We just couldnt risk it. We couldnt risk the flooding having to swim out there with this many kids. We didnt want to be flat o out. We just want to be safe. Take necessary precautions. President trauma many and his entire team have been actively engaged with the state and local officials in texas and louisia louisiana. Major power outage have already been reported in texas. Particularly in the Corpus Christi area. Here at home our local red cross helping those in the path of Hurricane Harvey. The Regional Call Center at 23rd and chestnut handling calls coming in from texas and louisiana. Also, today, two volunteers from philadelphia were dispatched to the storm area. They are in the gulf coast tonight and more may be sent. We anticipate that we will have to stepped more staff and volunteers as harvey make landfall and we can anticipate the impact of it on the affected communities. You can help the American Red Cross in two wages you can donate online or donate by teching 90999. You can also donate blood at local red cross centers. Obviously, Hurricane Harvey is on radar tonight. Of course our weekend forecast meteorologist monica canyann is track it all. Two very different stories. Our forecast looking gorgeous. Texas its devastation. Makes landfall as category four hurricane not only that, but your pressure continues to fall. Earlier just about an hour or two ago our pressure was at 941 millibars now at 938 the lower it drops the more intense this could get. Were not losing power just yet but the forecast does show that it possibly could lose power as we head through tonight and into tomorrow. It will become a category one hurricane and even a tropical storm. Heres where things get uncertain. Were thinking that it is going to loop back around and possibly head towards houston again as a tropical storm. But the cone of unser look how wide it is. Very uncertain. Its not set in stone for that forecast. But what we do know, since this is expected to loop around, its going to bring very very heavy rain. Thats the biggest concern with this. That flooding 25inches or more. Were possibly thinking 3 feet in some locations. Thats will horrible flooding. Surge nine to 13 feet. And the wind and severe stayed about the same since earlier. Still thinking wind gusts very high and also severe a tornado or few tornadoes possible. As this continues to make landfall were already seeing tornado warnings popping up. Along with our surge warnings and hurricane warnings. Heres look at your the mat Doppler Radar looking at the big storm through Corpus Christi and houston where were expecting the highest impacts the highest rain and also the highest winds. Back here, quite a different story. The mid Atlantic Region and Delaware Valley quite and we will be for the next few days. Overnight tonight, temperatures dropping into the upper 50s. 59 in millville. Low 60s for those of us in philadelphia. Wildwood coming at about 62. Notice those winds out of the north. So that tomorrow through the afternoon were even expecting some below average temperatures. Weve got plenty of sunshine in the morning hours. By the afternoon maybe a few stray showers possible little bit of cloud cover. But a great forecast for our saturday. A great forecast continuing into or sunday. Down the shore pack a sweatshirt temperatures in the mid 70s with sea breeze. Low to moderate risk isnt all that bad and water temperatures 74 degrees. So water is feeling pretty nice almost the same temperature as the temperatures in the outside but what we have on sunday, 79, sunny. Monday 78 and sunny. 7 by our tuesday. Its really not until wednesday were picking up rain chances, dawn. Thanks monica. Millions of people in texas right now are bracing for the impact of Hurricane Harvey. In fact President Trump has already signed a disaster declaration for texas. The dangerous category four storm has made landfall as weve mentioned Lauren Blanchard in the thick of all and joining us now live from galveston. Lauren. Reporter yeah, hi dawn. That Hurricane Harvey just now making landfall category four hurricane. Authorities calling it live threatening, catastrophic, devastating, and theyre warning people to stay inside or get out if you havent actually now you shouldnt try and leave because you shall hunker down. Authorities sa saying now especially in Hurricane Harvey reached well beyond major hurricane status. I would stress that this is serious storm. Reporter Hurricane Harvey now a monster as seen from spa space. We are predicting an extreme scene. I rent a trailer and im worried about the flooding. Reporter last minute evacuations have been taking place all across the gulf coast. I figure we got the kids. Its not worth the risk. Our weather is 3 miles from the water. A 14foot wall of water will come in. We couldnt risk it. With Hurricane Force winds now moving in beyond the potentially 35 threatening gusts and storm surge it is the possibility of days and days of heavy rain and record flooding causing major concerns. All along the gulf coast from texas to louisiana. Its going to linger for days over tech text. The amount of rainfall is really unprecedented. When youre looking up to 50inches of rain. Reporter officials are warning harvey may leave parts of texas inn inhabitable for weeks or months. It could reemerge over the gulf and reintensify and affect a larger part of the coast. Reporter already at this point we are getting reports of major Power Outages in texas especially down in Corpus Christi area and, dawn, here in galveston, we are under a tornado warning. All right. Lauren blanchard live in galveston, thank you. Well check back with in you little bit. To give you an example of what it looks like in Corpus Christi. This is the scene there. The winds just whipping through there. It is miserable there. Fox news has a correspondent there whos been report its reporting all night and its just tail of two cities right now. Three alarm fire tears through Delaware County apartment and all thats left rubble as the building has been demolish. