Construction crew in the area theyll detour you around. By the time you get there it should be clear. Back to you. Thank you. 5 01. Breaking this morning a child is shot in the face in his home. Police say the 11yearold was playing with the gun when it went off. Were joined live from Childrens Hospital in philadelphia where the boy was taken. Investigators are talking to the family about what exactly happened. Is that right . Reporter that is right. Theyre still asking questions about exactly what went on in this house but we can tell you that 11yearold boy is conscious and as of right now Police Believe this whole thing was accidental. It happened just before 12 30 this morning on the 2,600 block in south philadelphia. The boy had been shot once in the face. He somehow got ahold of a revolver and shot himself in a bedroom and thats believed to be his parents bedroom. Family members rushed him first to Methodist Hospital but then he was transferred here in critical condition. Police sa
Camera shaking at time. As a storm makes landfall, well see the worst of it overnight. Once its here, its likely going to stay for awhile. Even before landfall, harvey is already unleashing furry on the texas gulf coast. This is a hurricane that will come inland and then its expected to hover for a long period of time. Driving rain and sustained winds of more than 110 Miles Per Hour, its the strongest storm in almost a half century. We could see storm surge between, 10, 12 feet. The mideast severe hit from the storm is expected overnight leaving those in the path leaving little time to move to higher ground. Were targeted the areas encouraging people in the strongest language to get off the island. In other words just get out of dodge. Thats what thousands are doing in corpus christy. They are material things. We can always get that back. Im not willing to risk my childs life. The same push is underway where bus loads of people and pets are being shuttled to safety. Financially, we don
It is 5 00 on the dot. Hurricane harvey battered the texas coast and here in our area, we are in for a beautiful weekend. Couldnt be more different. Lets get right to our meteorologist krystal klei tracking all ever it for us. Yeah, totally different forecast our area to down south. Look over texas, this is the radar view of what is Hurricane Harvey. As you mentioned, downgraded now to the category 2 after a category 4 landfall. And you can tell a bit by looking at the eyewall that is that little doughnut right in the middle of what were seeing on radar, notice how its pinching into it a close because its weakening. Warm waters fuels it, so once it gets over land, it starts to weaken. But it is a very dangerous situation as it continues to spin just to the north of Corpus Christi. It made landfall near rockport, texas. And then a second landfall over copano bay. And now its churning over the coastal area through at least wednesday. This is when the devastation comes into play. Because
10 news today. Im katy zachry. Its 6 00 a. M. Hurricane harvey battering the texas coast. Now lets join nbc news live coverage. Good morning. This is an nbc news special report, im sheinelle jones. And im craig melvin. Were tracking Hurricane Harvey. The storm is pummeling the texas gulf coast. The storm made landfall around 10 00 p. M. Central time last night. It was a category 4 storm then. And its been downgraded this morning to a category 1, but its still an extremely dangerous and devastating situation. Lets head to victoria, texas where Kerry Sanders is standing by this morning. What can you tell us . Reporter well, right now the winds are still gusting upwards of 110 Miles Per Hour. Here in victoria, texas, most of the city has lost power which is of course what you would expect. The but g. News is that two shelters here are up and running and no problems, people who made to the shelters are safe. Unfortunately overnight in this hurricane, which also packs tornadoes and lights t
Some parts of the region. Snow, fell and it is to still falling in areas to the north and west of philadelphia. Now accu weather is tracking some possible icing, and then rain moves in. A lot going on. Meteorologist Melissa Magee joins us with the first check of your accu weather forecast, melissa. There is a lot to track in the short term and there are two batches of moisture that we are watching. The heres Storm Tracker six live double scan radar. You can see we do have have some light snow, mainly north of allentown up through poconos at this hour. Rest of the delaware and lehigh valleys, nice and dry as we go throughout the evening hours. The heres Storm Tracker six live double scan radar 3t. We have a lull in the activity across areas in pennsylvania, down through west virginia, but you will notice secondary batch of moisture moving across ohio and points to the north and west, this will head our way as we go throughout the overnight hours, and also, early tomorrow morning. So, be