Take. You see how it just kind of meanders into saturday morning. So were going to be watching this one closely for days. During the day today, especially this morning, were going to be feeling the impacts of the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. Both areas still under a first alert for tropical impacts through tomorrow morning. High surf continues, rip current risk continues. Moderate coastal flooding this morning. Thats less likely later today. The beach erosion will continue as it turns off shore. Otherwise our weather will be fine. Sunshine and a nice warmup. 66 in the suburbs to 70 in new jersey. The Lehigh Valley is at 70 degrees. No sign of fog that we saw earlier in the week. By 11 00, 77 degrees. Well top out in the 80s this afternoon. That includes the jersey shore with partly sunny skies, 80 degrees. Ill break it down hour by hour and show you the latest on maria which is minutes away from making landfall in puerto rico when i come back. First, Jessica Boyington has your letters from traffic. Your first alert traffic. Starting on 295 in bell mawr near the black horse pike, route 168. Both directions okay even moving through the work zones. You can see this is northbound moving toward trenton. Southbound toward the 42 freeway heading to philadelphia, so far, no problems. Speaking of the 42 freeway, once you get there, youll be good, too, from the walt whitman bridge to 55, a fiveminute trip. Same heading northbound into the philadelphia area. So speeds there are still up. Were also just checking back in with the vine street expressway. Just a heads up if youre heading out in the next couple of minutes. All of the construction project is clear. Back to you. 5 32. We are tracking Tropical Storm jose this morning as it churns along our shoreline. Wow this is new video from North Wildwood beach. You see how rough the waves were stirred up by the storm. This is a live look at cape may and avalon. You see the waves each in the dark getting even in the dark getting bigger. A big concern is high tide which, i think bill mentioned, happens between 8 00 and 9 00 along the oceanfront. High tide is a bit later along the back bays. High tide last night, this guy kayaking in the street in North Wildwood. Thats how high the water was. We found a shed even washed away by the rushing water. At the beach the people came to get a firsthand look at the angry waves. We were having a good time. Sbee we spent the whole day here. I was concerned and wanted to make sure it wasnt too, too dangerous and everybody was up there. Looks like a party going. On i should have set up a bar. High tide hits in a couple of hours. Matt delucia will have another live report from avalon coming up at 6 00. 5 33. Now tracking Hurricane Maria which is minutes away from making landfall in puerto rico. Ready to pound puerto rico, its been down graded to a category4 storm packing 155 mileanhour winds. Its poised to make landfall on the island as we just said within a few minutes. Yesterday, puerto ricos Public Safety commissioner warned people to evacuate or you are going to die. Were hearing from a bucks county woman who is stuck in puerto rico. Alex mclaughlin from ben saille said she and a salem said she and a friend had a evacuate their hotel and move to another hotel on higher ground. Caller worried about the high winds and if our windows are going to be sustained, if our cars are okay, and when we can get out of here. Alex was supposed to leave puerto rico on friday. Now shell take the first flight home that she can get. Last night in trenton, neighbors with connections to puerto rico held an emergency meeting. Theyre making a plan to help friends and family in the path of Hurricane Maria. They say they want to raise money to help the victims. And the u. S. Territorys governor warned people to take cover or get out if they could. People who were able to get flights out of san juan to miami yesterday said they escaped just in the nick of time. I made it out of san juan, puerto rico, just before the bad news thats coming from Hurricane Maria. I mean, you had everybody leaving from the bdvi, the bvi, the usvi. Im glad to be in miami now. They were among the last to get out of san juan before the airport closed. Remember, you can track the threats of jose and maria with our free nbc10 app. You can sign up for free weather alerts, as well, so you know exactly when a storm is about to impact your exact location. Death and destruction in mexico in the wake of a massive earthquake there. At least 217 people are dead, and dozens more are missing. Among the dead, 22 children inside a collapsed elementary school. Right now, desperate rescue operations are underway. The magnitude 7. 1 quake was centered near the puebla town of reboso, about 76 miles southeast of mexico city. Nbc10s Pamela Osborne is live in the Digital Operations Center this morning with the latest on this breaking story. Pam . Reporter right now, rescue workers are fntically to save people trapped beneath the rubble after more than 40 buildings collapsed. The death toll has continued to rise since tuesdays earthquake. At last check, at least 217 people have been killed. The earth shook on the 37th anniversary of another major disaster, the 1985 quake that killed as many as 10,000. Weve learned that residents had taken part in large simulated earthquake drills minutes before. Many people participating in the drills were emptied out into the streets when the real earthquake hit, among the dead, 22 kpli 2 n and two adults who died when their school collapsed around them. Another 30 schoolchildren and eight adults are also feared dead, trapped beneath the rubble. It happened in the town of rubaso, as you said. There were no warnings and very little protection. Because the soil in mexico city amplifies the shaking by a factor of 100 or more, they get a lot of damage from farawake earthquakes. Reporter a school was waiting on word of their children. When i come back at 6 30, hear from a witness to that tragedy. The help that israel is sending to mexico for its recovery efforts. Nbc10 news. 5 37. 