Bill henley has the latest on this storm. Bill . This is just updated information. The storm is continuing to weaken as expected, now with winds of 50 miles an hour. Its still a Tropical Storm, but its now moving faster, starting to accelerate to the northeast, at 18 miles an hour. At last report, it had 14mileanhour winds. Acceleration will take it into South Carolina by later today. Thats the center of the storm, which is over southeastern georgia. The heavy rain has already moved in advance of the storm system, into South Carolina. You can see some pretty good downpours along coastal North Carolina, as well. This will accelerate, past South Carolina. In fact, this evening at 8 00, with 50mileanhour winds, it will be just past charleston, South Carolina. Then it accelerates and approaches the outer banks of North Carolina. 12 hours later, by saturday morning, and it continues offshore. But then something happens. It slows down. The acceleration comes to a halt, and sunday morning, monday morning, tuesday morning, wednesday morning, this storm is lingering offshore. Now, its far offshore, but we will still be feeling the effects along coastal new jersey and delaware, and possibly inland, as well. The impacts from the storm over the Holiday Weekend, Tropical Storm watch in effect for delaware and south jersey. We could see wind gusts at 50 miles an hour, possibly higher. Most likely sunday afternoon. The ocean, as a result, dangerous rip currents through the Holiday Weekend, and for boaters, very rough seas. And theres going to be flood possibilities, as well. Coastal new jersey and delaware could see minor to moderate flooding. The back bays could see some major flooding, as the winds push the waters inland and heavy rains add to the threat. Heavy coastal rains of 4 to 6 inches, extreme southeastern coast of new jersey, and extreme southeastern delaware. The delaware beaches, could see 4 to 6 inches of rain. But theres going to be a sharp falloff and inland, therell be much less rainfall. The heaviest rainfall will come sunday. And those totals are for the entire Holiday Weekend and into next week. Well take a closer look at the winds you can expect as we go into the Holiday Weekend when i come back in just a few minutes. Vai . Bill, thank you for that useful information. And Tropical Storm hermine may be weaker, but winds are increasing look the southeast coast, as the former category 1 storm heads east. Flooding rains and tornado warnings are in effect from georgia through North Carolina. Nbc national correspondent, jay gray, is in savannah, georgia, with the latest. Reporter hurricane hermine slammed into the Florida Panhandle overnight, bringing with it powerful winds at 80 miles an hour and gusts even stronger. Were going to lose a power line here. The first storm to make landfall in florida in 11 years definitely leaving a mark. Just because its clear outside, does not mean its safe. Reporter snapping trees, crushing cars and homes and knocking power out to tens of thousands. Water pounding the coastline and surging inland, leaving behind devastation. Crews in cedar key are assessing the damage this morning. Cinder block walls on this dock couldnt withstand the thrashing. Hermine has dropped to Tropical Storm status and is heading up the east coast. Parts of georgia and the carolinas under a state of emergency. We do expect Tropical Storm force winds between 30 and 40 miles per hour, sustained. Reporter preparations underway in hopes of preventing excessive damage there. Our goal is to be overprepared and underwhelmed when it comes to this storm. We want everyone to please be safe. Reporter officials are warning beachgoers that dangerous rip currents are expected throughout the Holiday Weekend. Surfers along the coast, though, taking advantage of the changing conditions ahead of the storm. That was jay gray reporting from savannah, georgia. Meanwhile, from the shore to philadelphia, hermine could impact some philadelphia events like the made in america festival in center city. But as Angela Osborne tells us, the show will go on. Access to this area is very restricted right now. Take a look, you can see Police Officers have set up to kind of section off this area so that the final touches getting ready for this festival can take place. This concert happening rain or shine. The main stage is already set for the event, and this is taking place again, despite the rain thats forecasted. We know that the city is watching the storm just as closely as we are. For people who are coming down here tomorrow, especially tomorrow night into sunday, youre going to want to pack an umbrella, maybe a rain jacket, Something Like that. The other thing you need to be aware of, even if youre not coming to the festival, are the closures that are taking place as a result of it. About an hour ago, the outer lanes of the ben franklin closed down. Thats going to be happening through the end of the festival to make way for the 50plus artists expected to take the stage. Were talking lil wayne, coldplay, rihanna. Theyre going to be here. So are thousands, tens of thousands of fans, just to watch them perform. Another thing to keep in mind is you decide that you dont want to head out, you dont want to deal with the rain this weekend, you can watch all of the performances live on your phone or your tablet, using the music app, tidal. And it actually benefits local united way chapters when you watch the concert that way. So plenty of options, plenty of opportunities for you to still take in this concert and the excitement of the labor day weekend. Im pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. And of course, make sure you have the nbc 10 app so you can track hermines impact on your labor day weekend. Youll get weather alerts sent straight to your smartphone and your tablet. Time now for a check