Now towards the northeast at about 20 Miles Per Hour. So, quinton, pecks corner in the path of the storm. We had 49 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes and this actually is really Holding Together very well and as we zoom in, this is the most intense part of the storm where we could have hail the size of half dollars and that is heading towards canton right now and that continues to push up to the north and the east. The problem with these downpours is the fact that were coming off a weekend when parts of our region have received a lot of rain. You can see these circles near lancaster, trenton and lakehurst. These are areas that received three to 6 inches of rain over the weekend so the ground is saturated, and really cant take much more. The National Weather service has issued flash flood watches for all the communities really north of philadelphia until 6 oclock in the morning. One to 2 inches of rain in a quick period of time could cause some flash flooding. Ill have more on th
Especially during the evening commute. Youre driving home, if you see flood waters do not try to drive through them. You cant tell how deep it is. I always say turn around, dont drown because you can have just 2 feet of water, it can wash away a car or a truck and a lot of people have a false sense of security in vehicles but 60 percent of flood deaths occurring with people in vehicles. Ill talk more about the scattered downpours on the way and when we clear out coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Brian. You just never know how deep it is. Cecily thank you. With storms in the forecast check the weather any time at 6abc. Com weather. Storm tracker6 live radar gives you realtime views of whats coming your way and dont forget to check in with our team of meteorologists on twitter and facebook for updates as well. Brand new at 4 oclock we have learned a fiveyearold boy from lansdowne is dead because of severe weather. Steve vin little was struck by lightning and killed while on vac
Flores. Im pam cook. We do want to start with developing news, wildfires across the state of california this morning. We want to show you the map right now. There are more than a dozen active fires burning across the state. They stretch from way up in humboldt county to the fire that is raging now out of control just north of San Bernardino. That fire is the Fastest Growing fire all over the state. Its burned at least 18,000 acres since yesterday, and 82,000 people have been forced to evacuate across a wide stretch of mountain communities and the high desert. Were going to get an update on the tough weather conditions firefighters are dealing with with Steve Paulson in just a moment, but first we want to check in with Cristina Rendon in our newsroom. Reporter many people are waking up this morning to uncertainty, and that is because fire Officials Say they have no containment of this fire. First off, they say it poses two major problems, the first is 82,000 people live in several Rural
Again to near 100 degrees for some. For us what we are looking at is cool coast hot, inland same for tomorrow, maybe little cooler inland away from the coast as we head towards the weekend. Had some thunderstorm activity over the sierra yesterday. That has died off. The breeze autoto the delta is just that. Its a little bit of a breeze. 50s, 60s on the temps, some of the Santa Clara Valley temps will continue to warm up. Had some 90s around morgan hill. 43 up in truckee, 59 ukiah and around lake tahoe looks a little better today. Temperatures into the 80s. Sal, what do you have for us sir . Steve, i recently went to lake tahoe. Its gods country up there. And by the way. Yes. There are a lot of people who either are from the bay area or know us for whatever reason. Id go in and say you tell that steve, what do you want me to tell that steve. The weathers beautiful. All right, there you go. Thank you for telling me. Good morning, everyone. If you are driving on the car kunitz bridge head
And mike. We begin this morning with news of yet another wildfire burning out of control in california. Thats right. We want to take a look at this map because there are now more than a dozen wildfires just burning across the state. Thats right. They stretch from humboldt county to the fast moving blue cut fire north of San Bernardino. More than 80,000 people have been ordered to evacuate because of that fire. Cristina rendon is joining us now. Thousands of homes still threatened by that fire . Exactly. This fire has been burning out of control. When you think of it, overnight it went from maybe 26 square miles to now 46 square miles. Thats about the size of San Francisco. This blue cut fire in San Bernardino fire is the Fastest Growing fire in the state. If you take a look at these images now, you can see that the fire is burning in several directions. It is also creating its own weather patterns with displays of twisting columns of flames. At least a dozen structures have been lost,