live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10:00. hurricane harvey dangerous category four storm bearing down. the eye wall of that storm making landfall in texas as we speak. this could be a hurricane of historic proportions. the powerful and slow-moving storm could bring up to 3 feet, that s 3 feet of rain to the gulf coast. thanks for joining us at 10:00. i m chris o connell. i m dawn timmeney. this is the most powerful storm in the region in roughly a dozen years. fox s lauren blanchard is just north in galveston, texas tracking harvey. reporter: life threatening and catastrophic that s how officials are describing hurricane harvey having reached now well beyond major hurricane status. i would stress that this is serious storm. reporter: hurricane harvey now a monster as seen from spa space. we are predicting an extreme event. i rent a trailer and i m worried about the flooding. reporter: last minute evacuations have been taking place a
traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays it s been a busy night for milwaukee firefighters. they were first called to a house fire near ear 4th and keefe last night. the red cross says it s helping 5 adults and 9 children after the blaze. the fire department has not released any information about what may have sparked the fire or how much damage was caused. and firefighters also responding overnight to fire at a business on brown deer road. crews were called around three this morning to kangaroo milwaukee which is a family entertainment center. no word yet on what caused the fire or if anyone was will be responding as part of the investigation. and a vacant house goes up in flames early this morning. the fire happened near 42nd and florist around five. again all of the fires remain under investigation. and milwaukee police are looking for suspect after an overnight shooting. we re told a 29-year-old man was shot near
now at 8:00 crews are investigating a couple of fires in milwaukee overnight. details on where they were at and how many people have been displaced. plus - a shooting on a local interstate sends an infant to the hospital. the latest on how the baby is recovering, and what police are saying about the investigation. good morning and welcome back to wakeup.. time now x:xx adlib weather forecast forecast haswell high pressure to our east will keep us sunny and comfortable today with a breezy south wind at times. highs will be in the upper 70s with dewpoints in the 50s! an approaching low brings more clouds overnight and a slight chance of showers. lows will be in the low 60s. showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms on tuesday as a low move into wi. highs will be in the mid 70s but fall into the 60s behind that lows cold front on wednesday and thursday. we get back to the 70s traffic map = major delays yellow on traffic map = some delays green on traffic map = no delays a bus
the infant who was shot while in her car seat on i-43 last night.is on the road to recovery. meanwhile authorities are still looking for the shooter in what they describe as a road rage incident. a.j. bayatpour is live outside childrens hospital with the latest.. there is good news this afternoon. a go-fund-me page set up by friends of two-month-old girl is getting out of the hospital. thankfully, the bullet just missed the babys spine. sunday night, police close a stretch of i- 43 to investigate an apparent road rage shooting. the victim.two-month old ava schowalter. it was more like a blink of an eye, everyone was here. lamont lanfair works at the hotel near port washington road family pulled off the freeway and into a parking lot here following the shooting. i was emptying the garbage and i heard the police cars, actually saw a gray car pull into the parking lot. bunch of police followed behind them. fox 6 has obtained a news release from the milwaukee county sheriffs offi
you are watching fox 6 news at 9. our big story tonight: will the sketch lead to an arrest? milwaukee police need your help identifying a sexual assault suspect. they re looking for leads so they released a depiction of what that man looks like. fox6s bret lemoine is live at milwaukee police district 7 with new information. police say the man sexually assaulted a 19 year old woman. now this police sketch is bein neighborhood. its devastating news. av nat 19 year old, just walking through the neighborhood. that hits too close to home for antoinette vaughn. av its like a block away from here. thats very, very close. on monday morning, milwaukee police release this sketch of a sexual assault suspect. the man is accused of pointing a gun at a 19-year old woman near 62- nd and fiebrantz fee-brants . av i was devastated. i dont want to hear about that happening to anyone. vaughn is the co-founder of the capitol heights neighborhood association. as soon as this image was rele