another night of storms. we have got more rain on the way. >> we do john. greg mentioned your pictures. unbelievable. thank you for pictures on facebook, twitter, instagram. you were all safe taking them. today's weather is the same pattern. we've got this tropical air. it's very much what you expect along the much. 87 at lunch, low 90s today. chances of showers and thunderstorms on the increase later. we can't rule out a shower popping up at any point. it's so humid again waking up. dew points 70 plus. we do zoom in and i want to inform you it's quiet. none of you seeing rainfall that the point in time. dew points as i mentioned

90s and close to 100. quick track shows more showers and thunderstorms popping up in the afternoon hours continuing into this evening. we'll track the weekend in minutes right now danielle is tracking the drive. it's been complicated this weekend. >> yes. we had road closures throughout the region. things are clears up at 5:01. green to the south stark county to the -- 630 to stark county to the east. that's probably adding one to two minutes to your commute. to the west, all green. i-90 at detroit road, not too many cars out. friday is a low traffic day. we're pretty good. 17 minutes headed to avon, 16

normal drive times. >> thank you. we have live team coverage on the storm damage and clean up underway. greg is in cleveland heights where some have gone days without power. >> let's start with tiffany live in lakewood. we learned power isn't expected to be back on until after 10:00 tonight. >> reporter: lena and john, in some parts of lakewood, quick check of the website restored before 10:30. we're here, driving, trying to give you better advantage point of all damage. we're on sloan in lakewood. you can see crews have this area roped off. that is because there's still an active wire here. that's how they're working to try and keep people safe as well as working to restore the power here. last night we had video around the website of businesses without power.

on detroit too. pretty tough for business being without power. you can't do anything at that point. not only that, but we've seen trees down, lanes down this morning. last night there were pretty huge trees in that west side area, rocky river bay village as well. we heard some witnesses describe that moment when they say lightning struck. >> first a flash of and series of blue lights after that. >> heard a crash and tree fell on the street. >> you were right there seconds before. >> seconds. i'm still freak out -- freaking out a little. >> reporter: good news is no one was injured. that's the good thing. we've been driving around lakewood showing you issues.

>> all right tiffany. thank you so much. some in cleveland heights are waking up without power again today. >> last check more than a thousand homes and businesses still in the dark. greg joins us live with when power might be restored. how's it looking? >> it's been a long week for folk in cleveland heights. storms came through tuesday night to wednesday morning. some folks still don't have power. here's the reason why. take a look cleveland heights now off south taylor. not only did it completely cover the yard, it took out the fence. behind me, the garage is deep in there. it is crushed. that took down power lines is a big issue. that's why folks don't have power. that's probably until 12:30 at the earliest. that's what we're hearing from

out here this morning. there were storms last night. some of you sent in amazing pictures. we take the weather vehicle on the road this morning to cleveland. images like this from 185th street on east side of cleveland from donna. take a look at this formation here in the upper part of this storm. huge area of very heavy rain, lots of rain with this storm. that wall cloud which produced a lot there are going to be additional showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. as those storms move in, there could be additional opportunities for strong gusty winds and lots of lightning and thunder as well. holly will be tracking that forecast throughout the morning. for folks here in cleveland height, before storms get get here, another hot afternoon. many are still without air

on neighbors too. thanks so much. new overnight, two were shot on the city's west side. this was around 2:00 this morning. both were taken to the hospital. no word on conditions or whether arrests have been made. we'll keep you updated on our website, wkyc.com. a house fire on west 47th, heavy smoke coming from the second floor. everyone did make it out safely. one of the families dogs did need oxygen at the scene. no word on the c over the hall of fame game the class action lawsuit was filed yesterday in content the fans are owed more for reimburse than ticket costs. they want travel, lodging expenses and so on. the game was cancelled due to poor field conditions due to the

lettering. the fire at the historic schoolhouse in green, investigators say was deliberately set. five have been arrested in connection with the fire at the walter schoolhouse early tuesday. police also believe the two teens and two adults were responsible for vandalizing the park. they're charged with breaking and entering, vandalism. in may. camilla carter watched her son battle addiction for years. according to drug abuse.gov, the number of heroin overdose deaths increased six fold with 10,000 deaths nationwide that year. carter started a petition on change.or g ask that ohio and whole country be placed on state

>> this is bigger than 9 /11 or a hurricane. this is the biggest hurricane to ever hit the planet. if you look at it, never a hurricane wiped out so many people. it's time to stop hit. >> the petition was posted four days ago. it has 6800 signatures so far. if you'd like to read the petition or sign it, look for this story on wkyc.com. in less than a month, medical marijuana will be legalized federal law. da just issued a report classifying marijuana as one of the most dangerous drugs in the country that report relaxed rules for research allowing one growth facility at the university of mississippi. . a busy sixth day in the olympics.

