hatteras island. as you recall, that was one of the islands under a mandatory evacuation, but crews are just starting to roll out, road crews, to inspect the road and survey the damage. they have traffic cams set up but overnight some of the views became obstructed by grit, that blowing sand and the dark really contributed to making it very difficult for them to see from those traffic cams. so they are getting out today, going out to assess the damage. they're cautioning people to stay off the roads as they find other obstacles that could present a danger to people. >> all right, sarah dallof for us in kill devil hills, north carolina. thanks. we'll check back with you a little later. also standing by about 200 miles to the south, weather channel's reagan in wrightsville beach. what's it looking like there? >> reporter: it's shaping up to be a much better day here. the sun is out. as you can see the cloud cover, it's basically out of here and it's a beautiful start to this three-day holiday weekend fo

hatteras island was the mandatory evacuation.osed down the bridge which connects the mainland to hatteras island. they wanted to get as many people as they could out of there. what we have found is that a lot of locals said they would rather stay on the island to be with their home and watch things rather than be off the island and struggle to get back on. >> that comes with risks. there are a lot of storm veteran that is can live on the outer banks. they have weathered the storms many times and want to stick it out. some people are saying the whole house is shaking. they can feel the windows breaking, the wind and rain pounding against the house. at the height of it, when the wall, the eyewall was coming through, what did it feel like? >> reporter: i mean, you know, i am less than 115 pounds, so trying to walk away from a building was nearly impossible for me. we were staying right behind the building where we are standing now and it was difficult to stand-up. we saw light poles shaking. we saw cars shaking. there were still peo

evacuation orders went into effect for cape hatteras, it could brush the popular vacation spot later on today, tomorrow, we'll have a live report from north carolina in about 15 minutes. >> developing now, the search will resume at daylight for the 66-year-old man who disappeared in the delaware river when his sale boat capsized. he and four others were trying to dock the 24-foot vessel at the delaware river yacht club when storm winds flipped the boat over and sank it. four others were able to swim to shore. they last saw the man clinging to a cooler in the water. search crews found the cooler on the other side of the river, but not the man. we'll have an update in of a hour. >> police are looking for the feltonville man who is wanted in connection with the death of his mother. the body was found on tuesday, police believe she died in january. police are wondering if he was keeping her death a secret so he can cash his social security checks. >>> the mother and daughter of this food truck exploded in feltonville remain in the hospital this morning. you can see the septa police first

especially around the area south of here near hatteras island. they're telling them, if you haven't decided already to evacuate, you need to reconsider that decision. we're talking about 40,000 to 50,000 people who have to find somewhere else to go as this storm begins moving up the coast. and now, there are a lot of reasons for that. it's not just the concern about the weather, which could be severe, it's also a very big concern about the roads. specifically, north carolina, highway 12. now, that road tends to wash out wherever there's a hurricane, and it washed out a big way just a couple of years ago. there are fears about water on the road as well as a lot of sand. and in that situation, the emergency personnel who are standing by to try to clear the road cannot do that until the weather stops being so dangerous. so a series of bad, you know, possibilities here in north carolina, brianna. >> all right, joe johns for us in kill devil hills. we'll be checking back in with you. but let's bring in now cnn's tom foreman. he'll actually mapping out

friday, just off or right on hatteras island, which is where we are right now. that's going to be the worst of the surf, the rain and the wind. we're talking about winds that could be 90 miles per hour. by 2:00 p.m. friday, the area will be improved but continuing to move northeast toward nova scotia by 2:00 p.m. saturday. so to recap for you, the impacts to the outer banks, there is now a mandatory evacuation for hatteras island. that's many, many visitors and people starting at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. dangerous surf beginning as early as tomorrow, even if the sun is out here. again, some of the worst weather we're expecting could be 90-mile-per-hour winds, very, very heavy rain and obviously a big interruption to many holiday plans here on the outer banks. >> thank you, jim. >>> new intelligence against the backdrop of growing instability in the middle east is triggering alarm bells here at home tonight about threats to commercial airline flights heading into the united states. and today the department of homeland security announced plans to increase secur

from cape hatteras to florida. this is going to be just like the governor said, all the way through here, i can't have you in the water for any reason because there's no reason to be in the water when you're going to get rip currents like this, on shore waves and winds 70 miles per hour push the water up on to the shore. that water piles up along the shore and then, that's fine until the sand bar fails. when the sand bar breaks, all of the water that's up here rushes up all at once. you're standing there in a perfectly nice kind of wavy bath tube and then all of a sudden, that water completely leaves you and takes you with it. there is the storm. i've been talking to producers all day long about this landfall thing. it may not make landfall, maybe 20 miles offshore. but the closest approach to nag head will be 3:00 a.m. friday morning. just after midnight thursday, that doesn't mean on thursday that nothing's going to happen. the entire beach here south of nags head all the way down to wilmington will be bombarded

