more than 5,000 power outages in cuyahoga county. most are in cleveland heights. crews spent yesterday clearing large trees and limbs away so the lines could be repaired. first energy is hoping to have power restored by 6:00 tonight. the power is back on in most of menor and lake county. >> let's check with holly who's tracking more rain in the forecast. couldn't get rain for the longest time. now getting plenty of it. >> it always happens over an inch at hopkins. it's still so dark you can't tell. we're 30 minutes from sunrise. we're seeing breaks in the cloud cover out here. i think it's going to be some sunshine again today. also some showers and thunderstorms especially as we get into the afternoon and evening. that heat is really firing up. here's a look at the day. we're already well into the 70s. it is so muggy out. that hasn't changed at all. scattered storm chances. satellite and radar show quiet weather overall regionally. as we zoom in, what you're going to see is a few showers to the east. lake county, ashtabula. they've been experiencing light rain. danny, coming up, going to track hour by hour. we'll let you know when we expect the most storms later on today. thank you so much. i'll be really paying tension to that. people who -- paying attention to that. right now we look at map 6:02. normal drive times throughout the region. may want to add time to your commute if traveling in certain spots because of road closures. west 11th street between rolly and clark on cleveland's west side because of a fallen tree. west 110th street closed between baltic and clifton boulevard. that's expected to be closed broke. east 56th and east 52nd there's a fallen free. garfield road remains closed because of storm damage. in north royalton, state road reduced to one lane in each direction between bunker and spraying because of water main works. john and lena, back to you. we start to an update in maryland. more than a dozen people in cleveland including two firefighters have been hurt after a apartment building. this spread to three buildings. firefighters quickly moved to rescue people trapped on second and third floors. we're learning not all have been accounted for. we'll keep following this story and update you as we learn more. tomans field, police say eight overdosed within a half hour. according to the mansfield news journal, it happened at five locations last nighted. four other over -- last night. >> four other overdoses happened names and conditions are not released yet. police are not sure if there's a link between all cases. the adele -- the rec center area gazebo will be moved and at a museum. a memorial will be placed in the area it was removed. a bronze angel is taken off a cemetery. she lost her fiance in 2011 and had a bronze angel placed at his grave. it took a year to create at a cost of $26,000. a reward is offered for information regarding this incident. the group behind the push to raise cleveland's minimum wage council meeting after the city council voted down the proposal. raise up cleveland is pushing for $15 an hour minimum wage. there's a propose until front of the state court that would allow ohio voters to approve or reject a wage hike. city of cleveland will invest $10 million in first energy stadium. improvements for general upkeep. upgrading security cameras and sprinkler lines. the money com $24 million capital repair fund. remember in 2014, browns upgraded to a better sound system concession area and club seats. >> local outdoors lovers, they're looking for upgrades of their own this morning. the highly anticipated grand opening of cabela's in avon is finally here. >> let's check with tiffany who's live there all morning. doors don't open until this tuesday. >> reporter: they sure have if you can believe it. ed is holding my prop. they have water here for all these people who have been here for quite some time overnight. look at this. remember earlier the people were camping out. they literally had the camping gear. they had to put that away. they're standing here because there's live music soon. you're from cleveland. how long have you been here. why did you decide to be one of these people? >> my son a 3:00 yesterday we love cabelas. we go to one in michigan. we're excited to have one here in avon. not that far of a drive. >> you're excited about that. is gift cards the number one draw? >> that's a plus. the number one draw is my son marshal urging us to get down here. i'm excited about it. >> thank you so much. side cabela's. they have gift cards for first 500 people. they can get $10 to $500. doors open at 10:00 this morning. they have raffles, give aways. we can come back out here live. you can see the band doing mic checks and sound check this is morning. a lot going on here. you've got to keep the crowd intertaped. they've been here for days -- rt hours. >> make it a party. why not? >> this is great planning. beautiful stores by the way. check that out. tiffany, thank you. 6:07, going to talk about the value of gold. we'll tell you how much team athletes get when they take home a medal. also forced out for the games. we are live in rio with the story of a family who once live where had the olympic village -- -- olympic village now stands. here's what's going on. marcia sends a picture of her grandson caleb and jazzy enjoying the summer taking it all in. that's fabulous. thank you for sharing with us. it's like a life moment there. . 