Were coming and plucked from louisiana submerged under flood waters from heavy rains that began late last week. Roadways littered with cars abandoned after passengers had to evacuate. Thousands of people rescuev the rising waters the neighbors started knocking i started hearing all kinds of noise so i walked outside i saw water coming up the street they were trapped in cars. Oh my god im drowning were coming. Were coming and plucked from rooftops of homes it may be some time before the floodwater levels will dissipate. I want to stress the fact that this is still a significant flood event so nothing has changed from that. And youre in a safe location, that is the best place you should be right now. Stay in that location. Louisiana governor edwards issuing a state of emergency and receiving federal assistance promises from president obama. This an ongoing event, we still have hundreds of road closures around south louisiana. Roads that had been open are now impassable. Butt to im asking
Temps will continue to climb with a high of 105 tuesday. On wednesday the winds will start to pick up ahead of our next pacific system. Well be breezy wednesday afternoon with a high of 104, then windy on thursday as the friday. On saturday the winds will right now. Henderson police are investigating a deadly crash near warm springs and eastgate. 13 action news fast and first police say a car and a moped crashed around nine. The moped driver died on scene. Warm springs at boulder highway and warm springs at eastgate were closed but now back open. New from overnight a tipped semi near the 95 and cheyenne is finally towed away on the left of your screen was the scene around seven last night when the semi was first spotted. Towed it away. It spent more than seven hours there its not clear what caused the semi to overturn or whether anyone was hurt. Right now a quiet henderson neighborhood is waking up on edge. After a man is shot and killed. We brought this first to here on good morning l
Along our coastline. As you know, all the tropical activity is creating a dangerous rip current risk right here at the jersey shore, and at the delaware beaches as well. Poses a hazard to swimmers. We have Live Team Coverage at the ocean and in our First Alert Weather Center. We begin with Ted Greenberg live in ship bottom this afternoon. Ted . Reporter well, jim, lifeguards tell me the surf isnt quite as rough today. But the risk of those dangerous rip currents is actually higher. On this red flag beach day in harvey seed ars, Carol Mckinney felt the force. Pretty strong. Reporter people here and in other jersey shore communities found swimming restrictions today. No boogie boards and lifeguards kept folks from going in past their knees because of dangerous rip currents fueled by conflicting waves and wind. When these two elements collide, the surf coming from the east and the wind coming from the southeast makes rip currents happen a lot easier than they normally would. Our kids are
Hillary clinton was also rallying support in philadelphia today, pennsylvania is the new battle ground, in the latest race for president. Wednesday night, jims off, ims rick williams. The big story on action news is democratic dual as they both hope to return to philadelphia at the convention this summer as nominee. A action News Reporter dann cuellar is live at temple universitys Liacouras Center tonight the where Bernie Sanders just addressed thousands of supporters, dann . Reporter rick, Bernie Sanders electrified a crowd of over 11,000, who stood in line for hours, outside, waiting to get in. He also spoke with us on a one on one interview about the campaign and his chances of beating Hillary Clinton which pundits say his chances are slim despite recent string of victories. Thank you, philadelphia. Reporter it was a standing only crowd at Liacouras Center to sianni hear Bernie Sanders but lines outside stretched almost a mile, several blocks long and number of people wide after win
Around this morning, there are showers out to the west. They have moved out to pennsylvania. By the end of the rush hour and in the western suburbs youll see the first rain drops. We have windy gusts in south jersey and delaware, windy gusts could go up to 45 Miles Per Hour and 30 through the rest of the region. It will be windy and on the mild side right now. 56 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in wilmington. 55 in millville. We have slipped into the upper 40s in allentown. So mild this morning, but windy and cloudy and the rain on the way. On the bus stop we help it will stay dry in knows neighborhoods. 56 by 8 00 a. M. A sweatshirt or jacket important though, because it is breezy out there. The kids might want to have rain gear handy on the way home just in case. 57 degrees by 9 00 a. M. Rain starts to move into the west by then. Looks like the morning and afternoon will be wet with periods of rain, some of it steady at times, maybe a thunderstorm mixed in. 60 degrees by 1 00. 3 00 p. M.