wind speeds are up to 90 and there is thought that it could be a category 2 by the time it passes hatteras and passes us. >>> it appears that lightning is to blame for a fire that destroyed eight apartments in heights town, new jersey last night. eight families were forced to leave their homes and vest gatders believe it was caused a by lightning strike to the building and a fire in levitto n levittown, buckses county katherine scott has more. >> we heard a loud bang and soon neighbors heard a fire that this left behind, neighbors stopped by to see what was left of these homes at these apartments in levittown, the roof charred and the second floor windows barred up. the red cross is assisting residents that can't return home. lightning lit up the sky as firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze. >> i looked down and saw this, oh, my gosh, it scares me to death, the flames were all the way up. >> storm clouds moved across the area and soon the skies opened up. in manayunk, rain teemed down on main street and on to unlucky people caught outside without an umbrella and lightning flashes ove

it scrapes cape hatteras and then hooks a right to sea about 300 miles off of our shore. we won't feel the wind but we'll get rain and rough surf. here is future tracker at 10:00, dry to the west and the rain for any of the festivities for the morning for new jersey and southern delaware but by the evening, everything wraps up and pulls out. the july 4th forecast, a quick return to sun in the mid-afternoon hours, at the shore a rainy day and late breaks in the evening, at 78 and looking good in the poconos, a lot of sun, and clouds and 72. >> your four day at 4:00, beyond the 4th of july, a spectacular weekend, sunny and breezy and nice, low humidity and highs in the 80s, we crank up the heat and humidity come monday at 84 degrees, looking good as you get into the weekend and for many of the fest visits, tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night it looks good as we dry out. >> thank you adam. >>> you know when you wake up tomorrow, start your holiday with the "action news" morning team, they have the party on the beach, the party on the parkway and the barbecue in your own b

so we are trapped here on hatteras island. officials are hoping to open parts of highway 12 as well as restore ferry service tomorrow to this area and get people back on the island to enjoy the holiday weekend. kate, back to you. >> jim cantore, thanks so much. >>> on this 238th anniversary of our nation's founding, there is a growing debate, growing tension tonight over some of the newest arrivals, the thousands of undocumented migrants who are illegally crossing the border with mexico into this country. and overwhelming the system. nbc's miguel almaguer is in murrieta, california, where they're taking sides on whether to welcome undocumented migrants. miguel? >> reporter: kate, good evening. as you may be able to see behind me, the protesters are here, immigration advocates are here. but they're waiting for the bus fulls of undocumented immigrants that tonight are nowhere in sight. still, the stage is set with both sides waving flags, blocking the streets and arguing. again, murrieta is at the center of this fiery immigratio

winds 1 0 0 miles an hour northeast at 18 miles an hour and it's 110 smiles southwest of cape hatteras. as you look at wind field with this storm it's large right now. tropical storm force winds are well over 100 miles on eye and it will scrape the outer banks border of virginia and north carolina in wee hours of tomorrow morning 3 a.m. and you can see the tropical storm force wind in yellow do not make it up to ocean city and as it pulls out to sea whipped expands a little mainly east of storm. you can see we don't get brushed by the tropical storm force winds. the only thing we'll see is impact with the front and arnl you're off the coast. it's some downpours and showers early tomorrow morning especially in new jersey and delaware along all of the beaches and anywhere from delaware to shore points and long beach island and 2:00 this afternoon clouds lag behind that. at the shore electric starts wet. clouds will exit by 7:00 along the entire delaware valley as well as lehigh valley. so, big improvement from morning to evening tomorrow. jim, when meteorologist cecily tynan comes back s

on hatteras island, there are mandatory evacuations. in so many places along the coast there are voluntary evacuations, which is why so many residents and visitors say they're staying put, believing that hurricane arthur is not a serious threat. the outer bands from hurricane arthur are already threatening wrightsville beach in north carolina. to the north on hatteras tonight, it's a stop and go dash to get out. this family is not taking chances with mother nature. >> we're packing up to go back to pittsburgh. there's 18 of us and half of them are kids so we don't want them to be afraid. >> reporter: few homes along the outer banks are boarded up. one of the biggest concerns, coastal flooding. hurricane arthur could bring dangerous storm surges, up to five feet. beaches today were surprisingly busy, despite the miserable memories of irene three years ago. what is a native's decision? >> stay. >> why do you say that so confidently? it could be a category two. >> it's fun. it won't be that bad. >> should we go or should we stay? >> you do

