Closer look, were already seeing rainfall associated with hurricane arthur. We have a cold front that will continue to sweep through our region. Thats help triggering storms before the hurricane gets here. Allentown stretching into the poconos, seeing a lighttomoderate rainfall. We are going to see clearing as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. It is going to be a soggy start to the morning and most of our locations by the afternoon well see temperatures at 84 degrees in our suburbs to the north and west. Philadelphia, 82 and then down the shore, 74 degrees. And your fireworks forecast looks great as we head into this evening, we will see clearing. Itc will still be breezy. Ill go over the hourbyhour breakdown, coming up. As brittany mentioned, the Fireworks Show should be safe tonight but because of the threat of storms, several towns have made the call to postpone shows and displays. Nbc10. Com has your full list of how the fireworks events are rescheduled, dates and times. Were updating that list by the minute. Lets get a look at the early traffic, nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has that. If youre traveling to the delaware beaches, route 1 outside of rehoboth is very quiet. Route 1 is in the clear, so is 9 a 5. 495 is still shut down between exits 2 and 3 for droofers in new jersey, 42 freeway also looking great. This is right at creek road. If youre headed to the jersey shore, 42 is clear. Atlantic city expressway is quiet. 73 is clear, so is the garden state parkway. Route 202 at route 29, no issues to report there. Our only issues this morning are actually on mass transit. This is residual from last evening. The septa airport line has suspended service. Shuttle bus service is in effect between 30th street and the Philadelphia International. The wilmington newark line is suspended right now as well. Back to you, chris. The storm made landfall around 11 15 in North Carolina. This is what the surf looked like in Kill Devil Hills which is on the outer banks as the storm approached. The storm churning up the surf and sending rain flooding on to boardwalks there. The approaching storm has not kept people off the boardwalks in wildwood but it is making people think twice about going into the surf. There are warning signs, warning people of strong currents. One family said they steered clear of the water because its already looking rough there. That was yesterday afternoon. Just up the coast from wildwood in margate, nbc 10s jesse gary is out there live this morning. Jesse, how are things looking now . You know, chris, it started raining within the past ten minutes and the wind is blowing a little bit here atc the shor. Not too badly but it is blowing. Off in the darkness, just over my right shoulder, you can hear the waves as they are coming ashore, producing the danger of rip currents. Lets take a look at the video. Warnings are up, warning holiday beachgoers that rip currents may be forming, which could pull them under water and out to sea. They want to get the word out early, the danger of rip currents at the holiday weekend. Ill be here at the shore all morning long to update you on conditions. It rains a little bit, then it stops. Well tell you whats happening in the next hour. Live in mr gate, atlantic county, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. 24 hours a day, our nbc 10 first alert weather app, download it for free right now, nbc10. Com to get Severe Weather alerts and interactive radar straight to your smartphone or tablet. It is the fourth of july. We are hours away from all the festivities in philadelphia, the birth place of our great nation. A live look at Independence Mall where later this morning, Vice President joe biden will be attending the celebration of freedom ceremony. It recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act among other tributes, starting at 10 00 a. M. Its an hullive aday party starting at noon with the party on the parkway, a daylong Family Friendly event that offers games, musics, as we take a live look at the ben franklin parkway. The stage is being set up now for a free concert that starts tonight at 7 00. Nicki minaj, ed sheeran, many more joining the roots on stage for a fourth of july jam. A free concert. Thousands will attend. For more on welcome america festivities as well as other fourth of july events in your community, go to the nbc10. Com home page. Today atc the betsy ross house, an Independence Day event will celebrate the citizenship of 13 children who will take the oath of allegiance. These kids are from 12 different countries. This afternoon theyll get their certificates of u. S. Citizenship. Heres a holiday tradition a day early. The boston pops fourth of july concert and fireworks was held last night. The show was moved up a day because of the threat of bad weather from hurricane arthur. A holiday tradition on nbc 10. Tonight macys fourth of july spectacular, celebrating americas birthday with an electrifying starstudded event, starting at 8 00 p. M. On nbc 10. Special delivery. Giving birth on the side of the road isnt exactly unheard of but youre about to meet a woman who took things one step further. And arthurs assault is under way. We head live to the outer banks of North Carolina. The storm is still passing through the area now. The first hurricane of the season has arrived there. Youre taking a live look at the flags on top the aramark building. Breezy conditions, gusty winds as we head into the rest of the afternoon. That will be accompanied with rain this morning, all due to the impacts of hurricane arthur. Im tracking what you need to know, all coming up in your full forecast. 