6:11 now, another side to olympic games. >> rio is no different. families are having to relocate. there's side effects on the brazilian government. we are live in rio with the story. good morning will. a lot of people down here in brazil excited to host the games. they have been since it was announced. there's some that aren't quite as exciting. some have been fighting to keep their homes. it took social media efforts and a big struggle for them to stay where they were. >> one of the few original walls that remains says, quote, all of us have a clear message from residents of once was a bustling neighborhood. today you see 20 government built homes, homes of 20 families that refuse to leave this area once construction for the olympic park was set to begin. >> we don't blame the olympics. we blame the government. intimidated by local government and developers, they say. >> they destroyed lives. the original olympic park design included us, but the mayor rejected it. >> it's been through public defenders and organized social media that families have been able to stay forcing the authorities to build them stark homes on this land. residents say it was a simple decision to stay, to still have a >> it's a sharp contrast when you look at it now. these small stark homes probably 100 to 200 feet from some parts of the olympic park. some families are going to fight and stay as long as they can. >> it really is a stark reminder of how differently other governments operate outside the u.s. >> it absolutely is. this is something as you in on hosting olympic games. you can never imagine them doing this you imagine them trying to pay a lot of money to buy land to build something. as far as forcing them out, can't imagine that in the united states. >> will, thank you so much. . you know, will brings up a montreal just finished paying off debt from 1976. sochi has not become the resort city russia was hoping. it's been a failure. we'll see what happens in rio. >> it was a struggle to get solid olympic bids. now we see why. let's update you on the games. u.s. men's basketball game faced a real test yesterday. >> i was nervous. team. they played australia against our buddy. this was a close game till in final minutes. anthony got hot, became the u.s. team's all time leading scorer. he's now number one over lebron james. kyrie hit key shots down the stretch, another big three pointer. the u.s. held on 98-88. >> that was familiar, right? >> right. >> now to michael phelps and ryan lochte finished first and second. they'll be back in the pool tonight for the final. it's a huge night. this is the fourth time in olympics that these two will face each other in the 200 meet. it will be lochte's final event in rio. >> how about this michael phelps is poised to break a 2,000-year-old record. medals. he's tide for most ever gold olympic records. will history be made tonight? we're really talking history here. phelps will compete in the 200 individual tonight here on channel 3. >> exciting for that. >> biles going for the all around title right there. we need to talk traffic, see how the roads are doing. >> any troubles . >> hi there. welcome to your thursday. time is 6:16. looking good on the traffic map. watching for wet roads and fog. 76 medina county. patchy fog here but not impacting the commute or causing delays. to the north we're green, no accidents. the drive between 480 and 490, eight minute commute. we're okay. >> great news. we love to hear that. looking for more of the same in your forecast today. we're going to start with summer fun and a very high uv index. it's funny because it's very filtered sunshine. it's intense. we'll need sunscreen even if filtered. have it at the pool today. chances are again you'll be dodging showers and thunderstorms at times wit around. pattern stays put today and into our friday, the weekend. 81 at 9:00. hope you're having a great start getting things accomplished at the house before you leave for the day. looks like something nice and refreshing for lunch and dinner. it will be perfect. greg is at mitchell's ice cream time highest later. can't rule out a shower popping up at any point. through this morning, more or less, we should be dry. this is a dramatic computer forecast as far as anticipation of showers and thunderstorms. right now not seeing a lot. most of you waking up feeling very muggy again. as we zoom in, few showers to the east. they've been hovering through lake and ash buy, lake shore and ashtabula county now. we showers, nothing worrisome as far as thunderstorms go. just good old rain. certainly slow downs around there. look at dew point, 70 plus. it's hot like the tropics again here in northeast ohio. we track on future view and see in the afternoon we really start to notice more widespread showers and thunderstorms. this is 3:30 today. pretty active. we'll be on top of it. of course always on twitter, facebook, instagram for you anything you need. i'm going to remind you now, if you haven't downloaded it, please do download the app. it's a busy time of year. it's great to have this with these forecasts. window nation 7 now. really similar for our friday and saturday and even sunday. sunday's difference