there's a mandatory evacuation order for hatteras island.vacuations are voluntary elsewhere. >>> if those visitors are driving, they should make sure their windshield wipers are working. the roads will be wet and sometimes flooded on the eastern seaboard. there will be rain in big sky country. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in boston, washington, philadelphia, new york and charlotte. >>> qantas airways says it's trying to determine what caused a water leak on one of its flights. >> water rained through the ceiling of the double-decker a-380 jet tuesday night after takeoff from l.a.x. it was headed to australia. but as the water flowed, the pilot turned the plane around, returning back to l.a. >> yeah. you couldn't keep going 15 hours like that. >> the airline said there were no safety concerns because of the leak. but it's getting to the bottom of how it happened. the 400 or so passengers were put in hotels and rebooked for another flight to australia yesterday morning. >>> emergency crews are working this morning to clear

hatteras island, that was under a mandatory -- >> it looks like we have some technical difficulty, as has been the case over the last 24 hours, as you have a hurricane moving through in the area. the satellite trucks connecting with those satellites. sarah dallof who is reporting for us live there in kill devil hills, north carolina. of course we're looking forward to the governor, who we expect to be speaking within just the next 30 minutes. we will go straight to him if we can to hear what his concerns might be. of course that highway 12 stretch that goes north to south, so important to those 300,000 people that are expected to be on the outer banks of north carolina. we'll be following that. also riding out the storm 200 miles to the south, things really gearing up now there is the weather channel's raegan medgie in wrightsville beach, north carolina. what's it look like there? >> reporter: like we've been saying all along, hurricane arthur packed its bags and now the fourth of july holiday for wrightsville beach, north carolina, is starting off pretty nice. we'll take you on a lit

on hatteras island, evacuations were mandatory. and elsewhere, many vacationers visiting for the july 4th weekend, chose to head out before the revere weather moved in. >> i think it messes up the holiday for everyone. >> just a bad situation. there's nothing else you can really do. >> we're packing up to head to safer grounds. and hope they call us back. >> reporter: no heading back to the beach just yet, as arthur continues pummeling the shoreline. and they're not just keeping an eye on the extreme winds and rain, with a possible storm surge here up to five feet, there is a serious concern about flooding. reena and tahman? >> i believe that, marci. have you seen people that decided not to evacuate? >> reporter: absolutely. for most of the outer banks, there was not mandatory evacuations. a lot of people decided to ride out the storm. they're hoping this will clear up later today and they might be able to enjoy the rest of the july 4th weekend. i'm wondering if many of the people who stayed behind are having a dry night. in our ho

a tornado watch box is in effect for parts of carolina, to hatteras, and reports of a tornado at rose hill and still a possibility as the hurricane interacts. and check out the gusts earlier. with over 50, 44 wilmington, 38 at hatteras, so pretty strong winds there and they're expected to continue. so if you have travel plans this is expected to intensify into a category 2 hurricane, 2:00 a.m. eastern daylight time with 100 miles an hour sustained winds. then it will veer out to the ocean, friday at 2:00 p.m. we expect it to move away from land masses so we'll keep you posted on that. thunderstorms, by the way on the east coast, causing delays. so check with your carrier if you're heading out. from the east bay just a bit of fog out there. 62 in san francisco, 66 oakland, in san jose, gilroy, 67, upper 50s to the 80s, antioch in the 90s. beautiful blue skies in san jose, 84 novato, and santa rosa, 85 in concord and livermore. this is where you want to go this weekend if you want to cool off. in the 70s in santa cruz, lots of people enjoying the beach. patchy fog, sunny for most of the

what we are looking at are hatteras island. highway 12 is going to be broke up like in irene. they wanted to evacuate those people. what are we looking at? the timing to pass tonight to tomorrow morning right here in this area. then it will quickly catch up with the jet stream south of new york city. places like boston, then quickly exit to the east. the latest tracks push it further to the west, so places like the cape could be impacted and go into halifax as it makes its way through saturday. the impact here, a lot of rainfall. we are talking potential from two to four inches of rain. three to five is possible. that's one side of the equation. you have the storm surge so add the water in. it's high tide during the time of potential land fall. that's a concern here. many remember what happened in 2011 with irene, it broke up the highway, highway 12 in two places. they hope the bridge will hold this time. it's fresh on everyone's mind this morning. in the northeast yesterday, you had a rough ride, a lot of lightning out there. there's still a severe weather threat from d.c., n

wind gusts over the last 20 minutes, hatteras, about 50. where the storm was pretty bad last night, the winds are now very light for those wind gusts. power crews will quickly get into these regions and return power to the areas that did lose it. at the last update, only about 20,000 people had lost power because of this storm fop give you some perspective, we had about 150,000 in pennsylvania, and new jersey because of the thunderstorms last night. so the winds have not caused a lot of disruptions to the power grid. as far as the forecast track from the hurricane center it takes it parallel to the coast line but not near new jersey or new york city or even new england. the only areas that still at a little bit of risk of winds later today into tonight as we go through nantucket, martha's vineyard, extreme cape cod. you'll got heavy rain from this. then it goes into nova scotia. throughout saturday morning into the afternoon, still a strong storm. nova scotia, the damage there may be worse than the outer bankss because they aren't quite as

