Upper 80s, a hot and dry end to the day. By 8 00 p. M. Mid 80s. Still pretty hot and dry. Low humidity. By 10 00 tonight, temperatures in the low 80s so very comfortable through the overnight hours. Even though the humidity is low, the heat will stay around. The 90 degree temperatures are going to stay in the forecast through the weekend. Coming up i will show you how hot it will be and how hot it will be closer to the shore straight ahead. Some local hospitals have seen a boost in emergency room visits. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal reports it is directly linked to our soaring temperatures. There is definitely increases due to the heat. Reporter alan bruno is a registered nurse at the emergency room at Delaware County memorial hospital. He says as temperatures soar so do the number of people needing medical attention. Right now the boost is moderate but that could change with the mercury expected to go even higher next week. They are coming in very sick. Reporter he says they are dehydrate
And we are tracking an accident south of here but its not causing slowdowns. Right now we are tracking a travel time of 21 minutes between 238 and 237. The crash southbound 880 right near a street and as you can see speeds are in the green in both directions. Chp remains on the scene. Lets take it to 580. Headlights moving westbound and this is approaching 680. We have a 26minute ride not too bad for the start your friday morning commute. And well take it over to the bay bridge toll plaza where we are starting to see a backup especially in the cash lanes. Speeds remain in the green across the upper deck, 10 minutes from the maze to 101. Thats a check of your traffic. Back to you guys. New this morning, fire crews are keeping an eye on hot spots after a home in redwood city shot up in flames. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live at the scene with the latest. Reporter you just have to take a look behind me to see how charred up this house got here in redwood city. Some police and fire crews remai
Northwesterly wind at 9 00 miles an hour. Lehigh valley should see showers. 66 degrees, weve got breaks of sunshine, but the clouds on the increase by lunchtime. As you go into the afternoon, theres a chance of some showers in the Lehigh Valley. And a spotty chance of showers into the suburbs as well. Clouds, some breaks of sunshine. 77 degrees in philadelphia. And at the shore, likely with more sunshine, 73 degrees this afternoon. As far as the rain is concerned, you can see, we are dry right now, wilmington, philadelphia, trenton, just off to the northwest, there you can see some scattered showers moving through central pennsylvania. The big storms are going to be missing us completely. Well take a closer look at what you can expect for today. As we go through future cast hour by hour. First, Jessica Boyington has the first alert traffic. Thanks, bill. Route 73 right around route 70. You can see through that intersection here, cars moving around. No big problems or delays to report.
In the meantime fire investigators remain here on the scene. We can tell you they are examining the rear of the structure, believing preliminarily that the fire began in the rear near a trash dumpster. Now firefighters took about 6 1 2 hours to totally extinguish the flames. Close to two dozen people are now homeless. The hallway was just pitch black with smoke and as soon as you took a breath of air, your lungs filled with fire it felt like. Reporter thats when he realized he couldnt escape the raging inferno without the assistance of firefighters. One of the First Responders captured this video of steves rescue from the fourth floor amidst billowing smoke. Credit goes to the firefighters who brave the elements and the tenuous situation of everything. And im just happy to be here. Reporter steve was one of three people treated for minor injuries. A firefighter cut his hand. But one person lost his life during the multialarm blaze that gutted the back of this Apartment Building. Steve
Over top of the grate. They say it was put here when they were doing cleanings here to make sure those didnt get in but it prevented the water from draining. They opened a grate and then pushed the water towards the drain. With several lanes shut down traffic backed up for miles. In northeast d. C. , more standing water. Along Eastern Avenue water poured to the base of the road. Tosha adams didnt realize the depth of the water and got stuck. Just tried to pull through and wound up stopping. Brianne crews helped push her out of the water to wait for a tow truck. Dont describetry it. Just turn around. Brianne by mid morning, the road was reopened. In bowie brianne carter, abc 7 news. Jummy morning rain has moved out and now look at that. Sunny skies are overhead right now. But heres the bad news. Some Severe Weather could be on the way for the evening commute. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the timing and track of the latest storms. Doug, tell us about it. Doug ok jummy. We h