For post storm rescue missions and lay the ground work for the long term recovery effort. The fema organization will do quick assess many try to find out where the most damaged areas are so we can get the teams out in the street and do much good quickly. Time zest essence. Reporter millions of residents here continue riding out the storm, many others headed for the mainland. They say they didnt want to leave their homes but they are putting safety first. It was just time for to us get off. We didnt stay for maria. Disastrous situation for the island. It will destroy some homes. Reporter right now the destructive winds are causin the most damage but in the followup to this storm there could be major flooding, storm surge of 9 feet and potentially deadly mudslides. In san juan, puerto rico, steve harrigan, fox news. And so here at home philadelphia sizeable Puerto Rico Community is watch and waiting for word from familiar and friends on that battered island. The fair hill section of cour
Tam is off, erin ohearn joins us. Dave is off. Lets go to meteorologist karen rogers and matt pelman. We can see that the clouds have moved in and one thing that were watch sag little bit of precipitation that has moved in through western and central parts of pennsylvania and you can see the area of blue. Theres some concern out to the west that thats freezing on contact. That could be affecting parts of areas id say i 81 and north. Well be watching that for later on this morning, late this morning. Otherwise the rest of us are dry with a chance for a shower later on. Lets look at these temperatures. 25 degrees right now in philadelphia, its 17 in allentown, 37 degrees in millville, 21 degrees right now in wilmington. Temperatures in most of the region below freezing so you need to be care f we had a lot of melting yesterday with a high of 40 and once again we have the refreeze we have been warning about in most areas. In south jersey its above freezing so use caution on the sidewalks,
Moment and businesses will be keenly watching to see what the chancellor has to say today. A damning review into three medical treatments for women in england says that many lives have been ruined because safety concerns werent listened to, and often dismissed as womens problems. The return of test cricket. No crowds, but no excuses from captain ben stokes who calls englands match with west indies today a massive occasion. And ive been chatting toJimmy Anderson about returning to the game for the first time this summer, and how theyre honouring nhs workers. Good morning. Today weve got a north south split with the weather. North is looking at by spells, sunshine and showers, in the south, and wet. I will have all the details at 6 27am. Its wednesday, 8thjuly. Our top story the chancellor is set to announce a £2 billion fund to create more jobs for young people, as part of plans to boost the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Rishi sunak is also expected to confirm a temp