we also saw standing water in many of the roads on hatteras island. getting around in a vehicle is difficult, getting around on two wheels is virtually impossible, jim. very early for a storm to hit. this could be a long hurricane season. ken, thank you very much. >> axelrod: the government of ukraine is claiming victory tonight, in the battle for the eastern city of slovyansk. government troops raised the ukraine flag in the heart of the city today, after pro-russian forces abandoned positions they had held since april. >> palestinian protests erupted in arab villages inside israel today, following an autopsy report that a murdered arab teenager had been burned alive. further escalating the anger, new images of the victim's cousin, a u.s. citizen, apparently under attack by uniformed israelis, alex ortiz is in east jerusalem for us tonight. >> this video shows israeli security forces punching and kicking a bound palestinian. the victim lies prone on the ground. after the initial beating soldiers carry him away, pausing for another kick to the head, b

charlie's family was forced out of their rental home on hatteras island so the new jersey family movedir vacation to nags head. >> we want to ride out the storm. we don't want to leave the island. >> reporter: arthur is expected to clear out of the area by noon friday and move out to sea as it goes north. officials earlier went door to door to many of the homes in the low-lying areas just to make sure they knew what to do if and when the water starts running in. they started doing that when the severity of the storm intensified. they also say those who decided to stay put need to have at least 72 hours of provisions after the storm rolls out. in nags head, north carolina, craig boswell, kpix 5. >> a lot of eyes on the events in the east coast with that big storm. but here it's a little different story. it's dry. i mean, we're hoping that no fire danger because it's been so dry. >> that's why everybody from out there all came here. [ laughter ] >> hence the traffic. >> and the ones that didn't worry about earthquakes. let's get the latest on the hurricane to show what you it looks like

the bridge linking hatteras island is closed after it suffered damage from the storm.nor says crews hope to have the bridge and the island's highway open by tomorrow. flooding from the storm is starting to recede and power crews are starting to get electricity returned to folks along the outer banks. something that cannot come soon enough for people going without air conditioning as temperatures soar into the 80s. peter doozey is live -- doesy -- >> it's hard to believe that it is the fourth of july at a popular east-coast beach spot. you look around, 81 degrees. skies are blue, but there's really nobody here. the cat gore 2 hurricane seems to have kept most people away during what should be just about the busiest time of the year here in nags head in the outer banks. it's very interesting. it was crazy overnight. the eye of arthur actually passed right over the deck where we are staying, so for about 45 minutes in the mid ol' of category 2 hurricane there was nothing, no rain no wind, but before too long, 100-mile-per-hour winds were howling through again and a big st

it's really hatteras island, ocracoke island.fety is the number one priority. the crews are in place but we have to inspect the pavement. we have to get the sand and water cleared off the roadway and we have the bonner bridge which is the only bridge from the mainland into hatteras island. we have to have crews get on a boat once it's safe to do and inspect that with sonar to make sure there's no structural damage to the bridge. lot of safety checks, things we'll do as quickly as possible. commerce and tourism is important. we want to get things back open as quickly as possible but we have to keep safety as the top priority >> that is such an important part of the area, such a beautiful part of the eastern coastline. we appreciate you that are getting out there as best you can and as fast as you can, especially the fact that this is a day you'd like to be with your families as well. thank you for joining us to give us an ytd of the work ongoing today as that coastline prepares to kind of get back to normal in the wake of hurrican

eastern time, expected to cross cape hatteras, north carolina, strengthening just lightly, it skirts the coastline to new england and eventually weakens to a tropical depression. it's the rain that could be problematic and there may be some flight cancellations. you might want to check before you head out if you're going there for the holiday weekend. looking at the fog, maybe some drizzle, temperatures in the 50s. for the afternoon, much like today. fog lingers near the coast. load to mid 60s. a look at your fireworks forecast. it's going to be clear at 8:35, 4th of july night but patchy fog around the bay and the coast and temperatures will range from the 50s and 60s coast and bay to the 70s inland. we bring on the heat. sunday and monday our hottest days with upper 90s there. >> looks good. thank you. >> and be sure to visit us online at abc 7.com for a list of complete activities in the bay area, parades and fireworks shows. and we have events where you can see members of the abc news team. >> and your band is playing, too, right? >> we're playing the almeida county fair. a lot o