will be a slight cool down into the low to mid-80s. then looks like by monday back to a lot of time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by ohio's number one hospital cleveland clinic. later today on nbc, you'll see qualifying and swimming including michael phelps in the men's 100-meter fly. katie ledecky in the women's 800 free and missy franklin in 200-meter backstroke. plus the men and women's beach volleyball. that's your schedule brought to providing access to number one care any time any where. . it takes decades of hard work, sweat, pain to make it to the top of the podium in the olympics. how much is worth? gold finalists make a $25,000 prize. they take 2500 to $10,000 off in taxes. u.s. has the third lowest cash prize for gold medalists. asia pays $510,000. the uk gives their medalists nothing but the thrill of priceless. >> there's endorsements though. >> they get a lot there. we're going to give the honor to katie ledecky. she rescued teammates in the four by 200 relay. they trailed first three legs until she got in the pool. she turned a one second deficit into a win by 8.4 seconds. her third medal of the games. she has one more, her best en she's the world record holder in that event. >> best performs by an athlete brought to you by mercedes benz of bedford. get the coup for 459 a month. time now for my biggest winners and losers today in sports. for my biggest loser, tough night for one fan in pittsburgh. didn't get the souvenir, lost his food. what he gained in the end saved the night. take a look. the fan in the white shirt tries it's out of his reach. in the process, he spills nachos in his face. watch this they throw him a clean t-shirt. here you go. he drops that. it gets better. he puts it on. the t-shirt says i caught the t-shirt toss like a boss. that's a nice consolation prize for losing the baseball and $10 paid for. my biggest winners are from medina. s this is the 9u winners. they won the bowling between spring soccer challenge outscoring opponents 20-0. now they're heading to dayton for a tournament featuring 70 of the best teams in the country. wow. great job ladies and coach brad. my thanks to jennifer for luck down in dayton. like 35 state champions are in that tournament. if you'd like to nominate your champion or all star, send picture and story. e-mail them to me or tweet them. let's honor your kid's teams and great play and dedication they have on the field. >> very good. 6:26 now. let's send over to holly. don't bother. put your hair >> it's going in that rubber band on my wrist. 90 degrees going to be the high today. scattered showers and thunderstorms, hot and humid. best opportunity for showers and thunderstorms later today. still a few showers this morning to the east. ?? it feels good to own something. like karaoke night. or that weekend project. but what about owning your health? at summa health, we're empowering you to be your own chief health officer. beginning with a primary care doctor, coordinating a team of specialists. so own your health like you'd own the dance floor. it's your heath. . right now 6:30. welcome back everyone. i'm john anderson. >> i'm lena. holly has the foggy forecast in a bit. first stories we're following this morning. memorial service for long time congressman steve la tourette will be held monday august 15th at university circle united methodist church. there will be a memorial service in washington d.c. the former lake county congressman died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. a 9-year-old died after being struck by lightning yesterday afternoon. first responders say the boy was playing outside with his sister when he was struck. he was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest where he died. we've had a lot of storms hit in the area recently these last couple days. >> lightning is very dangerous. just one important reminder. >> let's send it ode you'll be coming back with flat hair. >> yeah or really poofy hair. >> nice skies. pat is here taking beautiful views for you. hope you can see. partly cloudy downtown. going to have sunshine and so muggy. we're in the humid zone. thunderstorms possible for every one of you. dry as a lot of you are waking up. there are showers to the east. we're going to look at your planner. low 80s by 9:00. we're well into if -- into the 70s. over an inch of rain yesterday danielle. 92 the official high at hopkins. roads could get trickier with >> thank you so much holly. 6:32, we have an accident reported on the east side. i-90 east near 271, right two lanes blocked. here's the picture in the area. 90 meets 271 here. we're not seeing big delays, just a little bit of heaviness. no delays i-271 heading east. we look at the entire traffic map. pretty much green except 71 north before the inner belt bridge. there's a one minute delay. back to you. . thank you danielle. so i'm looking at cabela's website. they have great camping tips for great outdoors. i don't see anything about parking lots. that's what we see because of excitement in avon. northeast ohio hunters and outdoor lovers are out there at cabela's in >> yep. the not so great outdoors is where we find channel 3 tiffany this morning. people were lined up to be the first inside a couple of days ago. >> reporter: they sure were. we're waiting on