Cause localized flooding if you see roads covered by floodwaters, turn around and go another way this is what to expect for the next couple of hours tropical downpours moving eastward across new jersey with localized flooding and dangerous lightning you hear the thunder get inside immediately the wind gusts are not severe but packing wind gusts of 45 Miles Per Hour, future tracker 6 showing this is the big change we are seeing we are not getting a break from the heat but the humidity is heading down and dew points now in the mid to upper 70s, its tropical and the actual cold front is moving through later tonight and youll feel a difference in the air mass by early tomorrow morning, by 7 00 we are looking at dew points dropping into the 50s and its a hot day and not nearly as oppressive. Ill let you know when it make a come back in the full accuweather forecast. As the storms move through stay with 6abc. Com weather, of course we have your hour by hour forecast tracking all the changes
Keep you safe. Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this saturday. We begin with those raging wildfires. Tonight, the danger so high, californias governor declaring a state of emergency. This fire right here, the rocky fire, burning 18,000 acres so flames taller than the homes they threaten. Nearly 9,000 firefighters on the front lines. And now, one of them, a husband and a father, paying the he was killed in the line of duty. 24 fires burning in california alone. But tonight, there are fires burning in eight states across the country. Flames fueled by hot, dry conditions. The forecast in a moment, but first, abcs Kayna Whitworth leads us off from the hot zone. Reporter two dozen large fires now burning across california, sparked by lightning strikes igniting dry ground. Conditions so treacherous, they claimed the life of david ruhl, a 38yearold firefighter who vanished in the flames thursday. He became trapped after the fire changed direction because of the erratic winds. Bec
It could be anywhere. It could be anywhere. How do we know . Reporter Health Officials say they became aware of the first case around july 10. People with the disease live in highbridge, mont haven and hunts point. And the source has not been found. More than two dozen buildings were checked for the legionella bacteria which grows in warm water. The testing focused on cooling towers and the results came back positive for the concourse mall on 161st street, Lincoln Hospital, the Opera House Hotel and two more buildings. And this building that houses a plastics building and the building that the Health Department says includes offices for verizon. All are disinfected. We will see what happens in a affects anybody else. Symptoms include fever, cough, chills and muscle aches. Contagious. So it is not spread from person to person. People get sick after breathing water vapor from faucet, showers and whirlpools or cooling towers. And people middle aged and older are at highest risk especially
Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with those raging wildfires. Tonight, the danger so high, californias governor declaring a state of emergency. This fire right here, the rocky fire, burning 18,000 acres so far. Flames taller than the homes they threaten. Nearly 9,000 firefighters on the front lines. And now, one of them, a husband and a father, paying the ultimate price. He was killed in the line of duty. 24 fires burning in california alone. But tonight, there are fires burning in eight states across the country. Flames fueled by hot, dry conditions. The forecast in a moment, but first, abcs Kayna Whitworth leads us off from the hot zone. Reporter two dozen large fires now burning across california, sparked by lightning strikes igniting dry ground. Conditions so treacherous, they claimed the life of david ruhl, a 38yearold firefighter who vanished in the flames thursday. He became trapped after the fire changed direction because of
You can see the extent to which there is not a lot of advances. Sectors, upmallest just barely. Energy stocks down by 2. 1 . That the client is more than double the drop in the materials index, the secondworst performer. If you go inside the energy all 40 membersee within the s p 500 that are energyrelated companies are declining today. Alix and the lowest level since july 2012. Oil is completely rolling over, down over 4 . Brent oil breaking below 50 a barrel. That is pretty significant. Iran is talking about ramping up its oil production. Saudi arabias pumping a lot so they continue to oversupply. Bloomberge my terminal as to what is moving the tech market, and that is apple. Below right before 10 30 and continue to go lower. , its 9 n why we care of the nasdaq. Actually, 13 of the nasdaq. Scarlet and he has repercussions throughout all the indices. Now look at the stories making headlines at this hour. President obama ending his gas , grading the state more time and options. Was unv