cape hatteras sticks way out into the atlantic ocean. they always get clipped. caitlin knows all about that because we always mention the outer banks of north carolina, they are just so susceptible to hurricanes. right, caitlin? >> so vulnerable, not only stick out to the atlantic, but hurricanes usually take that path, riding right up from the caribbean into the atlantic. first one of the 2014 season. arthur spinning its wheels just off the coast of south carolina. it is slowly moving northward, rain bands pushing into myrtle beach where sue is, also charleston, then, as it moves northward, there is north carolina outer banks right there. you can see how that will get more after direct lit from category one hurricane, so it sound like the northern island, hatteras itself, where the evacuation, mandatory evacuations lie. back home here, we have our own problems. we had thunderstorm or complex every thunderstorms come by last night. they had moved off shore. in its wake mainly seeing sunshine, send for this one pocket of thunderstorms, this is mainly bucks county

even a mandatory evacuation just put into place for hatteras island. so you're seeing all the cities there and the red is what we're really concerned about, 80-plus miles per hour gusts, definitely rough surf and coast tall floods for tomorrow night and early tomorrow morning. this will become our first hurricane for the atlantic season. you're watching it skirt by on the carolina coast and it goes off to the sea. much of the east coast is going to miss out. a big reason? the water temperature. you see the 80s and 90s. you need 80 degrees to fuel a hurricane. as it goes to the 70s and 60s it's going to kill it. we'll put it together in a future cast. this is how it's going to play out. it gets to north carolina onshore midnight friday. so early friday morning. then the cold front squeezes together. parts of washington d.c. will be rainy friday morning but drying out friday night. you know who's going to have a problem for friday night? connecticut to boston. >> we learned boston has moved its fireworks up by a day. >> absolutely, from the mid-atlantic

this is the bonner bridge today connecting the islands of the outer banks, especially hatteras. it recently re-opened. as arthur approaches they're worried that a major storm surge could cause serious damage, leaving communities cut off from the rest of the islands. here's why they're concerned. this is some of the damage hurricane sandy did, battering and buckling roads, isolating towns. they will be watching that bridge closely tonight, david. >> our thanks to marcie, david, matt, ginger, we're tracking arthur at abcnews.com throughout the night and much more on "nightline" and tomorrow morning on "good morning america." >>> in the west tonight that wildfire raging across the napa valley, wine country, now more than six miles wide, more than 200 homes evacuated. the earth bone dry. one sliver of good news to pass along, so far those famous vineyards not in danger and no one has been injured fighting the fires. >>> emotions are running high in southern california tonight, cameras inside a fiery meeting in the town of murrieta near the border. we showed you this flash point this

hatteras is not allowing anyone in or out there. highway 12 is a major concern in terms of wash-over. here's a look at the rainfall we can expect with arthur. in general, 1 to 2 inches as we head up north towards norfolk. there at the outer banks, 3 to 5 inches and certainly coastal flooding will also be an issue, particularly once the storm passes north of hatteras. the winds are going to shift in direction and they are going to become more normally atherly an looking looking a potential of flooding there. 2 to 3 inches of rain as we head into wilmington and myrtle as well. the good news is that after tomorrow morning, all of this does push out to sea and we're looking at clearing skies. but in its wake we'll see very rough seas and that is bad news for vacationers. the rip currents are up this weekend throughout the weekend. stay out of the water, if possible. >> the weather channel's julie martin, thank you very much. we're going to go back to sarah dallof who is joining us in wrightsville. we hear that the weather is go to make

for cape hatteras, that evacuation order is mandatory. residents and tourists in other areas along beaches are asked to leave voluntarily. tourists are there for the holiday. while people in the area are used to cat one hurricanes and the damage they cause, hurricane irene, back in 2001 was a cat one storm, devastating to the outer banks. how similar is this storm and what effect could arthur have? >> well, thanks a lot. take a look back to irene. irene formed deep in the tropics and then worked its way up across the island chain. it was a slow-mover and it was a large storm with very low pressure. as it came from the south and hit the outer banks of north carolina, it was kind of worst case scenario and dumped the rain over the area and there was quite a bit of flooding. this storm is what we call a homegrown system developing off the southeast coast. pressures now are starting to drop. it's going to be a stronger system as it works its way up to north carolina during the overnight hours. it still that the potential for flooding, there's

eastern time, expected to cross cape hatteras, north carolina, strengthening just lightly, it skirts the coastline to new england and eventually weakens to a tropical depression. it's the rain that could be problematic and there may be some flight cancellations. you might want to check before you head out if you're going there for the holiday weekend. looking at the fog, maybe some drizzle, temperatures in the 50s. for the afternoon, much like today. fog lingers near the coast. load to mid 60s. a look at your fireworks forecast. it's going to be clear at 8:35, 4th of july night but patchy fog around the bay and the coast and temperatures will range from the 50s and 60s coast and bay to the 70s inland. we bring on the heat. sunday and monday our hottest days with upper 90s there. >> looks good. thank you. >> and be sure to visit us online at abc 7.com for a list of complete activities in the bay area, parades and fireworks shows. and we have events where you can see members of the abc news team. >> and your band is playing, too, right? >> we're playing the almeida county fair. a lot o

