cut off from the world. families are desperate to reach loved ones in puerto rico. after hurricane maria knocks out power to the entire island. >> attack on the train. bullies left woman with a black eye. restaurant ran. why this out burst has people coming to the defense of a local veteran and his dog.

right now at 11. showing no mercy. tonight, hurricane maria has left its devastating mark on puerto rico. the storm dumped up to 20 impbls of rain and leaders confirm power is out across the entire island. there's now a cur fee in place until saturday to keep people safe and off the street. nbc10 is following the latest from puerto rico. with so many in the dark, communication is impossible. >> this is the strongest storp to hit puerto rico in 80 years. many not knowing if their loved ones are safe. >> reporter: when hurricane maria made land fall in puerto rico today, she showed no mercy. power knocked out across the island. phone and internet communication is sper rattic.

>> i can't get in contact with everybody. my stepmother talked to her brother yesterday. he was preparing for the worst. >> reporter: we tried face timing with journalist. the connection wasn't strong enough. our calls after numerous tries went through. >> i can see palm trees from my window. bending like rubber. rooftops flying over. >> reporter: she shot this video. hurricane irma and then maria packed a one, two punch. no power for two weeks. >> people are trying to call home and can't get through. >> i don't know how my mom at this point. >> reporter: not knowing if family is safe is difficult on the island. >> high blood pressure. >> reporter: also back here in the philadelphia region. >> things can be replaced. we're hoping that we can get a hold of them as soon as we can.

>> remain patient. the storm is unlike anything she has ever seen. and she says it's going to take time before communication is restored. >> hurricane maria is headed for other islands in the caribbean and could regain some strength. let's get an update from tammie souza. >> the latest information in is that it's still a category 2. it's intensified. look at the eye developing once again. central pressure will drop. this is likely to intensify up to category 3 or 4. about 55 miles just northeast of the dominican republic. expected to skirt along offshore there. before heading to the turks. a better leek at the eye. it disappeared when it crossed the mountains of puerto rico. it's reforming because it's over the warm water. the energy source. so it's able to strengthen and there's no sheer out there in

the atmosphere. let's take a look at where the track will take it now. it brings it fairly close to the u.s., east coast. in fact we'll be keeping a close eye on whether or not this even makes land fall somewhere. on the atlantic coast. and that's something that is going to be of concern to people. as it arches out and heads up to the east, it will be very close to the carolinas and also come fairly close and create more waves for us here in philadelphia. we'll talk about this track and a very steamy weekend forecast. >> with hurricane after hurricane. lot of travel to the caribbean has been completely cut off. still ahead, the struggle to reschedule everything from vacation to weddings. tonight new video of the ongoing rescue of a little girl trapped underneath a rubble in mexico. at a school that chapsed during yesterday's powerful earthquake. 25 people died at the school.

21 of them were studented. crews have been trying to save the girl since this morning. the death toll is now the up to 230 people. including 100 just in mexico city. a man who spent 24 hours in the rubble of a partially collapsed building was pulled out alive. back here at home. neighbors in are doing their parts to help earthquake victims organizers say they're taking food and clothing donationer friday until october 31st. the donations will be driven to red cross shelters in mexico city. breaking news from northeast philadelphia. police searching for a driver who hit a pedestrian on roosevelt boulevard and took off. the 28 year-old woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the crash happened in the northbound lanes near south hampton roads. some of the inner haens are still closed.

>> a young woman says she was just trying to protect a group of girls when she was attacked and robbed. on a train. that video shows the woman getting punched while others just stood by and watched. she spoke only to nbc10 denise nakano tonight. the victim told you she has no regrets. >> she doesn't. i talked to her outside the home. the attack happened on the sub way near city hall. she suffered bruises on her head and a black eye. she would step up again. >> reporter: cell phone video posted to social media shows a group of teen girls attacking temple student. on the broad street loin. >> there was two girls had hit me in the face. and at least three that at the exit that were hitting me in the back of the head. >> reporter: the vicious attack happened when she tried to stop one group of girls from bullying another smaller group of

students yesterday afternoon. >> i was trying to help out with these girls. i was trying to do the right thing. >> reporter: when she came into harms way. she found herself a lone target. while 20 to 30 passengers watched the attack unfold. passengers at the city hall exit where the attack happened watched the video and were stunned. >> wow. that's horrible. >> it's like people don't have good training at home. no offense to parents. it's like come on now. >> reporter: her attackers left her with face and head injury. and stole her iphone. given a choice he would help again. she just wishes others would do the same. >> it's not okay to standby and let somebody be attacked. we're supposed to be the city of brother brotherly love. we need to come together. >> police are looking to identify the teenagers and arrest could coming as soon as

