90 Miles Per Hour wind gusts to miami and enough rain to flood some of the areas roadways. Its just not safe to go outside. You could step in a puddle or step in, you know, a very light patch of water and it could be completely electrified with a live power line and it will kill you. Reporter millions are without power and now neighboring states are bracing for the storm. Stay in place. Make sure theres a secure place as much as you can do so and stay off the roads. Reporter georgia declaring a state of emergency for all 159 counties. Heavy rains expected throughout areas of the state monday including in Metro Atlanta where many schools and businesses are closed. An in alabama, officials also prepping for the wrath of irma. This is an all hands on deck event. Reporter Hurricane Irma spent a record three days as a category five and is the strongest Atlantic Basin hurricane ever recorded outside of the gulf of mexico and the caribbean sea. Were here in naples where this is what people wo
A big sigh of relief for so many people that this storm didnt leave the kind of catastrophic damage that was expected in places like this. But irma is still leaving its mark. Today flooding in charleston, savannah and breaking records in jacksonville. What was Hurricane Irma now moving north. While floridians statewide start to assess the destruction left by this giant storm. We got a lot of damage, a lot of cleanup. Reporter neighborhoods like this one in naples under water homes, airplanes and the front of this Senior Living center torn apart. Its unbelievable. Reporter trees uprooted, this one in bradenton taking part of a house with it. Its an incredible sight. Reporter the first image from the keys where irma made its initial u. S. Landfall as a category four yesterday morning now coming in showing houses barely standing, cars buried beneath sand with bridges closed, residents who evacuated are now trying unsuccessfully to get back. Very anxious and we all just want to go home and
Its lost some of its tropical characteristics. Now, if you look at this graphic what you see in yellow these are the Tropical Storm force winds, sustained winds, they extend about 200 miles from the center of jose but jose is far enough out to sea that these sustained winds will not be reaching the coast. However, the wind gusts will so we have expected wind gusts expected along the coast 40 to 45 Miles Per Hour but since were talking about gusts, not sustained winds thats Tropical Storm watch has been canceled from the National Weather service. As you move inland its going to be a breezy day tomorrow but the winds will be dying off. So, really the big impact with jose is the wave action. The waivers really already being stirred up. Tomorrow breaking waves as high as 10 feet. Now, this will cause damaging beach erosion, also minor to moderate tidal flooding. The key time tomorrow nights high tide and dangerous rip currents continue to be a concern. That was the concern right through th
Yes, i jinked it again. Yes. I know. We have a couple here. Get a block of wood up here you have to tell people it is quiet, you know. Superstitious. A little bit of fog here and there nothing too widespread but it is out there storm scan isnt totally devoid of activity. You will not worry about wet weather, it looks like just a shower or two working its way cross the poconos but that is it. We have a warm front lifting up, right now and that is going to really allow these temperatures to spike. We mentioned 70s. That happens today. Wait until you see outlook for later on today but in the meantime just to give you perspective, look at how much warmer it is, compared to this same time yesterday, 21, 22, 23, even 25 degrees warmer, compared to this same time yesterday. So how does that translate to the thermometer . Well, we were in the 30s and even mount pocono bottomed out in the 20s yesterday. We are at 53 degrees right now , incredibly warm by comparison, so, i mean, might as well be
Its going to feel cooler today, but this is where we should be. Looking ahead. Lots of cloud expected today and tomorrow. Especially tomorrow, were locked in pretty good from start to finish with an easterly breeze. A little bit light rain and drizzle possible overnight tonight. A big blast of cool air chilly stuff gets in here thursday and friday of the upcoming week. Ill have the details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast in just a if minutes. A couple and two children safely escaped when their home caught fire in northeast philadelphia overnights. Sadly the family cat died in the blaze. The action cam was on the scene before 11 30 p. M. When firefighters arrived they found flames and smoke pouring from the back of the home. Theres no word on what sparked the fire. An apparent standoff outside an apartment complex in somers point, new jersey is continuing at this hour. The action cam was at the scene this is the somers Point Village apartments along the somers pointmays l