Entire back window is completely shattered. They believe that cinder blocks from this mobile home flew off of the home and broke that window, the office for Emergency Management for new casting county, they are taking picture they are sending to the National Weather service to figure out what came through delaware last night. A viewer captured what looks like a possible funnel cloud over newcastle avenue in newcastle, delaware during the height of the storm they tried to keep up with reports of trees down and mark willis described what he thought came through, this is what was left behind in the storms wake, trees down and businesses damaged and homes and vehicles in this trailer park ripped apart. It peeled it back like a soda can and some ended up near newcastle avenue and some on this trailer. The whole outside is destroyed and the roof is down there on the trailer. Eric howard said it looked like lightning and seemed closer than ever before. And when out and found his neighbor tang
Done. Reporter yeah, for sure. As you mentioned ef0 mack mum sustained winds of 65 miles an hour so certainly the weakest of tornadoes but enough to cause some damage here to this mobile home park. This is the mobile home village right off of route nine. Ill step out of the way you can see the damage to one of the trailers right behind me there. It was literally shifted off of its foundation. I would say two to 3 feet as we pan over to the left you see it runs into the fence and then that vehicle damage the window there shattered and thats the damage left behind. Lets show you some video from earlier, again most importantly here no reports of any injuries but upwards of 12 people displaced after the roof was blown off. This apartment building. Those displaced staying over at the william penn high school. Crews spending the day repairing that roof a short time ago theyre in the process of we just saw putting a blue tarp on that roof. Power is being restored at one point we know Delmarva
People as barrelled through the caribbean and puerto rico. Were waiting for an update from the governor, rick scott and we will bring you as it begins. We know more than 6 Million People were evacuated from florida. It includes roughly 1 3rd of the states population. Not everyone was able to or chose to get out. Take a look how Hurricane Irma looks on radar, in some area, the rain and winds so strong, emergency crews are no longer able to respond to sfts calls. Were going to take you live. This is a live picture in West Palm Beach. This is actually inside of a News Conference were waiting on the governor to give us a briefing on the storm so far and as he steps to the podium well bring it live. In Fort Lauderdale, a Tornado Warning was issued. Take a look at this video. Appears to show a tornado forming, residents have been urged to stay inside and to hunker down. A man riding out the storm in key largo captured this piece of video as the strong winds ripped off a piece of the roof. Di
Now, around route 168, black horse pike, everything looks good. Both directions north and southbound, headed northbound in here, thats moving toward trenton. No problems there. Theres a crash, though. Watch in pottstown on high street, around Armand Hammer boulevard. Earlier the tacony palmyra and burlington bristol bridge, checking for openings. Around 3 30 we had openings. We might not see one for a bit. The walt whitman bridge nice and clear, too. Back to you. Hurricane irma is weakening, but the storm is pummelling parts of florida. We have a live look at the gandhi bridge that connects st. Petersburg to tampa. You see police blocking the bridge as the area is seeing strong winds and heavy rain. This morning, irma was droided to a category1 hurricane with winds around 85 Miles Per Hour. The storm is northeast of tampa. Look at the video from the port of tampa. You see the heavy rain falling there. In the distance, you see transformers exploding. Heres what we know more than three m
Days of the weekend. The weekend was beautiful. Today just slightly warmer. Similar picture outside. Lets talk temperatures over the next several hours as you get out the door this morning. 59 the temperature at 8 00 a. M. You still might want the light jacket. Up to 69 by 11 00 a. M. Sunny to mostly sunny with scattered clouds expected by this afternoon. Those are the clouds from irmas moisture. Were going to talk more about the track of irma, as well as look more closely at when rain returns to the region coming up. Now to traffic and jessica boyington. Were starting on the vine street expressway right now. Moving through center city. Cameras around 8th street. We were open all morning. Didnt deal with the Construction Projects here. Heading to the off ramp. If you look back here, this is the traffic coming off of the ben franklin bridge. No big problems or delays. Heading westbound toward the schuylkill, youll get there just fine. Watch for the crash in pottstown at Armand Hammer bo