beaches were taking a beating from the weekend weather. we also found several businesses still covered by sand bags and boarded up in preparation for what rolled through here. so here's how it looked in avalon yesterday. now many shore towns are dealing with severe beach erosion. high tide is coming in, a much more narrow strip of beach. erosion is also a problem at the delaware beaches. >> nbc 10 delaware bureau reporter tim furlong shows us the damage left behind in bethany beach. >> reporter: it wasn't hurricane sandy, but some spots it felt worse. >> three nights we couldn't go to sleep, the wind was blasting on the house for three days straight. >> reporter: today we get a good look at the damage, a surfer was enjoying the waves, but the people at the beach were shocked to find cliffs where it used to be a gradual rolling dune. >> 15-foot drop off over here.

dropped off 15 foot. all the sand is just totally gone. >> reporter: in duey, the streets flooded, but in bethany the damage is more significant. access to the beach is now very limited. past the gates it's like a cliff that drops down into the ocean. once all the water calms down and the sand dries out, thailg be able to get a better look at the damage and how to fix it. some of the dunes took a pretty good beating. he says a lot of the fences they put up to protect the dunes, most of the fences are out at sea. the water is still high in many spots and the cleanup continues. as bad as it is, many are thankful the nor'easter wasn't followed up by joaquin. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. still, today's weather complicating the clean-up efforts in some of our areas. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz has more on what's causing trouble now. glenn? >> yeah, well we continue to see wind direction that's coming in

off of the ocean. it's not as strong as it was, and the level of the flooding is down, but it doesn't recede enough for people to go and fix what happened. you can see a live view of cape may, you can see there's some beach there, but we do have some issues here and a coastal flood advisory continues for southern delaware and extreme south jersey. we continue to see that northeast wind. you can see it would be worse at the delaware beaches than at the jersey shore where it's more parallel to the coastline there. and that goes until 7:00. minor tidal flooding, especially in the back bays after the high tide. these are the wind gusts in the past couple of hours. you can see some places gusting still 20 to 30 miles an hour. so we're not exactly totally out of the woods here, but the general picture is for improvement, the clouds, the only issue now, got to get rid

of the wind and the weather is just going to get better and better around here. more on our weather this week and the latest on joaquin and what's going on in south carolina with the seven day in a few minutes. south carolina is experiencing record flooding following a weekend of torrential rain. at least nine people have died in the state, and while the rain has eased, the intense flow of water is pushing towards the coast. nbc's jay gray is in hard hit columbia, south carolina, with the latest. >> reporter: south carolina is still under water right now. historic flooding that's tossed aside cars, torn away roads, bridges, and dams and swallowed communities through the coast through the midlands. >> we are continuing rescue and evacuation operations throughout the state. >> reporter: in the columbia area alone from the weekend through today there have been more than 150 swift water rescues and first responders expect that number to climb. the national guard has moved in to help with the ongoing effort

in the flood zone, focusing much of their attention in the columbia area, where the water has had an effect on just about everyone and everything. >> infrastructure's compromised. >> reporter: one of the most severe issues, water. not the flood levels that continue to climb, but the public water system that's been compromised leaving thousands without usable water. the situation so dire fire teams continue to pump tens of thousands of gallons of water into area hospitals. >> we're going to continue to provide the water to the hospital as long as we can sustain it. and we just don't know how long we can sustain that. >> reporter: the firefighters like most everyone here pushed to their limits, but the struggle for many is still far from over. >> when it finally does stop raining and the floods recede, then we have to deal with all the incredible amounts of property damage, which i'm sure will total into the billions. we got a lot of work to do, but we're doing it together. >> reporter: the same way that so many to this point have

survived this historic storm. jay gray, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. an amtrak train expected to arrive in our area tonight derailed this morning in vermont leaving more than half a dozen people hurt. this accident, of course, comes five months after the deadly amtrak accident in philadelphia. train 55 derailed this morning in the town of rocksbury, in central vermont. it was on its way to washington, d.c., with a stop planned at 30th street station. the train went off the tracks after it rain into a rock slide. these are photos from the scene. seven people hurt, one seriously. passengers were put on school buses and we're waiting to hear back from amtrak about when the passengers are expected to arrive at their destinations. it was back in may when amtrak train 188 detrailed in philadelphia's port richmond section. eight people were killed and more than 200 hurt. investigators say the train was traveling twice as fast as the speed limit. an arrest in dorm room