71 degrees. Today the man found guilty of sex assaults on six girls gifted to him by their parents will learn his sentence. Bucks county jurors convicted Lee Donald Kaplan this year on 17 counties of child rape, statutory rape, and other offenses. The girls parents say they gifted their daughters to kaplan because he helped the family out of a financial situation. Parents are awaiting sentencing on child endangerment convictions. New, a judge ruled against a Penn State Fraternity seeking to retrieve video recording equipment that was seized in the hazing Death Investigation of timothy piazza. A judge ruled prosecutors are entitled to keep the equipment because its evidence. Piazza died after drinking at a Fraternity House and falling headfirst down the basement stairs. 14 members of Beta Theta Pi face misdemeanor charges in the case. Today in new york, President Trump will meet one on one with leaders from britain, jordan, egypt, and other nations, and will host a luncheon at the u. N. General assembly. Yesterday in his first address, he threatened to totally destroy north korea if the United States is forced to defend itself or its allies. The moment was met with gasps inside the room. Mr. Trump mocked kim jongun. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and his regime. North korea has not responded to the president s speech. Later on the today show, United NationsAmbassador Nikki Haley will join matt and savannah to talk about President Trumps address. The today show starts at 7 00 a. M. After nbc10 news today. Were monitoring two storms. One, maria. Category4 storm just below category 5 status. This is a live view from san juan, puerto rico. Look at the winds whipping. Winds at 155 miles an hour with the storm. Not that strong in san juan, puerto rico, but the center is approaching the island now. Its making landfall in puerto rico now. Here you see the eye of the storm. This is a higher resolution satellite. Its going to blank out in a second as it gets closer. Thats okay, we have another one. You see right now there it is making landfall right now in southeastern puerto rico. This is an area of calm within this plamassive storm that is ravaging puerto rico. It is forecast to move across the island. The eye will likely go across san juan as the morning progresses. Moving northwest at ten Miles Per Hour. Its not going to take that long to move across the island. And then it is out to sea. Were monitoring maria and jose which is a weakening storm. Its now just a Tropical Storm, no longer a hurricane. Still spinning and still a problem for the shore and the coastline. Flooding between 8 00 and 9 00. Thats why its under a first alert. Weather will be nice today, nicer than yesterday. Well see sunshine, nice warmup, too. Still summer. Were in the final days of summer. Warming into the 80s in philadelphia. Thats at noontime today. Suburbs are 68 degrees now. Look at that sunshine at 10 00. 81 degrees at 2 00 this afternoon. Not as windy as yesterday. Even the Lehigh Valley saw some nice gusts yesterday afternoon. 11 mileanhour wind at noontime. 83 degrees at 2 00 this afternoon. Clouds will be breaking over at new jersey. Still be some lingering clouds. Weve got enough sunshine to warm into the 80s for new jersey and even at the shore. Nice warmup into the 80s. The winds at 15 Miles Per Hour this morning. They back off as the day goes on as jose pulls away from the area and continues to weaken. Delaware, stand by for sunshine. Look at that noontime temperature, 81 degrees. Well show how long the nice weather will last and whats next for our area with those two storms staying off shore with the ten day on ten when im back in a few minutes. All right. See you then. 19 minutes before 6 00 a. M. On this wednesday, september 20th. Lets look at the blue route. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has that. How does the blue route look this morning . Watching that near the Germantown Pike onramp. Everything looks good so far. We see no problems now. Southbound here, northbound over here. Thats headed toward the mid county tolls. Right in the general area, were good to go. Were watching a disabled vehicle in cheltenham on ash born road at spring avenue. Watch for Police Activity there. At least a lane restriction or so. Also 95 looks good. Southbound from woodhaven road, moving into the vine street expressway. A 13minute trip there. Average speeds also into the 60s. Now ill end here on route 73 around our cameras at the Atlantic City expressway. Heres the expressway here. 73 right back there. No problems right now. Back to you. Jessica boyington, thank you. Outrage on campus. A string of racial slurs has students coming together to find a solution. Plus, a heros welcome home for a local for local firefighters who responded to major disasters in texas and in florida. And baseball dreams come true. A couples crosscountry journey comes to a close right here in philadelphia. Facing an epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. Vanessa in honor of september being recovery month, we want you to know that recovery from addiction is possible, but you need to know the signs. They can be hard to spot social withdrawal, financial problems, irritability. Christie if you see these signs occurring together or suddenly, you may have cause for concern. The signs you spot today. Vanessa . Could save a loved one tomorrow. Christie call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. New jersey born and raised. Like his father before him, he served our country with honor in the navy. Came home and worked his way up from floor technician to supervisor at the salem power plant. As a husband and father, grenier knows how families struggle to make ends meet. Thats why hell fight