And new road rules for drivers here in pennsylvania. How tougher penalties are designed to keep them sober. Good morning, today is sunday august 27th, im jan carabao, we will talk about harvey in a moment but first we will look at our weather here at home. Heres meteorologist Matt Peterson, good sunday morning, matt. Good morning. Our day is looking great. Fantastic, yesterday was wonderful day to get outside did you get outside. Difficult. I was able to get out too and it looks like today will be another repeat, we will get carbon copy of saturday and for some reason you werent able to enjoy your saturday afternoon, as i said never fear because youll enjoy our sunday. It is a clear morning for a lot of us across the area. We have a little bit of light patchy fog that has developed in a few spots but not overwhelming, it is not going to cause a problem on area roadways this morning just to keep you updated that there are a few spots north of the city where temperatures have gotten cool
Just activated. This just in from the white house. The president plans to travel to texas on tuesday to see the damage firsthand. You dont normally see a weather alert like this one. This was sent out this afternoon. This event is unprecedented and unlike anything theyve ever experienced. We have coverage tonight. Drew smith is watching some of the most compelling images from texas. Laura croft just left for texas and we start withdrew in the breaking news center. Good afternoon, drew. The flooding is catastrophic and we expect more rain and more danger from this stalled storm. Torrential rain from a deadly storm now putting large parts of Southeast Texas under water. Parking lots have become lakes with people in knee deep water towing their loved ones in boats, trying to avoid sunken cars. We just want to get her out because shes sick. Look at this photo of seniors in a nursing home. They were later rescued. We have had an unprecedented amount of water. Interstate highways are flood w
Good morning to you, it is sunday, nydia han is off, Alicia Vitarelli joins us. The pictures tell the stories. Rock port a Small Community where the heaviest damage happened. Two deaths are confirmed that rain is expected to fall for several more days. This is a brand new piece of video right here, it shows a band of firefighters from philadelphia in the harrisburg area helping with the rescues in texas. So many couldnt get in place to help out because the wind and rain was too dangerous to venture out. You can see all the rain move very, very slowly, the system is hanging over Southeast Texas. All eyes on the storm, meteorologist chris sowers has been on top of it all weekend long, chris what is the latest from accuweather. Reporter the latest it is has weakened from a hurricane which was a category four down to a Tropical Storm. The flooding rains will continue for the next several days unfortunately as the storm continues to sit and spin across southeastern texas. Theres the center,
Where the heaviest damage occurred. Two deaths confirmed, that rain is expected to fall for several more days. This is video coming in this morning, it shows a band of firefighters from philadelphia and harrisburg area packing up and leaving. This is not the right video. They are heading to texas to help out. You can see the impact when it was category four hurricane made landfall around 10 00. Some of the First Responders could not get to the hardest hit places because the wind and rain was too dangerous to venture out in. This map showing the life threatening situation is not over. It is still happening. You can see the rain is moving very, very slowly. That system is hanging over southeastern texas. Meteorologist chris sowers has been all this all weekend, tell us the latest. Reporter harvey has left its mark, some of the images coming in where the eye came onshore in rockport texas four miles south where the eye made landfall. This is in the middle of the eye wall the strongest par
You see the white car on the right side. Police say both victims were in that white car when they were shot. The 14yearold was shot in the face here on 81st street. Our video gives you a closer look at that damaged car. Philadelphia police say this happened just before 2 30. In addition to the bullet holes, the car suffered significant front end damage. The victim in his 20s died from his gunshot wound. Shortly after this happened, we spoke to a woman who lives in this neighborhood. Its sad. Its ealey sad. It is sad. Its mortifying. Mortifying. What is the neighborhood like . What is this neighborhood like . Yes, maam. Its a forgotten neighborhood. Its a forgotten neighborhood. This was a very viable neighborhood. I was raised in this neighborhood. We just got an update from police that the 14yearold who was shot is in stable condition at Childrens Hospital. Police have not found a weapon. They have not had anyone in custody and they dont have a suspect description. Reporting live inne