tomorrow. one woman in particular helped her to get to safety. she wasn't able to get her name. she's hoping they can reconnect. if yur watching tonight, give me a call. let me know. she'd like to thank you in person. tonight one person is in dust custody after police officers found pipe bombs inside a home in east oak lane. officers were carrying out a court ordered eviction. neighbors on the block were evacuated. police called in the canines that sniffed out the explosive and confirmed the bombs. the bomb squad showed up and got rid of them. the chester county man who sucker punched someone with se cerebral palsy is headed to. prosecutors say it shows baker mocking the victim.

his trial now starts on monday. >> a collective sigh of relief from parents tonight. a teachers strike comes to an end. students from the school district will return to class this friday. the strike forced the district to cancel chasdss for the last three days. the union has agreed to arbitration. with the school board. >> new jersey governor is breaking ranks with his republican colleagues. today he spoke out against a new healthcare bill in congress. senate republicans are pushing to vote on the bill by the end of next week. it repeals many elements of obama care. but christy opposes it. because it will take away expanded medicaid funds. >> tonight it's officially the start of the jewish new year. tonight, high holiday starts a ten day period of prayer and personal reflection. marks the year 5778 on the he brew calendar.

many celebrate with traditional foods. including apples dipped in honey for a sweet year. >> bans neighbors have growing bamboo unless they build a barrier around it. the city council voted to advance the propped law. this comes after complaints that the fast growing bamboo was invading other peoples property. and cracking foundation. the final vote will take place next week. coming up. from jackpot to jail. why this power ball winner from new jersey is now sitting behind bars. disgusting to have an animal inside a public restaurant. >> out burst over a veteran and his service dog. why the vet thinks this video could do some good. and going off road the story behind this bizarre site. at a jersey shore board walk. that's next. [ engines revving ]

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maria, jose, irma, harvey. the names from a hurricane season we won't soon forget. in just a few weeks they have changed the landscape of islands and countries across the atlantic. many of the years are tourist destinations. but it could be months before travelers can return. live at airport tonight. we saw a lot of disappointed passengers there. >> planning a honeymoon or wedding destination is difficult enough. it's already stressful. many couples were turned around here at airport after hurricanes derailed their plans. without insurance they could lose thousands of dollars. >> we had the happiest day of our life. >> not long after newlyweds said i do. they faced a dilemma. >> we were watching the weather. >> they planned to leave the monday after the wedding day for

honeymoon. hurricane irma moved over the caribbean. >> we were like maybe we'll push it back to wednesday. >> then jose followed. the couple postponed until next year. >> the day before. and it was disappointing. but we would rather be safe. >> this couple has travel insurance. >> it actually saved their room. and i was able to reschedule them. >> travel agent can sum up this wedding season in one word. >> nightmare. >> reporter: this is the first time she's seen hurricanes cancel or postpone destination weddings in honeymoons. >> i saw it at jfk. it was devastating. >> reporter: despite set backs. she's resilient. making sure couples have one less thing to stress over. >> peace of mind was worth more than anything else. >> we're relieve and had praying for the people there.

>> the travel agent already has couples calling her concerned about the caribbean weddings. and honeymoons for next year. with talked to two other travel agents who says this is a difficult wedding season. but they had help from the staff at the resorts and airlines. >> tonight a north jersey man who won a $338 million jackpot is facing child sexual assault charges. he's accused of endangering the welfare of a child. prosecutors say the victim was between 11 and 14 years old when the assault happened. he won the jackpot back in 2013. after buying the ticket. if convicted he could get 20 yooers in prison. a delaware veteran and his service dog getting attention from around the country tonight. that's after they were caught on video being confronted in a

restaurant. >> that woman was angry that bill brought his service dog into the crab house in delaware city friday night. this video of her out burst has been seen hundreds of thousands of times. we spoke with austin by phone today. the video is doing some good. >> it's making people understand that, this is not the way we should be treating each other. >> if you want to watch the entire video. you can see it on our web site. nbc10.com. >> talk about taking a wrong turn. a truck got stuck on board walk at the jersey shore. you see it there. police say the driver got on the board and then traveled about two and a half miles before stopping here. crews worked for hours dismantling railings and putting down planks to get it off. police ticketed that driver for being on the board walk. now to your first alert weather. live look at the ben franklin