to cut our taxes, and stand up to career politicians like steve sweeney. If we want to change trenton, theres only one way. Fran grenier. This is a live frequent puerto rico as Hurricane Maria slams into the area. Its expected to cause catastrophic damage. This is a live picture from the weather channel. In this location, meteorologist bill henley says theyre seeing 70 mileanhour winds and increasing. And bill is tracking the path and will have the latest coming up in a few minutes. Racial slurs against students are sparking discussion on a local college campus. For the third time in recent days, messages of hate were found at cabrini university. Students plan to hold a town hall to discuss the incidents later today. One last night packed a lecture hall with concerned people. We have more now from the University Campus in radnor. And town halts are only part of the town halls are only part of the schools response. Tell us more. Reporter yeah, very active Police Investigation underway. Radnor detectives went tinto th dorm rooms at cabrini where the hate language was discovered to bring out evidence. Three times in the past couple of days students discovered the racial slurs like this one with the words go away scribbled on to the doors of dorm rooms targeting africanamerican students. Last night, a packed campus meeting here where the university promised to get to the bottom of this, urging inclusivity on campus and giving students here a chance to vent their frustration. Students say theyre furious but will not allow things like this to happen on their campus. I am outraged by the derogatory comments that were left on the young ladies doors. I just feel as though this is something that needs to be addressed. Were asking the entire cabrini student body and facultiy to give us a hand, as well. Anything they know, any social media images, anything to put this to rest. Reporter take a look at this. To counter all that hate speech, students put up these posters and signs on those same dorm room doors countering the messages of hate with messages of love. Another student rally is expected on campus sometime today. Meantime, Radnor Police asking for tips from the public. They say theyre also stepping up patrols here on campus. Live in radnor, nbc10 news. Randy, thank you. And switching gears now. At this point in the baseball season, while the foils, theyre playing the phillies, theyre playing for fun since a playoff run isnt in the cards. Its making watching interesting and worth watching. Phillies rocky rhys hoskins had another basesclearing hits. The phills made it two wins in a row against the best team in the ma majors. And a california couple fulfilled a dream. The tuckers have toured all Current Major League baseball parks. While all the parks were memorable, the tuckers say it was the people who made their journey so special. We meet all sorts of people in the parks sitting with us. Just lounging around in the stands. We always get to the game a couple of hours early. Fascinating people. People are great. Baseball fans are fantastic everywhere you go. Yes, they r. And the lifelong giants fans arent done yet. Their next goal, to see the giants play at all 30 parks. And dont look dont look. Come look. Whoa fanatic streaking on to the field. Where are his clothes . He forgot his uniform apparently. Code of conduct violation there. Think he has some answering to do to philly police. Dude, wheres your clothes . Yeah. The three of us are early enough to remember when streaking was a big deal in the 70s. Been a long time. My favorite mac favorite mascot in the world. Americas favorite. Absolutely. I think he started mascots. Basically started with him really. Well, you know, you might be tempted to shed layers today because its going to be a warm summer day. Very good. Hello there might not want to go as far as some mascots have done. Its going to be into the 80s this afternoon with nice, sunny skies. A live view, a nice, clear view looking across the delaware. No sign of any problems there. Were still seeing the influence of jose. Nice breezes blowing and a threat of flooding at the shore. The other storm were following, san juan, puerto rico. Thats the weather channels pa paul goodlow. The winds 45 minutes ago, winds gusting to 70 Miles Per Hour in the location where hes standing. Now its going to get you could argue its too dangerous for him to stand out there now. Theres flying debris. And theres going to be more as the winds increase, and the winds are increasing because the center of the storm making landfall right now. This is a highresolution satellite and radar. The radar actually is out right now in puerto rico. Heavy rain is coming in, and the winds wrapping around that center are at 155 Miles Per Hour. Flight level. A bit lower on the ground, still plenty strong to do tremendous damage to puerto rico. Its a massive storm. So even though this eye is going to pass quickly this morning, the storm will still be ravaging that island, even later this morning. Then tonight, it will finally be pulling away. It will weaken over the coming days. Were going to be watching maria right on through the weekend as it moves off shore and moves up the east coast, staying off shore. Potentially interacting with hose which is still an issue for us. We may not see any rain from jose until next week. Well still see a few clouds blowing through the area, but well get enough sunshine to warm up to 84 degrees this afternoon. The ten day on 10, sunday, nice and warm. Tomorrow, nice and warm, too. The last full day of summer. Fall arrives friday afternoon at 4 02. Look at that sunshine for saturday and sunday. Looks like a nice warmup sunday to near 90 degrees. Then a chance well see some showers possibly from jose on monday and tuesday. And by next wednesday, we are drying out. And it will finally feel like fall next thursday and friday. Thank you, bill. 5 52. Flash flooding lights on