. 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,

phone. thank you for all of the pictures from storms yesterday. they're incredible. you were able to capture amazing views and much appreciated. we're quiet to start off. it's humid, definitely we're quiet this friday morning. there are more showers and thunderstorms in the forecast today. we're calling it a tropical tgif. dew points in the 70 degrees plus range again. possibility of today. look at the plan. forecasting a big warm up mid to upper 80s by lunch and low 90s into late afternoon early evening. heat index values will be mid to upper 90s today. now to show you, it's uneventful around northeast ohio and through the state for that matter. we are planning on things quite active not only today. i think we could see a big

danielle, more details as we track hourly coming up. >> we'll look forward to that we have road closures because of storm damage west and east. we start west where in bay, columbia is closed between wolf and first street because of that storm damage. if you need to get around that take dover. garfield remains shut down. if you need to get take fairview avenue and/or center street. other than, that we are accident and delay free. normal drive times there. john and lena, back to you. >> 6:02, potential of more storms. some bracing for potential of what's next bracing for more of the previous storms. >> we've learned they're trying

this is the reason why. this power line is down. you have to be careful of things like this. probably what brought it down is this tree you're seeing here. we are on lakewood heights in lakewood. so the power is out as far as we can tell in this area. trees are down. you can see a tree service cut this down and got it out of the roadway here. let's show you the talking about power being out here on the west side we know businesses had to close early because of the storms last night. mcdonald's as well as mitchell's ice cream on detroit the these are businesses on the west side in our area. we spoke to two witnesses last night who heard just how powerful these storms were. >> first it was a flash of white

lights after that. we heard a crash and a tree fell on the streets. >> you were right there seconds before. >> yes. i'm still freaking out a little. >> rocky river last night. we are seeing trees down here in lakewood. we'll continue to drive around and give you an update on this situation. >> reporter: tiffany, i'm live in cleveland morning where pieces of siding and wood is all that's left of a garage behind me after this huge tree was toppled by the strong winds. not last night but tuesday night. it's been since then since folks have lost power here in cleveland heights. more than a thousand homes and businesses are without power in this eastern suburb. we're in a neighborhood off south taylor. problem is first energy will have to go from home to home to

lines. putting up one line will not restore 100 homes anymore. we're here with the weather advanced mobile in cleveland heights. we can bring the weather to you. i want to show you some of the images you have been sending in. holly was mentioning it this morning from last night. scenes like this from dan in willoby. this formation got a lot of attention last night. here's what you're looking at. here's the this lowering in the cloud here indicated a strong thunderstorm moving in. out ahead of that storm, strong southerly winds pushing up into the clouds. on the back side of the storm, that's where all the rain is. you can make it out here. all this gray is all rain pushing down toward the surface. gusty winds formed.

winds. the wet micro burst happened creating the damage on east side of cleveland. >> incredible pictures. thank you. the parma school district office is drying out this morning and will remain closed today. >> heavy storm this is week backed up suer lines. water flooded the building. water got as high as a foot leaving behind significant damage. crews say they plan to disinfect, check for mold, and monitor the air quality. school sign ups will resume on start of the school year will not be affected. steel door wasn't enough to keep crooks away early this morning. someone drove a dodge caravan through the front of the easy exchange on east 79th and superior. no word on whether they got away with anything. >> overnight, a house fire on west 47th street. heavy smoke coming from the second floor. everyone did make it out safely. one of the families dogs did

no word from the cause. time is now 6:07. pure gold. the amazing routine that shot simone biles to the top of the podium in women's gymnastics. fancy footwork. will takes us to dance clam -- chance -- dance class in rio. >> we have pictures weeks. we're calling this a stunning start. look at that sunrise captured from mary in lexington. beautiful we appreciate you. hope you're having a great start to your friday.

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. throw side cleats and running shoes. time to get your dancing shoes on. >> that's right. will is taking us to samba class live in rio. i can't wait, will. >> reporter: well, curb your enthusiasm. it's not that great. it was great, but i wasn't that great. let me put it that way. live from rio. i don't know what was up with this weather. i was promised nine. i think the forecast will get better for it didn't matter when you go inside to put on dancing shoes which is what i did. a small dance studio, instructor in portuguese tried to teach me

since here at olympics, and in life actually, as long as you have fun, that's the most important thing. we all had fun trying to learn. doesn't matter how bad we were. it was a good time. we appreciate the instructions. >> don't be so humble. that was awesome. >> if we had cards, you'd have two perfect 10s here. >> i appreciate that. i don't know if i get the how

>> are you going to keep it going when you come back to states and learn a few more moves? >> i plan on opening a studio and teaching the samba. i'm assuming you'll sign up. >> i think you went too far with opening of a studio. good stuff. >> instructions are in portuguese. better brush up. >> we'll see you in a bit. good stuff. an . another historic day and rivalry match from michael phelps. >> to the pool, men's 200-meter final. phelps does it again, landslide victory becoming the first swim tore ever win four consecutive golds in the same event.

