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WPVI Action News Weekend 9AM August 26, 2017

Abcs Natasha Barrett with the latest on the instant systemg us up to speed. Reporter as the sun comes up, it looks peaceful, but i have to tell you in the last hour or so, strong winds and there are strong winds now, rain, thunder and lighten and possible tornado touch downed southwest of houston. Now more than a Million People are waiting to see what Hurricane Harvey has planned. Hurricane harvey roaring on to the gulf coast. The best way i can describe it is a continue can being kicked down the road. Reporter the strongest in the u. S. In more than decade. This is not anything thats going to be are a quick one and done. Were not measuring inches in rain were measuring in feet of rain. Reporter residents of texas, mississippi and louisiana getting hit the hardest. Rockport texas right in its path. Merge crew are having difficulty responding to the damage. We have not been able to get out and see whats happening, but its not looking good. Reporter the mayor advised people to write their names and associate security numbers on on their arms with a sharpy. Theres a constant howl you hear the wind, but not the rain, even though the rain is going on. The wind is going, you can hear the boards on the house shaking. Reporter winds so fierce they rated the Ceiling Tiles at our affiliate in texas, a tree branch fell through a home. The governor pleading with residents who didnt evacuate to have a plan. They need to prepared to be without power and inadequate access to food and supplies for a couple of days. Reporter lets talk about the damage. We heard of the possible tornadoes i mentioned before touching down southwest of here in missouri city. We heard a roof collapsed on a family, were not sure about the injuries yet. Threeish hours from here, south of here in rockport another roof collapsed on a Senior Living center. There are injuries there, emergency officials are taking the seniors and transporting them to a county jail so they can get them medical attention they need. Tornado watch in effect for texas and louisiana well into tomorrow. You can see the wind is picking up. Far from over, Hurricane Harvey although it is a category one has a lot in store for houston. Reporting live from houston, in Natasha Barrett. Our thoughts and prayers to the folks of texas. Our complete coverage of Hurricane Harvey continues with meteorologist chris sowers at the action news big board bring us up to date. Reporter as natasha mentioned the wind elements are starting to weaken. The rain is Getting Started reports of 16 inches in areas north of victoria. This is an infared satellite shot youre looking at the cloud tops of harvey. The storm came onshore moved in like this it is slowly pushing over to the north. You can see how the eye is inching closed that is a good sign that would indicate that the storm has started to weaken. The winds blow counter clockwise around the low. You have onshore winds here and offshore winds south of Corpus Christi. The flooding was tremendous across the Barrier Islands north of where the storm made landfall. Storm tracker 6 live i zoomed into the area, heres the center right here. What youre seeing around it, thats the eye wall thats where were seeing the oranges and reds. Rainfall rates 2 to 4 inches around the eye. Were seeing winds sustained up to 80 Miles Per Hour. Weve turned the buoy on and right now this particular buoy is seeing sustained winds up to 50 Miles Per Hour thats 06 Miles Per Hour southeast of vick store i victoria. Rainfall rates 2 to 4 inches per hour. We have an automated rain gauge, 6. 74. Houston, the official number 6. 86. The southwestern suburbs have seen more of that, clover field closing in on five inches of rain. In the next five days, the storm is meandering about, victoria can expect 28. 62 inches with this model. Ill be back in just a few minutes and have more on harvey and our beautiful weather with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast in ten minutes. Look forward to the updates. 9 06 a. M. , while Hurricane Harvey wont impact the east coast, it could make a difference for those with travel plans. Jeff chirico spoke with passengers at Philadelphia International airport who flew out of texas just in time. I feel lucky to be getting out of there just in time. Reporter university of pennsylvania student jennifer lee is counting her blessings she is one of those who got a final flight out of houston while her family rides out a catastrophic storm. Everybody is concerned about whats going to happen during the storm, the level of flooding and whats going to happen afterwards. Reporter as flights arrived from houston, passengers express uncertainty about what they will see when they return. We live north of the city, our home is fine. People in the city and in the apartments on the streets they are not going to be in good shape if the storm stays. Reporter the boards dont show it, but airlines grounded 200 weekend flights across the country waiving rebooking fees as many scramble to get out. My flight was full and they wanted people in new orleans to stay back. Reporter marty cut short his trip in san antonio he will see the storm from afar remaining optimistic. I think they will be okay. Reporter Major Airlines are offering travel vouchers so travelers can rebook