Storm, it will move out to sea. Come close enough to us to give it tropical affects for the jersey shore and beaches. Southern delaware through today and tonight see high winds, high surf and heavy downpours. Winds could be gusting to 45 miles an hour. Inland will feel the winds and get some rain too. We just dont see the worst of it. Lehigh valley right now sit completely dry, but that changes by this afternoon. By later this morning and at the noontime hour, 65 degrees with rain shower. Rain and wind going to be Strong Enough to keep temperatures from reaching the 70 degree mark across the board today. Go through it hour by hour. Break it down show you what to expect when the day goes on when im back in a few minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Route 130 over in jersey. Everything looks good so far. No delays or problems on either one of those roads. Rest of the jersey roads look good too. 295 clear. North and southbound same goes for 42 freeway. Remember the norristown high speed line dealing with Inbound Service delays due to equipment issues near wynnwood. Fourth straight day of heavy rain expected in houston as Tropical Storm harvey inflicts devastation on southeastern texas. Today President Trump will visit the area as he leads the federal governments response to first Natural Disaster of his presidency. Hereses t hereses the latest. Fema expects nearly half Million People to file for disaster aide. Floodwaters chest deep in some spots stretching the resources of Response Teams there. Hundreds of volunteers using own boats to save people from in the water and plucking them from rooftops. The death toll from harvey appeared to jump yesterday at one point with news that a van carrying this elderly couple and four grandchildren including this teen was swept away by the floodwaters. Two relatives have reported it. Officials have not confirmed it. When it comes to search and rescue, just about any vehicle that can cut through water is being utilized. These guys are heros to me. We were just over there struggling. Were no heros or anything. Just here to help people, you know. Tens of thousands are now filling area shelters, including houstons Main Convention center. Mayor called it a total care operation. Houston emergency crews getting a much needed lifeline from private citizens with boats. We sent nbc 10 Randy Gyllenhaal to texas and he saw firsthand how ordinary people are becoming heros there. Yesterday afternoon jumped aboard a boat to answer a call for help. Help as many as we can. Get water to those who dont want to leave. Houston, i have a ton of friends and families here. Trying to do what we can. Take a look from the crew. Cars were covered with water at one point volunteers had to turn back because the current along the flooded out highway was too strong for their boat to hand. They told us planned to try again despite the damage. Nbc 10 and telemundo have a team of reporters covering Tropical Storm harvey. Look for Randy Gyllenhaal live reports coming up this afternoon at 4 00. This morning, nbc 10 is hearing from a family who lived in houston, but is visiting right here in our area. They said they dont know when theyll be able to return home. They have no idea. Thats how theyre seeing their neighborhood right now. Originally from burlington county. Came to town before harvey hit. Roads in the neighborhood are flooded with roads torn about. Its never been this bad. Never been flooded in my neighborhood. Never seen anything like that. Had no idea we would not be able to get back. The family is trying to look on the bright side. So far heard a few injuries in their hometown. Coverage continues later. Well have a live report on whats ahead for thousands of evacuees who had to leave homes and belongings. Then stories the of service. What people in our area are doing to help. And how much harvey could drive up prices at the pump. Now to other news making headlines today, first clear message of defiance in north korea. Yesterday the country fired a Ballistic Missile over the territory of japan. Indonesia, one of the few countries who has a working relationship, says pyongyang needs to stand down. Have a look at the path of the missile. Flew over the Northern Island of japan, hokkaido. Called the act a significant threat. New from overnight, here at home reports of fire and smoke shooting out of manholes in camden. Explosion may have blown off a cover near the intersection of stevens and broadway. Right now the cover has been replaced. Streets reopen. Making calls to find out more information about the explosion. Today the Somerdale Police force is expected to have entire fleet of police cars back to patrolling the community. Officers think this guy seen at wawa slashed tires on nearly half of the departments patrol cars. In all, 52 tires were deflated. Now back to our first alert weather coverage and potential for Severe Weather here because of tropical system in the atlantic. Thats right. Watching another one this morning. Matt delucia live where we sent state of the art storm ranger ten to bring you accurate forecast of what lies ahead for that area and further up the coast. The rain has picked up just been the ralast hour and so has the wind. What were waiting for is heavier rain and that wind to come up the coastline. Wind watch and also surf advisory in effect for this area. We are in ocean city. This will be the path as the storm makes its way up the coastline. This could become Tropical Storm irma. See things blowing in the wind here. See gulls here. Trying to take cover. The effect of the wind not too