Out ppe hospitals when they had only three days supplies left on hand. Developed a surge plan. Tried to develop our supply chains and beef up the ppe supply. Increase our Testing Capacity within the state. Our original modeling that was done by our state epidemiologist, we will try to share that right now, shows that by that first modeling prediction on july 21, they were expecting 30,000 deaths in the state of oklahoma. At this time, we have 432 deaths. We certainly helped decrease the number of deaths in the state of oklahoma. What we did with social distancing, safer at home, the closing of nonessential businesses, etc. Then we went to where we are today. We have had a total of 432 deaths. There were four new fatalities last night and 1000 new cases. Back in april, we were testing around 1500 to 2000 tests a day, that was our capacity. We have about 22,000 combined tests. Today, we have done over 449,000, 450,000. You can see the resolve is increasing numbers all around the u. S. We
Boy, its going to be warm again. I dont even think this model is really grabbing onto the right idea. 61 degrees by 8 oclock, 69 by noon. Thats about where were going to go. Sunny breaks building as the day goes on. This model has 73, 74, around 4 oclock. I think were going to 75. Wow. Yes, wow, tam. A lot of area getting into the 70s and well see a bunch of more record highs. That 75 will be the record in philadelphia even this model has a record cause the old one is 72. Karen, things really change rather dramatically tomorrow. Its cloudy, cooler, damp. Ill have that change in the sevenday forecast for. Im not ready to think about changes. Im just thinking about springtime. Live on the schuylkill at south street, some construction. If you had been paying attention yesterday, you know it would be here. Should be cleared by 5 00 a. M. This is westbound as you head towards the vine. Watch for this one as youre heading out right now on the schuylkill expressway at south street. On the big
Can seat traffic is still quite light at this hour making it from hey four through berkeley to emeryville it will only take you 20 minutes. As we turn it around you can see eastbound traffic not too bad and other parts of the bay area we have a couple actions and that is the bay bridge toll plaza with traffic hooking great and i am going to take you over to 880 to the south great where 360 is with another record southbound side both blocking one lane. Matt and kristen . Firefighters battling the massive rocky fire hope for Better Weather after making a stand to stop the advancing planes pushed by shifting winds. We are in lake port with the latest. The fire is growing and firefighters here at base camp say they expect to hear at their briefing later this morning that the fire is pushing 70,000 acres. One of the big problems has been the wind. It has been unpredictable and blowing great every direction. A bigger progress is the dry fuel which has added up. The winds pushed the fire over
Reading about 77 degrees now, but its going to feel a lot hotter as the day progresses. People here in the city bracing for another day of intense heat. Offensively hot. It offenders my sensibilities that it is this hot. I feel like im walking in a hot bath, an unpleasant hot bath. The humidity and heat index potentially dangerous. Its very draining and its hard to breathe. Which is why staying hydrated is crucial. We keep refilling our bottles every 10 minutes. We rest every 30 minutes or so. Thursday the weather system brought heavy rain to parts of our area, lightning setting off this fire in new jersey, a bolt hitting electrical wires. Center when a crane struck and cracked this window. As the hot weather continues into the weekend, officials are urging residents to do their best to conserve and limit use of high energy appliances. Lets just say the air is on. I just dont have the lights on. Reporter officials also urging you to check in on your neighbors to make sure they are okay
Antoinette tracking hermine the watches on the coast. What you can expect. The potential impact for vacationers and businesses. Doug an arrest in the hitandrun in mattapan. New information just in. Antoinette pope francis makes Mother Teresa a saint. The ceremony and her connection with boston catholic community. Antoinette as we start wi we have some nic e weather before e weather before hermine river arrives. Doug it is beautiful but changes are on the way. Cindy i promise. We will see winds pick up as we get towards later today and tonight we have Tropical Storm watches for the coast and cape and islands. You can see how quiet it is right now abobut it is about 30 miles south and it is running into an area of High Pressure blocking it from moving northward quickly. We see that. By tomorrow afternoon hasnt mo gets closer to us. The next 24 to 3 wtinue that bu out of our hair until hafilter temperatures not far from 60. No afternoon. By this evening we are talking a s we will let you