south jersey parts of delaware. Some areas north and west are close to 90 degrees. When you factor in the humidity it feels quite a bit different. Feels like 101 in millville, 100 in Atlantic City 100 in dover. Feels like 99 degrees in northeast philly. 97, mt. Holly. Its hotter outside when you factor in the humidity. Thats the way it will stay as we go through the next couple hours. As we go into tonight, it will still be very wa