That came through was like this one like 80 years ago. White house sources say President Trump continues to monitor the impact of the storm. Flooding is a big problem. In the wake of the storm a lot of concern tonight here at home for the local puerto rican community. Theyre watching and theyre waiting for word from family and friends on the battered island. The citys fair hill section home to Many Puerto Rican businesses. Thats where we find bruce gordon to tonight a lost tension in that community. Absolutely. Philadelphias puerto rican population of 130,000 is second to new york city outside of the island itself. The a safe bet the vast majority of those folks are crossing their fingers tonight. Lunch time business is booming at this restaurant in the harrowgate plaza. But as customers line up for a midday meal the talk is of hurricane, horror and hardship 1600 miles away. On the battered island of the puerto rico. Everybody worry about their family. About whats going on over there.
Those that live there know sunrise tomorrow will bring a grim sight. It is wednesday night. Jims off. Im brian taff. The big story is the wrath from a storm named maria. It moved ashore in puerto rico this morning as a category four the strongest to hit has territory in 80 years. 155 Miles Per Hour winds tore roofs off of house, snapped trees and unloaded 20inch also of rain. Es of rain. The concern is widespread flooding. Officials caution as of tonight its too soon to know the number of deaths. Meteorologist adam joseph is in for cecily tynan. Maria is a category two now. Where is she going next . She will be over the open waters for days. The storm is in the atlantic at this point. You can see the eye forming as it moved over puerto rican and weakened over the mountainous islands, feeling the wrath in the dominican republic. As we zoom in here, there you can see the eye forming which is typically an indication that the storm is trying to strengthen once again, and it should as it he
Meteorologist adam joseph is in for cecily tynan. Maria is a category two now. Where is she going next . She will be over the open waters for days. The storm is in the atlantic at this point. You can see the eye forming as it moved over puerto rican and weakened over the mountainous islands, feeling the wrath in the dominican republic. As we zoom in here, there you can see the eye forming which is typically an indication that the storm is trying to strengthen once again, and it should as it heads north and west, winds sustained at 115 miles per hour. Rainfall totals, 25inches in puerto rico with isolated amounts of 35inches funneling down the mountain into the valleys creating flash flooding. The statistics, 88 of the deaths in tropical systems are due to the flooding, not the strong winds. As we look at the forecast as it moves forward, the turks and caicos would be next. We have the exact track coming up in the full forecast. Adam, thank you. Hurricane jose left behind flood waters a
Occasional sweep of clouds. 64 in reading. 66 degrees in trenton, 73 in cape may. 65 in wilmington, 70 degrees in philadelphia. Feeling pretty nice out there. As we roll through the afternoon its going to be warm. 82 degrees by noon. 3 00 p. M. , 86 degrees. 84 degrees by 5 00 p. M. , 81 degrees on the temperature dial at 7 00 p. M. The kids looking good heading out the door this morning. 66 in some suburbs, 69 in center city. No worse than partly cloudy skies, a lot of you looking at sun coming up over the next couple of hours. 69 degrees in center city. Karen rogers as we head toward the weekend it gets warmer. At the same time were keeping our eyes on maria as it heads north in our direction next week. Details coming up. Reporter were watching an accident on the blue route, northbound approaching the media, route 1 bypass blocking the right lane. This is a new accident, police on the scene expect slowing blue route northbound approaching the media route 1 bypass. On the schuylkill e
Jose, the center of the storm is well off the coast. Were not getting rain today. Some clouds are spilling through right now, but we are yourself expecting a decent overall expecting a decent amount of sunshine getting through the high clouds. 71 in philadelphia. 63 in allentown. 63 in reading. 65 in wilmington. 65 in trenton. 73 in cape may. A tad humid in some spots and staying on the low side through the a. Afternoon. Rip current risk high at the shore, if you have guards, swim near them, some beaches may not have them. Extreme caution for those folks. 82 degrees by noon. 3 00 p. M. , 86. 5 00 p. M. , 84. 7 00 p. M. Tonight Still Holding on to the low 80s. Maria is churning up big problems in the carribean. Up toward the north later next week we check the latest track. Reporter we have a bunch of accidents coming in, this is a big one, traffic crawling at 7 Miles Per Hour in springfield township Burlington County. The accident 295 northbound past 541 exit 47 thats blocking the left