Breaking overnight, one person known dead and at least two others injured after more than a dozen tornados tore across the upper midwest. Western minnesota was hit especially hard. Several homes there have been destroyed or damaged. Forecasters say a system off the coast of North Carolina is likely to become Tropical Storm fay. Its expected to move up the coast today and tomorrow. Turning now to a very different kind of summertime threat that may be lurking right in your own backyard. Its a story we report practically every summer. Its sad that we have to report it with so many parents now distracted with working from home, the government is sounding a new alarm about swimming pools. Heres abcs diane macedo. Reporter ashley considers herself lucky. With camps closing because of covid19, this pennsylvania mother of two managed to buy an aboveground pool. Im pretty sure we got the last aboveground pool available in north america. Reporter according to industry estimates, pool sales have
The video sparking outrage and now questions about why no arrests were made. Caught on camera, a former Football Player makes the catch of a lifetime after a child is dropped from a burning building. And a woman finds a very special way to visit her mother in a nursing home, all thanks to a fire truck. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Great to have our friend Shirleen Allicot from wabc filling in. Its been fun so far. We begin with the coronavirus running rampant on track to hit 3 million cases. 350,000 americans tested positive for it in the last six days alone. Icu beds are in short supply. Still, this was the scene yesterday at a courthouse in oklahoma city. Dozens of people packed in a hallway. Lots of face masks but no social distancing after the state saw its biggest spike of infections in a single day. But in philadelphia, a reason to celebrate. A homecoming for 67yearold coronavirus survivor Vanessa Cassidy after 102 days in the hospital. Abcs Megan Tevrizian h
Incredible video shows a former College Football wide receiver making an incredible catch in phoenix. Wow. Thats philip blank snatching a 3yearold out of midair after the boys mom dropped him out of the top floor of a burning threestory building. The boy is in critical condition. His mom, unfortunately, did not survive this. Another child was saved in a nearby building when neighbors caught him in a blanket after his mom dropped him to safety. Incredible. Wow, to see those videos. Turning now to the grim reality check from hundreds of scientists that the coronavirus can linger in the air for much longer than wed initially thought. It now has a growing number of us taking a second look at air purifiers and filtration systems. Heres abcs bec w reporter its in the air. Thats what a group of 239 scientists representing 32 countries reported to the World Health Organization, asking for a revision to the w. H. O. s recommendations for covid19 due to evidence showing the disease is airborne.
Im Shirleen Allicot in for lori stokes. Today i go wednesday, all 3rd. Bill evans is here with the exclusive forecast. We are kicking off the doug days of august. We will talk about interesting weather this week. But todays monday, hot and humid weather continues. We look at a temperature of 70 across the area. Parts of the area low 70s. Central park mid70s to 77 and we like 70s. Hanover 61. Its not so warm up in the suburbs. 73 out to the hamptons and Shelter Island and Northern Branch on long island, the far east end. Hiding 90 today. Like 95. The week. It is. Into the 70s. We will talk about that in the Heather Orourke is here. Yes, i am. How was your weekend . It was great. I cant tell you. I was on a secret mission. I figured you were. Maybe i can get information out of you after this report. We will talk about 78 west near exit 3 a tractor trailer fire. A couple of lanes are closed down. On to the belt parkway, westbound near bay parkway an shut. 3 trains no service between 149th
71 islip to bridgeport. 63 poughkeepsie. 75 around central park. We will get to 79 by 9 00. 90 this afternoon with the humidity it will feel like the mid90s. Hot and humid august dog days. Those are coming to an end thursday. We will talk about that in the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up in a moment. How are you doing. Im doing all right. We have an issue with the two trains. We have mechanical problems. Thats downtown near grand concourse you will find the 2 by the 5 line as a result. Long island railroad, new Jersey Transit doing fine. Metro north waterbury branch, ongoing work in bridgeport. No major problems at the hudson river crossings. Minor delays across the board. 78 to the westbound side near exit 3, tractor trailer fire extinguished. Crews are out there now trying to clean up the debris from the tractor trailer fire. One lane is open. Then we have 51st, 52nd. Street cleaning rules are in effect. We begin with the developing story out of new jersey. A new Jersey Polic