attacks at a local university. 24-year-old john cannon is accused of criminal sexual contact and harassment of rider university students. investigators tell us cannon entered the unlocked doors of two dorm rooms. he touched the women sleeping there and ran away when the women woke up. cannon is not a student at rider and it's unclear how he got inside the buildings. rider university put out a statement saying it has increased public safety on campus. it is also reminding students to lock their doors. another day of testimony in the center city philadelphia building collapse trial. on the stand today an architect who says he warned the building's demolition contractor the day before the collapse, saying the building was in imminent danger of collapse and needed to come down needily. the defense is cross examining the architect. griffin campbell faces third-degree murder charges in the deadly collapse. it was back in june of 2014 when a four-story brick wall fell on to the salvation army thrift

store. six people were killed and more than a dozen hurt. griffin campbell's construction company was in charge of that demolition. 2:00 came and went without any problems on local college campuses. the fbi issued an alert this weekend there could be an act of violence at 2:00 this afternoon. the threat did not name a specific college. nbc 10's deanna durante was on campus at the university of pennsylvania this afternoon. what is the reaction from students, deanna? >> reporter: well, it's mixed there. law enforcement sources all over the philadelphia five-county area say they are sending alerts to college and university communities. all local police and campus security officials are urging those people to urge police if they see something suspicious. students tell us they didn't want to miss class, but at the same time some of them tell us they couldn't wait to get back home. there was no specific college named, but out of an abundance of caution, the alert was passed on to university and college communities. the threat was set to expire at 2:00 today and the threat

mentioned last week's shootings in oregon and made a promise to attack in the philadelphia area. that did not happen. so many students and college workers say by living in fear we're giving in to the people behind the threats. >> on edge, but definitely security presence out here is assuring. >> bigger today? >> i wouldn't say it's bigger, just they are more active walking around. >> my mom made me promise to stay off campus, so -- >> she sees this, she's going to know you didn't listen. >> i still have time. >> the fbi says this isn't the first time there has been a social media posting like this. they say they have seen similar postings throughout the country. there's no word there are any suspects that are behind these threats. reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> deanna, thank you. now a house fire in west kensington today puts at least two people in the hospital. sky force 10 over the scene as firefighters battle flames this afternoon. the red cross is helping the families who live there. the cause of the fire is still

being investigated. a delaware man is charged with dui and assault after officers say he hit an suv and a police car. officers arrested samuel pu tzoy last night. officers say tzoy first hit an suv, causing it to overturn. a woman in the suv was seriously hurt. he then drove off, but stopped after hitting the back of a lewes police cruiser. no officers were hurt. a woman enters a home in south philadelphia to steal jewelry from an elderly woman. this video shows the suspect who took off. the suspect was found by the victim inside the home on snyder avenue in south philly. she claimed to be a nurse sent from a hospital. police tell us the intruder told the victim she needed to leave to move her car, but she never returned. from the nbc 10 news delaware bureau, an suv barrels into the back of a strip mall in middletown. this is the scene along summit

bridge road shortly after 9:00 this morning. police believe the driver had a medical problem. the driver was rushed to a hospital, no one in the building was hurt. a vote will come later this week on the pennsylvania project. that budget battle has been at a standstill nearly four months. it's been 96 days since the keystone state has had a budget. we'll hit 100 days later this week if no budget is passed on wednesday. governor wolf is warning republican lawmakers that steep cuts in education will happen if taxes are not raised. wolf spoke today saying the republican plan does not responsibly balance the budget. on wednesday the state house will vote on wolf's plan. >> just the way we've been doing it is not at all honest and we've got to stop it. that's what this has been. not about ideology, it's about math. >> we reached out to pennsylvania republican lawmakers today, but we haven't heard back yet. today is the last day for pennsylvanians to register to vote in next month's election. state officials are telling us

that residents can register online for the first time as long as they have a penn dot driver's license or an i.d. card. voters will fill three open seats on the pennsylvania supreme court. two other state appellate openings, and several local races. election day is tuesday, november 3rd. to decision 2016. less than a week after the latest school shooting, democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton today unveiled new gun control measures. she spoke about it today in new hampshire seen live on the "today" show, her measures are aimed at strengthening background checks on gun buyers and eliminating legal immunity for sellers. she also wants to repeal legislation that shields gun manufacturers, distributors, and dealers from most liability lawsuits. clinton's announcement comes four days after a gunman shot and killed nine people at the community college in oregon. she became emotional today when she was joined by the mother of

