Morning before cloud bubble up in the afternoon another round of those hit and miss but locally intense showers and perhaps a thunderstorm, that will take you right through your thursday night and into friday morning, although you can see friday looks like a transition day, showers are more few and far between as we start to send irma out to sea, in longer irma but remnants of that system. Only 73 degrees in philadelphia but it is steamy. Coming up we will talk bin crease in dew points, how long humidity sticks around and what to expect for the weekend for now, back over to you. In the news tonight criminal investigation is underway following the death of eight people, at a nursing home without air conditioning in hollywood, florida. Crewness florida continued to make progress in restoring power but nearly 4 million homes and businesses are still without power, in the sunshine state. Water services is slowly being restored to the upper florida keys but key west area and lower keys are
Live from center city in philadelphia h this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Breaking news, a deadly atf crash in delaware county. Fox 29 is confirmed two people dead after a collision in chester. We know this happened at la mow ken streets. As information comes in well bring it to you in the wars east of singapore the u. S. Navy war ship the u. S. S. John mccain crashed with a merchant ship. The navy said the ship got isnt damage. Sailors are trying to save it right now. Search and rescue efforts are underway. Five sailors injured. Ten others reported missing. This is now the fourth accident involving navy ships in the pacific since february. Also developing tonight, we, of course in the final stretch until the upcoming Solar Eclipse. Were less than 15 hours away from the first total Solar Eclipse to be visible from the u. S. Since 1979. And we are counting down here to the peak, which in our area will be 2 44 p. M. The whole thing begins around 1 0021 tomorrow ends little after 4 00. Were e
A lot of people asking me why the goggles tonight. If you are in unprotected area like we are right now in Townsends Inlet, were just getting blasted with sand, bla blasted with white wash from the water. I clocked 54mile an hour gusts the last hour coming off Townsends Inlet right here. We were all over the jersey shore towns tonight. We were in Atlantic City, we were in ocean city, here in avalon, stone harbor, much the same all over. Were getting reports wildwood, almost every Street Corner was flooded earlier tonight. Especially in the lowlying areas. Well luckily most of the rain has moved offshore lucy as you were saying but now were contending with these winds. We understand theyre going to be pounding us all night. Again, especially in these unprotected areas. One of the things that happens when this kind of wind comes these noreasters, beach erosi erosion. Local municipalities throughout the night have been checking beaches and theyre going to get a handle tomorrow on how much
A lot of people asking me why the goggles tonight. If you are in unprotected area like we are right now in Townsends Inlet, were just getting blasted with sand, bla blasted with white wash from the water. I clocked 54mile an hour gusts the last hour coming off Townsends Inlet right here. We were all over the jersey shore towns tonight. We were in Atlantic City, we were in ocean city, here in avalon, stone harbor, much the same all over. Were getting reports wildwood, almost every Street Corner was flooded earlier tonight. Especially in the lowlying areas. Well luckily most of the rain has moved offshore lucy as you were saying but now were contending with these winds. We understand theyre going to be pounding us all night. Again, especially in these unprotected areas. One of the things that happens when this kind of wind comes these noreasters, beach erosi erosion. Local municipalities throughout the night have been checking beaches and theyre going to get a handle tomorrow on how much
New jersey and few sprinkles even inland a few snow showers up through the poconos. For us, were talking about lingering sprinkle here or there and Cool Temperatures before a warmup gets underway. Right now were under the influence of that noreaster as it passes by our winds have shifted now to the north northwest its 43 in philadelphia. 41 in allentown its and in the poconos its 31. Still seeing gusty winds now out of the north northwest gusting close to 30 in philadelphia. 32 miles an hour gusts in wilmington and gusting to 37 miles an hour in the poconos. So this evening, clouds and some drizzle with temperatures staying steady in the 40s mostly cloudy by 11 00 p. M. With skies slowly clearing. Coming up well talk about when the sun moves back to the delaware valley. It will turn mild briefly before a wintery end to the month of january. Ill be back with that seven day forecast later in the broadcast. For now well send it back to you. Thank you very much, kathy. Down the shore peopl