Missed. In the dark of night, there were only sounds. I heard someone hollering and screaming. Ruth rushed to her window to see her 92yearold neighbors row home glowing from fire. I saw the flames. I said, oh, my gosh. The screaming and hollering. Thats when i got the phone and dialed 911. Good firefighters were on the scene three minutes later. 11 Fire Companies and 40 firefighters and medics rushed to his aid. Despite their best efforts, they werent able to save the veteran. He was not able to make it out on his own. He had one leg, but he used a wheelchair and a walker. When resuwas no longer an option, firefighters went in to recover benjamin boones body. His burned out wheelchair and other personal belongings a reminder to everyone here of exactly what was lost. He was a very nice person. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Whether there were working smoke detectors inside of the home, something theyre working very hard to figure out right now. Reporting live in south ph
And a sea of pink inside florida. We are going inside the everglades for the flamingos. We are getting the Chicken Salad sandwich. And how about a final check of the forecast, dylan. Watch out for storms in the northeast. They are scattered hit or miss. You may get storms. Your neighbor may not. Watch out for the darker clouds in the sky. We could see storms that produce gusts up near 50 or 60 miles per hour. In eastern montana, a chance to see stronger storms as well. Tomorrow, that threat is going to shift over into minnesota. It is still going to stay hot in the south and into areas like kentucky and tennessee where temperatures should be in the 90s. It will able hot one. We will see records and it will start to spread into the northeast. It is so windy here. A Marilyn Monroe moment here. Is that wha yout good saturday morning. Im meteorologist Michelle Grossman. A hot one today. Near 90 degrees. Watching the potential for some strong if not severe storms later this afternoon mainly
Right . The weather will be niece to end out the week. Temperatures are currently running on thec cool side. It feels nice when you step outside. Warmer than yesterday. Still sunny, 55 degrees in our pennsylvania suburbs and in wilmington, in delaware, 62 degrees right now in philadelphia. Well take a closeup look at our delaware neighborhood temperatures. 59 degrees in odessa. Not as chilly as yesterday morning. It is a cool start to your day. Parts of kent county, dover coming in 53 degrees. 57 in felton, allendale 56 degrees. If youre along the beaches in sussex county, lewes, delaware, 56 degrees. The temperatures will only keep rising into the mid to upper 70s. Most of the area will be right around 80 degrees as we go through the afternoon. Philadelphia by lunch time near the low 70s and through the afternoon topping out around 80 degrees, same thing for reading, trenton and wilmington. So a nice friday shaping up for the area. Storms, though, as we go into the weekend. The timin
Morning. Here is a live look at center city. Temperatures will soar near 90 in some spots today. You know what often accompanies the hot weather. Storms. Meteorologist Michelle Grossman is tracking whats ahead where you live in our neighborhood forecast. Good morning, michelle. Hi, rosemary. Tracking the potential for strong storms. Some severe in spots later this afternoon mainly between 3 00 and 6 00. Were quiet right now looking at a mixture of sun and clouds across the area. Cool start. 50s and 60 across the area. A look at North Wildwood, new jersey. Theyll be the last spot to see the storms. Closer to the evening hours is when well see stronger storms at the beaches. Severe storms mainly in the Lehigh Valley, berks county, pa suburbs and central jersey. Mainly between 3 00 and 6 00. Damaging winds will be the biggest threat. Potential for hail and also groundtocloud lightning. Throughout the afternoon well see the temperatures popping close to 90 in some spots. Were cool to start
Right, vai, a little better, a little warmer, less wind. Yesterday was pretty windy. Well rebound nicely this afternoon. Temperatures are cool this morning. Just not as chilly as yesterday morning in some spots. Low 50s pennsylvania suburbs, mid50s in wilmington, delaware, low 50s at the shore. Mid50s through our south jersey neighborhoods. Closeup look at philadelphia, parkside coming in 57 degrees. West mt. Airy, 56 at the moment. Society hill, 51. If youre in fox chase, 58 degrees is your temperature right now. Heres a look across the area. All the cameras lighting up with sunshine, clear skies out there. Temperatures right now are cool but as we go through the day, well see really nice conditions across the entire area, plenty of sunshine. If youre in easton, your temperatures 51 degrees right now. By 9 00 a. M. , low 60s. By lunch time, low 70s, topping out around 80 degrees this afternoon. But we do have thunderstorms for part of your weekend. Some of those could be very strong.