a young victim of the school shooting in newtown, connecticut. >> so many of the parents of these precious children who were murdered -- have taken the unimaginable grief that they have been bearing and have tried to be the voices that we need to hear. >> clinton has made strengthening gun laws a centerpiece of her presidential campaign. the coast guard says it found the body of one crew member from a cargo ship that disappeared thursday near the bahamas and we're also learning a mechanical failure left the ship in the path of hurricane joaquin. a total of 33 men and women were onboard the ship that sank, including 28 americans. officials also say they found an empty life boat after the ship was reported lost at sea. the ship left north florida tuesday night and was expected to arrive in puerto rico on friday. officials say they remain hopeful that survivors will be found, but they do believe the

boat sank near the bahamas. a pilot died in midair, sending an american airlines plane to syracuse for an unexpected landing. the plane was on its way from phoenix to boston this morning. the copilot landed the plane safely after the pilot became ill. the airline hasn't said what caused the pilot's death. it wasn't until the second flight with a new crew that passengers were told the pilot had died. the airline says that's so no one would panic. the pentagon says the u.s. air strike that killed 22 people in afghanistan was requested by afghan forces. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan says afghan forces requested air support saturday when they were under taliban fire. several civilians were among the 22 people who were killed at a medical clinic, but many think the u.s. needs to take more responsibility for its role in the air strikes. >> severe, severe violation of international humanitarian law

and it is completely unacceptable. >> the u.s. government promised a full investigation and said the u.s. would acknowledge and correct any mistakes. the six american service members who died in the air strike returned to the states today. today north korea released a former new york university student six months after capturing him crossing into the country from china. here's video showing the student and south korean international during a news conference in north korea last month. north korea's official news agency said joo was caught back in april and admitted he had violated north korean law. a decision on an early release from prison for oscar pistorius has been delayed, again. the olympic athlete's early release has been referred back to the parole board. pistorius was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of culpable homicide for killing reeva steenkamp in 2013.

so far he's served about a year of his five-year prison sentence. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, the fabulous fall day out there. water in the poconos, this is a live picture from lake wallenpaupack. boy was it cold and windy and nasty, but things have improved tremendously. things are calming down. the winds calming down, waters are calming down, and we're getting more sunshine, and we're also going to be warming up. warm today, think of the forecast for the next couple. lot of sunshine out there right now and we're 68 degrees, the average high around 70, but still having a northeast wind at 6 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. yesterday was a lot warmer than saturday. you can see we're in the mid to upper 60s across just about the entire area, and everybody

seeing sunshine, everybody is seeing less wind than what we saw over the weekend. but we still can't get rid of the northeast wind that keeps plaguing the delaware beaches the most. it's in the 60s at the jersey shore, the ocean temperature 65 degrees. and so we're going to see these temperatures in the 60s go into the 70s during the day tomorrow. we continue to see the coastal flood advisory mainly for the back bays and it's just until 7:00 tonight, so by tomorrow we may not actually have any coastal flood warnings or advisories. still have some clouds down there, but we're still calming down around here. things are still pretty wild out in the atlantic. there is joaquin, still a pretty impressive looking hurricane and we still have the big upper low off the southeast coast and rain continues in parts of south carolina. some places got 20 to 30 inches

of rain. now around here, we have the dry northerly flow, it's going to go down into the 50s and even the 40s overnight tonight across a good bit of the area, so we're dry, you need a couple of dry days, you're going to get them. as a matter of fact, we don't really see any significant moisture coming in here until really the end of the week. and there is joaquin out north of bermuda. there's bermuda, continues to move to the northeast, 85 mile an hour wind, and the next place is generally headed toward, believe it or not, take a look at these computer models, right across the atlantic. and in the general direction of great britain. so they are talking about joaquin way overseas in europe right now. the forecast for tonight around here, mostly clear and cool. 49 degrees for a low in philadelphia, 43 north and west.