gymnastics. simone biles wins gold becoming the fifth american to win the event. she finished over her friend. allie riesman finned second. finished second. the final featuring phelps and lochte, phelps does it again in a landslide becoming t consecutive golds ever in an event. 22 golds in his career, 26 total medals. lochte finished fifth. back in the pool he finished second and qualified for final tonight. he is seeking fourth consecutive gold in that fly.

ryan murphy took gold in the 200 backstroke for his second gold in rio. by winning, murphy extended the u.s. streak to six straight golds in this event. that's one proud mom massachusetts. >> middletown kayla harrison won a gold becoming the first from ohio to medal in the games. she won gold in 2012 in london. coming up at 6:00 a.m., a live report from will >> he puts on dancing shoe this is morning and teaches us the samba. >> i can't wait to he gets back. he has local athletes competing today. all of that at 6:00. now 5:10. a big meeting without trump. why the party wants to talk about their nominee. tropical tgif. very humid through today,

low 90s to mid 90s for highs depending on how much of that haze and sunshine sticks around. we'll see how much of this lingers to the weekend. >> thank you to viewers. impressive video of storms rolling in. look at this video shot from downtown. lots of you captured this spectacular storm cloud. here's another angle from downtown. now the same thing in rocky river. the same cloudy dan in willoby.

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powpolitico calls this a come to jesus meeting. trump is not scheduled to attend this. this comes after a week of controversy including trump claiming president obama and hillary clinton are founders of isis. two counties are under water in wisconsin. they were under a flash flood warning until thursday afternoon and flash flood watch until this morning. that came after 4-6-inches we'll have road conditions poor to dangerous. some roads are covered by four to five feet of water. alex rodriguez will play his final game tonight with the yankees for this year. it's at yankees stadium we don't know what will happen next year. he then will be released from the player contract with the club. yankees officials say he will be

players. they're expecting heavy rain tonight. if game is postpone, they don't want him as part of the team tomorrow because they're honor honoring rivera. he may never play a final game if rained out tonight. think about the fans that spent $600 for a ticket tonight. let's talk traffic. . welcome to time now is 5:16. right now we're not having accidents and normal drive times. i did just speak to police. they said garfield road is indeed closed. it was closed this week because of storm damage. you can take center road as a detour option. don't forget when you hit the roads, tune into our partners, 1100 total traffic.

look at the. >> thanks for the update. there's so much with power outages and things going on. this is cleveland heights at 5:17. damage galore. look at trees down. a lot of this is still from a couple days ago when we had this storms. a lot of people still without power from days ago. then we had the storms last night and power outages with that. greg is out tiffany out also. we're going to keep you updated as we get new numbers in. a big thanks to crews working so hard. high uv index at 8 again today. there will be outdoor activities but an eye to the sky for sure. heat and humidity continues, so will the possibility of storms and he have rains too.

downpours. 82 at 9:00 this morning. going to heat up fast. 87 at lunch. low 90s easily today. we ended up hitting 94 at hopkins yesterday. over the next 12 hours we'll start off uneventful. hazy sunshine will translate to showers this afternoon. the best opportunity, no question, will be mid to late afternoon then into this evening. we take a across the region, it is very humid. this is all feeding up from the south. we're really feeling like residents along the gulf or from very typical. it's dry. we don't have rain going on now. as you wake up, know there are no showers or thunderstorms to worry about on your commute. these dew points, humidity has been so impressive this week. 70 plus.

hair gets wet but it's not raining. one of those again today. we'll head out to back deck to check out conditions first hand. going to be lovely. we look at future view track to the weekend. later this afternoon, we start to see showers and thunderstorms feed up from the south. they'll be moving through into the evening hours and into tonight a bit before things calm down again. it's the same for your saturday. we could see some very heavy t afternoon. it looks like numerous showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainings at rainings -- rains at times. weekends are precious. you probably have plans. i'd have backups for your saturday and sunday. looks like we'll see more rainy weather. all that being said, let's get a look at your seven-day forecast. once we get past the weekend, i do think that we'll start to see

sunday. more low 80s for highs. low to mid 80s on monday. storm chances are really isolated. it's our best bet of a drier day. we get to more chances into tuesday and middle of next week. . time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by ohio's number one hospital cleveland clinic. later today on nbc daytime coverage, track and field with the women's 10,000-meter final. swimming, more including the men's and women's medially relays. plus the u.s. women take on italy in volleyball. that's your access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by cleveland clinic. number one care any time

