And before they were stars. A quiz for you tonight. Do you recognize these faces . Golden even back then. Good evening on this very busy friday night. We begin with the deadly flooding. Caring washed away. Drivers rescued from rising waters. With blistering heat now moving in too. Authorities warning it could be life threatening. There is a state of emergency in louisiana tonight. An elderly driver rushed off the road. Good samaritans rushed in to save him. This school bus, children rescued. Tonight, there are flood alerts from the south through new england. And a short time ago, reports that five people were struck by lightning in new york city. Rob marciano with more on that. First, phillip mena on where the rescues are turning out. Reporter in louisiana, more than a foot of rain in hours. Floods powerful enough to sweep this tractor trailer right off interstate 10. Reporter trapped residents can only wait for help. You can see behind me, theres basically no way to get out. Reporter
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. Right now some nasty weather in the tropics could alter your plans for the holiday weekend. Its all thanks to Tropical Storm hermine spinning in the gulf coast right now. Good evening and thanks for joining us im iain page. Lucy is off tonight. That storm causing problems in in order. Flooding roads and neighborhoo neighborhoods. Here there are already warnings about some rip currents down the shore. Meteorologist Scott Williams is here with your forecast first at 11 00. Hi there iain. Were keeping tabs on whats churning in the gulf. That is Tropical Storm hermine. Maximum sustained winds are now up to 60 miles an hour and look at the movement to the north northeast at 10 miles an hour. So a lot of heavy rainfall moving into florida. That system could spell tropical trouble for us as early as the holiday weekend. Were looking at some wind and also some rain depending on your location. But look right now at the center of c
That system could spell tropical trouble for us as early as the holiday weekend. Were looking at some wind and also some rain depending on your location. But look right now at the center of circulation. You can see a lot of the heavy rain bands moving toward the tampa area also approaching orlando and Central Florida and look at the latest spaghetti plots. As we move toward midnight tomorrow, it should be making landfall around the panhandle of florida and then moving toward georgia. The carolinas during your friday and then saturday night take look at the spaghetti plots. A pretty good consensus it will be moving out of eastern North Carolina through the delmarva peninsula and somewhere off the jersey shore during the day on sunday. Rainfall chances over the next several days, were talking about a front bringing heat relief tomorrow with scattered showers. Friday looking beautiful and then as we move toward saturday, its cloudy, its dry for most of the day, but were watching a 40 chan
Pelley this is our western edition. Louisiana is under a state of emergency tonight after intense storms dumped as much as three inches of rain an hour. Livingston, louisiana, got 17 inches, and its not over. At least one person is dead. Theres more flooding in mississippi and alabama. Omar villafranca is in amite city, louisiana. Reporter in tangipahoa parish, louisiana, rains flooded out businesses and entire neighborhoods. Motorists abandoned their vehicles and homeowners were forced to evacuate. My house is completely flooded and i have never flooded before. Reporter emergency crews went after those who couldnt get out on their own, using boats and highwater vehicles to take stranded neighbors and pets to higher ground. Residents chipped in. Where is all this water supposed to go reporter but in baton rouge, the rising floodwaters proved deadly. A 68yearold man was killed after he was swept away while trying to escape. Vernon drummond was his friend. He got over and he went under a
Battleground states. And before they were stars. A quiz for you tonight. Do you recognize these faces . Golden even back then. Good evening on this very busy friday night. We begin with the deadly flooding. Cars washed away. Drivers rescued from rising waters. With blistering heat now moving in too. Authorities warning it could be life threatening. There is a state of emergency in louisiana tonight. An elderly driver washed off the road. Good samaritans rushed in to save him. This school bus, you can see the front edge submerged there, children rescued. Tonight, there are flood alerts from the south all the way up through new england. And a short time ago, reports that five people were struck by lightning north of new york city. Three are in critical condition. Rob marciano with more on that. First, phillip mena on where the rescues are playing out. Reporter tonight, deep water turning deadly in the deep south. In louisiana, more than a foot of rain in less than 12 hours. Floods powerf