22nd gold over all. he has 26 olympic medals. not much of a match up. ryan lochte finished fifth. 38 minutes after that, phelps back in the pool for the 100-meter butterfly semi. he finished second and qualified for the final. seeking a fourth consecutive gold in the 100 fly today. we start with all around final biles becomes the fourth american to win the event. 2.1 points head of her friend ally raisman. only the second time that two u.s. gymnasts finished first and second in olympian all around. we look ahead to olympics coming

and second in individual gymnastics events. think of medals we could be piling up. >> rack them up. let's look at the roads with dani. do we get a gold medal there? . >> well we are looking for in terms of traffic is not gold but green. that's how you get the green light to travel at your normal drive times. to the slow traffic 224 eastbound and westbound at 91. that's adding a minute to your commute. we move north and green and clean no. accidents to report. here's the accident at 71. we're not seeing stop and go traffic. drive time is a seven minute commute. holly, we're checking the forecast. >> yes, thank you danielle we'll start with a look at summer fun conditions.

hazy. uv index is very high. it's been high all week ranging from 8-9. we are team u.s.a. on summer fun today. love it. let's get a look at weather headline, humidities, off the chart pretty much. more tropical storms for your tgif with heavy rains possible especially later today. it's quiet as you wake up this morning. i'm happy to let you know about that >> 79 degrees wow. we've got 87 by lunch, 91 or so by heat index values with upper 90s. with heat and humidity in place later today, better opportunity for showers and thunderstorms and heavy downpours. over the next 12 hours we start to see chances rolling in in the afternoon and evenings. feast going on in little italy.

fingers crossed that i can. this is tough as we get into tonight and this weekend. humid across the region. i mentioned rain free as we're waking up this morning. just a hazy, partly cloudy sky at this point. sun up in a few minutes. dew points haven't budged this week. we're literally feeling like we could be miami or louisiana. honestly, low 70s is where we're situated. as we track hour by h we notice is the sunshine through mid to late morning. as we get into the afternoon with heat and humidity, here comes showers and thunderstorms again. we'll continue to see those chances into this evening. things will fade tonight as they have been. then tomorrow it really looks like it's going to turn into quite the soaker. by afternoon, look at the picture. this is 4:30 on your saturday. showers and thunderstorms, heavy rains. it looks like into the evening

sunday. if you have plan this is weekend, my best advice is backup for real. going to be scattered but i think we have a real good opportunity for heavy rain, especially on saturday at this point. here's your window nation seven day. today's highs in the low 90s. heat index will feel more mid to upper 90s. scattered rains and storms afternoon and evening. low to mid chances sunday. isolated by monday of next week. >> time for access to today's summer game schedule brought to you by ohio's number one hospital cleveland clinic. later today on daytime coverage, track and field with the women's 10,000-meter final. swimming, more qualifying, including the men's and women's relays. u.s. women take on italy in volleyball.

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all right time now for biggest winners on friday. volleyball is one of the more popular sports in the rio olympics and around here too. this was the player's choice, 13-year-old girl's volleyball team that won a gold in tournament in geneva. they went to ohio valley regional tournament in columbus and tied for fifth. there fifth is outstanding. fifth year playing together. congratulations to coaches and team. send me your picture and story. e-mail or tweet them to me @john wkyc. let's have more champions next week. >> they all look tall. >> i think they are. it helps to be tall in volleyball. holly, you're a giant among us. >> that's really nice.

>> maybe. i can cheer. does that count? >> of course. 82 degrees at 9:00. 87 at noon, 91 at 5:00. i got pompoms at my desk. we're going to see showers and thunderstorms. heat and humidity continue. we have been saying all week this pattern is going to stay put. it most getting into our weekend, it looks like more of the same. national travel map. a really good thing to show you at this point. all this moisture is truly feeding up from the gulf. we feel we're in the tropics. it's going to continue through your saturday, sunday. john and lena, if you have plan this is weekend, you'll want to stay tuned. we're tracking hour by hour coming up. looking at forecast highs and condition across the eastern

today. more showers, more storms. a whole lot of heat and humidity. holly, 6:25. yeah, sing fbi pants, grass, a power -- soggy pants and grass, a power outage. these buns can run, pun. i did not write that. team wkyc take on indians hot dogs relay. that's not olympic gold.