flights for no extra charming. If you have a flight which he scheduled for this weekend, check the website for the flight status before you head to the airport. Jeff chirico channel 6 action news. Well continue to follow Hurricane Harvey and the aftermath at 6abc. Com and 6abc and our website is streaming live coverage from our sister station in houston and all weekend long. A safe was stolen and family tied up during a Home Invasion in southwest philadelphia. Four masked men entered the home on the two thousand brock block of south 64th street. They tied up a family owe tied up a family of four and took the safe. A man was shot in the stomach at 2 30 a. M. Police found a ski mask in the shooting victims car. He was taken to penn Presbyterian Hospital where he underwent surgery. Active duty transgender troop say a policy change that puts them at risk for being removed but bars transgender people enlisting in the military is a step back for civil rights. President trump extended ban on trarns transgendered people from entering the military. Transgender people have been allowed to serve in the military since june 2016. President trump announced he plans to end the policy. In another controversial move trump has issued a pardon for former arizona sheriff, joe arpaio found guilty on charges for refusing to stop i am prisoning i will imprisoning illegal immigrants. John mccain said the pardon undermines president trumps claim for the respect of rule of law. Another shakeup at the white house as Sebastian Gorka resign. He took a hard line view on immigration and terrorism that led to discord inside and outside the white house. He operated outside of the National Security council and his exact responsibilities were not clearly outlined. 9 10 a. M. , much more to come on action news, were learning more about the three Ballistic Missiles north korea launched early this morning. Details on why a man was arrested outside of Buckingham Palace. Reporter not too bad for the dog days of august, were forecasting a high today in the 70s. Tomorrow in the 70s. As a matter of fact almost the entire seven day is in the 70s, ill have the latest in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast and the latest on harvey when we come right back. Protip. Get these great smoked ribs. Twenty minutes on the grill, theyre done. You think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours . What . The best food at amazing prices, giant. Welcome back saturday morning, 9 13 a. M. , taking a live look at galveston, texas, Hurricane Harvey has caused dangerous conditions along the water. It is again raining. Strong winds and choppy waters, Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a category four and expected to cause more problems in the coming days even though it is a category one. What is the problem here, chris, its not going to be the winds its going to be the rain . Reporter the initial wind problem is gone. Its weakening into a smaller storm in terms of wind speeds, but rainfall totals because theres nothing to push the storm on its way its going to rain and rain, rainfall totals could exceed 40 inches in someplaces in southeastern texas. For us, its quiet, sky6 live hd in the delaware and lehigh valleys. This is the view looking at the Commodore Barry bridge. Its quiet theres not much to talk about, High Pressure in control. Its noctd the humidity well out its knocked the humidity well out to sea. It will keep temperatures in the 70s. Getting back to harvey, these are the cloud toptops exceeding 50 feet. You can see from houston to Corpus Christi a tremendous amount of rain falling underneath these clouds. The latest stats it is down to 08 Miles Per Hour. Its a monday mum category one storm. Really the 80mile an hour winds are only wrapped around the center of the storm around the eye wall. Everything else were seeing Tropical Storm force winds. The pressure is 978 millibars that continues to rise another sign of weakening. Its moving to the north northwest at 6 Miles Per Hour. Its crawling to the north northwest. Maximum gusts 100 to 120mile an hour range. On the scale its a minimum category one. Were at 80 its slightly holding on to a hurricane force. It may landfall at 130 Miles Per Hour with gusts up to 140. It was a monster storm when it made landfall. Another view on Storm Tracker 6 live heres the rio grande, mexico, South Padre Island to the south. Corpus christi pushing inland along southeastern texas lake charles youre seeing the outer edges, the feeder bands working inland from this massive storm. Spay plots each line represents an individual forecast model. What we like to see is all the lines coming together because that would show agreement amongst the modeling it looks like a plate of spaghetti, the lines are everywhere, thus the name. This shows me the modeling does not have a good indication where the storm will go over the next 3 to 5 days. This would be a nightmare scenario if the water goes back into the gulf. The idea that this storm could sit and spin could lead to cat strorveg flooding. This is cat strorveg flooding. This is wording they used with katrina. Home and wall and roof structure failure, uninhabitable for weeks or months because of how bad the storm is expected to be. A big, big mess across southeastern texas. Fortunately for us, temperatures are in the 60s. No humidity, no cloud cover out there, as High Pressure moves in. That will keep things night and quiet over the next several days. Forecasted highs today not looking like the dog days of august, 79 in philadelphia. 