little bit below average for the temperature, but at least the wind has died down. sunny and warmer tomorrow, high temperatures getting into the 70s. low to mid 70s, little bit above average, but look at the wind, only 5 to 10 miles an hour and the direction from the northwest, that allows the ocean to calm down. it's been a long time since we've seen anything but a wind off the ocean. then on wednesday, we're even warmer, up to 77, weak front comes through, cools us down a bit, but we get lots of nice sunshine on thursday. there's another front coming through on friday. that's our best chance of showers during the next week and over next weekend it looks pretty cool on saturday, but looks like a pretty nice weekend, nice and comfortable. a woman who abducted a 5-year-old girl from a philadelphia school will spend 40 years in prison. she was caught on surveillance video leading the child out of her school in cobbs creek two years ago. a jury last year convicted her

of kidnapping the girl, then sexually assaulting her. the girl was found at a playground the next month. regusters was sentenced 40 years to life in prison today. she apologized in court. a fourth grader saves the life of his school bus driver, who was having an asthma attack. nbc 10 national correspondent michelle fiori spoke to the girl and the driver in milwaukee. >> reporter: heros come in all sizes, this one happened to be just 4'2". >> he saved my life. i just want to thank him for him stepping forward and being able to be there for me when i needed it the most. >> reporter: she had just picked up 9-year-old jaden and his sisters in one of these buses when something went terribly wrong. >> she was like coughing a lot, so she pulled over, and she couldn't breathe. >> reporter: without hesitation, the fourth grader jumped to action. >> so i went up there and i got

the radio, so i said where we were at. >> reporter: thanks to his help, paramedics found their way to pritchard drive. jaden's act is on par with this year's school theme, "a life together." pastor steven jennings couldn't be more proud to hear it's making an impact. >> it's not just about yourself or the person next to you, it could be your bus driver, could be your next door neighbor, anybody. >> reporter: for now, jaden is content doing what kids do, plays football and dreams of one day being in the nfl or maybe being a police officer, but it seems he may never forget the day he saved a life. >> i'm happy that she's okay, so yeah. >> good for him. get this, the bus driver's also a new mom. >> so good. you never know exactly what your child is going to do in that emergency situation. >> he picked up the radio. he should either be a police officer like he said he wanted to be or an emt. >> maybe he'll follow that path. >> good for him.

travel experts say it's not too soon to be thinking about the holidays. what you can do now to save money before it's too late. then, parents listen up, the new study that shows what's causing many teenaged girls to do poorly in school coming up on nbc 10 news.

you fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance.uld save yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold 'em. ♪ know when to walk away. ♪ know when to run. ♪ you never count your money, ♪ when you're sitting at the ta...♪ what? you get it? i get the gist, yeah. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.

check that out. took just seconds to bring down this ymca building in des moines, iowa, but there was a scary slip-up to the story. the demolition crew set off the explosives 15 minutes early. once everyone recovered from the startling boom, everything was fine. it's been more than five years, but today the u.s. government finally reached a d settlement with bp about the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. loretta lynch said this morning the settlement is worth nearly $21 billion. five states will get money,

alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi, and texas. the spill happened after the deep water horizon oil rig exploded and sank in 2010, killing 11 people. >> deep below the surface, bp's well had blown out and was gushing oil into the gulf. the oil began spreading hundreds of miles from the well, coating the sea floor, forming vast slicks across the surface and staining more than 1,300 miles of coastline. >> bp also settled with individuals and businesses impacted by the spill. that will cost bp another $6 billion. well, this weekend's closal storm is gone, but problems are still out there. >> next, problems left behind making some people along the shore rethink living along the coast. and farther south, a popular vacation destination is under water. we're going to show you the flooding that's hitting myrtle beach.

this is nbc 10 news. >> high tide just passed at the jersey shore, where towns are dealing with damage from this weekend's storm. this is a live look right now from cape may, where coastal flooding is a concern once again today, but there is some relief coming, but it's been a rough couple of days for home and business owners along our coastline. >> complicating efforts to clean up today. cydney long is live in ocean city with more on the damage left behind. cydney? >> reporter: hey, guys, if you're with me right now, we're still feeling the effects of that 3:00 high tide. the waves just washed up on us right here, which is why you lost our shot for just a second. take a look, we're on fifth street in ocean city.