as we move toward midnight, moving toward the cape hatteras area. you can see in red those are hurricane force winds. this system is going to stay several hundred miles off of our coast so not anticipating any tropical storm or hurricane force winds for our area. however, you can see a moderate threat for some rain. some of those rain bands could pinwheel down the shore, also, the highest risk for our area out of arthur is going to be for rip currents. we'll, of course, continue to follow this forecast, but down the shore for the fourth of july, here's the bottom line. 7am tomorrow morning, cloudy, some showers, breezy conditions. lingering showers. by lunch time and then look at this. gradual clearing as we move toward the 5:00 o'clock, 10:00 o'clock hour. so the first part of the day a little lousy but improving conditions as we move toward the fourth of july evening down the shore. back to you. >> all right, scott thank you. they call themselves the golden grannies and they know how to get down. one of these ladies are busting a move for everyone

this system is off cape hatteras and will push off to the east, a very brief sprinkle for the jersey shore overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. 74 degrees by lunchtime, 78. 3:00 p.m., how's that for a high, huh? 82, very comfortable degrees, the normal is 87. we're well below average. weekend clouds in the forecast. turning hotter next week, oppressively so, you'll notice the increase in humidity, those two combined you'll get the gully washer thunderstorms and big winds, i'll have have that e exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> world leaders are calling on pro russian rebels who control the eastern ukraine crash site to allow investigators access immediately. kicker -- kirk cochran is in washington, d.c. >>> the wreck wreckage still smolders, the bodies still not collected. at least one american is among the dead. a 19-year-old with dual u.s. citizenship. he was on his way to meet his family for vacation in malaysia. his father was visit ago relative in new jersey -- visiting a relative in new jersey. >> you just hope that none of the children or grandchildren go be

eastern time, expected to cross cape hatteras, north carolina, strengthening just lightly, it skirts the coastline to eventually weakens to a tropical depression. it's the rain that could be problematic and there may be some flight cancellations. you might want to check before you head out if you're going there for the holiday weekend. looking at the fog, maybe some drizzle, temss in the 50s. for the afternoon, much like today. fog lingers near the coast. load to mid 60s. a look at your fireworks forecast. it's going to be clear at 8:35, 4th of july night but patchy fog around the bay and the coast and temperatures will range from the 50s and 60s coast and bay to the 70s inland. we bring on the heat. sunday and monday our hottest days with upper 90s there. >> looks good. thank you. >> and be sure to visit us online at abc 7.com for a list of complete activities in the bay area, parades and fireworks shows. and we have events where you can see members of the abc news team. >> and your band is playing, too, right? >> we're playing the almeida county fair. a lot of us are out and about

cape hatteras, this is where we're expecting the biggest impacts by thursday night in through friday. so starting about 8:00 on thursday, we'll see conditions start to go downhill pretty rapidly along the outer banks. the winds picking up to possibly hurricane strength. if that happens, this will be the first hurricane to hit the u.s. since 2012. then by friday, as i mentioned, it does move well off to sea. still going to be leaving behind some very rough waters. so here's a look at those watches and warnings. tropical storm warnings in effect from elizabeth city, north carolina, out through cape hatteras, down through myrtle beach and south of that into south carolina. we have tropical storm watches. so winds 39 miles per hour or greater sustained, but certainly we could see this become a hurricane, and that is really the expectation at this point. this is where we're looking at that hurricane watch from beaufort, north carolina, up to elizabeth city, cape hatteras. as you mentioned, some evacuations under way there. the governor declaring states of emergency pre-emptively in 25 nort

hatteras island had mandatory evacuations starting at 5:00 this morning. what is expected? some heavy rainfall? 3 to 5 inches of rain in the south carolina area and north carolina, could see about 2 to 4 inches. remember, we could have the potential here for a direct impact so we'll have to include storm surge. add about another 2 to 3 feet of water in addition to that heavy rainfall. also it's likely to make name pact right during high tide so that's going to be a big concern on people's minds as well. a lot to think about, and especially when irene happened here just in 2011. highway 12 broke in two places, fresh on everyone's mind is whether or not we're going have the potential, again, to see that break again. back to you guys. >> all right, indra. thanks so much and let's hope that people heed those warnings. as you said, the last hurricane very much in people's minds. much of north carolina's coast, as you saw there, is under a hurricane warning now bracing for arthur's imminent arrival. ahead now to wrightsville beach, 230 miles south of where indra was looking. they

