To the top of the box office. Early today starts right now. Good monday morning to you, everybody. Wildfires, they continue to scorch the west coast, triple digit temperatures and drought on fueling those flames. Nearly every firefighter in the country was on call overnight because of more than 100 large uncontained fires in several states. Thb nbcs Gadi Schwartz has the latest. Reporter a small resort town surrounded by fire and residents here are traumatized by the destination. Reporter the battle to protect the homes in washington is fierce. The National Guard called in to make water drops after thousands were forced to evacuate. But, so far, only 50 to 100 homes and buildings are believed to have been destroyed. Hard to see this. Reporter all that is left of this house is a chimney and its foundation and families like this one trying to find what is most important to them. Trim from my moms wedding band. Reporter the fire has also burned a local economy to its core where building a
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No excessive heat warnings, nothing like that going on, but air quality alert, but lets go ahead, start things offer by getting you outside. Storm scan3, always good place to start, not too much to track at this point. Airasia air quality alert, good chunk of the Delaware Valley included for shore towns, delaware state, then into the north and western most suburbs, but this is specific for unhealthy for sensitive groups, elderly, kids, and if you suffer maybe from respiratory illness, outside we go to the live neighborhood fit work, let me step over to this side, very quiet start to the day for you, 70 degrees currently at the boardwalk plaza here in rehoboth. Were currently into the mid or upper 60s in most locations, and that does mean it is starting to feel a little muggier. Even by 9 00 a. M. It, will probably r will be at around 08 degrees, then have no problems skyrocketing back to the mid 90s here today. Officially shooting for 94 in philadelphia, and that will officially make i
But do you have to take it ice, dew points climbing. Storm scan3, hey at least quiet as can be. And that definitely promises to bring in some real pretty views this morning. Here is a gorgeous shot for you outside kutztown area school, very modest breeze right now, and even though this does read out of the northnorthwest, the general atmosphere flow is out of the southwest today. So with that said see things heat up bit more readily, not just on thermometer but also when it comes to the humidity. Daytime high officially expected to reach about 94 in philly, but your day plan letter get to you about 93, 3 00 p. M. , or so, but at that point who is counting really . Just hot. By the time we hit the afternoon, heck, even by 9 00 a. M. , we should already be around 80 degrees, just not going to take very long for it to get kind of on the uncomfortable side here. Absolutely. A loft water, hair, ponytail, the whole thing. And we know some of you guys have long hair, too, and you feel my pain
You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the forecast. Hot day. Day three of our hot wife. It started saturday. Temperatures around 80 to start the day. Normal high is about ten cooler than that. 78 canarsie. 75 cambria heights. 81 whitestone, Staten Island, down the jersey shore, from 78 to 72 degrees. 68 up to the north around poughkeepsie. So, we are looking at a hot day today. We will get into the mid90s easily today. You tack on the humidity, it will feel like 100. Thats right. Be careful. We could get to 95, 96 degrees, break a record high. We will talk about that coming up. Debbie duhaime is in for heather. We will start out telling you everything is back on track l. I. R. R. On the Ronkonkoma Branch after problems from yesterday. Metro branch, Waterbury Branch ongoing construction in bridgeport. George, lincoln and holland moving okay. Number 1 trains, no trains at 14th to south ferry. That is Maintenance Work going o