Overnight construction. The good news at this hour its in the process of clearing. Everything reopened along 95 northbound between Bridge Street and the cottman avenue interchange. Were getting reports of a crash right behind the Barnes Foundation at 20th and callowhill much thats a good intersection to avoid at this point and not so far away dont forget that theyre in from the ramp from Spring Garden street to the westbound schuylkill is closed for about the next week. That of course because of construction but all the overnight work on 76, the schuylkill expressway has cleared out. Erin is going to tell us more about this awful accident in northeast philadelphia involving a person that was struck by a train. Medical chopper was on the scene and early this morning grant avenue and welsh road are closed basically between krewstown road and bustleton avenue. If i were you i would stay on 63 red lion road to get around that. Also a crash by the Montgomery Church of pennsylvania along mor
Dont you cant hunt these things or pose for pictures with them. You know, i remember years ago not anything that i would do, but i would hear people saying they were going hunting. It was a sport, it was the thing to do. I hope you walked out of the room. You know im not one of those people. I think now, obviously, its a different time. Bad news and good news. Number one, pulled over and given a ticket you . However, i have proof i am innocent. I am lawyered up. [laughter] i cant get into the details but, apparently, officially i was charged with talking on a cell phone while driving in a motor vehicle. Theres another part of this story that i will come up with and present to court. [laughter] whens the last time that happened to you . About a month ago. My son ran to get in an ice cream cone, and i was sitting in a handicapped spot, but i was sitting in the car. I wasnt parked, car was running, and the Police Officer just gave me a ticket. Call. He gave you a ticket for what . 250 ice
Chaser, talked to him a second ago, he was on the causeway in the florida keys, said those were the heaviest winds hes ever dealt with in his line of work. Right now, irma is right on top of the florida keys. The eye reaching there in the last hour. Sustained max winds remain at 130 Miles Per Hour, making it a major category four storm. In addition to wind and rain, storm surge is another major problem with this one. It could be as high as 15 feet in some places. The storm has lead to the largest evacuation in florida history, more than 6 Million People there. Hundreds of,0 hundreds of thousands told to evacuate in georgia. In florida city, south of miami, migel almaguer is there. Good morning again to you. Reporter good morning. It is really coming down. These are conditions that worry First Responders. Theyre not going on the road any longer. Saw a fire truck coming down the road a short time ago. Want to show you what it looks like. All the palm trees are bending sideways. As i send
2017. And we want to welcome you back to this special edition of today on sunday morning. I am matt lauer with savannah guthrie, as you just heard, lester and al are in tampa, florida, going to check with them in a moment. Lets get the latest on the storm. Heres where things stand. It is a powerful category four hurricane and it is slamming southern florida at this hour, with in some cases 130 Miles Per Hour winds. As you might expect, Power Outages are really widespread, hundreds of thousands of people are without power and we are hearing about more of those with each passing hour. Thats right. In all, more than 7 Million People have been evacuated in florida and also in georgia. More than 400 shelters are now open. Talking to dave price and the latest forecast or update on the storm, Hurricane Force winds up to 80 miles. Tropical Storm Force Winds up to 220 miles outside the eye of that storm. Thats a big area. It is a big piece of business thats going to touch every single piece of
That could potentially have some hail in it as it moves on off to the east at about 45 Miles Per Hour. But as we move toward the Lehigh Valley, into sections of Northampton County looking at some downpours, also, into sections of the pocono mountains just be mindful of that for this evening. Look at what it actually feels like right now. Feels like 99 degrees currently in dover when you factor in that humidity. It feels like 95 degrees in philadelphia. And if youre looking for some relief, head down the shore where it doesnt feel quiet as hot. Winds pretty breezy right now sustained from ten to 23 Miles Per Hour in dover. 20 Miles Per Hour wind gusts right now in philadelphia. Now, for tomorrow, parts of the area under that slight risk for some Severe Weather. Mainly damaging winds and potential hail for the Lehigh Valley and the poconos. So well take you hour by hour for tomorrow morning. 7 00 a. M. 77 degrees. Heating up rapidly by noon tomorrow 83 degrees. Scattered downpours likely