on the roads with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. So regular friday traffic . You would think, but were starting to see big delays on the 42 freeway and headed southbound. Down towards the shore area, there were an earlier accident up ahead. Its already cleared. This is residual delays and a lot of extra delays because of a lot of extra cars heading south down the shore. So definitely keep that into your planning. Were going to see that traffic all weekend. Also out in burlington township, theres an accident also in new jersey. Route 130 southbound, around columbus road, there are some road closures there. Now continue on with the made in america festival. Spring garden street between the ben franklin parkway ramp to the vine street expressway westbound are all closed and theyll be closed on and off with the preparations for the concert and some until september 6th. Also, heres the expressway through center city, this is one of the biggest portions of volume were seeing around 24th street, headed westbound towards the expressway. That could be because more cars are headed this direction with all of the closures and the extra volume in the area. Definitely plan for that and that traffic heading down. Breaking news in montgomery county. Firefighters are on the scene of a fire in norristown. Sky force 10 was live over the scene along chain street. You can see firefighters quickly got the fire under control. No one there was hurt. Were working to get more details on that situation. Meanwhile, republican nominee, donald trump, campaigned in the battleground state of ohio yesterday. He is the first candidate in modern day history to propose illegal immigration. He outlined new Screening Test for immigration in the u. S. Who would weed out those who dont share american values. Meantime, the Hillary Clinton campaign is celebrating a fundraising record. Yesterday, the Campaign Said it raised 143 million in the month of august, making it their best month ever. Clinton used much of the month to attend political fundraisers, with celebrities, and other wealthy donors. And a nonpartisan commission on president ial debates has announced the moderators for this years debates. Nbc nightly news anchor lester holt will moderate the first president ial debate on september 26th. The second president ial debate on october 9th will be a town hall format with two moderators, Martha Raddatz of abc and Anderson Cooper of cnn. Fox news host Chris Wallace will moderate the third debate on october 19th. And Vice President joe biden complained for the clinton yesterday in the battleground state of ohio, but his speech was interrupted. [ inaudible ] no, no, no, its all right. Its all right. Its all right. A heckler upset about the war in iraq interrupted biden during his final rally of the day. The crowd started chanting hillary to drown the man out, but biden thought the man deserved time to have his question answered. Come back here and talk to me about this, okay . You have my permission. Yeah. Okay . All right . Clinton is expected back on the campaign trail on monday. And president obama made a stop to the tiny island of midway, atoll, yesterday. The island is named that because it is roughly midway between california and east asia. The president made his visit to the tiny island on his way to the g20 summit in china this weekend. He hopes his visit will help underscore the efforts hes taken to help preserve some of the worlds threatened ecosystems. Last week he announced he was quadrupling the size of the marine sanctuary that includes midway island. And this morning, Philadelphia Police are looking for the driver involved in a deadly hitandrun. The crash happened just after 12 30 this morning on frankford avenue near comly street in philadelphias mayfair neighborhood. Police tell nbc 10 that the 42yearold bicyclist was thrown 50 feet in the air after being hit and the bike split in two. Police have a message for the driver. Theres still time. Turn yourself in. Do the right thing. Dont wait for the police to identify and come and get you. Its only going to make things a lot worse for you. Police are looking for a silver or champagnecolored car with a broken headlight and a missing side mirror. The name of the victim has not been released. And a crash and a collapse. A car accident in pennsylvania brings down part of a building. Well have more on how this all happened, coming up. Also, walking free. The swimmer at the center of a controversial sentence is out from behind bars. All eyes on hermine. No longer a hurricane, but still a powerful storm. Reaching through the carolinas and beyond. Will be impacting our weekend. A closer look at the winds you can expect that will be ramping up starting later today when we come back. And we are continuing to track hermine. This is a live look from mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, as the storm makes its way up the coast. You can see raindrops there. They getting lots of rain. First alert meteorologist bill henley is looking at the storm and how it will affect your Holiday Weekend and another update coming up in just a moment. A pickup truck slams into a building, causing the second floor to collapse. This crash happened in getsiesburg, pennsylvania. It happened just before 3 00 this morning and it took emergency crews more than 90 minutes to get the driver out of the vehicle. He was flown to a nearby hospital for treatment. Witnesses say a second person in the truck ran from the scene shortly after the crash. And a former stan ffrd university swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting a woman on campus is now a free man. 21yearold brock turner was released from prison earlier this morning after only serving half of his sixmonth prison sentence. The case prompted outrage and led to california lawmakers to