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live on the scene with details. I saw it on facebook. I immediately called and rushed over here. I was devastated. I was just anxious. Reporte angela costa cant believe the Apartment Building shes called home the past 10. 5 years is gone. She was at work when the fire started. She lot of everything including her cats tigger and alexander. But i have my life. Yeah. I guess i cant ask for anything more. Gods plan. Not mine. Stubborn fire started around 2 00 their this afternoon. Hundreds of fire and Police Personnel rushed to the scene. I saw the roof smoking i said well that thing will pop. Reporter Mark Fletcher as hasnt up front view much his house is two doors away from the building the intersection of woodland and sharon avenue. Smoke coming out like a chimney. So i went up to the third floor of that house there. Look out the window and sat there and watched it. Reporter the Apartment Building has three floors and sick apartments. Everyone made it out okay. Only one resident was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. You can see in this drone video shot by Delaware CountyEmergency Management that one part of the roof had collapsed all the way down to the baseme basement. Theres still fire inside the building that theyre working on at this time. Um, just trying to get the building knocked down and defensive operation. Reporter red cross is assisting 14 people displaced by this fire. The cause is still under investigation. In sharon hill, Shawnette Wilson, fox 29 news. A pennsylvania minority facing charges now facing additional ones. Police it he tried to hire a hit man and got his girlfriend to do the dirty work. Fox 29s joanne pill lee gee at the Chester County prison with the latest ornithes elaborate scheme report roar police in Chester County say this is a case that shows how dangerous drug traffickers can be. Cops say the alleged dealer hatched an elaborate murder for cell in Chester County but it all started with a routine traffic stop for 29yearold christopher piccard of state college. The defendant was pulled over and stopped and found with 813 baggies of heroin. Mid level heroin dealer. Pickard was arrested for possession of heroin a passenger in his car you. No pickard was taken at the prison. While he was sitting in prison, he decided that the passenger must have been cooperating against him with the police. Reporter and this happened next. We got a tip from inside the prison that the defendant was looking to hire a hit man to kill the victim. Reporter cops then used an undercover to pose as a potential hit man. Piccard allegedly used his girlfriend in the plot. The defendant got his girlfriend involved. They supplied photos of the victim. They supplied the location of the victim. They supplied the best time to kilt victim. Reporter cops say 27 year Latrice Harrington met the undercover, supplying guns, 2,500 in cash, and an ounce of heroin to carry out the hit. When the undercover told her he did the hit, she relayed the info to piccard who said, thank you. This is the drug culture trying to make sure that people will not talk. And whether they cooperated or not, they are willing to kill witnesses just based on their suspicion. Da says piccard went from facing a couple of years in prison to facing a couple of decades in prison in this alleged murder for higher scheme. His girlfriend also faces charges in Chester County im Joanne Pileggi fox 29 news. A local veteran sleeping under a new roof tonight. Not just a new roof actually hes got a whole new home. Thats all thanks to some caring volunteers. Hundreds of people from our area and beyond beginning their 60mile journey raise money and awareness in the battle against Breast Cancer. Plus time to shine folks came out to showcase their talents in the recovery idol finals tonight many very open lucy noland and Bill Anderson judge the competition at the Dell Music Center this year the organization opened up several categories like r and b, gospel, rock and comedy. Each cop test ant sang one song of their choice. At the epp, the first place winner has the opportunity to perform with a live band and even gets studio recording time. Not bad. Three young families moved into their new homes tonight in bridgeport, montgomery county. Thanks to habitat for hugh nan in the and their own hard work. They have to own below the counti Median Income and they have to be willing to perform 200 hours of sweat equity. That helps to build their home. The grays are military family. Know mad dick now they have theyre very open place. Now we got a place to live and somewhere to plant roots and stay and settle down. Reporter kind of a nice feeling. We want a place something to call our own. Reporter now you got it. We definitely got it. Youre staning in it. Sweet. As part of the Program Participants take classes to prepare themselves for the rigors of homeownership including how to pay bills, home repair and maintenance. We continue our live coverage of Hurricane Harvey. The powerful category four storm is making landfall in texas right now. Its fierce winds and torrential