Well have the latest on the situation. Well talk about the rain and some of you are seeing it around the region. Reporter thats right, birthday boy. Happy birthday. Reporter thank you very much. Reporter weve got a storm to celebrate. Reporter i want to show you the flood watch thats been posted overnight into this afternoon and most of tonight. We are looking at heavy downpours some of them this morning most of them the afternoon and evening, roads creeks and streams could be affected by this. Lets go ahead and bring in satellite you can see there are a lot of clouds around. We have precipitation off to the north. Storm tracker 6 live will show that to you. This is mostly a thunderstorm thats pushing through allentown right now. Not a severe storm, but obviously brief drenching downpours. Its going to be the next rounds of storms coming in later this afternoon that will give most of us problems. The rest of the area is dry right now. You want to be careful of the lightning and downpou
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Troops on active duty. Lets go outside to david murphy with accuweather and matt pellman in for karen rogers with traffic. Reporter we have cloud cover popping up through washington and coming into parts of delaware that could cross into south jersey for a time this morning. Generally speaking were looking at overall bright conditions today. 67 degrees in philadelphia. As expected some suburbs like allentown and reading have slipped into the 50s, lancaster 59. 60 in millville. 66 in cape may. 61 in trenton. Your dewpoints for a change are down into the 50s almost everywhere thats an indication of low humidity and thats where were going to stay not only today, but over the next several days, heres where numbers are going today. 66 degrees by 7 00. Noon, 78. 3 00 p. M. , 82 thats the high today. 82 degrees a few degrees below average, low humidity and 80 degrees by 5 00 p. M. , 78 and 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Matt pellman when we step inside well have more good numbers and good news as whe ac
Arrangements to protect their property. If our stuff floods, they are material things. We can always get that back. Im not willing to risk my childs life. Reporter the lives of the newborns who have been in Critical Condition at a neonatalive care unit in Corpus Christi. Hospital crews are transporting them to a facility further north. The ventilators they are on, the lifesaving ventilators would not be able to be maintained without electricity. Reporter while harvey is expected to reek havoc, many are putting whats important into perspective. The important thingings are our lives and health and pets and children and Everything Else is replaceable. She said it. With a storm that could last for days, people are stocking up on food and leaving the shelves bare. This Grocery Store in texas has been picked dry. Its not just the rain that people are worried about. The National Hurricane center is showing people how dangerous the storm surge from harvey could be. This picture shows their off
We are seeing pictures of damage left behind by by the storm. Trees are down and what appears to be a wall has collapsed from the wind. Signs on the ground, Officials Say they wont be able to assess the damage until daylight. Heres more from houston. Reporter Hurrican Harvey roaring on to the gulf coast. The best way to describe it is a continue can being kicked down the road. Reporter the strongest in the u. S. In more than a decade. This is not going to be quick one and done were not measuring in inches of rain, but feet of rain. Reporter residents of texas and mississippi and louisiana getting hit the hardest. Rock port texas in its path. Trees on roads, buildings destroyed and emergency crews facing difficults difficulties standing to the damage. We have not been able to get out and see what weve got going, but its not looking good. Reporter the mayor urged those staying behind to write their scattered social securs on their arm with a sharpy. You hear the wind, you dont hear the r