this has been the lookout spot where they are taking pictures and taking a look at the massive beach erosion. some spots along the beach earlier today, the shelf of sand only about three feet high. in this area it's about six feet. emergency managers here tell me while the beaches were compromised by the storms over the weekend, they say the dunes were not devastated. >> big sign over there was four blocks up. >> reporter: kelly's house sitting assignment on thursday got to be too much over the weekend. >> it was pretty bad. it was raining really bad, there was a lot of water. probably two feet. >> reporter: she headed home to avoid massive flooding that seemed to touch every town in atlantic and cape may counties. the sign over here and this sign all kind of just came crashing in with the wind? >> yeah, this sign did. i wasn't here for that. they had tied that up. it broke, the buoys. >> reporter: you can see boats hastily pulled out of the bay,

businesses still board eed up a sand bagged. >> we're used to it. you move your cars and then you're stuck in your house or out of your house, depending on what you have to do. >> reporter: but the worst of it, according to ocean city emergency managers, was the big bite mother nature took from the beaches, cliffs of sand now replace a normal smooth summer walk to the surf. >> on the ocean we were fortunate enough not to have any breaches, we didn't have any flooding on the ocean side, so the beaches held up, the dunes did their job and they kept everything safe. >> reporter: ocean city emergency manager showed us no immediate need to truck in emergency sand, but that's because a new beach replenishment project is only a few weeks away. >> it would have been pretty bad, i think, if it actually hit us. i'm glad it turned. >> reporter: and as everyone watches out from the boardwalk today, we also spoke to assemblyman sam fiochi today, he plans to lobby for getting new

jersey more beach replenishment dollars and making sure he can bring that number up from $25 million to $50 million. as for people here, some of them were stranded in their homes over the weekend, they were truly happy just to see the sun peeking through the clouds out here today. live in ocean city, cydney long, nbc 10 news. and all the rain, wind, and flooding caused erosion problems at the delaware beaches, what were once rolling dunes are now 15-foot drops. our cameras caught significant damages where a number of streets are still under water and the access to the beach is now limited. officials tell us once the water level goes down, crews will be able to assess the damage and fix problems. coastal flooding could be a problem into the evening. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz is back now with those concerns. glenn? >> yeah, this is the last of the high tides that may be causing some flooding and we're still talking about just minor flooding now. could you imagine if joaquin would have come in on top of what we just saw?

we lost a lot of beach, but at least the dunes protected the land. that's why they are there. the 12 mile an hour wind in cape may right now, northeast wind, 20, 25 miles an hour. these are the gusts over the past few hours. you can see it's nowhere near what we saw late last week and over the weekend. it's just been a persistent northeast wind for days, and so we continue to see the coastal flood advisory with that northeast wind, delaware beaches still getting hard hit. and the water can't totally subside until the wind shifts, and it will later tonight and tomorrow. just some minor tidal flooding in the back bays and then we'll be able to calm down and not talk about coastal flooding for a while. just clouds around here, but they are still having some rain down south, including in parts of south carolina. we'll talk more about when we're going to get some more rain with

the seven day in a few minutes. parts of south carolina are still under water right now. historic flooding tossed aside cars, tore away roads, bridges, and dams, swallowed communities along the coast, through the midlands. in the columbia area alone, 150 so-called swift water rescues. first responders expect that number to climb. in myrtle beach, carolina, several roads closed now because they are either under water or washed out completely. a localized state of emergency is still in effect there. there have been multiple rescues for people stranded in their vehicles and people needing to evacuate their homes. south carolina's governor is asking everyone to stay off the roads. >> this is not over. just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. we very much still have a vulnerable situation that's out there, and still going to ask citizens to please stay inside. >> 40,000 people in the state are without water. 20,000 customers have no power.

here's some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 4:00, a mother is accused of injecting her 14-year-old daughter and another child with heroin. police say riffey injected the two on several occasions at her home in honey brook last month. riffey's boyfriend is charged with supplying the drugs. a woman convicted of abducting a 5-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. video caught her taking her away from school in 2014. she apologized in court today. an amtrak train expected to arrive in philadelphia tonight derails this morning in vermont. seven people were hurt after the train ran off the tracks after running into a rock slide. one has serious injuries. these are photos from the scene. the train was on its way to washington, d.c., with a stop planned at 30th street station. a change could be coming for

members of the military when it comes to their benefits. the senate expected to vote on a bill that could affect 1 million military members and their families. the biggest change, a retirement system that would allow a 401(k) type account with 5% matched by the government. the house has already approved that bill. schools appear to be getting the upper hand in the battle against bullying. >> coming up next, the three-step process showing promise in schools and how it's working in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. teenagers and texting. your child's phone may be hurting their grades. next, the impact constant communication is having in our nation's schools. meantime, don't forget to vote for our high school football game of the week. this is a look at this week's choices. cast your vote, go to nbc10.com, you can also call or text your vote to 610-624-4111. voting closes thursday and then

we'll announce the winner thursday night on nbc 10 news at 11:00.