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>> wow. >> matt granite ran wider. i think he was ready to go up in the stands. he had a problem with the handoff with greg. >> basically matt lost for everyone. >> i don't want to call him out, but yes. >> what do you think at home? the lanes, if we were in right lanes, we would have won. >> you think? >> yes. rematch. >> i like the weaners one day. >> look out weaners, here we come. >> that's right. it's weather time. highs in the low 90s today. that's a shock to you. more showers and thunderstorms in the forecast too. this very hot, humid pattern remains in place. it's all feeding up from the south. as we look at the national travel map, we're literally

that continues, and so does the weather pattern. we're going to look at the weekend. we could see really heavy rain that could have a big impact on what you have planned. >> already time is now 5:27. paying more for less. big changes on the ray for rta riders. olympic trainers show us the science behind athlete's diet. i want the part three.

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branches peeled off this tree. this is video we got last night here on the west side in our viewing area in rocky river near detroit and/or charred and -- and orchard lane. a similar situation in bay village, tree down in the middle of the roadway, 90 near rta station. we did get a check of energy website. the power should be restored here at 10:30 at night. overall in cuyahoga, some progress. 8300 without power greg. >> reporter: tiffany, pieces of siding and splintered wood, that's all that's left from this garage after a huge tree fell on it.

cleveland heights. more than 1,000 homes and businesses are still waiting to get power this morning. first energy says it could take as long as maybe through 12:30 this afternoon to restore some of the power. driving in this morning, streets still littered with large branches and parts of trees as clean up continues. there may be more storms in the forecast. holly is tracking that. >> greg, thank you so up many. i think that wille a lot of workers here at channel 3 without power coming in this morning. more scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for your friday. nothing has really changed in our weather pattern. we're dealing with tropical heat and humidity. things really fire up again into the afternoon when we see the best opportunity for heavier down tours and storms. 87 by noon or 91 for the high

90s once again. we look at regional view. humidity is in place. we don't have wet weather to show you at this time. i'm happy to report a quiet start to your friday. dew points 70 plus. you'll see as we get to the afternoon, here comes the showers and thunderstorms again this danielle is keeping an eye on road conditions with power outages and damage. it's been bad. >> right. we've been keeping track of this closure all week long. i said garfield remains closed because of storm damage this week. i asked when is this going to reopen. they said they're not sure. detour is fairview avenue as well as center street you can take. other than, that looking good on the traffic map. a little slow traffic we're tracking on state route 18 past 94 as well as slow traffic heading into medina 271 south.

route and will 71. 18 minute commute headed south and 17 heading north. we have normal drive times on your highways. >> back to you. thank you. starting this sunday, rates on all rta services are going up. the number of rounds is going down. changes are part of budget cuts. cleveland rta is dealing with a $7 million short fall. fairs go up 25-cents. in one year, ride pers who use weekly passes another round of fair increases take effect in 2018. cleveland police are asking for your help this morning. they're hoping someone can help them identify these men that they say stole 20 bikes and three tvs from treemont loft. the men tampered with a door lock to break in on jefferson

. thousands will pack cleveland's little italy for the annual feast of the assumption. 118th celebration of food and fun starts tonight through monday. the feast marks one of the most important holy days which is the assumption of virgin mary into heaven. the annual mass and reception will be held then on monday at 10:00 a.m. . from michael phelps in 2008 to lochte in rio, americans have a reputation for consuming 10,000 calories a day. >> that's a lot s. that really how olympians eat?

swimmers are always hungry. >> that started when michael phelps said he ate 4 ,000 calories every meal. then ryan said he was eating to win with 8,000 calories a day. we asked local olympians, do you really eat that much? >> probably not as much as michael phelps eats. >> she eats a lot but not 8,000 calories. >> when i go with my eats six inch and i'm chowing down on foot long. >> they're diets are monitored and given based on their needs. it's a balance of calories, carbs, protein. their diets are filled with mostly lane meats and

child in the hospital after falling from a roller coaster in pennsylvania. emergency crews were called to the idle wild amusement park near ligonier after reports the child fell from the roll per coaster. park officials say the 3-year-old was alert and talking to his family when airlifted. happening today, the national transportation safety board will hold a briefing about monday on the ocean floor, 10 months athe cargo ship sank in hurricane joaquin. all members of the crew were killed. investigators hope the recorder will give them insight into the challenges that the el farro faced. floridaman celebrated a milestone yesterday. he began cutting hair in 1966