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The fireworks forecast looks nice throughout our entire area. A closer look that is in effect for our entire area. It goes until 4 00, especially through the central and southern parts of delaware, right along the shore into parts of cape may county. Hurricane arthur, you can see it spinning here just over Kill Devil Hill and that is in North Carolina. Its going to continue to track to the northeast with sustained winds again at 100 Miles Per Hour. Its tracking to the northeast at 22 Miles Per Hour. You can start to see thec thunderstorm activity here. So there is a tornado watch in effect for parts of northern carolina, stretching into parts of virginia as well. A closer look at the rain that were already dealing with and thats mainly confined to allentown, parts of reading. Also Lancaster County, stretching into the poconos. Were starting to see a little bit more rainfall moving into parts of the suburbs to the north and west of philadelphia. As we head into the rest of tonight or today i should say, we will continue with the rainfall. Heres a closer look at our future weather model. It shows hurricane arthur will stay well offshore. But what well see as we head into the Morning Hours by 6 00 a. M. , well start to see some of the heavier rainfall pushing into parts of dover and also the southern parts of delaware. As we continue the model here, even at 9 00 a. M. , were dealing with more of a moderate to heavy rainfall that will stretch into philadelphia and stay right along the shore. It will continue lugging the shore at least until 11 00 p. M. And lingering showers are expected closer to 1 00, 2 00, 3 00 before we start to see more clearing. The clouds will also clear up. As we head into the rest of the later evening hours and for tonight well see a very nice forecast for your fireworks. Right now, temperatures at 63 degrees in the poconos, 71 in trenton. Dangerous rip currents are in effect. We have a High Surf Advisory if youre heading down the shore. Be careful. That will last for the entire weekend. Temperatures at 84, bought full on sunday at 78. Your sevenday forecast shows 82 degrees for us today. Take a look at the weekend. So nice on saturday and sunday. 84 degrees for saturday, 87 on sunday. By next week we track the return of more storms. Maybe youre still planning to drive over to the shore later this morning for a look at the fireworks and other action. Nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has a look at the roads. This should be a good time to travel if youre going to. It is a good time. Were not reporting any accidents. Some roads are wet in the area. Keep that in mind. We are dealing with septa problem thats residual from last night. The airport line suspended service right now. Shuttle bus service is in effect between 30th street and the airport. Newark wilmington has suspended service as well due to amtrak problems. c septa will be operating on a sunday schedule as typical for every holiday. Patco trains operating every 20 minutes. New Jersey Transit operating on a sunday schedule. D. A. R. T. Is not operating with the exception of resort transit routes 201 to 208 and route 305 beach connections. Thats the overview for your day planner today as far as mass transit goes. We have wet roads out there, especially in the lehigh valley, this is route 22 at airport road. Youll notice in these shots, things are clear right now. 676, the vine street expressway near 8th street in Center City Philadelphia, that is clear the entire length of the way right now. Chris . Arthur has arrived. The storm is larning the North Carolina coast lien right now after making landfall there late last night. Up next we go to the coast in North Carolina for a live look at the firsthand effects of the seasons first hurricane. And a strange weatherrelated sight. Well show you that, too. A weather phenomenon you dont see every day. Stay tuned for that. Im first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. Youre taking a live look at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina where you can see the rough surf due to hurricane arthur, now a category 2 hurricane. It already made landfall with sustained winds at 100 Miles Per Hour. There you can see it. It is moving to the northeast at 22 Miles Per Hour. It is going to stay well offshore of our area. It is going to produce rainfall for us throughout the morning. Ill let you know when it will clear up and your fireworks forecast coming up. Chris . New from overnight, a shooting in newtonville, atlantic county, new Jersey State Police are telling us that a man was shot several times here. This happened around midnight at a home on ninth street in jackson. Were still working to find out the victims condition and whether police have determined a motive for the shooting. Investigators are waiting on autopsy results on a body that was pulled out of the water near ocean city yesterday. Police believe its the remans of 14yearold Corey Hammond who disappeared sunday night. The team was swimming with a group of friends when he was pulled under by a rip current and swept out to sea. A mother and daughter issued in this weeks food truck explosion are still inc critic condition. Olga and her daughter were working in that truck in feltonville when it exploded on tuesday. A leaking propane tank touched off this blast, investigators say. 11 other people were hurt. One person is dead in texas this morning, three injured after a firngs explosion. It happened as crews were setting a fourth of July Fireworks display yesterday near a high school field. A trailer loaded with fireworks exploded. Its still unclear what triggered the blast. Federal and state officials are investigating. Authorities in virginia are tightening security around the suspect in the deadly benghazi attacks. Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khattala is being held in a Detention Center just outside washington. En creased security is in place there. Khattala is charged in connection with the 2012 deaths of u. S. Ambassador Chris Stephens and three other americans. In new orleans, the person of interest in sundays deadly shooting on bourbon street is out of jail. Justin odom was picked up on unrelated charges. He was questioned about the shooting but he was released because of jail overcrowding. Ten people were hit by the gunfire in the shootout that started with an argument between two men. One person was killed. A 21yearold woman. This weekend, governor bobby jindal ordered 50 state troopers to new orleans to help with Public Safety there. Check out this dust storm out west. This is something near phoenix. The storm swept through the central part of arizona, leading to a lot of canceled flights and dangerous driving conditions. They are celebrating there today, though, because theres a chance of rain in the forecast. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. Thats right. I came here from phoenix. Thats a familiar scene for me. A closer look at what were dealing with, a lot different than the dust storms. Were dealing with the impact of hurricane arthur. It will be a stormy start to your morning, a few isolated thunderstorms expected. Definitely by the evening were in the clear. Hurricane arthur is a category 2 hurricane and a closer look at heres a closer look at where the system is with sustained winds at 100 Miles Per Hour. Its moving to the northeast at 21 Miles Per Hour it is going to stay far offshore. We are going to see rainfall associated with that system. You can already see some of the thunderstorm activity and some of the rain bands are just to the south of southern delaware right now. So well continue to see rainfall moving into our area as we head into the rest of today. Heres a closer look right now at the rainfall that were already dealing with. This is stretching from allentown into parts of reading, Lancaster County and also into the poconos. As we head into the next few hours, well start to see the system get a little bit closer to us. It will stay well offshore. Well start to see more rainfall moving into the shore area. So by 6 00 a. M. , well start to notice some of the heavier rainfall moving just to the south of dover. Well still be dealing with the rain here in the poconos, stretching down into allentown and reading. As we progress throughout the morning by 9 00 a. M. , we start to see more rain moving into parts of philadelphia and right along the shore. Well continue with the heaviest rainfall closer to the shore, heading into your late Morning Hours. By 11 00 a. M. , still dealing with the rainfall. Same thing closer to 12 00, 1 00, 2 00, then well start to see all the cloudiness and rain pushing offshore. By 4 00 p. M. , well see more clearing. As we head into your evening hours, closer to 8 30, as the sunsets, closer to 10 30 for the fireworks, nicer conditions throughout the city. 72 in wildwood with a Flash Flood Watch that is going to stay in effect at least until 4 00 for a lot of our locations to the south and east of the city. Nbc 10 National CorrespondentChris Pallone is live in Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina with a look at the conditions there. Chris . Yes, hey, brittney, it has been a wet and windy night on the banks of North Carolina as arthur packed a punch before racing out to sea. After days of anticipation, arthur crept ashore under the cover of darkness. The first hurricane of thec season made land near cape lookout, North Carolina, near midnight, packing 100 mileperhour winds, a category 2 storm, right in the middle of the fourth of july holiday weekend, usually a time for big business at North Carolinas beaches. The states governor urging those who did not evacuate to stay safe. We really dont know how extensive the damage might be until midmortgage or later based upon what the conditions might be. Reporter some parts of the outer banks were put under mandatory evacuation but most areas made leaving remain voluntarily. First responders tried again to get people to leave. At least 11 counties had declared states of emergency as arthur bore down, more than a dozen shelters opened across the state. But it appeared many wanted to stay right where they were, rolling the dice that arthur would be a minor inconvenience. Were going to stick it out. We have a brick structure. I have my kids. Were fine. Reporter good bet or bad bet . We find out soon as arthur heads out to sea. Because arthur is hitting thats the biggest gust weve had in quite a while. Because arthur is hitting during the lucrative fourth of july weekend, Business Owners are anxious to get tourists back to the beach as soon as possible. North carolinas governor says he has teams in place throughout the area, to go out, assess the damage and fix whatever needs fixing to get those tours back as soon as the storm blows through. Live in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Chris Pallone, nbc 10 news. Jillian mele is here with a look at the garden state parkway. If youre making an early getaway to the shore, its a good time. The roads in this area are dry and clear. This is a live look at the garden state parkway just outside of ocean city and sumner point. Right at the toll plaza, not much traffic out there. Same situation if youre heading to the delaware beaches. Route 1 is in the clear. Lehigh valley, roads are wet right now, especially along route 22 and interstate 78. c this is the ben franklin bridge. You can see Center City Philadelphia in the distance. Things are looking pretty good on all of the area breaths. No yeshs to report. Still not reporting any accidents out there. 