maybe another reason to step away from your cell phone right here, a new study conducted found teen girls can get so caught up in texting it could affect their grades. researchers surveyed 400 middle and high school students about their texting habits, compulsive texting was associated with poorer grades among girls, but not boys. the researchers suggest girls tend to think about the text more than the boys and they may be more distractioned by text messages. promising news in the battle against bullying. antibullying laws are proving effective, so say researchers at columbia university. they looked at data for more than 60,000 high school studented in 25 states and found reduced rates of school bullying in recent years, especially in states that comply with the department of education's three antibullying guidelines. those include, having a description of where

interventions can take place, having a local policy or timeline of when a policy can be in place, and having a clear definition of what bullying is. pennsylvania, new jersey, and del delaware are among the states making progress. a pharmacy chain is joining the fight against heroin. >> where you may soon be able to get the anecdote for a overdose over the counter. plus, how much more a trip to disney world will cost you. plus, feels warmer outside today than over the weekend, that's for sure, and warmer weather is ahead. details coming up in my forecast.

now home to new jersey's fourth medical marijuana dispensary. the state's three other

dispensaries, compassionate science says more than 5,500 registered patients and caregivers. a caregiver is permitted by the state to buy medical marijuana for patients who cannot travel. a powerful drug used to reverse the effects of a drug overdose is available at cvs stores in new jersey and pennsylvania. during an overdose, breathing slows down and sometimes even stops and the drug helps wake up the overdosed victim. it is available in a nasal spray or injection without a prescription. if you're planning to travel anywhere for thanksgiving, buy those plane tickets as soon as you can or at least by the end of the week. according to orbits.com, the best time to book a flight is tomorrow, tuesday the 6th. the entire week is a great opportunity to get great bargains for all holiday flights. the best day to book airfare for flying around christmas, this

friday, october 9th. again on that, too, orbits says as soon as mid-october hits, fares continue to go up. >> jacqueline would like thanksgiving off. at least one company pushing back against the trend of starting black friday on thanksgiving day. staples says it will keep its doors closed on thanksgiving. it's the first major retailer to make that announcement this year. staples will try to grab its share of holiday shoppers for black friday at 6:00 a.m. and the largest teenaged clothing companies in the u.s. will deal with its own financial challenges. american apparel officially filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this morning. the company known for its made in america products is one of several teen clothing stores to file for bankruptcy in the past year. officials say the company will restructure its business after the bankruptcy filing. your next visit to the so-called happiest place on earth could now come with a bigger price tag. walt disney world is changing up its annual pass system,

including raising prices. the seasonal pass, which costs about $329 is now gone and instead there will be gold and silver passes, which will cost you $549 and $389. there's also a platinum plus pass, which will be around $729. any current passes will still be valid until they expire. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> today certainly was a great day for a stroll. this is a live look at the schuylkill river boardwalk from our camera atop. what a difference from what we saw over the weekend. wearing a heavy coat and it was still cold. the wind and the rain, that didn't help either, but things are calming down now and they are warming up. the wind is lighter, the seas are going to be going down, the sunshine making it feel even warmer, and then the air temperature is going to be going

up, as well. well, it's a good thing they weren't playing football on saturday, it was kind of nasty around here, but next sunday, going to be pretty good football weather. 68 degrees right now, wind northeast at 13 miles an hour. six degrees normal than we were at this time yesterday. here's frenchman nor in the pocono mountains. you see color here. we've got moderate color, running a bit behind schedule in many of the mountainous areas with the color changes, but they are coming and it's going to be beautiful as usual. 61 degrees in mt. pocono right now. you can see the northeast wind still there. it's in the mid 60s and north and west, 68 degrees northeast philly, 67 in sweetsboro and wilmington. 64 in ricetown. back on saturday, we have places that didn't above 50 during the afternoon. it was nasty. near 60 degrees at the shore.