we're seeing an area of low pressure off cape hatteras, this is pulling off to the east, as well.will not influence our weather, either. maybe i meant brings a spritz or sprinkle to the jersey shore. future cast showing lots of clouds today, we'll run this thing through by 6, lots of high, thin clouds, sun shines through it. every now and then, the clouds will lower and thicken. it will be gray out there today. tomorrow morning, it will be a brief sprinkle or shower for the jersey shore. we'll see clouds and sunshine as we head into sunday afternoon. more specifically for the jersey shore, 67 degrees that's the temperature of the ocean, a little bit chilly, it's getting better, clouds and sun, 76 degrees, sunday, clouds and sun, 77. both days will feature a sea breeze, winds out of the east at 10 to 20 on the sand. waves of 3 feet especially of high tide. rip currents there's a moderate risk for that. le pay attention to the lifeguards. the uv index will be on the moderate side. it will not be as high as previous weekends. clouds and sun, low humidity levels, 82 degrees, overnight

this storm is expected to remain a category one as the comes past cape hatteras. future tracker 6 shows you the hurricane is close enough to give us rain. this is 5:00 a.m. on storm tracker 6 live. by noon or 1:00 p.m., most of the heavy stuff is moving away from us, watch what happens with the clouds clearing out, it looks like we get sunnier in the afternoon. it will be pleasant for afternoon barbecues and fireworks tomorrow night. today's high, 90, humid, tomorrow, rain in the morning, late day sun, 79 the high, lower humidity in the afternoon on the 4th. we maintain that pattern through the weekend. warmer saturday and sunday, lots of sun and humidity should remain on the manageable side. it's summer and it is philadelphia and on monday we're hot and humid again, all right. >> up next, more stories you did not see last night including the pivotal ruling expected today for a parent jailed for the death of his son in a hot car. >> we're drying out in bucks county where we were hit hard by the rain last night route 1 and oxford valley road. we have high water, an

hatteras island, which has mandatory evacuations. that path taking it over the outer banks. but it's a miss for most of the east coast. that's what i wanted to focus on. so many people asking me, how does it affect me and how much? quickly, you see it right there, overnight tonight, into early morning. boston tomorrow night, still raining. new york, d.c., drying out. i'll have much more coming up. >> good news on that part. >>> the hurricane moving past florida this morning. we saw it on the map. causing dangerous conditions there. matt gutman is in jacksonville beach, florida, with the latest, hey, matt. >> reporter: hey, david. that's right. arthur has been scooting up the coastline here. as it scraped by florida, it left behind a hidden danger for the millions of beachgoers expected here this weekend. and for the surfers you might see behind me, rip currents invisible to the naked eye, like the one forming right behind me. this morning, with waters churning offshore, red flags flying along on 500 miles of roiling post line, from florida to north carolina. cars stocking up

up in cape hatteras there's a mandatory evacuation.hat batteries and lanterns are in short supply. and finally one of the big concerns not just here on the outer banks but up the east coast because arthur is going to be moving up the east coast here is the rip currents. the rip currents can be extremely dangerous. strongest recommendation is don't get in the water. enjoy the beach. of course it's going to be raining. that's going to affect a lot of the fireworks shows some of which have already been postponed. >> be safe there. >>> the u.s. is called for stepped up security at overseas airports. intelligence officials are concerned al qaeda may be trying to develop a bomb that can get through security undetected specifically on overseas flights headed to the united states. security sources believe militants in syria have been working with bomb makers in yemen who are determined to attack western targets. meantime the u.s. is warning those in uganda of a specific threat today to attack the airport. the call for tighter security does not

it crosses right near cape hatteras near 2:00 a.m. friday morning. then it will pick up forward speed. watch how quickly it races over towards the atlantic. we're not looking at rain or gusty winds in the mid-atlantic, but we could see the rains clip nantuck nantucket. here's where we're going to see the dangerous rip currents. from the coast of maine stretching down into florida. that's where the surf is going to be roughed up. we're also looking at the chance of some elevated water levels because of that storm surge. but in addition to that, here's your rainfall. here is cape hatteras and the outer banks. that's where we could see four to six inches of rain. obviously preparations are underway. we have kerry sanders live in kill devil. how does it look? >> reporter: good morning. right now it's a beautiful morning. but it's a quandary to so many people waking up this morning. the outer banks are so popular on july fourth. now people hear there is a category 1 hurricane. from lookout to hatteras, there is a question. do you come on your vacation or