easton core -- easton corbin country music star. i don't know much about country line. now they're waiting for that live music and give aways. also here this morning, kevin from euclid. when did you get here? >> 6:00 last night. >> reporter: what's the first thing you're going to go for when you get in there? >> looking at boats. i'm fixing to retire. just looking around to see what else they've got. >> reporter: you feel this is worth it? >> yeah. hope >> reporter: that's the theme of the morning. anybody else want the $500 gift card? [ crowd cheers ] >> reporter: that's in avon. you don't have to travel anymore. >> that's fantastic. thanks so much tiffany. >> good crowd. coming soon to your sewer district bill, a fee to help fix program breaks down to $5.00 a month for the average homeowner. there are good news. there are ways homeowners can get credits out of the fees. there's credit workshops to learn more about the exemptions. the annual football rivalry game will be played at first energy stadium. this year's game fans call the holy war will mark the 54th time they have met on the football field. last time the two played in downtown october 11, 1980. st. eds won that 11-0 at cleveland municipal stadium. mark your calendar, this year's game october 29th. the man who climbed about a third of the way up trump tower in new york is facing charges today. he used suction cups to make his way up the building. police removed windows to grab him. he got close to two officers who pulled him through a window the man was taken to a nearby hospital for a mental . and we're getting ready for day six of the olympics in rio. >> channel 3 tells us who to watch for today. hi again will. >> yeah, good morning guys. it's nice out here. it's a little brisk for what you expect in rio. the good news is there's no rain. rain is what has ailment of the rowing we've been trying to watch. postponed yesterday morning. rowing kind of keeps getting pushed back. not today. today should be good day for police in muler. we're going to try to make it in today. they're looking to advance in the finals. also toledo high native and his partner andrew campbell looking the light weight double stall event was cancelled yesterday as well. getting a request for her second goal today. harrison from middle town ohio competing for team u.s.a. looking to go back to back after taking top spot in the podium after london games 2012. the u.s. women's volleyball team remained unbeaten three sets to one. they're 3-0 and look poised for a late run in rio. i asked rachel adams has rio been as a post city in this olympics. >> it's not easy. they've been nothing but great and hopeful. i've never met anyone that's not been super nice. they're great. >> i got to tell you guys, a been talking to people afterwards. i'm going to throw it out there i haven't watched a lot of volleyball in person. i had so much fun watching this u.s. team's women's volleyball will listen to me, this is something you've got to see the they're always dancing, music blasting. very exciting event to watch if you can get there in person. >> you're on the beach. what more do you want? >> i tell you what -- >> that was indoors. >> that's the team event. >> oh. >> i'm like you, trying to watch a different sport everyday. yesterday i watched field hockey. the ball kept stopping because the field was so wet. >> yeah. it's interesting because you're trying to figure out today i've got a big challenge. i'm going to study up before i go there. kayla harrison is looking for back to back gold. i'll be tweeting out what i think are updates, hopefully get them right. i'm going to get a crash course in judo real quick. >> we'll be nice to you when you get back. >> thank you. >> three days off when you get back. >> thank you will. . >> he'll lead us in self-defense classes. time 6:39. today's top trending stories are ahead. >> going to send out to greg first on a sweet assignment. >> reporter: on the happiest spot on west 25th. there's butter pecan or key lime people. mitchell's ice cream h covered. they're scooping something special for olympic games. i'll let you know what that is coming up. . >> great. got to bring it back for breakfast. we've got another hot and humid forecast. great ice cream day. highs around 90 degrees again. lots of humidity to go along with that. heat index values upper 90s. you better believe there's going to be scattered showers and storms possible with heat and humidity in place. hour by hour coming up. summer concert ticket give away. 