bridge. clouds and a light breeze. let's get an update. >> what a beautiful night it is. just sparkling. the city looks fantastic. as we gaze across the river, 86. that was the high today. the strongest wind gust at 31 miles per hour. didn't pick up any rain. and ample sunshine. very mild for everybody. look at all of you in wilmington. 70 degrees. good evening in vine land. cooler at mount. allen town 70. trenten 72. and coats ville 68. heading into a balmy night. the summer like pattern. and fall starts friday. it will stay warm and sticky. we aren't look at much in the way of cloud kvr coffever. it's cleared out. jose moved to the north and east. you can make out the swirl in the tropical storm. for the most part, this is going

to leave us a loan. through the weekend. it looks like things will be quiet. we'll get a break. from this storm. so 60 miles per hour winds moving to the east and northeast. at six miles per hour. the track is strange. it's been strange frl several days. a giant circle. it will be a remnant low and could go anywhere in the circle. circle around and bring a few showers back towards philadelphia. into monday. at this point it's just sort of out there spinning around and fizzling. really watching hurricane maria. that could be really the biggest effect to us next week. right now between 96 and 110 miles per hour winds. expected to restrengthen perhaps category 3 or 4. 130 to 156 miles per hour winds not out of the question. headed towards turks and caco. it is the tenth most most intense storm in the basin on record. it had a central pressure of 906

mill bars last night. 175 miles per hour winds. more intense than irma was. so this storm it is causing damage. anywhere it goes. that's why they had such catastrophic damage. 110 miles per hour winds. it will move passed. strengthen to category 3 possibly a 4. and passed the bahamas. the cone takes it out off the east coast by monday. look what happens. the computer models. because these models are split. some want to take it to the mainland. some want to take it to sea. we'll watch closely as to what happens. your neighborhood forecast. for tonight 68 philadelphia. 52 lee high valley. 58 along the jersey shore. tomorrow we'll have a decent day. a mix of sun and clouds. 87 philadelphia. 80 jersey shore. way above the 70s where with should be. ten day on ten. looking again at 87 tomorrow. 83 for the first day of fall on

friday. saturday 87. hot and sweaty day on sunday. perhaps showers to start the beginning of the week. maybe remnants of jose. still moving into the area. >> sloppy joes on the menu tonight. but the sandwiches were made with venn son meat. donated by local hunters and collected by a group. called hunt, fish, feed. to serve meals to the poor and homeless. eagles player brandon gram is doing his part to tackle hunger. defensive end helped bag groceries at a shop in south if i feel philadelphia for help bag hunger day. to raise money for local food banks. >> speaking of. your official eagles station. join us for coverage of the home opener against the giants this sunday. it all starts at 9:30 a.m. with eagles game day kick off.

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looks like the eagles will be making a change on the offensive line sunday. warmack will get his chance at left guard. the birds missing three players in the secondary. birds hosting the 0-2 giants on sunday. wentz hyped to play at home. >> there's nothing like playing at the link. fans are unbelievable. running out of the tunnel we know how electric the place can be. and in full effect. with the divisional rival coming down here. from new york. >> phillies win the third straight game against the team with the best record in baseball. dodgers. this fan ignoring the dodgers fan with her. aaron altherr red hot. homers for his third straight game. two run shot. tied at 4. now the dodgers fans wants a kiss. still on her phone. look up you'll miss tommy

joseph. solo. the phillies a 5-4 lead. eighth inning aaron altherr on a tear. going the other way. off the wall. two runs come in to score. that's 9 rbi in the series. phillies they have the lead. you have to give credit to the dodgers fan. he's still trying here. with the phillies fan. not getting anywhere. two outs in the ninth. look at this catch to seal it by herrera. this is amazing. phillies win 7-5. what a catch. sixers camp starts in a week. ben simmons is clear to. embiid not cleared. being cautious with him. >> game winner. fliers win 3-2. we're ghosting. we're right back.

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consumed with everything pumpkin spice. here comes summer again. >> it will be here through next week. enjoy. >> i'm jacqueline london. thanks for watching. the tonight show starring jimmy fall is next. see you tomorrow. of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ben stiller. fred armisen. musical guests, little big town,