North and western suburbs. Already peaked today. To up 105 104 for heat index in philadelphia, it is down to 99 now. This is the temperature plus the humidity, what it actually feels like, your boyde cant quite cool off. All of this mugginess moisture in the air and temperature so hot. Ninetyfive is the heat index in allentown, very muggy, and high heat index still some triple digits out there temperatures starting to drop. Ninetys pretty much everywhere, except the poconos, down the shore there is your sea breeze finally brought some relief to lewes delaware 87, nice sea breeze in beach haven and brigantine. Temperatures there mid to low 80s after climbing into the 90s early this morning what to expect tomorrow morning . Dont see this often but may not drop below 80, in center city philadelphia, thats what you will step outside to tomorrow morning. No sea breeze down the shore but there it is, getting little better across the Lehigh Valley because look at the heat indexs tomorrow. Aga
This is al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Tropical storm erika is plowing a deadly path through the caribbean and heading for florida. In fact the governor declared state of emergency just about an hour ago. This church collapsing under the fury of the tropical storm. Officials say they have found 14 bodies and several people are still missing. Erika dumped 15 inches of rain on dominica. Power and Water Supplies have been knocked out completely. Lets bring in kevin corriveau. Kevin when might we expect to see the outer bands of this in florida . Based on what we know so far and based on the current track, we think sunday night well start to see the feeder bands, and then monday morning, very early it will make its way from the south up to the north, but theres still quite a bit of uncertainty. You can see the storm is really not well organized and they have moved it several different times over the last 48 hours, which changes all of the tracks ahead of it.
Once the Iran Nuclear Deal moves forward. The gulf coast remembers the wrath of one storm as another churns in the caribbean. Forecasters say Tropical Storm erica has the potential to dump several inches of rain on florida next week. As that storm moves west, the u. S. Is marking 10 years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast. More than 1800 people died in one of the worst natural disasters in american history. Former president george w. Bush returned to new orleans today to praise the citys comeback. His administration was severely criticized for its response to the storm. Jonathan martin joirnzo joins us live from new orleans. Good evening, jonathan. How was the former president received . Reporter erica, good eveni eveninging to you. He was received pretty well by the people he came in contact with. Its important to point out this was a very brief stop for the former president. He made one stop here in new orleans at a Charter School, a Charter School he visited before on t
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Night. The videos show the powerful winds and driving rain hitting resort properties along the western side of the island. The high storm surge expected to cause major flooding. New photos out of barbuda. It blasted the island nation killing at least three people there. You can see shattered debris and buildings trashed. France and the netherlands split control. They said the storm killed four people on their side of the island and one reported on the dutch side. The governor says federal help is on the way for residents there. Irma damaged many of the boats. One sailboat worker said he had a boat anchored in the harbor which is now nowhere to be found. He says he and fellow residents were fortunate. We lit candles, played games. They pounded with top wins of 150 Miles Per Hour for more than four hours. Fire and police stations collapse in the main hospital and sustained pretty heavy damage. This is a live look as it tracks irma. They say the hurricane weakened a little bit to a catego