Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley is here now with more of our forecast. Hey, bill. Hi, vai. We have a hot one today and it was hot yesterday. Sunshine and no clouds around. Temperatures are already moving up quickly. 84 degrees in philadelphia. Look at the suburbs in the lehigh valley. Delaware is 86 degrees. South jersey, 85 degrees and climbing heading into the 90s this afternoon. Audubon is 87 degrees right now. 83 in some spots while its in the low 80s in princeton and robinsville, it is going to be warming quickly this afternoon. And the wind is very light. Not much of a cooling breeze here. Bright sunshine. Hot day. Light wind. Those are the increasing these are the ingredients for poor air quality. Theres an air quality alert. It is code orange. Its when sunshine interacts with the pollutants in the air to create ozone. What we have today with a code orange is unhealthy for those with breathing problems. So its best to avoid strenuous Outdoor Activity today. Not that
S department has worked 75 heroin over dose cases that resulted in eight deaths. One official told us the alleged drug dealers clearly have the skills to operate a legitimate business. Michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. Angela an ohio pharrell board has decided to separate a man who is captured 62 years escaping from prison. He had run off from the shawshank prison in ohio 1959. He had been held for running over and killing a man. He was reimprisoned last may. Jim we are learning more information about an i4 worker who was killed while on the job yesterday. Angela it happened just before noon in a construction area near i4 and the maitland boulevard exit. Wesh 2 s amanda ober is live. Amanda, this man had a dump truck back over him . Amanda that is what happened who was killed was a father of three children and that he was only on this job about a month, a job he was very excited to have. Meantime you may have noticed there has been no activity at any of the i4 construction site today. Th
Reviewing access and how we control dump trucks coming in and out of the area, but certainly we don t want to look at just that. Amanda sgl says it will do a thorough review of all of its safety procedures, and i4 work may resume friday, or not until next week. The florida Highway Patrol is investigating the accident and says the backup warning beeper on the truck was sounding when it backed over franklin, but other details of what lead to the tragedy are being investigated by both fhp and osha. As for the work stoppage, the Florida Department of transportation tells wesh two news, ensuring safety is its top priority and it claims meantime, the sgl safety standdown will not impact the project S Construction schedule, which concludes in 2021. Franklin, had three children ages 10, 13 and 15 who live with their mother in southwest florida. A relative told me over the phone, franklin was excited to have this new construction job, a job he d been on for only about a month. As for the dump t
Maitland boulevard. We want people to feel this is a safe project, and this was a terrible tragedy. And everybody is feeling the effects of it. Amanda sgl says workers were offered grief counseling. Hourly employees were told to take the day off with pay. Supervisors and salaried workers still reported but with a different focus. Certainly we re going to be , reviewing access and how we control dump trucks coming in and out of the area, but certainly we don t want to look at just that. Amanda sgl says it will do a thorough review of all of it s safety procedures and i4 work may resume friday, or not until next week. The florida Highway Patrol is investigating the accident and says the backup warning beeper on the truck was sounding when it backed over franklin, but other details of what lead to the tragedy are being investigated by both fhp and osha. Florida department of transportation tells wesh 2 news ensuring safety is its top priority. It claims meantime, the, sgl safety standdown
Most of us are dealing with frost. Volusia county, 34, debary, lake helen, 34 deland, Daytona Beach, port orange, all running in the 30s. 28 ocala, 40 orlando, 38 clermont, 39 kissimmee, 38 melbourne. Seminole county, mid30s. Altamonte springs, oviedo, dropping off, 35 flagler county, palm coast. We are looking good. A lot of sun. Look at the changes on your screen. New, 58 and this afternoon gorges a lot of sun it is going to be gorgeous with a lot of sun. Tracking warm weather on the way and a temperature drop cant interesting photos coming in of frost. 6 01 am. A back up i 4 eastbound these are eastbound lanes, one lane is blocked for construction ive been checking cameras to make sure there isnt a crash because we are seeing slowdowns. Keep that in mind. Volusia county, spot of construction, i95 southbound, pioneer trail. One lane blocked. Orange county home boarded up now that a hit and run driver smashed through a bedroom wall. The crash barely missed 2 children. Kimberly eiten i