bad at this point. People talking with around here said this is not going to be a good beach day. Just being cautious more than anything, not really battening down the hatches, if you will. Not at this point. Seeing more of that rain here. Head to storm ranger ten. See you throughout the day here and were going to track that system as its moving into this area. For now, live in ocean city maryland. Matt delucia. Live look out further north. This is cape may. Storms will soon have an impact. Fist alert meteorologist bill henley here tracking whats ahead in the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. Little cooler to start this morning, bill. Yes, its going to stay chilly all day long. Impact will be coming greater at the shore as the day goes on. What were seeing already is light rain and wind. Expect heavy rainfall and greater wind during the day. Wilmington is starting to get a little bit of light rain. Barely coming down, but the rain has been moving through delaware and south jersey and into now pennsylvania. You can see Delaware County getting a few showers. Just some very light rainfall over chester county. More to come. System that is building to our south. For now the heaviest rainfall is to the south. Steady rain in maryland, ocean city maryland where matt is. The heaviest downpours right now off the carolina coast. This is where we may see a Tropical Storm form. Whether that happens or not, were going to get the effects of the system as it comes together. Storm would track offshore, comes close enough to us to give us a windy day. Potential for heavy downpours. Gusts of 3545 miles an hour at the shore. 25mileanhour steady winds and higher guests in wildwood. Row hoe both beach. Could be in for heavier gusts as well. Storm ranger up and running. Spotting the rain right now. Rain and wind, going to keep cool all day. In the 50s right now in the suburbs and lehigh valley. Most neighborhoods are dry at this time. Philadelphia 66 at the airport. 68 in graduate hospital. Not seeing the 50s that we saw yesterday. Were not going to see the 70s that weve seen the last few days. As the dry comfortable weather takes a break. Chestnut hill. Somerton, rain, 60s this afternoon. Middle 60s for westchester. Even the lehigh valley, the rain will be coming down. Not going to be an allday rainfall in the lehigh valley. For new jersey, steady rain for most of the day and into the night. And then at the shore and delaware beaches, its rain and wind. Temperatures in the low 70s this afternoon. Those winds will be especially strong during the Late Afternoon and evening hours. Wilmington in for rainy day today with stronger winds. Rehoboth beach under first alert. When it clears out and what is ahead for the Holiday Weekend when im back with the ten day on ten. Now Jessica Boyington is standing by. What are you seeing jessica. Route 202 and camera around route 29 doing great now. Northbound to the driveway, we are at a seven minute drive time. Few cars out the door, but everything is moving. Checking in with rest of pa majors, schuylkill not dealing with any problems yet moving towards center city, 16 minute drive time. Up two to three minutes from woodhaven road. Speeds dropping a little bit. In the low 50s. Blue route looks good. InBound Service delays near 69 Street Transportation Center due to equipment issues near wynnwood. Check before you go there. Ill have more updates on jersey roads when i come back. Gas prices are expected to spike as harvey pummels houston. Coming up at 6 45, how much more you could pay at the pump. Straight ahead, forced from home, whats ahead for the thousands of people who safely escaped the raging floodwaters in texas. Youbusted tail. Rd. And impressed the boss. Maybe, its time to be your own. Transform your career with strayer universitys mba program today. Lets get it, america. 6 15. Grab the umbrella. Going to be a wet and dreary day. Nbc 10 has issued a first alert for the heavy rain and gusty winds at the jersey shore and southern delaware. Now to Tropical Storm harvey, help from above. More than 60 military aircraft are assisting with the disaster in houston. This video shows the crew of blackhawk helicopter rescues from rooftops and pulling them to safety. More on the rescues and whats next for the storm victims. Reporter houstons convention center, now a shelter for thousands forced from their homes by harvey. Everyone has been really good. I was blessed and grateful. Reporter fema estimates more than 30,000 people will require a temporary place to stay. The demand to great, private businesses are opening their doors. Gallery furniture which housed katrina he vac wees now inviting harvey evacueeses to sleep in display beds. Evacuees now invi harvey evacueeses to sleep in display beds. To sleep in display beds. The rafts are going into culdesacs where we cant get in. 12,000 National Guard members activated to aide survivors. In an unprecedented move, the army corps of engineer is doing controlled releases of two reservoirs. An effort to reduce the risk of catastrophic dam failure. We were fine until they released the reservoir. Everything started happening really fast this morning. No easy choices amid a storm that just wont stop. At least three people are confirmed dead and six people including four children, members of the same family are missing, relatives say, after their van was swept away by floodwaters. Meanwhile, we continue with the fifth consecutive day of rain for misery and destruction here in southeast texas. Not letting up. Sarah dallof live for us. Thanks sarah. Now talk about the weather