couple of days. if you get caught, do not swim against it. swim parallel to the coastline. that s your best chance to get out of it and look for some fauci water, any signs that a rip current could be out there. northeast itself, yes, the system will be south of us, but we ll still be talking about the threat for heavy rain in combination with that cold front. a lot to be talking about. we ll be feeling the effects of that soon enough. indra, thanks so much. also this story. two people remain in critical condition this morning after a food truck simply exploded on the streets of philadelphia. just take one look at the dramatic surveillance video. see that? and you ll be amazed that only 12 people suffered injuries because of this. authorities say that the blast was the result of a propane leak. miguel marquez has more. amazing to look at the video. all go to the food trucks, so populace as of late with fancy food being served as these things, and what s incredible about looking a
well, eventually waps is that builds up and it has to go back. we ll break through these sandbars. as earl comes in and churns up that water and that sand, more sandbars are developed. so it will break on through there. it s a fast channel of water. not very wide, only 20 to 100 feet or so. it moves so fast that even an olympic swimmer would have a hard time outswimming this thing. what do you do if you get caught in one of these things? swim parallel to the shoreline because that will get you out of that narrow current into the calmer waters and hopefully you can make your way back towards the coast. they had several rescues today. these are pictures from ocean city, maryland. last weekend, they had 200 rescues. today, just a couple. but look at those crashes waves. but the sun is shining so it looks great. the lifeguards out in full force. those red flags have been flying. sometimes you guy cans see these rip currents ahead of time if you maybe go to the hotel or the condo that you r
and what happens is that as those waves head up to the coast it collects and builds up here to the surface. well, eventually what happens is that builds up and it has to go back, doesn t it? well, it will break through the sandbars. as earl comes in and churns up that water and that sand, more sandbars are developed and so it will break on through there. only 20 to 100 feet or so and it moves so fast even an olympic swimmer would have a hard time outswimming this thing. what do you do if you get caught in one? swim parallel to the shore line. hopefully you can make your way become to the coast. they did have several rescues tod today. some pictures from ocean city, maryland. last weekend they had 27 rescues. today just a couple. look at those crashing waves. yeah, the sun is shining so it looks great. the lifeguards out in full force. those red flags have been
once everything blows over, they say they re hoping to have everything set up and ready to go for a beautiful beach day on saturday. i think people are out of luck today, though, ali. you know how crowded those roads get if you re going from d.c. and maryland to ocean city. it s probably going to be even worse on saturday morning if everyone s holding off. at least they can salvage what s left of the labor day weekend. brianna, thanks. reporter: and tonight. exactly. i love big waves, but you shouldn t go into the ocean when there s a hurricane because rip currents. rip currents. they ll grab you and take you down. you can t see them because you re under water. you find yourself getting dragged, and you don t know what to do. there are ways to get out of it. swim parallel. i don t know if i d be thinking about that. swim parallel to the shore and try to stay calm. people panic. you shouldn t be near it. don t risk the rip currents. up next, the president sig