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10,000 without power here. that went up from what we told you earlier. you can see here, this is part of a tree. someone cut some of this up here. to show you the damage, how strong and powerful winds were. look at this. this is huge extending really across three different yards and homes here. i spoke to a woman that lives at the home where the tree stands. she tells me she's been witho here in lakewood, along delaware and morrison. we've been driving around all morning showing all the damage. we wanted to get out now that it's daylight, give a better idea of what residents and crews have to work through throughout the day today. look at all of this. it's a big mess for everyone here to clean up. so you have to be careful when you're out. we've seen wires down here in

nothing is roped off in this area. you can see, boy, how huge that tree is. it's extended again three different homes here on this street in lakewood. >> thank you for the report. i know you'll keep us informed throughout this morning. we'll check in with greg as well. i've got to thank you. you've been amazing with pictures on social media. can't tell you how many i've received and howy they're amazing. we've got a breezy start here on the back deck at channel 3. winds out of the southwest. i've got to tell you, feels nice. i'm not opposed to humidity. i know, it's stuffy. we're going to continue with this tropical pattern. this morning feeling comfortable with at least somewhat of eyebrows keeping the fog away --

away. we're going to warm up fast. from mid to upper 70s we're in to low 80s. it gets hot with mid to upper 90s expected. quiet on radar waking up. we don't have rain right now. a real potential later, you won't want to miss the weekend forecast. there's a lot of plans with the assumption of i'll let you know what's going to happen. >> traffic map 6:32. slowing into downtown 71 north. that's typical no delays or accidents. we have road closures because of storm damage in bay village. columbia road is closed between wolf and first streets. you can take center road or craig road at detour options. menorr, garfield road remains

and center street. ? yeah that's luke bryan on stage last night the concert was delayed an hour because of a power outage that kept the stage in the dark. the show went on the country music star's first song when he went on is a good thing ." we have an update on that fire at the historic schoolhouse in green which investigators say was deliberately set. five have been arrested in connection with the fire tuesday. police believe two teens and to adults were responsible for vandalizing the park. they're charged with breaking and entering, vandalism and arson. police are hoping someone

that stole 20 bikes and two tvs from tree mont loft. these are surveillance from july 30th. men tampered with a door lock to break in on jefferson avenue. if you know anything that might help, call believed chris police. a group of fans are suing nfl. they ticket prices the game was cancelled due to poor field conditions related to paint they used for logos and lettering on the field. . hard to believe it's going to get better, but it's going to. ohio goes for gold on day eight

preview. he's back. previously you showed us dancing skills. how about today? >> i don't think i'm going to win gold medals for my samba dancing. ohio athletes will be bringing the gold home. we have some looking to bring the gold home. we've been talking about her since the get go. in the olympics, that's a good nick. she continues to move on. rower from gates mills ohio back in the water today with grace looking for gold in t on the men's side from toledo, ohio. he and his partner in temperature finals today hoping to bring the -- in the finals today hoping to bring the gold back to united states. emily took the introns -- the

university of akron grad clayton murphy in the men's 100 today. turned professional, signed with nike just this past june. a lot of action to look forward to in the water and on infrastructure and field side today. hey, yesterday was a good day too. let's not forget the gold already coming to ohio. judo, the well known judo girl, kayla harrison bringing gold to ohio. she took a gold in london followed by weaponing pour matches yesterday. she came off the floor beaming with joy. i asked did it feel differently second time around? >> i've been dealing with pressure. at the end of the day, i wanted to be number one in the world, olympic champion two time olympic champion. that pressure is noise. the pressure is what i put on

today. coming back with bling. simone biles best women's gymnast in the world. she showed why last night. her choreographer is from ohio. i caught up to him after she took the gold and said, how does it feel to see her win the gold with your routine? >> sinking all this in. so cool to watch it out there. dream come true. i'm honored to be here of the united states. >> so proud of you, simone and kayla. looking forward to today best of luck to athletes today >> the emotions. >> yet i know you're there. i want to give you advice will as we get ready for track and field. when bolt runs, don't blink. you're going to miss it.

saying bolt run than offending harrison yesterday. that girl was nuts. i felt safe walking around rio with her. i don't think i needed security. >> good stuff this keep dancing will. >> thank you will. >> will do. . time now is 6:38. wearable tech for less. matt has great dea watches in today's ways to save. tgif to you. hope the morning is going well so far. more heat, humidity, storm chances so far. i think this weekend could be a soaker at times. i'm going to let you know when. you've got a lot planned. low 90s for highs today.