in our area. Nothing like harvey. Its a tropical system off the east coast that will bring heavy rain and winds to parts of delaware and new jersey today. Thats why weve issued this first alert to give you a headsup about whats coming. First alert meteorologist has been tracking. Grab the umbrella. Already seeing rain in tropical threat from our area coming from a system off the carolina coast. Expect it to track off the shore and to the northeast. It may become a Tropical Storm a little later today. Thats 2 00 this afternoon. For now, were looking at dreary conditions over philadelphia. The clouds are in place over the city. Avalon new jersey, this is one of the areas under our first alert for high wind, heavy rainfall, and rough surf. The rip current risk is high again. Winds starting to pick up. Already 10mileanhour wind in wilmington. Down from last hour. 14mileanhour breeze in dover. System is over the carolinas. Just offshore. The rip current risk was dangerous yesterday. High risk of dangerous rip currents continues today for potentially lifethreatening conditions and through tonight. Radar and satellite, already getting rain and starting to spread into berks county. Not just the shore and delaware beaches that are going to get this. Steady rain and light rain through delaware. Few spots getting a moderate shower or two, no heavy rainfall. You can see the rain spreads through delaware and into maryland this morning and further south you go, the heavier rainfall you will find. Theres the system. Centered just off the carolina coastline. In fact, Tropical Storm watches and warnings in effect for the carolina coast, head out to see, take it away from us, with the improving conditions tomorrow. During the day today, going to be a rainy and dreary one. Separate from whats going on in texas and louisiana. The heavy rain continues to pound texas as a storm is now centered back over the gulf of mexico just pumping the moisture into that area. Now, were going to get pretty good rainfall. Nothing like houston, but by the time this one is done, later today, and overnight tonight could be close to two inches of rain for parts of south jersey and delaware. 9 00 this evening. Still getting rain at that time. Midnight tonight and tomorrow morning, look at that, close to two inches of rain in avalon while philadelphia just gets a third of an inch of rain. Weve got a rainy day ahead and some gusty winds, especially at the shore. 69 degrees the High Temperature today. Tomorrow will be drying out. The wind will come down. Temperature hits 78 degrees and a little bit warmer on thursday. We will get more clouds on thursday. Slight chance of seeing showers on thursday, but, the weekend different story after a dry day friday and approaching cold front may combine with the remnants of harvey. Finally get a move on. See that saturday and sunday. Labor day at this time is looking dry. The clouds build on tuesday and more showers will bring us cooler weather next wednesday and thursday. Good morning, everyone, Jessica Boyington with you right now with a check on the roads. Watching 422. Heres or cameras around trooper road. Everything looks pretty typical and through the work zone here on the east zone starting to see delays. Total drive time not doing too bad. Were creeping up to ten. Eastbound from 29 to schuylkill. Speeds in the 50s. 42 freeway. Drive times five minutes moving up from 55 to philadelphia to walt whitman bridge. Speeds up in the 50s. Heres 295. Right around route 70 in cherry hill. If youre moving in either direction, northbound towards trenton or southbound. Youll have no problems there so far. Lastly check in with the bridge, taconypalmyra and burlington bristol. Nice and clear there. Same goes for betsy ross, clear there too. Philadelphia is feeling a little less magical this morning. 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Heavy rain high surf and heavy wind developing during the day. Potential Tropical Storm impacting our area. 6 26. 66 degrees. Neighborhood forecast just ahead. And coverage of harvey continues next as the storm threatens to make land fall for a second time. Latest track and how volunteers from our area are mobilizing to help. Race against time. Rescuers rush to pull people from strappnded home. A killer surprise confession. Lawyer offers nbc 10 into exclusive insight to a plea deal. Final vanishing act. Losing a little magic as eagles trade way fan favorite, John Dorenbos. Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im katy zachary. Im tracey davidson. A lot to get to. Start with first alert. Details on the weather today with meteorologist bill henley who has the most accurate neighborhood forecast. Were going to get tropical effects of our own. Thats for southern delaware and jersey shore today and through tonight. Expecting a system to come together and may become a Tropical Storm. Going to spread high winds, high surf and heavy rain even if it doesnt make Tropical Storm status. Avalon, its a dreary start. Rain is coming down. Surf is picking up. Not seeing high winds yet. It is breezier thats yesterday and definitely rainier too. Some rain spreading into wilmington. Getting closer to philadelphia. Heaviest rain during the day is going to be for delaware beaches and the jersey shore and thats where well see strong gusty winds. Coming to our courtesy of what may develop into Tropical Storm. Heaviest downpours off the carolina coast and watches and warnings. Tropical storm watches and warning up along the North Carolina coast. Our area keep us cool through the day today. Temperatures struggling t