digit temperatures. as hot as it is, they ve seen worse. i ve worked in 118 degrees in mountain house drinking a whole case of water. construction workers always have the same message. if you re out in this heat, drink plenty of water. take their advice because they are pros. emergency officials are letting a fire at a chemical plant in crosby, texas damaged by harvey burn out on its own. the plant lost refrigeration yesterday that caused several explosions. the owners believe there will be more. the epa believes there s no serious danger but evacuated the area as a precaution. in houston rescue efforts continue as crews go door to door. so far they are rescued 72,000 people. many of those are returning home to clean up from the devastation. feel like crying but then i m joyful because i could have been in the water. this too shall pass. i know that it will. about 20,000 homes will remain flooded for the next week because of emergency water releases from two reservo
dan and a am ma are off. we re learning at least 20 people showed up with heat related illnesses. so how hot was it today? sandy patel is here. hot enough to shatter all-time records. daily records and monthly records. so let s take a look at to the all-time record first. san francisco 106 degrees. that is the hottest it s ever been. previous record was 103 in 2000. and mot field tying at 106 degrees. this brought record highs for the entire month of september in san jose, 108, oakland airport, 101. blistering in santa rosa, tying at 110 degrees and records tied for this day. planning hot at 109. and that broke the previous record of 93 degrees. 105 in santa crews. 111 degrees. they were just baking in the heat. in case you re wondering how hot it was 78 in half moon bay. so big difference at the coast and i do want to warn you that the coast and san francisco remained the the excessive heat warning until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. high risk of heat illnesses, the national weather
looking at that snowfall but beyond 9:00 o clock it starts to rapidly taper off but once again we re looking at some black ice. so the steadier snow right now starts to taper after 9:00 o clock. slick commute for the evening and on average we re looking at about couple of inches across the board. but who are amounts once you move into south jersey and delaware. back to you in the studio. when i come inside we ll talk about the potential for nor easter in that seven day forecast. all right, scott. thanks. let s take live look at philadelphia international airport tonight. here s what it looks locate root now. we ve got delays running about an hour and a half and there have been some cancellations so this weather has been affecting flights coming in to philadelphia international airport. let s head life to west chester now where fox 29 s brad sattin is keeping an eye on things for us. you don t look like a snowman quite yet. reporter: yeah, if you saw at 5:00 o clock it w
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