Of an underground fire in gladwyn, Montgomery County. Plus, it is a dreary start as we look at sky6 live hd Philadelphia International airport, but the sun is expected to make a comeback later today. David murphy thats what we want tear about, matt pellman in your in karen rogers taking a look at traffic, good morning. Reporter we might have to wait a while for it, but well see sunshine later in the day. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing the bulk of the rain is off to the north and west of philadelphia. Light stuff in reading and allentown, the heavier stuff farther north and west. Where you dont see the green around the i95 corridor and elsewhere, low lying crowds giving you drizzle on the windshield and additional shower activity in baltimore. 72 inned if. Upper 60s in al 72 degrees in philadelphia. Upper 60s in wilmington. Dewpoints are high, a lot of 70s across the region, thats an indicater of oppressive humidity. When the sun comes back today youll feel that. 71 degrees by
Objects and they are getting smarter and more connected. Is that a good thing or is it too much control to technology . Thats our first story. Cameras that let you know who is there, therm stats changed by a smartphone. Major Tech Companies are leading the advances. Both amazons echo speaker, known as alexa and google homeworks with smart homes. Earlier this week, apple announced an app called home which lets you connect devices all in one place. Consumers are opening up their pocketbooks to the future. Buyers are more interested in homes with smart features. And 33 say that connected houses sell faster. Soon you may find food sensors in your refrigerator to tell you which food is expiring and a cutting board to let you know what has been placed on it. People have s m helps in other parts of their life but food has stayed pretty analog. And an oven that can sense the type of food you put on the rack and will automatically adjust the cooking temperature. Joining us to talk about this is
Dmv are are not including whatna youre looking at on thishi saturday morning september 3rdmd Labor Day Weekend what beachea are we looking at pagan. This looks like ocean city. T ocean city maryland. Myl already youre seeing the wet boardwalk out there, its beenen raining since the overnight hours, ominous looking skies and what you cant see iswhat yu probably the higher c wanaves aa a bit of storm surge as hermine spins off just towardse our south rightjust off the our banks coast right now. Nkast ri heres what were looking at. A Tropical Storm warnings extend e up the Eastern Shore throughhorh delaware and the delaware bay. B most of the new jersey beachescs and even onto long island. Islan Tropical Storm watches ines i yellow and that includes alls of new york city. So, for us all the impact willtl be along the beaches and baynday basically where its raining right now you could see the t ndter bands of hermineouter sps inning from off shore to onn shore including hamptons roads r no
Trailer and three cars upper loop between connecticut and georgia avenue. Just cleared a few minutes ago. Backups remain and thats what you see on the right side of the screen. They stretch and erin is coming in a couple minutes. And standing water from last nights storms impacting commute. Specifically if you come into town from 295. Melanie alnwick is on scene for us now. Mel, good morning. Good morning. Also just echoing what you said as we were drive around suburbs as well one of the things you will com across tree limbs and storm debris yes standing water in some parts too. Good news here is vdot arrived and so brighter signage here letting folks back here know what is going on. You can see now driving through here trying to see how deep it is and whether cars would be able to make it through and im guessing im not sure exactly the point of that and i need to try to get there and clear that drain. It looks like it doesnt come up above and traffic impacts this morning and fox5 view
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