This is in hopewell township, downed wires and poles from yesterdays storms at route 29 at Washington Crossing road. Its closed and theyre detouring traffic around the scene. Be on standby over the tacony palmyra. Thats scheduled for 5 35 this morning. In the next couple of minutes youll see delays. Take the betsy ross as your alternate. It will be just fine there. Were following breaking news out of Delaware County this morning where a family in chester was rescued after a fire torched their home. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live on scene. Three of the people rescued are children. Tell us. Thats right, tracy. All of them were taken to the hospital. Ill tell you, the folks in this apartment building, this threestory house were sleeping, most of them at the time. Ill step out of the way. You can see what is left out of this building here. Heavier flames were on west 3rd street and yarnell. Five people in all were rescued, including those three young children. See the fire escape . Firefight
Philadelphia, theres still scattered clouds overhead. Those clouds will thin out. By 9 00, bright sunshine. 75 degrees. And we will see lots of sunshine today. Its going to be a warm summer day, the second full day of summer into the 80s this afternoon. But the humidity is coming down. Its the winds that youll feel today. Its that dry air that will be rushing into the area. 85 in philadelphia and the suburbs. While it will be in the upper 80s in interior new jersey right along the coast at the shore, 82 degrees this afternoon. Those westerly winds heating up the beach today. Thats today. There is some wet weather ahead. Well go through the forecast hour by hour with the latest futurecast when im back in ten minutes. Right now, Jessica Boyington has first alert traffic. Thanks, bill. Were watching mt. Laurel, new jersey, route 73 around 295. Were dealing with rolling work crews in the area of the southbound side. One lane is getting by. You can see they have the shoulder in the next cen
Area. The wind just picked it up and lifted the whole building, roof off. Tearing buildings apart, ripping trees from their roots. I saw the first tree go down on the roof and right after the second one went doesnt. Nbc 10 was there during the storm and were also here for the cleanup. This is the kind of damage were seeing, a roof torn from a garage in wildwood. Good evening, im jacqueline london. Im jim rosenfield. Cape may county saw some of the worst damage in our area. Nbc 10s Brandon Hudson begins our coverage in middle township tonight. Reporter were told this is at least one of a dozen trees that crashed through a home. In 30 minutes, this storm packed a lot of punch in parts of south jersey forcing crews and homeowners to spend the next few hours cleaning up. Lift. Reporter a Silver Lining for one family in middle township. The vasser family reunited with the second of two lost cats after a large tree crashed through their home this afternoon. We spoke to the homeowner as the p