Plus a new Study Suggests playing youth football could have longterm health effects. And new way for patients to get to the operating room. Early today starts right now. Good to be with you. Im Frances Rivera. Im phillip mena. Hurricane maria is churning through the caribbean. This monster spinning winds up to 165 Miles Per Hour. The eye of the storm is looming over st. Croix bat areaing it with powerful gusts ripping at the tropical landscape. Maria sclamg guadeloupe with wind and rain killing one and injuries two others. The hurricane pounded martinique sending sea water surging and flooding city streets there. U. S. Coast guard sthips are stationed in that region preparing to respond to even more damage. Were ready to respond following the storm to not only help rescue people if needed but also to reopen the critical ports and waterways. Now winds are hitting puerto rico as the hurricane approaches. Its the most powerful storm to threaten it the island in 0 years. Tommy lightner is
Between broad street and the schuylkill schuylkill, do not use the south street option. Did i that this morning, what a hot mess, none of the traffic lights are singed, takes awe hour to come down south street when there is nobody even there, because you get stuck at all of the light. Also, working on the schuylkill itself eastbound, between like girard and 30th street. Looks like theyre about ready to pick up the cones here, all the way out in king of prussia, as well, here is a live look, at the paving crews, what looks like dust cloud, but it is actually that milling and paving operation, theyre working westbound between conshy and gulph mills, and also a left over crew eastbound. So, schuylkill down to one lane again, guys are out there until 5 00. Working on the Commodore Barry bridge down to one lane both directions here between new jersey and pennsylvania. Morning to cherry hill. They are working g along route zero seven right near haddonfield road. Mass transit looking good wit
Conditions to what we saw yesterday. Its mostly clear and mild with widespread 50s, 60s and even some low 70s in the higher hills. The warming trend continues. Look for temperatures to increase another few degrees today. Inland highs will reach the mid 90s. Temps along the bay shoreline will hit the low 90s. Coastal highs will max out in the low 80s this afternoon. Going forward, a gradual return of the sea breeze will bring slight cooling to the coast tomorrow, then the valleys will see temps drop on friday. Well keep it mild going into the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james our top james james our top story. Fire in the Oakland Hills. Over 100 homes were forced to evacuate yesterday due to a large, fast moving fire near the site of a former quarry. robin the fire spread quickly through dry grass as firefighters used air tankers and helicopters to battle the blaze. Kron 4s Ella
News at 11 00. Tonight at 11 00 Philadelphia Police are on the hunt for a gunman after a little boy is shot. Good evening and thanks for joining us, im dawn timoney. The innocent sixyearold outside with his family on fall night shot in the shoulder in north philadelphia. Brad sattin has the latest. Reporter police are in the process of clearing up the scene. A few hours ago a sixyearold shoulder. Hot in the left hes expected to survive, rushed to the hospital and tonight the search goes on for the gunman. They obviously want to get him off the streets. This all playing out just before 8 oclock at 24th and norris here in north philadelphia. The sixyearold boy outside with his father and brother. That were just a few feet from their home when police say four shots rang out. The boy was hit. He ran inside the house. And the family then realized he was bleeding badly. Police got to the scene pretty quickly, took him to Temple University hospital. Initially the boy was in Critical Condition
Them. This is the radar composite showing that the upper level low which will produce the clouds later this afternoon will pass on by to the norton and the east, it provides clouds and sprinkle or quickhitting showers areas north of philadelphia most of us us stay dry. The call from accuweather, cloudy an peeks of sun, breezy and cooler 67 degrees. Ill be back with more in just a few minutes, temperatures climbing back into the 80s once again. Ill let you know when and how long it stays warm in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. One woman is dead after being struck by a hitandrun driver in delaware. Police searching for the driver and vehicle involved in this. The victim was hit crossing kirkwood highway in mill creek around 12 30 a. M. Police tell us the victim died in the street. The womans identity has not been released. So far theres no description of the vehicle involved. New information this morning at least one person was injured overnight after more than a dozen shots