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>> in addition to these, chocolate peanut butter cup, caramel sea salt. >> you've got one i know folks which one is that? >> passion fruits and jalapeno actually. >> okay. similar ingredient battered syndrome but it's -- similar ingredients but has the heat at the end. >> it's not a spice. it's a delicious little finish. if you haven't had a chance, come down here to try passion for the gold. they're scooping it through the olympics to get y guys, back to you. >> we had mitchell's yesterday. co -- coconut and vanilla bean. thank you greg. looks really good. couple stories trending this morning. they're olympic stories. we head to big night for u.s. swimming and gymnastics tonight. >> how about this? you've seen team u.s.a. >> they're bedazzled. >> they are. they're more than that. >> they're eye catching because their leotards are covered in 4,000 crystals. they're the team's priciest ever at a whopping $12,000 each. each gymnast needs eight of them. the designers say the crystals add confidence. >> we just had to order my daughter's for season. i don't feel so bad. they weren't $12,000. the other thing trending. you remember his bold look? he dyed it. like icy blue. if you look at his post on instagram, it's turning a nice mint green. you know why john? a lot of women know why. it's the chlorine that people water. a lot of women know who died their hair blond. got to stay away from swimming pools. the chlorine will turn the platinum blond to a nice shade of green. that's what's happening. >> i got a new hair cut yesterday. i'm going to avoid the pool today. king james weighing in on michael phelps revenge win over his rival the opponent is checking out phelps. lebron posted this caption. winners focus on winning and haters focus on winners. he said phelps you're a monster and congratulated him on his 21st gold medal. >> that's phenomenal. it is true. normally you're supposed to keep focus forward. he kept looking over at phelps. >> same thing, they say in horse racing. when a jockey looks over the competition, you lose the stride a little bit. probably the same for swimming. all right. let's talk bargains. this purses an end to war between apple and android. >> -- this put an end to the war between apple and android. >> i love this deal today. honestly the coolest yet. >> ever? >> ever honestly. >> the cord i have found charges apple, universal cord, first of its kind. into the ipad, charging. exact same cord into the android, charging. amy, put this in your iphone. >> my iphone 5c. charging. >> all generations, look at reality. no longer apple versus android. the first cord ever safely same cord. $9.99. this thing is unbelievable. safe, hugely well rated charges. under $10. seriously how good is this deal? >> you're really excited. honestly, i love this. really cool. great for a dorm room. >> if you fight for your wife all the time over not packing the right cable, this is for you. been there. >> great picture. hold a minute b scramble the eggs. bentley and shelby, the sheep, are getting ready to crews in this dog gone weather picture. that is fabulous. oh my goodness. >> totally a top down kind of day if you can dodge the showers and thunderstorms. most of you are doing a fine job. we hope to get to the pool to cool off. high uv index at 9 today. here's the weather headlines humidity, more storm chances. this pattern is going to stay in place through the weekend. overview today is for really hot weather and more or less stormy weather again especially as the heat fuels the atmosphere. we can't rule out a shower this morning. the computer forecast picks up on chances. they're only that, chances. most of you are dry this thursday. it's almost friday. it is humid region again today. as we get a closer look, we've had showers to the east. right now most of those are lake, ashtabula counties. no stormy weather this morning. it's just some rain. there's nothing to worry about at this point. we could see stronger storms develop later today. dew points 70 plus. it's awfully muggy again. as we do go hour by hour, gets quite active by 4:00 this afternoon. northeast ohio into the evening. before things fade, we lose that heat. go ahead and carbon copy that for tomorrow and into the weekend. window nation seven day, 90 degrees through saturday. looks like low to mid 80s sunday. good chance of showers and thunderstorms by monday. it should be dry. . time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by ohio's number one hospital, cleveland clinic. later today, y qualifying and swimming including michael phelps in the men's 100-meter fly. katie ledecky in women's 800 free and missy franklin in the backstroke. mens and womens beach volleyball. that's your access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by cleveland clinic providing access to number one . 6:54 now. topping your morning rush, clean up continues after strong storms swept through yesterday. power is out for thousands of customers in cuyahoga. most cars smashed by falling tree, power lines as well. first energy is hoping to have power restored by 6:00 p.m. tonight. tiffany? >> reporter: the grand opening of cabela's is 10:00 this morning. these people have been waiting for hours. normally you cut a ribbon for a grand opening. today an archer is going to sit top this share and shoot the preparing for backup because of all people heading here today. >> log on to wkyc.com for traffic information there. now we have this accident clear 90 east 271. slowing downtown clifton 91 and 77 north. those are a three minute delay. >> thanks for the update danielle. guess what, it's hot and humid today. showers and thunderstorms possible. we date. most of you are dry. it will be the chance later today. got showers to the east now. more of the same through the weekend. all right holly, today's medal count brought to you by university hospital. united states 11 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze. big day. gymnastics tonight. >> and swimming. >> yes. morning. 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