The summer. Always a prize, any prize, any size. Reporter the prize tonight was a balmy, busy evening on the steel pier. A night to take a last summer ride. I would like to ride bumper cars. Reporter a last weekend taste of candy floss. Reporter candy floss . For dinner, ill have red lobster. Reporter was it a good summer . The pier owners think so. Were actually up about 20 from last summer. Reporter but its game over at this end of the boardwalk, after 27 years the show boat will close its doors sunday. The neighboring revel hotel closes monday, but its casino closes tuesday. It almost feels like youre on the titanic ship and its sinking down and everyone is singing and everyone is playing those instruments. Reporter abi took video of his room with a panoramic ocean view. 22 9 or 399. In the last hour, the revel is charging top dollars for the rooms still available. The showboat told me i can still get a room for less than 200 if i hurry. Do i need to be out on sunday . We might get
A few scattered showers at 7 00. Mugginess and 78 at 9 00, well into the 80s at lunch time with clouds thinning out. Storm threat for later today. The future weather when i come back to show you where those showers are likely to pop up. First katy has traffic. We are seeing wet roads in the area, but not accounting for issues. This is a live look at 78 at lehigh street in the lehigh valley. If youre headed home from the poconos, 309, 22, as well as 78 looks good. Headed into philadelphia, a live look at ben franklin bridge, traffic, we are seeing moderate traffic in both directions, its moving find. There is longtime track work in the westbound lane. But thats not accounting for issues. Some closures on the ben franklin parkway to tell you about. The inner and outer lane closed between 20th street and eakins oval. Here are the most extensive road closures, this is because of cleanup. 767 westbound, the exit ramp on to 22nd street. A cleared scene to tell you about on the Atlantic City
Good. Partly sunny and nice. 78 degrees. Your winds should remain on the light side. And then a high of 83 degrees, and partly sunny and comfortable, too, as the humidity is up a little and still remains comfortable for this time in august. Thats going to change for tomorrow. We are tracking more showers and thunderstorms, and we will show you when we expect all of those coming up in your first alert forecast in a couple minutes. In just over three hours from now, the gates will open and concertgoers will flood the ben franklin parkway for the third annual made in america festival. Nbc 10s matt delucia is along the parkway, and we have seen clouds line up early. Anybody out there yet . Reporter plenty of workers, but so far no fans. They are getting the gates all set up, and by the organizers e estmation, 80,000 people will be here. Its a wonderful way to get people real excited on a holiday. Reporter the intense labor on this Labor Day Weekend could be seen behind the scenes, as worke
Plenty of sunshine, so if you just look outside, you might think its as warm as it was yesterday, but we have seen a lot of cool air come in, so as we approach the rest of your morning, well stay in the 50s. 53 degrees, lots of sunshine, humidity is at 47 . Breezy conditions with winds at 14 miles per hour. Our average for this time of year, 72. Today, 61. Not to worry, we recover nicely monday at 72 degrees. Whats in store for the rest of your workweek . Ill answer that question in my full forecast. A morning in delaware, a barn in kent county is destroyed after a predawn fire, and the fire engine on the way to the scene was in an accident. This happened in leipsic, just north of dover. Matt delucia spoke with one of the firefighters who was on that truck. Reporter this is what firefighters in leipsic, kent county were headed to, a large barn fire. But before one of the crews could get there, there was probably. I got a truck flipped on east state road the left side of the truck got o
Registered to one of the victims. So far, no arrests. In mercer county, the first death related to enterovirus d68 in our area has health and School Officials taking safety precautions. Golden blue ribbons line eli wallers neighborhood. On friday night, authorities confirmed it was enterovirus d68 that took the life of the 4yearold boy who attended preschool at yardville elementary. It attacks very quickly. When he went to bed, he was fine. The next morning, he had passed. The School District says it has added extra staff to disinfect the school and another meeting on the issue is set for tonight at 7 00 at steiner high school. For realtime updates on enterovirus d68, please come to nbc10. Com. We have information on the symptoms as well as health tips. Happening today, the freelance nbc news photographer who contracted ebola in liberia while covering the outbreak will be flown to nebraska for treatment. Meantime, thomas duncan, the liberian whos being treated for ebola in texas, has g