rains forced tepps of thousands of ants to leave their homes and seek shelter inland. Officials are describing this storm as life threatening and catastrophic. Many people have already lost power. Lauren blanchard is in the thick of it all. She joins us now from galveston. Lauren, youve been there for many hours. Are conditions worsening i imagine. Reporter yeah, dawn, they really are and now here in galveston warranted tornado warning. This as we a havent been seeing sustain winds sustained rain just coming downpouring down. The trees really starting to bend from some of that wind and the rain coming inside ways. Hitting me right now. And dawn, things have really deteriorated. We are nos ago lot more people off the roads. Little bit earlier today, possible were not quite listening to local authorities. They were out playing on the beach. Playing taking photos. They are now for the most part off the there a lot of the cars have been cleared out. Lot less traffic. So hopefully folks have vac weighed and if they have not then they are hunkered down ready to waste weight this thi thing. Dawn, could it go multiple days well into early next week. I know a lot of rain is expected and corp. Russ christie is really getting pounded right now. Right . Reporter yes. Corp. Piss christie is one of those areas that rock port texas they are aware this thing is really hitting. Just made landfall moments ago bringing with it, 130 muss Miles Per Hour wind much this is category four hurricane so they are just getting hammered with wind and rain. They are expecting to see devastating flooding down there. Destruction to property, folks that area. If they are not, it could take authorities some extra work to get to them if they are able to get there at all over the next few days because this storm is expected to just last once it comes into land now it is over it has made landfall. Once it is there. Its expect to do just slow down and then just dump rain on that area. Dawn . All right. Thank you very much Lauren Blanchard in Galveston Texas for us. People from our area and across the country coming together for a 60mile journey to bring awareness and find a cure for Breast Cancer. Today mark an emotional kick off to the three day susan g. Komen Breast Cancer walk in philadelphia and everyone has story. She got diagnose with Breast Cancer in 2012. And ever since then, we have walk every year together, um, at three day walk in different place throughout the cun. Sadly jesse corn blooms lost her battle with Breast Cancer traveling all the way from Denver Colorado this is the first time jesse is without his mom at a susan g. Komen walk for the cure. Hes wearing her pink wings in her honor. What i realize you can preare emotionally for Something Like this. But what you have to do you have to focus on the positive. I remember my moms greatness, her smile, her laughter, her energy the things like that is what keeps me going. Hundreds of people turning out this morning for Opening Ceremony at the Willow Grove Park mall. Telling their stories and offering words of encourage many many. I walk to hold on to the hope that together we can beat Breast Cancer. Some are survivors. Some have lot of loved ones to the disease. We laugh, we cry, its just its hard to put into words sometimes really the meaning behind it. A lot of people just think youre out there walking but theres so much more. Like comradery, healing, love and understanding. This group of women part of a church group that traveled to philadelphia from outside memphis, tennessee. We started for our friend marsha who is a Breast Cancer survivor, and her sister sue who is also a survivor and i lost my sister to Breast Cancer in 2010 so were walking for our family and our friends. The sea of pink women and men showing courage and commitment pounding the pavement for 60 miles over thee days to stepped a message. We will not let cancer beat us. [ applause ] the walk ends with closing ceremonies at the navy yard on sunday. It has raised 68 million since it started here in philadelphia back in 2003. In your health tonight, a letter in the male could be revealing too much information. Two legal organizations say a Health Insurance company mailed clear envelopes to revealed patients hiv status. They say the happened in several states including pennsylvania. Health insurer aetna apologized calling the mistake unacceptable and says it is making sure something hike this never happens again. And sean brace here now with a look whats on his mind tonight. Sean yes. Thats right, dawn. No fishing pole tonight. [ laughter ] after three preseason games in the book are the eagles play off contenders ill give you my take. Remember that philly mag dear nfl should have the nfl draft. The nuns are when i say they were wrong, thats not sean brace tells us if the eagles are ready to compete for play off spot. His commentary in 15 seconds. Two parts tonight. Both nfl. We start with the eagles as they wrap up their preseason schedule, yes, i know they play four games but wentz and company wont play next week. Lets ask ourselves this question. Are eagles a better team now than before camp star idea the answer for me is simple. Yes. You look on the offensive side of the ball. Wentz look polish my favorite adjective to describe all three games so far how about aware. O line looked sluggish and put wentz in a few bad situations still though the second year quarterback continues to step up in the pocket, protecting the football and most importantly himself and deliver strikes. Thats right. Especially last night. In defensively i