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike is clear. Our issue right now comes to mass transit. Septa airport line suspended service and septa wilmington newark line suspended service due to amtrak problems that happened yesterday evening. Shuttle bus service is operating right now between 30th street and the Philadelphia International airport. Chris . Up next, two deliveries, one involving a newborn who aarrirr in quite a unique way. That story straight ahead. And a postal worker with a unique approach to making his deliveries. Those stories and more ahead on nbc 10 news today. A Lehigh County man will spend the next 17 years in prison. He pleaded guilty earlier this month to eluding police. A Camden Police officer was injured during that chase in march of last year. It all started in camden and ended in philadelphia. In court, he apologized to that officer who can no longer serve on the force because of his injuries. His girlfriend, sykes, was also involved in the pursuit. Investigators say it was fueled by the couples heroin addiction. Shes awaiting trial in new jersey. The owner of this Clothing Store that burned to the ground in old city back in april is back in business. The suit corner opened in a new spot yesterday not far from where it stood for 50 years, nbc 10 at 6th and market streets as Gary Ginsberg opened his new store, now called the shirt and suit corner. All my customers and all my help wanted to get back into business as fast as we can. We got the closest location to 3rd and market which is 6th and market. We have our red, white and blue building back. Those are the famous colors that made the business an iconic landmark in old city for decades. People in california who were evacuated because of a wildfire are back in their homes this morning. Flames threatened more than 200 houses near julian in san diego county. c firefighters fought the 150acre fire from the air and ground. Two homes were destroyed. Its not clear yet what started the fire. In alabama, a postal worker resigned after this video appears to show him throwing packages into a ravine in birmingham. The video was posted on youtube. Its been making its rounds online. The man is now out of a job but its not clear if hes facing any criminal charges. Well, an illinois family has quite a story to tell. Mom delivered her own baby in a car while speeding down the highway while her husband was braving. They were on their way to the hospital. The baby wouldnt wait. The family was almost to their exit when little tobias decided to make his appearance. I waited for the next contraction and then pushed him out, pulled him on to my chest and my husband was on the phone with 911 actually. They said do you have something to wrap him in . We found something to wrap him in and wrapped him up. We pulled up to the emergency room, i got out of the car and i went in there and everyone else came out. Mom, dad and baby are all doing fine. Mom says she was calm through the whole process because shes studying to be a nurse. Sounds like shell be a good one. Everything is set for the annual fourth of july hot dog eating contest at coney island, new york. The contestants had their official weighins yesterday. Those weights will change a lot after today. Former champ Joey Chestnut going for his eighth straight title. On the womens side, sonya thomas, known as the black widow, trying to beat her record of 45 hot dogs. Thats always disturbingly interestingly when watching those things. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 starts right now with the latest on arthur. Nbc 10 news starts now. Hurricane arthur made landfall in North Carolina late last night. The storm bringing rain to our area later this morning. Actually some rain in ourc are right now. This is a look where hurricane arthur is currently positioned as it continues to rake the outer banks of North Carolina, tracking up the east coast. A live look at cape may where some rain is falling. You can see the dampened streets there. You can expect rough seas up and down the jersey coast, also the delaware beaches for the most part of the weekend. Rough seas out there. Welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im chris cato. Of course Everyone Wants to know, its fourth of july, Everyone Wants to know how the rain will affect their plans, barbecues, fireworks. Lets get to meteorologist brittney shipp. People want to know when we can get the party started. This is what were going to see. Overcast skies for parts of philadelphia. If youre closer to the suburbs with, even the in lehigh valley, the rain is coming down. The rain hasnt started for philadelphia yet. But heres a look at the radar shot. Its pushing through parts of allentown, stretching into parts of the poconos. Theres hurricane arthur, category 2. It is going to shift off to the northeast. As we head into the rest of today, we are going to continue to see rainfall throughout your Morning Hours. Clearing by the time we head into the afternoon and by the time the fireworks starts, well see clearing and breezy conditions. Rain and windy conditions by 1 00 p. M. , clearing as we head into the afternoon, by 5 00 p. M. , the sun will come out and by 9 00 p. M. , 71 des