it's located 220 miles southwest of cape hatteras. winds are expected to move east-northeast at 13 miles per hour. here's a look at the winds associated around the center of circulation off the coast of charleston. you can see on the backside of that storm we're looking at significant winds. 60 miles per hour located at one of the buoys over there. by this evening, winds up around 100 miles per hour. as you mentioned, that is category 2 strength. once we get up over 96, that's the threshold. we're fully expecting the storm to intensify. it will make landfall sometime between tonight and tomorrow morning. winds could be up into the category 2 strength. beyond that, it races out to sea. however, leaving behind pretty nasty weather in places like boston where they have already canceled the fireworks. in nova scotia, still at hurricane strength and newfoundland. the waters will remain very dangerous along the coast. here's a look at the tropical storm warnings stretching from the upstate of south carolina all the way up through wilmington

that's it. >> reporter: residents on hatteras island who choose to ignore the mandatory evacuations need to be prepared to be completely self-sufficient for at least 72 hours. that may be how long it takes rescuers to get in if the hurricane ends up washing out roads and bridges, sealing off some of those areas from the rest of the outer banks. and the mainland. doug, back to you. >> jonathan, on the coast of north carolina, thank you, jonathan. >>> a week after learning the economy actually contracted in the first quarter, the national unemployment rate has sunk to its lowest level in almost six years. the addition of 288,000 jobs in june helped drive the unemployment rate down to 6.1%. chief white house correspondent ed henry reports that while the news has president obama celebrating, a closer look suggests a more complicated picture. >> reporter: visiting an incubator for a startup company on the eve of independence day, president obama was cheerleading the economy. >> we've now seen the fastest job growth in the united states in the first half of the year since 1999. >> reporter: di

but as it stands right now becoming a hurricane by thursday, making landfall very close to cape hatterasgory 1 or even a category 2 storm. strong winds, heavy rain and storm surge as well ended will eventually veer off the northeast coast but folks across portions of cape cod and the islands and nova scotia need to monitor this system and we will get some defects. this is one of our computer models we are watching carefully as it hugs the southeast coast line towards cape hatteras, the outer banks. this model indicates a strong category i, a category ii storm, this is friday overnight making landfall and very close to the coastline so all interests along the eastern seaboard need to be monitoring this. we will be watching it from the fox news extreme weather center. adam: thank you very much. of it does rain go to the movies. is a battle at the box office. melissa mccarty's star vehicle against transformers. here to discuss all this is the senior editor at in touch weekly. i guess thank you for joining us but it is usually this time of year we get over the top macho guy flicks, not the c

hatteras island is still cut off from the rest of the outer banks. that's because authorities are trying to assess what's happening on the roads. there's a road and a bridge called the bonner bridge. that bridge has had structural concerns before and they're trying to assess with engineers whether it's safe for people to travel. if it's not safe for people to travel, anybody who didn't evacuate from that part of this area won't be able to get up here. so a difficult situation. there are scattered reports still of power outages here. and the question of course is what's happening to the roads and when will things get back to normal. there is optimism from the state of north carolina that they will be able to open that road by sometime tomorrow. but some people suggest that might be optimistic when you look at the fact that this was a category two storm. other storms have caused bigger problems, not just because of water, but also baf sand on the bridges. so we're monitoring the situation and get back to you. >> you can see how it's still a dangerous s

. >> about six hours ago a mandatory evacuation order went into effects for hatteras island in dare county, north carolina. warren judge who sits on the county board of commissioners making some key decisions for people there. >> we just saw our life report, that's in wrightsville beach, north carolina. that's about 200 miles north of where you are. give us the situation of what's happening in area county. >> just north of wrightsville beach, we're preparing, there's a full evacuation going on for hatteras island, it's moving well. the viz sit fors are heeding the warning, they're packing up and they're getting out. the highway patrol and the county sheriff are having no problems in moving the people out. throughout the morn beaches, people are cautious and they're preparing, they're doing the things that they've been trained to do or if they're visitors, there's always plenty of information in hotel lobbies and hotel front desk and rental agencies give out information in the packet. people are pretty well-educated as to the different things to do and how to prepare. >> i'm not sure if you

coming very close to south carolina, perhaps a landfall overnight friday at hatteras and then hugging the coastline. there's cape cod, there is long island, new york, and perhaps another landfall over cape cod on friday into saturday. a lot of warm water to work with and, doug, looking at some of these forecasts rainfall totals incredible amounts all along the coast and pay close attention to new york up towards boston so that's an indication that this storm is shifting westward. affecting millions and millions of people for fourth of july. i think now is the time to set your plans in motion what are your going to do if there's a hurricane very deploys this weekend. back to you. >> janice, certainly the timing could not be worse. thanks very much. >>> stocks were mixed today the dow gained 20, the s&p 500 up just one, nasdaq lost one. >>> still ahead, is your old glory made in the usa? but first the suspect in the benghazi terror attacks, in an american criminal court. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so