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we lost as we went around the field. they had a longer path. someone on facebook said my baton was terrible. >> your pass was good matt's pass to greg is where we had problems. >> we would have won if they were on the inside. >> there's a rematch. an -- citations involved. >> this new event is cancelled for tokyo olympics. >> unless you have mad dog on? >> here's from friends at apl. camile is a 4-year-old kitty cat that lost a home because the owner developed an allergy. does great with other animals and kids.

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chances of showers and thunderstorms at their highest. quiet now as we wake up. it's also muggy. ultra humid would be a good way. 2:00 or 3:00 to 5:00 in the early evening hours for rain chances. if you've got plans for little italy, have a back up. humid condition region. we're rain free at this time. that's good. it be gives us time to regroup after the showers and storms again yesterday. dew points are still 70 plus. this is all feeding in from the south. we corral -- do feel tropical in every since. it's 11:00 this morning. hazy, already well into the 80s.

afternoon and evening. fading tonight as they have been. let me say now saturday tomorrow is really looking like a soaker. we're going to start with spotty showers. then into the afternoon is when things really pick up and intensify. it appears we'll have not only insurance and storms but heavy torrential downpours a possibility. we'll keep you updated. this is 5:00 tomorrow. we continue to see chances into the evening more rain potential yes the pattern does remain in place. really we've been thinking through the week which was going to happen. it's coming together. seven-day forecast, low 90s today. close to 930 again tomorrow. low to middle 80s sunday. scattered rain and storms through the weekend. monday looks like chances much more isolated. time now for access to

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. welcome back to this morning rush. holly had your forecast and danielle with track of the

first greg in cleveland heights >> reporter: good morning there's tree branches and pieces of a garage under there after this huge tree was stoppled by strong winds. not last night but tuesday night. more than 1,000 homes and businesses are it watching to get power -- waiting power back. we brought the weather advance mobile with us this morning. i want to show you images from last night. this shot captured by a guy in willoby. dan was his name. this is a shelf cloud, what many of you saw yesterday afternoon. there may be more storms coming up later today. . >> of course people are bracing for that here in lakewood.

see how powerful winds were last night this tree fell and stands three different lawns here in this neighborhood. not only here were there issues let's show you rocky river last night. a huge 100-year-old tree fell in the middle of the roadway. clean up took quite some time over there. also in bay village a similar situation. we're told now with the check of the website thatow restored by 10:30 tonight. . >> all right tiffany. new overnight, two were shot on the city's west side. this is the scene on mapledale around 2:00 this morning. both were taken to the hospital. no word on their conditions or whether any arrests have been made. we'll keep you updated on our website, wkyc.com. lebron james and cavs have

lebron will get $31 million this season, $33 million next season. the reason that number is so important, that will top the all time record season for michael jordan. for the first time in his career, he's the heist player in the nba. cavs will hope the season october 25th against the knicks. christmas day, golden state warriors at cleveland cavaliers. >> that's giving me a christmas gift. win. right now we're winning on the roads. 90 it's and 71 north as well as 490 east. here's a picture of 490 at 77. this is west 25th street. those delays are not longer than two to three minutes. thanks for update. hazy sunshine on traffic cameras. that's what we expect this morning before things start to heat up. well then get more active with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible later

you'll be posted a live forecast on facebook. a lot of you want to know where storms will be. it's impossible to say. this is not like a front pushing through. this is energy we're feeding off of moisture from the south. it's been so quoterred and rampart. -- so scattered. some have had a lot of rine and some haven't. saturday looks to be a thanks. olympics continues. phelps mother and fiance will be live to talk about historic win this is week right after our show. hopefully the baby will be there. >> boom her robert. very cute. >> today's medal count brought to you by university hospital hospital. american still in the lead. they'll add to gold today. very exciting. "today" show is next. we'll see you throughout the

>> i'll see you late tonight after the olympics.

good morning. tears of joy. a golden, emotional night for team usa. >> michael phelps has done it again! >> michael phelps grabs his fourth gold in rio in his final showdown with ryan lochte. simone manual wins gold. first african-american woman to medal in an individual olympic event ever.