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foundation. good morning tracey. >> tough issues on both sides. trump is not going to be at that meeting. some call it an emergency meeting, while others push back saying it's typical. trump's campaign doubles down on what he's been saying about president obama and isis. >> barack obama is the found her. >> trump is not backing down claiming the president responsible for isis. >> tell the truths. a lot of people like i said it. >> trump campaigns in pennsylvania today. his staff is meeting with the republican party in florida. despite reports the party is frustrated with their nominee, trump's team calls today's meeting routine. what's not is more than 70 party insiders going public urging the gop to give up on trump and redirect money to struggling lawmakers up for re-election.

decades has done and release his tax returns. >> hillary clinton has released eight years worth and says last year's is coming soon. her campaign is responding to a report that one of her top aids at state department did double duty for the clinton foundation. >> american people are tired of pay to play politics in washington d.c. >> in a statement, the clinton campaign says mills volunteered for the foundation on her time. >> and they say that the campaign is saying she not only volunteered on her own time but going up to new york to do interviews. she did it on her own dime. she paid for it. their argument is any conflict of interest allegations as they put it in a statement, absurd. thank you. have a great weekend.

deal more at mike bass ford. 5:43 friday morning. we start on the west side. another road closure this time in bay. columbia road shut down between wolf road and first street because of storm damage. go ahead and take dover to get around that detour option. again in minor. your detour is fairview road or fairview avenue street. we take a look and pull out at the entire traffic map. we have normal drive times on our traffic map. normal drive times and so far no accidents. holly? >> thanks danielle. we'll get to weather in a second. first john we have got dog gone weather. >> this is from our friends. a 4-year-old kitty cat looking for a home.

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the day. it's quiet now as you're waking up. hazy. we'll go from hazy to some sunshine to some storms again especially mid to late afternoon and then continuing into the evening. right now as we get a look at bigger picture, pretty calm. humidity is in place, yes. we are more or less rain free this friday morning. had showers few hours ago. those moved out. glad to report that regard. dew points 70 plus. this has been the case past several days. that continues let's track. we'll see filtered sunshine throughout this morning. golf planned for today. hopefully it's earlier. we get in the afternoon and start to see showers, thunderstorms, heavy rains possible. we'll continue with that into the evening and somewhat tonight

several days. tomorrow looks like our chance for the heaviest rain. as we get to afternoon hours, this is 4:00 tomorrow. rain very heavy and thunderstorms. again, anything you have planned outdoors especially for our saturday, i'd be really thinking about back up plans. sunday we still have showers and thunderstorms in the forecast as well. should be a little more scattered sunday. we'll update and keep you rm the forecasts ourselves. window nation seven day low 90s, close to 90 tomorrow. heavy rain and storms scattered and likely through the weekend. sunday we're in the low to mid 80s. by monday more isolated chances. . time now for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by ohio's number one hospital, cleveland lynnic. later today on nbc daytime coverage, track and field with

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now they're worth a billion dollars. you've got to look at value of lebron james. i think he's underpaid. lebron was paid more now than michael jordan and also because of the financial times of the nba. the nba is now richer. so here it is fans. you may not like the marketplace, but it's all up to you if you're willing to pay it. lebron james is certainly worth fair market v. want to pay his salary. cavs will have no trouble filling those seats. tweet me your thoughts at john wkyc. scary home start for the indians. santana hit in the head from this liner. they say he was feeling better. they'll keep testing for concussion symptoms. this was a deep home tore

indians with a four game lead because tigers were off. remember the avon team i feature had the competed on nbc reality show spartan? this weekend they're holding a competition at fmu fitness in avon on jay cox road. the top ninja and spartan warriors from across the country are here to tackle the obstacle course. it begins saturday. your kids can take over the co afterwards. it goes to the childhood cancer foundation. i'll have more information including pictures of the setup later this morning on my facebook page. john anderson wkyc. fun event in avon. >> thanks. another airline decided to provide all in flight entertainment for free. all movie, tv shows, music, and games through inflight

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the sun. we're going to see if i can not make a fool of myself. all that coming up on channel 3. . will school still start on time in how a foot of water could affect one local district's first day. the show must go on. power outage and soggy parking lots. how the monsoon rains affected last night's luke bryan concert. >> remain closed because of that storm damage. >> more showers, heavy downpours possible for your tgif. it's quiet outside on the deck. partly to mostly loud i did skies in northeast ohio. we'll track the rain, let you know what's ahead for the weekend all coming up. . all right holly. today's medal count brought to you by university hospitals.

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. heat and humidity could mean more storms in northeast ohio today. thousands still without power from the last two rounds. >> from east to wes spent hours clearing debris and fallen tree limbs throughout northeast ohio. that will continue throughout the day. >> live team coverage of the storm damage. some have gone days without power. >> we'll check in with them in a minute. let's start off with holly weep keeping a close eye on the radar. >> hey. >> good morning to you. out on the back deck here,