The dewpoints are in the low 50s so really nice and comfortable. Not just today but staying that way tomorrow. Temperatures right around average, too. So 84 degrees for you high. Lots of sunshine. By 9 00 a. M. , still some clouds around with the sun, 73. By noon, bright and sunny and 80 degrees. By 3 00 p. M. , 84 with sunshine. And by 6 00 p. M. , 82 degrees. Looking good today but really heating up for the weekend. How hot will we get . Details on that coming up, matt. It is still summer. It is. Good morning to you karen. Good morning, everybody. Were starting the morning with a big problem in Burlington County. Northbound lanes of 130 are still shut down at beverly road. Thats right there by the dolphin diner. Because of a horrible overnight crash. Matt and tam well have more details on that coming up in just a minute but from a traffic perspective to get around 130 northbound stick with salem road, maybe 541 or 295. Dont forget as youre detouring you dont want you to use rancocas
And storm surge, 127 Miles Per Hour wind gusts by sunday morning. So the latest track has shifted a little farther to the west. That means irma will likely be hitting southern florida by saturday afternoon and sunday afternoon as a category four hurricane, the latest track bring its up the center of the peninsula. That means the entire peninsula of florida will get hit by Hurricane Force winds and not making a second landfall but decreasing to a category one as it pushes north of jacksonville. The take away from irmas Impact Likely the worst damage since hurricane andrew in 1992, could be worse than that. Storm surge making places uninhabitable for months. And running out of time to evacuate. More coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Meanwhile Hurricane Irma has cut a path of destruction through the caribbean leaving as we mentioned at least ten people dead and thousands homeless. Tonight its headed straight for florida and mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for the coast
Is pretty good evidence of what damage the storm left behind. Trees are down everywhere and look at the shear force of the winds to take down a tree of this size and to toss metal off of signs, from street signs all over the place. Despite was see here on the ground behind me people i talked to today say they know it could have been so much worse. We sat on our patio and watched the whole storm. Reporter marilyn is one of many whose nerves may take some time to recover. Nerve rattling. It was so i was so tense when it was all over that i couldnt even lay down. Reporter against the advice of local authorities, marilyn rode irma out with her family inside their naples home. It was so intense. Parts of it were so scary we werent even sure but we all just stayed at home. Reporter blake and his family evacuated their low lying house to seek shelter at a nearby friends home. It was the worst storm that weve stayed for. We were here for andrew in 92 and we were here for charlie in 2004. Repor
A big sigh of relief for so many people that this storm didnt leave the kind of catastrophic damage that was expected in places like this. But irma is still leaving its mark. Today flooding in charleston, savannah and breaking records in jacksonville. What was Hurricane Irma now moving north. While floridians statewide start to assess the destruction left by this giant storm. We got a lot of damage, a lot of cleanup. Reporter neighborhoods like this one in naples under water homes, airplanes and the front of this Senior Living center torn apart. Its unbelievable. Reporter trees uprooted, this one in bradenton taking part of a house with it. Its an incredible sight. Reporter the first image from the keys where irma made its initial u. S. Landfall as a category four yesterday morning now coming in showing houses barely standing, cars buried beneath sand with bridges closed, residents who evacuated are now trying unsuccessfully to get back. Very anxious and we all just want to go home and
Looking outside, we have some construction on the schuylkill actually causing some bumper to bumper conditions. No fun at 5 00 in the morning. Really early for that. Yes, it is. You know, it is kind of early, too, for the kind of temperatures we have out there very warm start to the day. Another very summer like day coming up, as well. But not as hot as yesterday. We ended up over achieving, hit 91 degrees yesterday. So still came real close to records, then didnt quite get there. But yes, hot day for the standards certainly. Take a look at storm scan, there is definitely some change about to take place. We still got maria. Churning away. Still no direct threat posed to our shore line specifically , but also pretty potent tropics digging in here for two purposes, to a, switch up our pattern, finally will feel like fall toward weeks end, but also helps steer the storm away and gets it out of our hair, that will exit stage atlantic basically. In the next couple of days it, will make it c