Viewing area is dry. Yesterday, as you saw, we picked up a lot of storms, a lot of rain falling in a lot of time and with damage with the lightning. Zooming in, we have some action. New in southern parts of stark county, east sparta, we are seeing a few lightning strikes, the heavy downpours over sandy and that is passing up through brown and making a bline closer to areas like new frank like new franklin and then we move farther south. It could be impacting areas in southern tuscaroras and ill keep my eye on that and then to what the storms brought last night through Ashtabula County and theyre drying out. Well talk more later for now, terrence. Over to you. The cleanup is beginning over northeast ohio this were nothing. The thunderstorms rolling through last night. And Sarah Phinney joins us now from Cleveland Heights with a look at all of the damage. Good morning, sarah. Corrina and terrence. Were at the hyde park avenue neighborhood where there are a few branches on the ground and
Torrential at times and you can see it is basically the entire Northeast Corner of ohio except for sandusky. You are not in this. I will tell you that you have showers and storms knocking on your door right now part of this is due from a system coming from the west left behind 36 inches in a very short amount of time in cedar rapids. Thats the system coming into showers and storms popping south of akron new franklin dealing with heavy downpours and heavy towards sandusky. Sandusky itself 4 23 for the first round of showers and storms headed towards you and theres a second line of storms coming this way and a line of storms in the next couple of hours. Take a look at this. Sandusky will get hit twice. Some of the winds picking up forming a stronger line. Rest of the weekend looks coming up. And thank you, beth. And more cleaning up of the storms and dozens are without power now. A real mess out there today. Reporter chainsaws and generators working hard in lakewood today. Theres 30 tree
Orlo is screen. Tia a tree landed on a house and power is out to thousands in that area. In Cleveland Heights more than 1,000 are without power from tuesday nights storms. Tia theres pour possibly. Severe weather is coming into our area again today. Sam roberts is tracking another yellow alert day. Sam. Samantha we are looking at e thunderstorms, so as tia and brian mentioned today is a yellow alert day. I dont think the Severe Weather will be wed widespread. The potential of scattered thunderstorms 1 00 p. M. To midnight. The main threat is gusty wind and heavy rain. Im concerned about the heavy rain threat for the weekend, but more your morning commute, there may be big puddles in your yard for yesterdays rain, but no actual rain is falling this morning. It is hot, though. I mean, its 81 in euclid. Its gross outside. Its so steamy you could like cut it with a knife, right . 80 in lakewoods. Strongsville, one of the, quote, cole, end quote spots at about 74. The humidity factored in,
Along the coast where we could see strong wind, rip currents, high surf, coastal flooding and very heavy rainfall. There are indication that is hermine could potentially stall just off shore of the coast as well, this could extend these threats as we head into mid week next week. We will talk about hermine and your Labor Day Weekend forecast in just a couple minutes. Lauren, thank you. Weather is a big deal for all of us as we look towards Holiday Weekend but down the shore. Eyewitness News Reporter alexandria have hoff is live in ocean city where many are hoping for the best, alex. Relatively calm day down here in ocean city except for this heavy surf you you are seeing behind me. The as lauren mentioned the storm could stay off shore or come inland and that is when we will feel the impact. Right now tides are coming in we will get ready to move it back. Life guard in ocean city have been dealing with rough surf and heavy currents as a hazardous storm system pushes up from the south.
Kind of gray. I want to show you a city cam right now. Oh, yeah. Kind of gives you an indication that that is boston. Can you tell . Yeah, no, not really. We have got mist and drizzle, so its producing visibility with the fog. Five miles in town but worcester, three miles up on the north shore so nothing nice to start at the bus stop with the areas of mist and fog. Lower 60s now, low 70s thi seeing a few gusts at 20 Miles Per Hour, and the winds will gust between 20 and 30 Miles Per Hour. Not nearly as strong as yesterday. Still, though, associated with hermine, which is spinning 100 miles to the south, and the storm is weakening but it is tracking westward, and thats going to carry the core of the strongest winds towards the coast of connecticut and long island today. But you can see the bands of light moisture, still spinning around with areas of mist and drizzle. 60 degrees in worcester. You are stepping out, so were in the 60s this morning. Coming up into the low 70s by lunchtime,