pass tougher Sexual Assault laws. Turner is getting out early for good behavior. Hell be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. And typhoon lionrock hit northeast china this week, causing severe flooding and rainstorms there. Rescue teams came to the aid of 34 workers who were left stranded on the bank of a river for more than 24 hours. Heavy rainfall resulting in rising water levels in that area caused a 60widefoot island surrounded by a swelling river. Using a Remote Control helicopter, they threw a rope to the other side of the river bank. After a five hour rescue effort, all 25 trapped workers were brought to safety. Announcer now your nbc 10 first alert weather. A Beautiful Day today. Enjoy it, because things are going to be change can ing dramaticallyover the weekend. Sunshine for philadelphia, a little bit of breeze, but thats a northerly wind. Humidity has come way down in the wake of the cold front that passed by yesterday with those showers. No sign of any rainfall today or any stopper, just yet at cape may. The crowd is growing. A Beautiful Day to enjoy. But this is also a Good Opportunity to plan for the strong winds, the potential damage that we could have over the weekend. Especially along the coast. Its time to take anything that might be blown away indoors, lawn furniture, that sort of thing, trash cans, because the winds are really going to be ramping up and well start to see that tonight. Right the now the winds out of the northeast at 9 a miles an hour, philadelphia, a northeasterly wind at 10 miles an hour, atlantic city, thats the dry air thats flooding in behind the cold front that passed by yesterday. Thats whats making the weather so nice today. But the futurecast shows the hourbyhour winds changing dramatically, as we head into tomorrow. By 7 00 this evening, calm in wilmington, but look at rehoboth beach. The winds starting to increase there, and the winds starting to become more northeasterly. By late this evening, 11 00 tonight, those are 18mileanhour winds in rehoboth beach, and the winds inland have started to pick up, though theyll still be very light late tonight. By tomorrow morning, look at the wind, for rehoboth beach, the jersey shore, winds topping 20 miles an hour, closer to 30 miles an hour for rehoboth beach, and the stronger winds will be reaching into delaware. And that is at 7 00 in the morning. By 10 00 in the morning, some stronger winds, 34mileanhour winds possible at rehoboth beach. And tidal flooding is going to be an issue as we head into saturday night. This is 9 30 in the evening. 29mileanhour wind gusts at the beach and high tide right around 10 00, could produce some minor flooding right along the coast. But the back bays are going to run into Flooding Issues over the next couple of days. And through the Holiday Weekend, the rip current threat will be evaluated. The worst of it, saturday, sunday, and labor day, monday. Dangerous r dangerous rip currents. If youre hitting the water on the boat, rough seas, dangerous conditions. It might be okay just looking at it, but the danger lurking in the water. As far as skies, nice and clear right now, but you can see the clouds that are just to the south and the rain already reaching into North Carolina. It hasnt reached virginia just yet, but the clouds are already increasing in norfolk, and the stopper is moving to the northeast at 18 miles an hour. Thats going to take it right across the carolinas, with 5 to 10 inches of rainfall and then it gets parked off our coastline, and it could stay there for days. We are going to be talking about hermine right on through the Holiday Weekend and beyond. As far as the weekend forecast, neighborhood by neighborhood, philadelphia, 76 degrees. Clouds will be increasing. Well likely see some sunshine to start with at philadelphia, the suburbs, and the lehigh valley. And you may avoid rainfall in the suburbs and the lehigh valley, but as we get closer to the coastline, rain becomes more likely on saturday and even more likely on sunday. In fact, the potential for the heavily rainfall will come through on sunday, and thats when well also see the strongest winds. You can see what it does for the temperatures, keeps things much cooler. By monday, theres a possibility well see some improving conditions, but still some strong, gusty winds are possible at the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. Maybe a few residual showers as well. So the threat of rough seas and rip tides will still be with us into next week. Thank you, bill. A local man who suffered a paralyzing spinal injury did not let his disability keep him from fulfilling his dream of becoming a husband and a father. And now hes written a new Childrens Book that he hopes will inspire other people in a similar situation. His book called, we can go anywhere my adventures on daddys chair. It was last week and illustrated by local artist, linda mcmanus. Joining us now, glenn dick, and his daughter. I love the way youre sitting on daddys chair. Glenn, ill be honest with you, i dont get to read every book that we preview, but this one, i did, because its right at my reading level. Tell us a little bit of your backstory. Well, i was paralyzed in 95, and so i sustained a spinal cord injury. It took me ten years before i met my wife, and then it took us about six years or so, after that, to have elena. And here we are. Yeah, tell me what you hope that readers will take away from reading your book . Well, i wrote it for elena, you know, as a keepsake. But after some friends and family read it, they encouraged me to put it out there for others. And i realized that, you know, maybe it would open a dialogue with children. Beyond just fathers in wheelchairs, we all have our limitations. Just, some of them wear them on the outside. So, but you know, with wednesdays children, if you can