Thats the highest its ever been this summer. Ill talk more about the specifics on the heat this weekend, including the poconos in the sevenday forecast. Brian. All right, thank you. And the heat line is going to continue to get calls through the weekend amid these dangerous conditions. The number 215 7659040. Operators are available until midnight tonight and tomorrow and 9 00 on sunday night. In louisiana, its not the heat, its the rain thats causing all kinds of problems governor declared a state of emergency because of flooding around baton rouge. Heavy rains put entire communities under water in at least one case a car nearly floated away. More rain is expected there tomorrow. So far no reports of any injuries. Developing right now, Philadelphia Police are looking for these two men in connection with a rash of armed robberies at asian businesses in the city. 31yearoldanthony campbell are suspected of targeting storefronts in philadelphia. Police say theyre armed and dangerous. When
Ine brian taft and the excessive heat that didnt made today unbearable and will make tomorrow even more so. Our fifth heat wave of the summer is about to stretch into day number four, and were not done yet. Meteorologist gets you guess started tonight. A heat of 97 degrees for that heat index of 109, highs for the hottest day so far this year, and weve had three years in the 90s. So this is officially heat wave number five. But this is just the start. This heat wave could last for eight days. The highest heat index 109 in millville, 109 in wilmington, allentown 107, trenton 107, kate may it felt like 108 and regulated it it felt like 104. So that dangerous heat and humidity was across our entire viewing area and thats where well be staying right through the weekend. The excessive heat warning posted tomorrow and sunday. The maximum index of heat tomorrow everywhere. 100 and up, and it looks like along the i95 corridor into south jersey and delaware where you see that purple, thats wher
Interior. We have got mostly clear skies. Visibility not an issue, although in keene, you are seeing lower visibility. I will be tracking this patchy fog could be possible but a bright start. Temperatures climb into the 80s by your lunchhour and into the afternoon mid to upper 80s and mostly sunny skies. And slightly cooler at the beaches because we will be watching for afternoon sea breeze to develop with those winds out of the north turning to the east, but will be an above average day. Sun and the chances of rain that will be increasing through the weekend coming up. A check of your traffic with stephanie. How are the roads looking . Stephanie you know they are actually looking pretty good. A lot of those issues and closures have cleared up. In the last five minutes, that one lane that was closed on 93 northbound has since cleared and this is good news there. Just a bit of slowdowns on the expressway and nothing to worry about too much at this hour. But right now we are looking and
Falmouth road race 9 a. M. , humidity rising be winds picking up out of the southeast and temperatures in the middle 70s and hit the low 80s at some of the beaches today and mostly sunny skies. Breezy beach day. A little more humidity throughout the day. Our rain chance low today. By the night, begin to see it creep up. The timing of the in just a minute. Jason were following breaking news this morning, police are out investigating after a woman was hit and killed by a bus in east boston. Stephanie fox 25 Daniel Miller is live at the scene at the courtyard marriott. This isnt a normal passenger bus. Youve learned that its a party bus . Daniel yeah, absolutely. Jason and stephanie, good morning to you. Behind me, you can see a portion of inbound lane, its still closed while investigators investigate this crash involving a party bus. If you look to the left of this picture, you can see that party bus is still on the scene here while police look for clues in this accident. Around 2 06 thi
Rightful owner. Now with breaking news. This is the fox 25 news at 6 00 complete new england being news coverage. We beginning tonight with breaking news right now cruise boat off the coast of gloucester ban take on water afternoon. Several people on board. Hello, everybody. Heres what are are learning from coast guard they they saved may day call around 430s is pm from cape ann tour boat. With about 34 people on board. Now coast guard asked for any many did. The coast guard still working to figure out what causeded the boat to begin take on that water. But so far there are no reports in any injuries or causalities. We have crew headed to that scene to learn more about whats happening right you no. And we will update you about what the situation is there throughout news cast also new tonight local teacher in jail after Police Arrested him for mess he was allegedly sending one of i had students. Fox 25 robert spoke students templeton where police say that cancer. The investigation start