76 in allentown. Cape may on the boards in atlantic city, 77. Just a low risk for rip currents, sunny, nice and comfortable, ocean city, 77. Cape may, same number, delaware beaches close to 80. The exclusive accuweather forecast, not too bad for the end of august, sunny skies, 79. Un sunny tomorrow, 79 and monday, increasing clouds and 77. This is good old biscuit soaks into the tub while taking a bath. It is unclear if the temperature of the water was wrong or if it was the bubbleles on her head that make her unimpressed with the event. One thing is for sure, biscuit hates taking baths. Thats torn torture for biscuit. Bring your appetite to the Franklin Square food fest truck. There will be live music and games and a whole lot more from noon until 5 00 p. M. Well see you after the break. So glad you stayed with us, less than one week after u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson praised north korea for showing restraint in its weapons program. They launched three short ranged Ballistic Missiles that flew 155 miles and the second Missile Launch appears to have blown up immediately. North korea says it has the ability to send missiles to the u. S. Mainland, u. S. Defense leaders said the short range missiles did not pose a threat to north america or guam. Venezuelas government has created a truth election the president plans to prosecutor opponents who violate International Legality and ratify imperial path of aggression. He is urging all Companies Buying Venezuela Oil to search for a solution. A man was stopped by officers outside Buckingham Palace because he had a knife. The officer detained the man and two officers had minor injuries to the their arms. The queen was not at the palace when the incident happened. Still ahead on action news this morning, philadelphia seoul is looking to reclaim their title. Hear what the team says about tonights big game next in sports. Today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. So at citizens bank, weve created banking tools that fit how youre living today. From advanced atms. To online banking. To our Award Winning mobile app. And if you prefer facetoface, we have that too. 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Phillies win 71. Heres hoskins. You get into the zones you know, you cant explain it, theres just a lot of bliss, no thinking about it, its just one of those things, im not missing. Reporter so nonchalant about it. Eagles have been thinking chemistry they had some thursday night against the dolphins. Carson wentz threw a 50yard bomb to tory smith his first catch of the preseason. Later he found alshawn jeffrey 15yard td pass. Players want more consistency. Things were not where they need to be. There are some good things, well have long conversations about, we made it through and healthy for the most part and dial in on the redskins for the next couple of weeks. Philadelphia seoul on the brink of backtoback championships. Yesterday was arena bowl 30. The soul host the storm tonight at the wells fargo center. Ron jaworski is just as pumped ass players are. We expect to win. Were trying to to go 10. Its been a wonderful run weve had and our fans are a big part of that. Its wonder wonderful to get it done. You can see arena ball 30 on 6abc. The soul and storm meet at p. M. Its the night of the big fight. Floyd mayweather junior and Connor Mcgregor made weight its the undefeated boxer against the mma fighter. Trash talking during the weigh in. Thats a look at sports, im ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. He was up in his face. 9 29 your time. How noon or soon to be parents can budget for child care without breaking the bank thats ahead on whats the deal. Reporter a long suffering eagles fan makes a final request in his obituary, im Nora Muchanic in Port Republic coming up what he asked for and why. Youll get another check of the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast with meteorologist chris sowers when action news saturday at 9 00 a. M. Continues. Protip for making ribs dont go it alone. Get these great smoked ribs. Thanks. Sure. Twenty minutes on the grill. And theyre done. You think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours . What . What . Summer made easy at amazing prices. Only at giant. Action news, saturday at 9 00 we follow Hurricane Harvey as it pummels the texas coast dropping several inch of rain in just a matter of hours. Hurricane harvey may cause gas prices to increase nationwide well explain. Plus, how people in the area are helping those in the direct path of the storm. Our coverage against with meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast. Reporter good morning to you, christie, the worse is yet to come, even though the strongest winds are beginning to diminish, now the heavy rain pounds eastern texas. Hurricane harvey was the first category hurricane to hit the United States since charlie in 2004. Him it was the first category storm to hit texas since carla in 1961. It came onshore 11 00 p. M. Maximum sustained winds 130 Miles Per Hour. Gusts 140 Miles Per Hour. Came onshore four miles east of rockport in southeastern t

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