so, warm up is going to be beginning tomorrow. 52 degrees at 8:00 a.m. in new jersey and delaware. 76 degrees by 2:00. in the philadelphia area itself, down near 50 at 8:00 a.m., 74 in the afternoon. nice and comfortable. light wind, too. north and west suburbs, 44 degrees. yeah, little chilly. 72 degrees with that quick warm up. we still have a coastal flood advisory only until 7:00 for southern delaware and extreme south jersey and pay be able to go on tv without talking about coastal flooding tomorrow. we have clouds continuing across the area, but that's nothing compared to what's going on elsewhere. there's joaquin, you can see very clear cut out in the atlantic. it's still a hurricane and you can see the swirl down off the southeast coast, partly responsible for all of that incredible rain in south carolina. 20 to 30 inches of rain in some

places. it's not over yet. there are bands of rain coming in. some heavy bands coming into north carolina. so they are not done with that system yet. we are. we have nice dry conditions, some clouds along the shoreline, but that's about it, and otherwise some real nice weather for a few days ahead. mostly clear and cool tonight, 49 for the low in philadelphia, 43 north and west. then during the day tomorrow, lot of sunshine. warmer than today, highs in the low to mid 70s. haven't hit 70 yet today. 74 tomorrow, 77 wednesday. dry through these three days, and friday some showers with a cold front coming in. it's going to cool us down for saturday, but looks like a nice and dry and comfortable weekend. >> do we want to talk about the eagles? >> no. >> fans with another disappointing loss yesterday, now chip kelly is offering up an explanation. >> next, who he blames for the

team's string of losses.

sorry, fans, but the eagles are now last in the nfc east with a 1-3 record after yesterday's loss to the redskins. >> there were such high hopes, remember the preseason? >> i do remember. >> seems so long ago. today coach chip kelly is placing blame for the team's dismal start to the season. comcast sportsnet's john clark joins us live with what chip kelly had to say and fan reaction. seems like a lifetime ago with the optimism in preseason. >> it does. it was another tough loss in washington yesterday and now the eagles are 0-3 in the nfc. only win against the jets and the saints are coming to the

link on sunday. drew brees looked good last night. birds came back to take the lead in the fourth quarter yesterday, just like they had on the road in atlanta in the season opener, but once again they lost that lead. the birds' defense gave up a 15-play, 90-yard touchdown drive to the redskins. chip kelly made a lot of changes on the eagles team in the off-season, he let go of nine starters, but he says the talent on this team is not the problem. >> we know we have the right players here, we just -- it's a play here, a play there, you two, by three, by ten, three games by 15 points. you hit two kicks and we're 3-1 and everyone's happy. don't throw the baby out with the bath water, okay, we're going to change everything we're doing in our approach. we just need to settle down, take a deep breath, and when we have an opportunity to make a play, we have to make a play. >> that bath water is pretty dirty right now. a lot of birds fans made the trip to washington, they are not happy.

they are frustrated. they saw chip remake the team and right now it is not paying off. >> i'm not happy. i'll tell ya that. i expected more this season with chip and all, expected a lot more. >> i haven't seen much of anything that's good, but, you know, i would give them a little more time, but yeah, i would say my confidence level has dropped a little. >> at first, yeah, exciting, what's he going to do. then he gets rid of all these good players that are doing really good jobs elsewhere, but where are we? 1-3. >> but everyone else in the division is 2-2, so hope is not lost. eagles are only one game back. many fans point to the offensive line and the moves that chip made there. the line has not played well. we're going to hear from a very frustrated member of the o-line and more with chip in an hour. i'm john clark, see you then. >> but the bath water is very dirty, john, thank you. >> don't go in there. >> no, don't. nbc 10 news at 5:00 is next. >> here's keith jones. >> jim, jacqueline, all new at 5:00, we all saw it happen on

surveillance tape. now the little girl who was kidnapped from a philadelphia school speaks in court today as the kidnapper is sentenced. feels a bit warmer outside today than it did over the weekend and even warmer weather's ahead. details coming up in my first alert forecast on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

nbc 10 breaking news.

>> sky force 10 is heading to that breaking news. all southbound lanes of 95 are closed approaching the commodore bridge, there's an accident, we understand, as well as a car fire. so far we haven't heard of injuries just yet. we'll bring you the live picture as soon as we get it. also tonight, what we can tell you waiting for the rain to stop. historic flooding is still devastating parts of south carolina. right now a broken dam is forcing even more people from their homes. and back here at home, more coastal flooding at the jersey shore and delaware beaches. how neighbors are trying to stay above water and how much longer this flood threat will last. high tide hit just about an hour ago. this is a live look from our camera in cape may. people on the shore have been battling coastal flooding for the last four days. >> even when that flooding subsides, the problems don't go away. nbc 10 delaware bureau reporter tim furlong shows us how shore towns and the beaches are taking a beating.