Wednesday. Here are those numbers though. 57 in philadelphia. Just 47 now in allentown and reading, those are actually cooler numbers than what we have maybe a half hour ago. How about the poconos, 39 . 52 in wilmington, 59 in trenton be 53 in millville and 57 in cape may. Heres how it will go, well improve in a hurry, by noon, 72, 3 00, 78 and 77 boy 5 00. Hurricane irma dropped to a category 1 and pushing would from tampa. The center pushing up toward the georgia Florida Border to the west of jacksonville and this should become a Tropical Storm later today down from category 1 hurricane status, might be a Tropical Storm by atlanta but in the process of deteriorating. We do have jose to copy an eye on in the atlantic. Ill have more on that and the effects of irma and our forecast as we go later into the week, thats ahead. Breaking news, i just got off the phone with police in Burlington County, theyre telling us about a tanker truck that is on its side here, so i told you about this e
Sig alert. Now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. And that breaking news what mike and reggie just mentioned strong winds in the south bay this morning taking a lot of people by surprise, those winds coming in overnight knocking down trees in several cities and thousands of customers are without power in the south bay right now. Lets check in with abc 7 News Reporter matt keller for the latest. Hi, matt. Reporter good morning, jessica. You said this took people by surprise, even firefighters. An engine on the scene of a report of a downed power lane and they said they were even surprised by what took place early this morning here across the south bay. The good news the winds have died down but the debris is still here. Check this out, this giant branch and then you have pine needles all across lark avenue here right off highway 17 just spread out all across the road, so be careful when youre driving this morning. Of course the debris can be a lot bigger. Check out this video that
David muir, amy robach and our Abc News Team spread out across the storm zone. A special edition of gma starts now. And good morning, america. Florida has never seen a storm like this. That is naples. That is drone footage of naples. The destruction there yesterday. Right now the storm hitting jacksonville and expecting a powerful storm surge there. At one point sunday the entire state was covered by this storm. Such a massive force. Now making its way toward atlanta where theyre facing a Tropical Storm warning. And we are now just starting to see images from the areas hardest hit being the keys. It hit there first and hit there hard. Hurricane irma has claimed five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. It was a category 4 storm when it first made landfall in florida shortly after 9 00 a. M. Yesterday with wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. This morning more than 5 million customers without power in the state. World news tonight anchor david muir is leading our coverage on the
David muir, amy robach and our Abc News Team spread out across the storm zone. A special edition of gma starts right now. And good morning, america. We are live for our viewers in the west. That is our drone footage of naples, florida, this morning. Look at that devastation. It has been a tough morning for so many in florida. Irma has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm, and not a hurricane. It has led a path of destruction across there. They are seeing record storm surge, and you see that water. At one point, the entire state of florida was covered by the storm. Such a massive force, and now its barrelling toward atlanta, and they are facing a Tropical Storm warning there. We are now just starting so see images from the areas hardest hit, that being the florida keys. Heres what we know right now. Irma has claimed at least five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. It was a category 4 storm when it made landfall in florida, wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. This morning, more
Debris that is cluttering the sidewalks and the streets making it difficult to get around safely. We are helping our fellow americans in florida. Reporter our weekend to a Tropical Storm. Storm surge bringing flooding to the jacksonville area were people had to be pulled from flooded homes. Nearly the entire state of florida is now reeling with homes and property destroyed and many communities left swamped. Just because the storm has passed, we are not safe. We have debris all over the state. Reporter 20 20,000 people are in emergency shelters and more than 6. 5 million homes and businesses lost power. Officials are warning it could be weeks before electricity is restored. The florida keys were hit hard with 130 mileperhour winds. Officials are warning there is no fuel, running router water or power. We have a lot of damage and cleanup. Reporter we are back out here. Those are three trees in addition to the one that you saw. This is an australian pine tree. That sidewalk helped and pre